Eric Kerridges delightfully written Farmers of Old England represents a refreshing change, being at the same time a scholarly and eminently readable bookThere is little in Kerridges book which merits adverse criticism. R. Colyer, Agricultural History, Vol 49, No. 4. Eric Kerridges delightfully written Farmers of Old England represents a refreshing change, being at the same time a scholarly and eminently readable bookThere is little in Kerridges book which merits adverse criticism. R. Colyer, Agricultural History, Vol 49, No. 4.