The Victoria History of Hampshire: Dummer and Kempshott - Paperback

by Jennie Butler (Author), Sue Lane (Author)

Dummer, a small parish on the chalk downlands south of Basingstoke, has a rich history that includes famous faces such as Jane Austen, Joseph Arch, and Sarah Ferguson. It was also the setting for the Swing Riots and a place of religious change from the unusual level of protestant non-conformity in the late 17th century, followed by the strong evangelicalism prompted by the visits of John Wesley. This volume tells its many stories.

Author Biography

Jennie Butler is an independent historian of the Hampshire Victoria County History, specializing in the history of education, the transcription of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century wills and inventories, and evaluation of census material. Sue Lane is an independent historian of the Hampshire Victoria County History. She has coauthored the VCH volume Cliddesden, Hatch and Farleigh Wallop.