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The 3 section Index to Volume I of the book
by
T. Whellan & Co.
Please note that this index is given in good faith as a
guide to the contents of the book, but there may be errors in
both the original index and the transcription of the index.
Numbers in brackets give the number of pages referenced when greater than one.
The index is divided into three sections:
- The general index which starts immediately below
- The City of York
- The Borough of Scarborough
- Abbess Hilda,
- Abbeys See Monasteries
- Aborigines of Great Britain,
- Agricultural Statistics of England, (3)
- Societies and Farmers' Clubs,
- Ainsty Wapentake,
- Aire River,
- Albion, derivation of,
- Alcuin, (4)
- Aldborough, the ancient Isurium, (2)
- Aldby, near Stamford Bridge, (2)
- Aldfrid, King, buried at Driffield,
- Alfred the Great divides the Kingdom, (2)
- Ancient Britons submit to the Romans, and adopt their customs,
- Anglo Danish period,
- Anglo Saxon Churches,
- Anglo Saxon period,
- Anglo Saxon Kings
- Alfred the Great,
- Athelstan,
- Edmund,
- Edgar, (3)
- Ethelred
- Edward the Confessor,
- Harold,
- Anlaff's fleet enters the Humber,
- Antiquities of Yorkshire,
- Arbor Low (Peak of Derby),
- Archbishops of York, list of,
- Archbishops, annals of the,
- Archdiocese of York,
- Arles, Council of,
- Armies, ancient mode of assembling,
- Askerne Springs,
- Athelstan, King, establishes the Kingdom; his death,
- Atmospherical phenomena,
- Augustine, St., created Archbishop of Canterbury,
- A woman crucified by her daughter,
- Aysgarth Force,
- Barbarous customs of the English,
- Barony, description of,
- Bathing places, principal,
- Battle Abbey, Roll of,
- Battles
- Battle Bridge,
- near Doncaster and York, (4)
- Mount Badon,
- Hatfield and Denisburn,
- Winmoor,
- Bromford,
- Chester, (3)
- Fulford and Stamford Bridge,
- Senlac, commonly called Hastings, (3)
- York,
- near York,
- on Cuton Moor (" Battle of the Standard"),
- at Falkirk,
- Bannockburn,
- Myton on Swale,
- Boroughbridge,
- Byland Abbey, (3)
- Nevill's Cross,
- Bramham Moor,
- St. Albans,
- Northampton,
- Wakefield,
- Barnet Heath,
- Field,
- Danesmoor,
- Barnet,
- Tewkesbury,
- Bosworth Field, (3)
- Stoke,
- Flodden Field, (3)
- Kineton, or Edge Hill,
- Tadcaster and Wetherby,
- Selby,
- and Marston Moor,
- Bede, the Venerable,
- Bedern, derivation of,
- Beheading in England, first instance of,
- Bells, invention and use of,
- Bernicia, Kingdom of,
- Beverley and Barmston Drainage,
- Beverley, King Charles
- Bible,
- first complete version published in England,
- indiscriminate use of, condemned,
- Big Ben of Westminster (bell),
- Bishops committed to the Tower,
- Black Hamilton,
- Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni,
- Boroughbridge burnt by the Scots,
- Bramham Craggs,
- Bridges of stone first built in England,
- Bridlington Chalybeate Spring,
- Brigantes,
- the metropolis of,
- Cartismandua, their Queen,
- Venusius becomes their chief,
- Britain, derivation of,
- British Association,
- British Kings
- Arthur, (3)
- Ambrosius,
- Uter,
- Lucius,
- Vortigern,
- Ochta and Abisa,
- Ebraucus, the supposed founder of York,
- British Period,
- British Remains
- tumuli, barrows, cromlechs, &c.,
- corslet of gold found in a barrow,
- urns, canoes, war chariots, &c.,
- Bruce, David, taken prisoner,
- Burgundy, Duchess of, instigates rebellion, (2)
- Calder, River,
- Caledonians, (2)
- Camp of Refuge,
