Dr Kate Tiller is Reader Emerita in English Local History at Oxford University, a Fellow of Kellogg College and a Visiting Fellow in English Local History at the University of Leicester. She has a longstanding interest in the religious and social history of local communities on which she has taught and published extensively. She was born in a Fenland vicarage built in 1857.

Parsonages packs a lot in across six chronological chapters, yet remains highly accessible. Indeed, it is an excellent book for anyone new to the topic. There is a brief explanation of what might first appear to be bewildering terms and phases: the distinction between a rectory and vicarage, appropriated livings, Tithe Commutation etc. There are over 70 colour illustrations – almost one per page – all of which provide helpful exemplars. Moreover, this book can help those whose appetites have been whetted by offering practical advice for research.

• Parsonage Histories: Houses, Priests and PeopleSetting the Pattern: Medieval Priests’ HousesThe Post-Reformation ParsonageGeorgian Parsonages: A Golden Age?Victorian and Edwardian HeydayVicarages and Rectories: The Recent PastFurther ReadingTracing the History of a Parsonage: A Checklist of SourcesIndex

Dr Kate Tiller is Reader Emerita in English Local History at Oxford University, a Fellow of Kellogg College and a Visiting Fellow in English Local History at the University of Leicester. She has a longstanding interest in the religious and social history of local communities on which she has taught and published extensively. She was born in a Fenland vicarage built in 1857.

Parsonages packs a lot in across six chronological chapters, yet remains highly accessible. Indeed, it is an excellent book for anyone new to the topic. There is a brief explanation of what might first appear to be bewildering terms and phases: the distinction between a rectory and vicarage, appropriated livings, Tithe Commutation etc. There are over 70 colour illustrations – almost one per page – all of which provide helpful exemplars. Moreover, this book can help those whose appetites have been whetted by offering practical advice for research.

• Parsonage Histories: Houses, Priests and PeopleSetting the Pattern: Medieval Priests’ HousesThe Post-Reformation ParsonageGeorgian Parsonages: A Golden Age?Victorian and Edwardian HeydayVicarages and Rectories: The Recent PastFurther ReadingTracing the History of a Parsonage: A Checklist of SourcesIndex

Dr Kate Tiller is Reader Emerita in English Local History at Oxford University, a Fellow of Kellogg College and a Visiting Fellow in English Local History at the University of Leicester. She has a longstanding interest in the religious and social history of local communities on which she has taught and published extensively. She was born in a Fenland vicarage built in 1857.

Parsonages packs a lot in across six chronological chapters, yet remains highly accessible. Indeed, it is an excellent book for anyone new to the topic. There is a brief explanation of what might first appear to be bewildering terms and phases: the distinction between a rectory and vicarage, appropriated livings, Tithe Commutation etc. There are over 70 colour illustrations – almost one per page – all of which provide helpful exemplars. Moreover, this book can help those whose appetites have been whetted by offering practical advice for research.

• Parsonage Histories: Houses, Priests and PeopleSetting the Pattern: Medieval Priests’ HousesThe Post-Reformation ParsonageGeorgian Parsonages: A Golden Age?Victorian and Edwardian HeydayVicarages and Rectories: The Recent PastFurther ReadingTracing the History of a Parsonage: A Checklist of SourcesIndex