MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2006445561
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050 00 $aDA690.R27$bY43 2005
100 1 $aYearsley, Ian,$d1965-
245 10 $aRayleigh :$ba history /$cIan Yearsley.
260 $aChichester, West Sussex, England :$bPhillimore,$cc2005
300 $axii, 148 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 142-144) and index.
520 $aRayleigh owes its origins to the flints on Hambro Hill, which attracted its first human residents as long ago as the Stone Age. In Saxon times, the focus moved to the area covered by the modern High Street, but it was not until Rayleigh Castle was built under the Normans that the town really came to life. Its market and fair made it one of the principal towns in southeast Essex throughout the medieval period, and many significant historic buildings from the 14th century onwards, including Holy Trinity Church, the Dutch Cottage and the windmill, survive. The town's importance grew with the coming of the railway in 1889.
651 0 $aRayleigh (England)$xHistory.