Rural life in the Vale of the White Horse 1780-1915
Nigel HAMMOND (Rectory Orchard Books, reprint 1993: 1st pub. 1974)
A5, blue pictorial cover, 166pp.

Dealing with a variety of activities in the Vale, principally in the towns of Abingdon, Faringdon, Wallingford and Wantage, plus the many rural settlements, all part of the pre-1974 county of Berkshire (since then in Oxfordshire). The author writes about the Berkshire Pig, village fêtes, the Great Western Railway among many other interesting subjects. The numbered illustrations are in two sections with the captions listed at the front of the book. At the back is a bibliography, 5 tables and the index. [JD Mar 2003]