The English Peasant

by Richard Heath

THE

ENGLISH PEASANT

STUDIES: HISTORICAL, LOCAL, AND

BIOGRAPHIC

BY

RICHARD HEATH

London

T. FISHER UNWIN

PATERNOSTER SQUARE

1893

CONTENTS.

		PAGE
PREFACE		v
THE ENGLISH VIA DOLOROSA; or, Glimpses of the History of the Agricultural Labourer		1
THE COTTAGE HOMES OF ENGLAND		57
WALKS AND TALKS WITH ENGLISH PEASANTS—
I.	A YORKSHIRE DALE	91
II.	A VILLAGE FAIR IN SUFFOLK	103
III.	FEN-LAND AND FEN-MEN	109
IV.	PEASANT LIFE IN DORSET	121
V.	PEASANT LIFE IN THE NEW FOREST	133
VI.	SURREY COMMONS	143
VII.	THE KENTISH WAGGONER	154
VIII.	SUSSEX SHEPHERDS	163
IX.	A SOUTHDOWN VILLAGE	172
X.	SUSSEX COMMONS AND SUSSEX SONGS	181
XI.	WEALDEN LIFE AND CHARACTER	189
XII.	NORTHUMBRIAN HINDS AND CHEVIOT SHEPHERDS	207
XIII.	IN OXFORDSHIRE	221
XIV.	IN SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE	230
TYPES OF ENGLISH AGRICULTURAL LIFE—
I.	WILLIAM COBBETT	245
II.	JOHN CLARE	292
III.	WILLIAM HUNTINGTON	320
THE POOR MAN'S GOSPEL		361