Handbook for Yorkshire: Including York, Doncaster, Selby, Beverley, Hull, Hornsea, Bridlington, Scarborough, Whitby, Thirsk, Middlesbrough, Harrogate, Ripon, Malton, Richmond, Leeds, Bradford, Skipton, Ingleton, Halifax, Barnsley, Wakefield, Sheffield, Etc, Volume 3E. Stanford, 1904 - 594 pages |
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... ancient valleys , no conglomerates of the old red ; but we see in the region below Whernside , Ingleborough , and Penyghent the dis- placement of the old slaty strata ; the dips in various directions which they have acquired , and ...
... ancient valleys , no conglomerates of the old red ; but we see in the region below Whernside , Ingleborough , and Penyghent the dis- placement of the old slaty strata ; the dips in various directions which they have acquired , and ...
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... ancient sundial at Kirkdale Church ( Rte . 24 ) . In 1065 he was expelled , and " Morkere , son of Earl Elfgar , " was chosen earl . Tostig afterwards fell at Stamford Bridge fighting on the side of Harald of Norway ( Rte . 10 ) ; and ...
... ancient sundial at Kirkdale Church ( Rte . 24 ) . In 1065 he was expelled , and " Morkere , son of Earl Elfgar , " was chosen earl . Tostig afterwards fell at Stamford Bridge fighting on the side of Harald of Norway ( Rte . 10 ) ; and ...
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... ancient altar , and caused mass to be sung with all solemnity . From Durham they moved S. to Darlington , gathering force as they went , and making everywhere proclamation of their in- tention to restore the " ancient and Catholic faith ...
... ancient altar , and caused mass to be sung with all solemnity . From Durham they moved S. to Darlington , gathering force as they went , and making everywhere proclamation of their in- tention to restore the " ancient and Catholic faith ...
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... ancient earthworks into a portion of the defences of a Norman castle . Mrs. Armitage , in a very carefully prepared paper , has shown that these burhs never had a motte unless the Normans had had a castle there , and that they are in ...
... ancient earthworks into a portion of the defences of a Norman castle . Mrs. Armitage , in a very carefully prepared paper , has shown that these burhs never had a motte unless the Normans had had a castle there , and that they are in ...
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... ancient woollen fabrics had rather the character of worsted than of woollen cloth . However this may be , it is certain that the fabrication of wool into clothing is one of the most ancient of human arts . Wool was exported from this ...
... ancient woollen fabrics had rather the character of worsted than of woollen cloth . However this may be , it is certain that the fabrication of wool into clothing is one of the most ancient of human arts . Wool was exported from this ...
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14th cent Abbey Abbot adjoining aisle altar ancient arcade arch Barnard Castle Beverley Bolton Bridge Bridlington building built canopy Castle central tower centre chancel chapel Chapter-house choir church clerestory cliff contains cross dale district Doncaster Earl early Edward effigy England erected Filey front glass ground Hall Henry hills Hornsea Hull Humber Ilkley Ingleborough Ingleton inscription interest John Junct King Knaresborough Leeds limestone Lord Malton manor Market Weighton Minster monks monument Moor nave Norm Northallerton Ouse parish Park passed Patrington Perp picturesque piers Pontefract portions Priory rebuilt remains restd Ripon rising river road Roman roof Scarborough scenery Selby shafts Sheffield side Skipton stained-glass Stat stone Swaledale temp thence tomb town tracery trains daily transept triforium valley vaulting village wall Whitby William window Withernsea Wolds wood York York Minster Yorkshire
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Page 274 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!
Page 418 - And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places : thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations ; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Page 458 - All round the horizon there is this same line of sinuous wave-like hills ; the scoops into which they fall only revealing other hills beyond, of similar colour and shape, crowned with wild, bleak moors...
Page 274 - Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends!
Page 420 - ... to castle, she diffused plenty and happiness around her, by consuming on the spot the produce of her vast domains in hospitality and charity. Equally remote from the undistinguishing profusion of ancient times, and the parsimonious elegance of modern habits, her house was a school for the young, and a retreat for the aged, an asylum for the persecuted, a college for the learned, and a pattern for all.
Page 458 - Indeed, there is little display of any of the amenities of life among this wild rough population. Their accost is curt, their accent and tone of speech blunt and harsh.
Page 478 - Though we met few people without doors, yet within we saw the houses full of lusty fellows, some at the dye-vat, some at the loom, others dressing the cloths ; the women and children carding or spinning : all employed from the youngest to the oldest ; scarce anything above four years old, but its hands were sufficient for its own support.
Page 420 - Robert, who being successively Lords Cliffords, died young, in their father's life-time ; and the Lady Anne Clifford, who was just fifteen years and nine months at her father's death, being then his sole daughter and heir. He performed nine voyages by sea in his own person, most of them to the West Indies...
Page 432 - The gloomy uncomfortable day well suited the savage aspect of the place, and made it still more formidable. I stayed there (not without shuddering) a quarter of an hour, and thought my trouble richly paid, for the impression will last for life.
Page 34 - Happy the yeoman's house into which one of these Dutchmen did enter, "bringing industry and wealth along with them. Such who came in strangers " within doors, soon after went out bridegrooms, and returned sons-in-law, having " married the daughters of their landlords who first entertained them : yea, those "yeomen in whose houses they harboured soon proceeded gentlemen, gaining them " estates to themselves, arms and worship to their estates.