Wiltshire FHS

The trades described are: the Wool-comber; the Spinner; the Waterman; the Basket maker; the Hat-maker; the Jeweler; the Bricklayer; the Carpenter; the Cooper; the Stone-mason; the Sawyer; the Smith; the Ship-wright; the Mariner; the Currier; the Apothecary; the Baker; the Straw Hat-maker; the Soap-boiler; the Plumber; the Dyer; the Potter; the Type-founder; the Coach-maker; the Tallow chandler; the Gardner; the Hair-dresser; the Comb-maker; the Lace-maker; the Milliner; the Feather-worker; the Gold-beater

A5,...

The trades described are: the Paviour; the Turner; the Brush-maker; the Shoe-maker; the Trunk-maker; the Wheelwright; the Iron-founder; the Copper-plate Printer; the Painter; the Engraver; the Statuary; the Brewer; the Cutler; the Merchant; the Brick-maker; the Rope-maker; the Weaver; the Stocking Weaver; the Carpet Weaver; Ladies' Dress-maker; the Pin-maker; the Needle-maker; the Wire-drawer; the Paper-maker; the Printer; the Bookbinder; the Calico-printer; the Tin-plate Worker; the Brazier;...

The trades described are: the Attorney; the Bleacher; the Bookseller; the Chemist and Druggist; the Confectioner; the Distiller; the Gun Maker; the Linen Draper; the Looking-glass Maker; the Machinist; the Musical Instrument Maker; the Optician; the Pewterer; the Tanner.

A5, 52 pages; ISBN: 1-898714-02-9

The Compleat Parish Officer is a handbook for those who had to apply and interpret the increasingly complex laws enacted to deal with the various social problems as they arose, its starting point being the Great Poor Law Act of 1601 and its various amendments. The wording of the Act under which action could be taken, is quoted in extenso giving chapter and verse and, where appropriate, cases are quoted in interpretation.

The general approach and format are still in use today, in handbooks used...

William Andrews Holdsworth was the author of several popular legal handbooks, which ran into many editions.

They were aimed at non-specialists, explaining topics such as landlord and tenant rights, will-making and acting as an executor, bankruptcy and married women's property legislation. The Handy Book of Parish Law was first published in 1859, and ran to twelve editions, of which this is the third (1872). The parish is still the lowest level of local government, particularly in the countryside,...