TY - BOOK ID - 80815496 TI - The annals of West Coker PY - 1957 SN - 9781139106764 1139106767 9781139126700 1139126709 9780521057929 0521057922 9780521336994 9781139113878 128077603X 9786613686428 1139121782 1139113879 113911168X 1139116045 0521336996 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - History. KW - Parishes KW - Church polity KW - Annals KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - Great Britain KW - England KW - History KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Somerset (England) KW - Somerset, Eng. KW - Somersetshire (England) KW - Parishes (Local government) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80815496 AB - After a life of public service Sir Matthew Nathan retired to the Manor of West Coker near Yeovil in Somerset. He developed a keen interest in his new home; he began first to read about it, then to deepen and widen his research, and then to turn his knowledge into this connected account, which was originally published in 1957. The local sources - the manorial records of his own estate, the parish and county records - were very rich. With great thoroughness he incorporated them in a local history of the area up to the nineteenth century. Nearly all the forces which affect the affairs of the nation can be traced in the records of the area. It is local and amateur history, but of the best calibre, and there is much to interest historians interested in local records. These are liberally quoted and there are detailed maps. ER -