Excerpt from The Victoria History of the Counties of England, Vol. 1 of 4: Leicestershire It is, however, to John Nichols, that we may well assign the title of the historian of Leicestershire. Nichols was the son of Edward Nichols, a baker of Islington, and was apprenticed to William Bowyer, the printer whose partner and biographer he afterwards became. He developed tastes for antiquarian research at an early age, but it was probably in consequence of his marriage with his second wife, Martha, daughter of William Green of ...
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Excerpt from The Victoria History of the Counties of England, Vol. 1 of 4: Leicestershire It is, however, to John Nichols, that we may well assign the title of the historian of Leicestershire. Nichols was the son of Edward Nichols, a baker of Islington, and was apprenticed to William Bowyer, the printer whose partner and biographer he afterwards became. He developed tastes for antiquarian research at an early age, but it was probably in consequence of his marriage with his second wife, Martha, daughter of William Green of Hinckley, in 1778, that lead to his interest in the county of Leicester. In 1795 he published the first two parts of The History and Antiquities of the Town and County of Leicester; the second part of the fourth and last volume of his history was not completed till 181 1. His work, as is stated on the title page, includes Burton's description of the county published in 1622, and the later collections Of Thomas Staveley, Rev. Samuel Carte, Mr. Peck, and Sir Thomas Cave. He was assisted by Richard Gough and many local helpers, his acknowledgements to Whom fill several pages of his preface. Nichols was a most careful and acciirate compiler, and in genealogy and heraldry there are few county historians to compare to him; in archae ology and architecture, however, we cannot expect a standard higher than was set at the time. His work will always stand high among the best of the English county histories. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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