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"Old Yorkshire" Series II
by William Smith

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The second series of "Old Yorkshire" was issued yearly by William Smith the Morley Historian, and published from 1889 to 1892. Each book contains over 300 pages, along with many illustrations (a few photographs, many etchings and lots of drawings). Each book contains articles from many authors on varied aspects of Yorkshire as can be seen from the Lists of Contents below:

• Volume 1 contents
• Volume 2 contents
• Volume 3 contents

Unlike the 1st series of "Old Yorkshire", the second series contains only a General index (as opposed to Indexes of Places, Names, and General). These 3 indexes are available here on-line:

• The index of Volume 1
• The index of Volume 2
• The index of Volume 3

The prefaces and introductions of these books can be viewed as pdf (Acrobat) files extracted from the CDrom:

• The preface and introduction of Volume 1 : 6 pages
• The preface and introduction of Volume 2 : 6 pages
• The preface and introduction of Volume 3 : 8 pages

For other Yorkshire miscellanies, please see "Old Yorkshire series I" (also edited by William Smith), and "The Yorkshire Geneologist and Yorkshire County Magazine etc." edited by J. Horsfall Turner.

A transcription of the contents pages of Volume 1:

• YORKSHIRE ANTIQUITIES.
  • YORKSHIRE AND THE ARMADA
  • CAVE HUNTING IN YORKSHIRE
  • CHAINED BOOKS IN YORKSHIRE
  • THE OLD HALL AT EAST ARDSLEY
  • YORKSHIRE BEACONS
  • AN HISTORICAL CORNER OF YORKSHIRE
  • THE COUNCIL OF THE NORTH
  • ANCIENT YORKSHIRE GALLOWS
  • AN OLD YORKSHIRE NEWSPAPER
  • SOME ANTIQUITIES OF THE SPEN VALLEY
  • CROWN LANDS IN YORKSHIRE
• YORKSHIRE ARTISTS.
  • LIST OF YORKSHIRE ARTISTS
  • TURNER IN WHARFEDALE
• YORKSHIRE AUTHORS.
  • YORKSHIRE SCHOOLMASTER AUTHORS
  • MR. WILLIAM OSBURN, EGYPTOLOGIST
  • HUMPHREY SANDWITH
  • RALPH THORESBY, THE TOPOGRAPHER
• YORKSHIRE BENEFACTORS.
  • A YORKSHIRE BENEFACTOR
  • A YORKSHIRE BENEFACTOR
  • A YORKSHIRE M.P. AND BENEFACTOR
• YORKSHIRE ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS.
  • A YORKSHIRE ASTROLOGER AND ALMANACK-MAKER
  • THE MONK-HERMIT OF WHITBY
  • THE SADDLEWORTH HERMIT
  • AN OLD YORKSHIRE SPORTING M.P.
• YORKSHIRE CHURCHES.
  • ACKWORTH CHURCH AND NEIGHBOURhOOD
  • ADEL CHURCH, NEAR LEEDS
  • THIRSK CHURCH
  • THORNHILL CHURCH
• YORKSHIRE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
  • THE INSIGNIA OF RICHMOND
  • THE INSIGNIA OF SHEFFIELD
• YORKSHIRE DIVINES.
  • REV. SAMUEL MARSDEN
  • REV. MARK PATTISON, RECTOR OF LINCOLN
• YORKSHIRE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
  • YORKSHIRE EDUCATIONAL BEQUESTS
  • YORKSHIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS
• YORKSHIRE ANCIENT FAMILIES.
  • THE FAMILY OF DARTMOUTH
• YORKSHIRE GEOLOGY.
  • SOME YORKSHIRE BOULDERS
  • CARBONIFEROUS VEGETATION IN YORKSHIRE
• YORKSHIRE STATELY HOMES.
  • FARNLEY HALL
  • NOSTEL PRIORY
• YORKSHIRE RELIGIOUS HOUSES.
  • KIRKHAM PRIORY
• YORKSHIRE INDUSTRIES.
  • THE ANCIENT METAL TRADES OF YORKSHIRE
  • NOTES FROM THE PRIESTLEY MEMOIRS
• YORKSHIRE INVENTORS.
  • JOHN HARRISON, THE CHRONOMETER MAKER
• YORKSHIRE JUDGES.
  • LORD ST. LEONARDS
  • LORD LOUGHBOROUGH
• YORKSHIRE LEGENDS.
  • THE DRUID HAUNTS OF BRIMHAM
  • THE MIRACLE OF ST. JOHN
• YORKSHIRE REMOTE HISTORY.
  • PRE-ROMAN YORKSHIRE
• YORKSHIRE SCENERY.
  • A CANOE VOYAGE DOWN THE WHARFE
  • AYSGARTH AND ITS FALLS
  • A WALK IN HOLDERNESS
  • A RAMBLE IN NORTH YORKSHIRE
  • WITHERNSEA
• YORKSHIRE WORTHIES
  • JOHN SMEATON, F.R.S.

