A Wasting Historical Asset?: A Comparative Study of Grave Memorials at Wootton Wawen, King's Norton and Birmingham, C. 1700-1940 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781841713625)

Are grave memorials and graveyards as a whole a useful and reliable source for local history? This study demonstrates that the answer must be yes, as it presents a comparative analysis of evidence from churchyards at Wootton Wawen, King's Norton and a range of others in Birmingham. Shorters collates information relating to life expectancy, family structure, marriage patterns, attitudes to death and disposal to determine the extent to which the different churchyards represented different socio-economic trends. Investigating the issue of an urban-rural divide is uppermost in this study.

Author: Iola A. Shorters
ISBN-10: 1841713627
ISBN-13: 9781841713625
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2004
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.22d