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Thornton le Dale
by Reginald W. Jeffery, MA
andThe Evolution of an English town (Pickering, Yorkshire)
by Gordon Home
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The Evolution of and English Town (Pickering in Yorkshire) by Gordon Home:
This book contains around 300 pages, along with numerous photographs, drawings and a small map. It describes the area from pre-historic times, through the Roman, Saxon, Norman and "royal" periods up to 1905.
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Thornton le Dale by Reginald W. Jeffery, MA :
This book of over 350 pages is divided into three sections: the history of the people, the history of the Manors and the appendix. The full title of the book is: Thornton le Dale, Being the History of the People of Thornton, Ellerburn-cum-Farmanby, Roxby, Dalby, and Thornton Marishes from the earliest times to the present day. The book contains lots of names, and a huge index.
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Contents of "The Evolution of an English Town".
- PREFACE
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I CONCERNING THOSE WHICH FOLLOW
- CHAPTER II THE FOREST AND VALE OF PICKERING IN PALAEOLITHIC AND PREGLACIAL TIMES
- CHAPTER III THE VALE OF PICKERING IN THE LESSER ICE AGE
- CHAPTER IV THE EARLY INHABITANTS OF THE FOREST AND VALE OF PICKERING
- CHAPTER V HOW THE ROMAN OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN AFFECTED THE FOREST AND VALE OF PICKERING, B.C. 55 TO A.D. 418
- CHAPTER VI FAGE THE FOREST AND VALE IN SAXON TIMES, A.D. 418 TO 1066.
- CHAPTER VII THE FOREST AND VALE IN NORMAN TIMES, A. D. 1066 TO 1154.
- CHAPTER VIII THE FOREST AND VALE IN THE TIME OF THE PLANTAGENETS A. D. 1154 TO 1485
- CHAPTER IX THE FOREST AND VALE IN TUDOR TIMES, A. D. 1485 TO 1603
- CHAPTER X THE FOREST AND VALE IN STUART TIMES, A. D. 1603 TO 1714
- CHAPTER XI THE FOREST AND VALE IN GEORGIAN TIMES, A. D. 1714 TO 1837
- CHAPTER XII THE FOREST AND VALE FROM EARLY VICTORIAN TIMES UP TO THE PRESENT DAY, A. D. 1837 TO 1905. (2)
- CHAPTER XIII PAGE CONCERNING THE VILLAGES AND SCENERY OF THE FOREST AND VALE OF PICKERING
- CHAPTER XIV CONCERN ING THE ZOOLOGY OF THE FOREST AND VALE (3)
- BOOKS OF REFERENCE
- LIST OF THE VICARS OF PICKERING (3)
- INDEX
List of illustrations for "The Evolution of an English Town".
- PICKERING CHURCH FROM HALL GARTH ( Coloured).
- PICKERING FROM THE NORTH WEST.
- ROSAMUND TOWER, PICKERING CASTLE
- KIRKDALE CAVE.
- HYAENAS' JAWS.
- ELEPHANTS' TEETH.
- BEAR'S TUSK.
- PICKERING LAKE IN ICE AGE
- NEWTONDALE IN ICE AGE Facing page
- PICKERING LAKE, EASTERN END.
- SCAMRIDGE DYKES.
- PRE HISTORIC WEAPONS.
- LEAF SHAPED ARROW HEAD
- LAKE DWELLINGS RELICS.
- REMAINS OF PRE HISTORIC ANIMALS FROM LAKE DWELLINGS
- SKELETON OF BRONZE AGE.
- A QUERN.
- URNS IN PICKERING MUSEUM.
- SKETCH MAP OF ROMAN ROAD AND CAMPS.
- THE TOWER OF MIDDLETON CHURCH
- ANCIENT FONT AND CROSSES
- SAXON SUNDIAL AT KIRKDALE.
- SAXON SUNDIAL AT EDSTONE.
- PRE NORMAN REMAINS NEAR PICKERING.
- SAXON STONES AT KIRKDALE
- SAXON STONES AT SINNINGTON.
- SOUTH SIDE OF THE NAVE OF PICKERING CHURCH.
- NORMAN DOORWAY AT SALTON.
- NORMAN WORK AT ELLERBURNE.
- THE CRYPT AT LASTINGHAM.
- NORMAN FONT AT EDSTONE
- WALL PAINTINGS IN PICKERING CHURCH
- THE DEVIL'S TOWER, PICKERING CASTLE.
- WALL. PAINTING OF ST CHRISTOPHER
- WALL PAINTING OF ST EDMUND AND ACTS OF MERCY
- WALL PAINTING OF HEROD'S FEAST AND MARTYRDOM OF ST THOMAS A BECKET
- EFFIGY OF SIR WILLIAM BRUCE.
- EFFIGIES IN BRUCE CHAPEL.
- HOLY WATER STOUP IN PICKERING CHURCH.
- SANCTUS BELL
- CATTLE MARKS. (2)
- SECTION OF FORK COTTAGE
- DETAILS OF FORK COTTAGE
- PICKERING CASTLE FROM THE KEEP.
- PRE REFORMATION CHALICE.
- FONT AT PICKERING CHURCH (2)
- ALMS BOX AT PICKERING CHURCH.
- HOUSE IN WHICH DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM DIED
- MAYPOLE ON SINNINGTON GREEN
- INVERTED STONE COFFIN AT WYKEHAM.
- MAGIC CUBES
- NEWTONDALE, SHOWING THE COACH RAILWAY
- RELICS OF WITCHCRAFT.
- A LOVE GARTER
- HORN OF THE SINNINGTON HUNT.
- INTERIOR OF THE OLDEST TYPE OF COTTAGE
- INGLE NOOK AT GALLOW HILL FARM
- AUTOGRAPHS OF WORDSWORTH AND MARY HUTCHINSON.
- RIDING T' FAIR
- HALBERT AND SPETUM.
- OLD KEY OF CASTLE
- PICKERING SHAMBLES
- THE OLD PICKERING FIRE ENGINE
- MARKET CROSS AT THORNTON LE DALE
- LOCKTON VILLAGE
- THE BLACK HOLE OF THORNTON LE DALE.
- HUTTON BUSCEL CHURCH.
- SKETCH MAP OF THE PICKERING DISTRICT.
Contents of "Thornton le Dale".
- Introduction.
- Part I. The History of the People.
- I. Early History
- II. Mediaeval Poachers
- III. The Hermits of Thornton
- IV. Mediaeval Violence
- V. Village Life in the Seventeenth Century
- VI. The Village in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
- VII. The Inhabitants and their Industries
- VIII. The Grammar School
- IX. The Church and Rectors of Thornton
- X. The Church and Vicars of Ellerburn
- Part II. The History of the Manors.
- XI. The Tor-Albemarle-Eshton-Latimer Manor
- XII. The Gospatric-Brus-Gresham-Hunter Manor
- XIII. The Torbrand-Todeni-Lambert-Robinson Manor
- XIV. The Ellerburn-cum-Farmanby Manor
- XV. The Roxby Manor
- XVI. The Dalby Manor
- XVII. The Thornton Marishes Manor
- Appendices.
- A. The Inhabitants, 1140-1540
- B. The Hill Family since 1761
- C. A record of the names of those who served in the War
- D. The first Parish Council Election
- GENERAL INDEX
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