A transcription of the contents pages of Volume 2:

• YORKSHIRE ANTIQUITIES.
  • AN UNFREQUENTED CORNER OF CRAVEN
  • CHURCHWARDEN'S ACCOUNTS IN THE XVITH CENTURY
  • YORKSHIRE IN 1750
  • SOME ANTIQUITIES OF YORK CITY
  • HECKMONDWIKE COLLEGE
  • GUISBOROUGH
• YORKSHIRE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE.
  • ANCIENT HOUSES AT FIMBER
  • BUBWITH HOUSE, PONTEFRACT
  • LEES HALL, THORNHILL
  • TANKERSLEY HALL
• YORKSHIRE ARTISTS.
  • LIST OF YORKSHIRE ARTISTS
  • A YORKSHIRE CONNOISSEUR
  • AN OLD YORKSHIRE PAINTER
• YORKSHIRE DRAMATIC ARTISTES.
  • JOHN LACY, DRAMATIST
  • LILIAN ADELAIDE NEILSON
• YORKSHIRE AUTHORS.
  • A YORKSHIRE AUTHOR AND ANTIQUARY
  • DR. GALE, DEAN OF YORK
  • PROFESSOR ROLLESTON, F.R.S.
  • PROFESSOR ADAM SEDGWICK
• YORKSHIRE BENEFACTORS.
  • SIR FRANCIS CROSSLEY, BART.
  • MR. JOSHUA NICHOLSON
• YORKSHIRE CASTLES.
  • HAREWOOD CASTLE
  • KNARESBOROUGH CASTLE
• YORKSHIRE CHURCHES.
  • FARNHAM CHURCH
  • KNARESBOROUGH CHURCH
• YORKSHIRE DIVINES.
  • DR. JOHN FISHER, CHANCELLOR
  • DR. WILLIAM MORLEY PUNSHON
  • A NOTED YORKSHIRE ARCHBISHOP
• YORKSHIRE ANCIENT FAMILIES.
  • THE FAMILY OF CREYKE
  • THE FAMILY OF SAVILE
  • BARON HUNSDON, OF SCUTTERSKELFE, CO. YORK
  • A NOBLEMAN'S HOUSEHOLD IN TUDOR TIMES
• YORKSHIRE JOURNALISM.
  • EARLY YORKSHIRE JOURNALISM
• YORKSHIRE JUDGES.
  • SOME OLD YORKSHIRE JUDGES
• YORKSHIRE MANORS.
  • BURSTWICK MANOR
  • DEWSBURY RECTORY MANOR
• YORKSHIRE MEDALS.
  • SOME YORKSHIRE MEDALS
• YORKSHIRE MUSICIANS.
  • PROFESSOR J. CURWEN
  • DR. J. B. DYKES
  • GEORGE LINLEY, COMPOSER
  • A YORKSHIRE QUEEN OF SONG
  • REV. IGNATIUS LA TROBE
• YORKSHIRE PHYSICIANS.
  • JOHN DEAKIN HEATON, F.R.C.S.
  • DR. JOHN RATCLIFFE
• YORKSHIRE POETS.
  • WILLIAM CONGREVE
  • JOHN GOWER
• YORKSHIRE SCENERY.
  • YORKSHIRE BYWAYS
• YORKSHIRE WORTHIES.
  • SIR JAMES FALSHAW, BART
  • LORD LAWRENCE
  • RICHARD PEACOCK, C.E., M.P.
• YORKSHIRE NOTES : HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN.
  • CHRISTMAS FEASTS IN YORKSHIRE
  • TWO YORKSHIRE BOROUGHS
  • DR. ROUTH AND A YORKSHIRE DIVINE
  • LEEDS POLITICS IN 1717
  • LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE OLDEN TIME

