Holme Pierrepont by Beryl Cobbing

Description

The history of Holme Pierrepont, once the ancestral home of the Pierrepont family, from earliest times to the 1801 census. This studies the lives of the men and women who lived and worked in the village, how they were affected by being tenants of an aristocratic family, by the presence of nearby Nottingham and by the River Trent which formed its northern boundary. 288pp, illus. charts, drawings and photos.