20 OCTOBER 1923, Page 24

Notes from a Pealdand Parish. By W. S. Porter, M.D.

(Sheffield.)

Local history is always stimulating to those with a sense of the past. The parish of Hope in Derbyshire is unusually rich in records, documentary and otherwise, and Mr. Porter presents them most ably. His copious extracts from the register and the churchwardens' book are full of significant echoes.