Sandwich - The 'completest Medieval Town in England': A Study of the Town and Port from Its Origins to 1600

by Helen Clarke, Mavis Mate, Sarah Pearson, et al.

To the casual visitor of today, Sandwich appears as simply a small inland market town on the bank of a modest river. But locals and historians have long known that in the Middle Ages it was a strategic and commercial seaport of great significance, trading with northern Europe and the Mediterranean and growing prosperous on this business.



The medieval fabric of the town has been preserved to a remarkable extent, but historians and archaeologists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842174002
• ISBN13: 9781842174005
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 11.7"