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From: Lesley Robertson <>
Subject: Re: [SCT-BERWICK] The life of hinds
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 20:50:54 +0200
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> From: > To: > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 18:17:07 +0100> Subject: [SCT-BERWICK] The life of hinds> > I was in the local studies section at Berwick library today and encountered> a reprint of The peasantry of the Border: an appeal on their behalf by W.S.> Gilly 1841 (Square Edge Books). It is actually about the lives and> circumstances of hinds in north Northumberland but they lived in a very> similar way to the hinds of Berwickshire. The 2 communities did intermarry.> It is a rivetting read and well worth hunting down for tales of your> ancestors.> And while you're looking for it, I've put some bits on the same subject from Robert Kerr's 1809 text onto my website. Sorry about the long URL to get you there:
http://homepages.ipact.nl/~robertson/whitsome%201%20place%20study/farm_people/index.html

Lesley Robertson

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