and was very particular in his description of arms in the windows of the several churches.

"The History and Antiquities of the parish of Halifax in Yorkshire, illustrated with copper plates, by the Rev. John Watson, M. A. rector of Stockport, in Cheshire, and F. S. A. Lond. 1775." 4to. wants method and better plates.

"Druidical Remains in or near the parish of Halifar discovered and explained, by the Rev. John Watson, M. A. with a print, Arch. 11. 353. and in p. 19. of the History of Halifax.

"Ducatus Leodiensis: or, the Topography of the ancient and populous town of Leeds, and parts adjacent, in the West Riding of the county of York: with the pedigrees of many of the nobility and gentry, and other matters relating to those parts; extracted from records, original evidences, and MSS. To which is added, at the request of several learned persons, a catalogue of his museum ; with the curiosities natural and artificial, and the antiquities, particularly the Roman, British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Scotch coins, with modern medals. Also a catalogue of MSS. The various editions of the bible, and of books published in the infancy of the art of printing; with an account of some unusual accidents that have attended some persons, attempted after the method of Dr. Plot. Lond. by Ralph Thoresby. fol. To this book is prefixed the most complete map that ever was engraved of these parts, and the first of any part of the north of England, drawn after the new method for twenty miles round Leeds.

"An Historical Account of the borough of Pontefract, in the county of York; and the definition of a borough in general: including the reason why nominal pledges, used in law-proceedings, were originally inserted. Interspersed with pleasing occurrences. The deaths of King Richard II. Thomas Earl of Lancaster, and

other nobles who have suffered at Pontefract castle. Collected from the earliest authorities, by Richard Tetlow.

Tetlow, of Knottingley, attorney-at-law, Leeds, 1769.

"The History of Whitby, and of Whitby Abbey Collected from the original records of the abbey, and other authentic memoirs, never before made public. Containing not only the history of Whitby and the country adjacent, but also the original and antiquity of many particular families and places in other parts of Yorkshire Divided into three books. By Lionel Charlton, teacher of the mathematics at Whitby. York 1779. 4to. with a plan of the town, and a view of the abbey, and two panes of painted glass from it.

In the Philosophical Collections, No. 4, p. 87, arc Dr. Lister's letter and observations about Roman urns found in different parts of Yorkshire; a Roman pottery between Wilberfoss and Barnby Moor, six miles from York, and another in Lincolnshire, at the Sand hills at Santon near Brigg.

In p. 319 of No. 222, of the Philosophical Transactions, is Thoresby's account of a Ronan pottery on Blackmore, two miles from Leeds, at Hawcaster rigg.

in No. 244, p. S10, is Thoresby's Letter to Mr. John Evelyn, about some Roman antiquities found in this county, particularly a piece of earthenware, which he took for part of a coffin fitted by pegs to other such pieces.

In No. 282, p. 1285, is Mr. Thoresby's letter concerning the vestigia of a Roman town at Adell (Adellocum) near Leeds. He takes it for the Burgdunum of Domesday. See his Ducates p. 159, 555.

In No. 303, p. 2127, his account of coins of William the Conqueror, &c. found in that city; p. 2145, a Roman inscription, GENIO LOCI FELICITER, there, and p. 2149 Roman coins at Clifton.

In No. 305, p. 2194, his letter to Dr. Sloan, concerning two Roman inscriptions of the ninth legion found at

York,

York, inserted in Hearne's Livy, vi. 181. Leland's Itin. I. 131. and Horsley, Yorkshire viii. p. 308.

In No. 459, p. 560, the Rev. Mr. Kirkshaw's account of two pigs of lead inscribed IMP CAES. DOMITIANO AVG. COS VII. found near Ripley: explained by Mr. Ward, vol. XLIX. p. 686: and in page 612 a description of a lake called Malholm Tarn, near Skipton in Craven, by John Fuller, Esq. Jun.

In p. 100, No. 479, are Mr. Knolton's remarks on the situation of Delgovitia; and in p. 541, of No. 483, is a dissentation on the same station, by Dr. John Burton, of York, who fixes it near Millington, with which opinion Mr. Drake concurs in an appendix to the above papers. Besides the maps accompanying the Doctor's account, John Haynes, of York, drew, at the expence of Lord Burlington, 1744, an accurate survey of some stupendous remains of Roman antiquity on the Wolds in Yorkshire, through which some grand military ways to several eminent stations are traced, &c. &c. engraved by Vertue.

Vol. XLIX. p. 69, Mr. Ward's explanation of a Roman inscription found at Malton, 1753.

In the Archæologia I. 215; Mr Watson's account of a. new discovered Roman station at Castleshaw, alṣo his papers fixing Bede's Campodunum at Doncaster, p.

221.

In the same work, Vol. ii. 177, is an account of a Roman Sepulchre found near York in 1768, by John Burton, M. D. and in p. 181, extract of two letters from the same to Dr. Ducarel, concerning Roman antiquities discovered in Yorkshire, 1770.

"The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven in the County of York, by Thomas Dunham Whitaker, L. L. D. F. S. A. quarto, London, 1805. This work is particularly interesting, and contains a great many beautiful plates.

"General View of the Agriculture of the North Riding of York, with Observations on the means of its improvement,"

improvement" by Mr. Tuke, Jun. published by the Board of Agriculture, 1794.

"General View of the Agriculture of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the Ainsty of the City of York, with Observations on the means of its improvement, by Isaac Latham, published by the Board of Agriculture 1794.

"General View of the Agriculture of the West Riding of Yorkshire, with Observations on the means of its improvement," by Messrs. Rennie, Broun, and Shirriff, published by the Board of Agriculture, 1794. MAPS AND VIEWS.

There have been so many of these presented to the public that it would be a difficult and indeed an invidious task to select any for their particular notice. Mr. Gough in the British Topography, gives an ample catalogue of such as were extant at the time of his publication; a great many valuable works have been since executed, and it may be truly said that nothing at present is wanting in this department of the topographical description of the county.

THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.

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BOUNDARIES, SITUATION, AND EXTENT. VORKSHIRE, the largest county in England, is in form a long square, containing about 3,698,387 acres. It is divided into three distinct ridings: the east, west, and north.

The west riding of Yorkshire is situated nearly in the centre of the kingdom, and although an inland district, yet from its numerous rivers and canals, it possesses all the advantages of a maritime province. It is bounded on the east by the river Ouse; on the north by the north riding; on the west by parts of Westmoreland, Lancashire, and Cheshire; and on the south by the counties of Nottingham and Derby. It is 95 miles in length, 48 in breadth, and 320 in compass, contains about 2,450 square miles, or 1,568,000 statute acres, and according to the returns under the population act 563,953 inhabitants.

The name of the county is derived from its city, which, according to Camden, was named by the Britons Car-Effroc, by the Saxons Evor-wic, by Nennius Carr Ebrauc, derived from the first founder King Ebraucus. Camden, however, more correctly suggests that the word Eboracum comes from the river Ure, (now the Ouse), implying its situation on that river. Thus the Eburovices, in France, were seated upon the river Ure, near Eureaur, in Normandy; the Eburones, in the Netherlands, near the river Ourt, in the diocese of Liege, &c. Hence Eborac or Euorwic became Yorc or York,

Yorkshire was included by the Romans in their division, of the island, called MAXIMA CÆSARIENSIS, and was inhabited by the Brigantes, who obtained this appellation from their being inhabitants of the upper region, Brig signifying, in the British, a summit, or upper situation.

After the departure of the Romans Yorkshire formed part of the Saxon kingdom of the Northumn

bers,