Main entry:

Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932.

Title & Author:

Old west Surrey : some notes and memories / by Gertrude Jekyll.

Publication:

Dorking : Kohler and Coombes, 1978.

Description:

xx, 320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Reprint of the 1904 ed. published by Longmans, Green, London.
Cottages and farms -- The old furniture of cottage and farmhouse -- The cottage fireside -- Cottage ornaments -- Crockery and tableware -- Home industries -- Various articles found in cottages -- Tools and rural industries -- The carter's pride -- Old country folk -- their way of speech -- Old country folk -- some of their ways -- Old country folk -- Their clothing -- Cottage gardens -- Found in the woods -- Godalming -- Churchyards then and now -- The smugglers.

Summary:

Detailed account of country life in Victorian England. First published in 1904, Gertrude Jekyll's vivid description and affectionate memories are illustrated with over 300 photographs,

ISBN:

090396709X
9780903967099

Subject:

Manners and customs.
Travel.
Surrey (England) Description and travel.
Surrey (England) Social life and customs.
Surrey (Angleterre) Descriptions et voyages.
Surrey (Angleterre) Mœurs et coutumes.
England Surrey.
England, Surrey Social life and customs.
England, Surrey Description and travel.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 16684
Call No.: W14843; ID:87-B5044
Status: Available