As well as over 200 pages of registers, this CD includes records of the Churchwardens (1673-1707 and extracts to 1842), Overseers and their Accounts (extracts 1705-1836), Indentures (1675-1838), Vestry Book (1837-1885), and Constables (1818-1839). There is an article on the founder of the Church and Guild, Walter Cook, while further chapters cover a Record of a Manor Court at Knowle in 1278, a Certificate of Consecration of the Church, two medieval wills, a 1616 inventory, a roll of Knowle inhab More Info
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First published in 1899. By Arthur H. Norway, with illustrations by Joseph Pennell and Hugh Thomson. Most travellers through Yorkshire see it from the road. Here we travel into Yorkshire by the Great North Road and wander through the 19th century villages of three Ridings. The book on this CD is machine searchable.
The author, Walter White, explored the whole of Yorkshire, taking note of all he saw and conversations with some of the people he met along the way. Descriptions of the facilities provided for travellers and the practices of the licensed victuallers, details of manufacture and the working people, interspersed with historical notes. From remote hills and vales to the woollen mills and ironstone min...More Info
Ackworth Scholars - List of the Boys and Girls admitted into Ackworth School 1879 - 1930, giving year of admission, year of leaving and residence; The Mount School, York - List of Teachers and Scholars 1784 - 1814 and 1831 - 1906. giving residence, year of entry, year of leaving and, in many instances, who they married. Some hand-written notes have been added, by a previous owner of this book, giv...More Info
The New Guide' This Book, entitled 'The New Guide for Strangers and Residents in The City of York' includes a 'concise historical descriptions of all the public buildings, antiquities, &c of that ancient City' and is illustrated with a lithographic view of the River Ouse, a street plan of the City and over sixty wood engravings. The City as it was in 1838, much of which is still recognisable today...More Info
A Thousand Miles in the Valley of the Nidd & Yore From the series of books by Edmund Bogg, who wandered all over Yorkshire and wrote many books, describing all the sights in great detail. There is a wealth of information about each place, and beautifully illustrated with over 200 specially drawn pictures. The book on this CD is machine searchable