Yorkshire CD books

Old and rare Yorkshire books on CDrom

A short History of Todmorden (1912)
by Joshua Holden
and
Todmorden and the Great War (1922)
by John A. Lee

CD ROM version
produced by Colin Hinson ©

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Price £12 post paid to your door,
anywhere in the world
For sample pages, please see the links to the Acrobat (pdf) files given below.

The data on this CD rom is computer searchable.

Navigation of the books on the CD rom is enhanced by the use of "Active Links" in the contents pages.

A short History of Todmorden :

"A short History of Todmorden" published in 1912, contains nearly 300 pages with over 20 photographs etc. It covers the geology of the area, neolithic man, the Roman occupation, Danes, place names and dialect, mediaeval churches etc, the Reformation period, Trade and industry, the railways and the Todmorden of 1912. Lots of names with an insight into life of the times.

In order to give you an idea of the information in the book the following items are available here on line:

A transcription of the index pages
An Acrobat file containing the Title page and Preface
An Acrobat file containing the Contents and list of illustations.

Todmorden and the Great War :

"Todmorden and the Great war" published in 1922 deals with both the fighting men and those left at home to carry on. Lots of names of both groups of people, with a transcription of all of those on the large war memorial. Over 250 pages with over 30 photographs. It should be noted that the printing of this book is not the best in the world, however the whole of the book is quite readable and searchable.