- Canals of Yorkshire,
- Canute's reproof to his courtiers,
- Capitation tax,
- Caracalla murders Gets,
- Caractacus, Chief of the Silures,
- Cassiterides, or the Tin Islands,
- Castles or Fortresses, ancient,
- at Bamborough,
- Aldby,
- York, (2)
- number of existing remains of Castles,
- Cathedral of York,
- Cathedrals burnt,
- Cattle, Teeswater and Holderness, breed of,
- Caves of Yorkshire,
- Caxton introduces Printing,
- Celtic sepulchres and monuments,
- Centenarians in England,
- Chalk formation on the Welds, extent of,
- Chantries, how founded,
- Christian Festivals, origin of,
- Christianity introduced into Britain,
- Christianity re introduced by St. Augustine,
- Civil government, titles, &c.,
- Classes, distinction of, preserved by William the Conqueror,
- Cleveland, hills and vale of,
- Clifford's Tower at York,
- Cock Fighting,
- Cock, River,
- Coffee introduced into England,
- Commerce of Yorkshire,
- Constantine the Great
- born, (4)
- assumes the imperial purple at York, and embraces Christianity,
- Constantius, Emperor, resides atYork,
- Constantius, Emperor, his supposed tomb,
- Copper Mines,
- Coronation stone and chair, (2)
- Corpus Christi Plays,
- Costume of the English in the reign of the Confessor,
- Courts of Exchequer, &c., removed from York,
- Courts of Exchequer, reinstated in York for six months,
- Cromwell, Oliver, at the siege of York,
- Cromwell, Oliver, his death,
- Cromwell, Oliver, his effigies burnt at York,
- Danes invade England,
- Danes, their massacre on St. Brice's Day,
- Dance Maine,
- Danish fleet enters the Humber,
- Danish Kings Kingsidge,
- Danish Kings Eric,
- Danish Kings Sweyne, (2)
- Danish Kings
- Canute, (2)
- Harold and Hardicanute,
- Deluge, the Universal,
- Derwent, River,
- Devil's Arrows,
- Devil's Den (Cromlech),
- Diefyr, or Deira, Kingdom of,
- Deira, derivation of the name,
- Discharged Livings, meaning of,
- Dissolution of Monasteries, (2)
- Disputes about the Festival of Easter,
- Domesday Book, its origin, &c.,
- Don, River,
- Drainage of the carrs and marshes,
- Drake, the historian,
- Dreadful executions of the nobility,
- Dropping Well at Knaresborough,
- Druids their sacrifices,
- Druids, their civil government,
- Druids, they oppose the Roman invaders,
- Druidical Circles,
- Ducking or Cucking Stool,
- Dwarf Rose in the Field of Towton,
- Eastern Moorlands,
- East Riding of Yorkshire situation of, (3)
- East Riding of Yorkshire climate of (3)
- East Riding of Yorkshire principal towns of,
- East Riding of Yorkshire is famous for breeding horses,
- East Riding of Yorkshire its mineral productions,
- East Riding of Yorkshire marshes and warp land,
- Ecclesiastical Architecture,
- Egbert unites the Kingdoms of the Heptarchy,
- Ely, Bishop of, heads an army,
- England, the Island of Saints,
- England divided into parishes, &c.,
- England submits to the Conqueror,
- Ermine Street (Roman Road),
- Esk, River,
- Fairs, ancient,
- Fair Rosamond,
- Famines, (2)
- Flamborough Head,
- Fleming, Nicholas, Mayor of York,
- Flood, great, of Ripponden,
- Foss, River,
- Fosseway (Roman Road),
- Franchise of Yorkshire,
- Free Chapels, how founded,
- Fridstol, or freed stool, ancient,
- Galilee Porches in Churches,
- Galtres, ancient Forest of,
- Garraby Beacon,
- Gascoigne, Chief Justice, refuses to pass sentence of death
on Archbishop Scrope,
- Gaveston, Piers de,
- General History of Yorkshire,
- Gent, Thomas, the historian, (2)
- Geoffrey Plantagenet, