Brentwood: A History.DA690 1-86077-279-X Brentwood; a history. Ward, Jennifer. Phillimore, [c]2004 132 p. $32.00 If you lived in Brentwood in 1558, and you were a boy, you would receive a free classical education. But if you lived there in 1858, chances are good you still would not have a proper drain in your home. Ward (history emeritus e·mer·i·tus adj. Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement: a professor emeritus. n. pl. , Goldsmiths College, London) describes how Brentwood, where a court was held in 1381 that initiated the Peasant's Revolt Noun 1. Peasant's Revolt - a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II Great Revolt England - a division of the United Kingdom , and a number of pilgrims to St. Thomas Becket's shrine at Canterbury rested in the shadows of St. Thomas's Chapel, grew like so many small towns from a church and market to a pleasant commuter town A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commute out of the community to earn their livelihood. Most commuter towns are suburbs of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily, and many suburbs are commuter towns. , complete with very proper drains. Ward provides a wealth of period photographs and illustrations. Distributed by the David Brown David Brown may refer to any of the following people:
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