A transcription of the contents pages of Volume 3:

• YORKSHIRE ABBEYS.
  • THREE CISTERCIAN ABBEYS OF YORKSHIRE
  • BOLTON ABBEY, WHARFEDALE
  • JERVAULX ABBEY AND WENSLEYDALE
• YORKSHIRE ANTIQUITIES.
  • YORKSHIRE IN THE PAST
  • BRIEFS AND LETTERS PATENT
  • ANCIENT STONE IN KELLINGTON CHURCHYARD
  • CONSTABLES' DUTIES AT SHEFFIELD
  • THE RUDSTONE MONOLITH
  • BELL INSCRIPTION, RYLSTONE
  • THROUGH YORKSHIRE ON A SIDE SADDLE
• YORKSHIRE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE.
  • DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE
  • FOUNTAINS HALL, NEAR RIPON
  • WOODSOME HALL
• YORKSHIRE AUTHORS.
  • SAMUEL MITCHELL, ANTIQUARY
  • CHARLES ROGERS, DIALECT WRITER
  • MRS. STANNARD (JOHN STRANGE WINTER)
  • JOHN TOMLINSON, ANTIQUARY
• YORKSHIRE BATTLES.
  • THE WHITE BATTLE
  • THE BATTLE OF TOWTON
• YORKSHIRE TOKENS AND COINS.
  • YORKSHIRE TRADESMEN'S TOKENS
  • THE STORY OF A RARE COIN
• YORKSHIRE ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS.
  • EUGENE ARAM
  • THOMAS BROWN
  • THOMAS RYMER
  • A YORKSHIRE MISER
  • THOMAS JENNINGS
• YORKSHIRE ETYMOLOGIES.
  • SCANDINAVIAN PLACE-NAMES IN EAST YORKSHIRE
• YORKSHIRE DEER PARKS.
  • THE WEST-RIDING DEER PARKS
• YORKSHIRE ANCIENT FAMILIES.
  • THE FAMILY OF ALDRED
  • LORD CARY OF LEPINGTON
  • THE FAIRFAX FAMILY
  • WORDSWORTHS OF WATER HALL,
• YORKSHIRE GEOLOGY AND GEOLOGISTS.
  • SAMUEL A. ADAMSON, F.G.S.
  • PRE-HISTORIC FIMBER
• YORKSHIRE RELIGIOUS HOUSES.
  • FRIAR PREACHERS OF PONTEFRACT
  • PROVOSTS OF ROTHERHAM COLLEGE
• YORKSHIRE POETS AND POETRY.
  • WILLIAM HENRY LEATHAM
  • THOMAS LISTER, POET AND NATURALIST
  • ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER
  • A YORKSHIRE MINSTREL
• YORKSHIRE SCENERY.
  • A YORKSHIRE DALE
  • SCOTTON VILLAGE AND GUY FAWKES
  • AN OLD YORKSHIRE VILLAGE
• YORKSHIRE NOTES : HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN.
  • DOMESDAY BOOK
  • RECRUITING THE NAVY
  • PONTEFRACT VOLUNTEERS
  • ROMAN REMAINS AT SOUTH CAVE
  • OLD LAND MEASUREMENTS