Yorkshire CD books

Old and rare Yorkshire books on CDrom or as pdf file downloads

"The History of Meltham"
by J. Hughes
and
"The History of Huddersfield"
by
and
"Almondbury School"
by Taylor Dyson
and
"The Elland Tragedies"
by J. Horsfall Turner

CD ROM and download version
produced by Yorkshire CD books ©

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"The History of the Township of Meltham near Hudderfield" was written by the Rev. Joseph Hughes who died before his book was published. The book deals with the church, the township and the eminent families and people of the township. The following additional information can be found on this web-site:

• The transcribed index
• The contents pages in Acrobat format from the CD.
• The 2 page preface of the book in pdf (Acrobat) format

"The Tragedies of Elland " was written by the Yorkshire historian, John Horsfall Turner and published in 1890. It is a small book (90 pages), and contains no index or contents pages. Please see the Acrobat file below for a general idea as to the contents of the book:

• The title page and the first 3 pages of the Introduction in Acrobat format.

"The History of Huddersfield and district down to 1932" and "Almondbury and its ancient School" were written by Taylor Dyson M.A., the 18th headmaster of Almondbury school. There are no indexes in either of these books, but a good idea of the information in the books can be obtained from the contents pages (see the Acrobat files below). The Almondbury school book contains a list of admissions to the school from 1848 to 1925.

• Acrobat files for "The History of Huddersfield"
  • The title page and contents
  • The 3 pages of the Forward
• Acrobat files of the Almondbury school book
  • The title page, contents and Foreword

Other books on CDrom for this area:

• Huddersfield and its vicinity by R.F. Sykes