The Sunbury Charter
- Collection : Greathead, David J. (2023-11)
- Publisher : Major W.H. Tapp of "The Ivy House"
- Published In : Sunbury-on-Thames
- Illustrations : 4 b/w illus (2 full-page)
Description:
Deluxe edition, limited to 75 numbered and signed copies (this copy no. 68). A fascinating study on the boundaries of the Sunbury charter, an Anglo-Saxon charter signed by King Eadgar granting lands at Sunbury to his kinsman Ælfheh C. AD.962.
Condition
4to (260x208mm), orig. blue half morocco, some foxing/spotting to cloth boards, gilt title to front board. Vg. Loosely inserted are two signed letters from the author to a Mr. Blankley, a resident of Sunbury, who is mentioned in the work as having brought the author's attention to an earthwork in his back garden that corresponds with the "Cloven Barrow", a series of neolithic barrows mentioned in the charter as part of the eastern boundary. Also loosely inserted is a newspaper cutting from the Middlesex Chronicle (Jan. 12th, 1951) titled "The Boundaries of Sunnanbyrig", also based on Tapp's study of the charter.
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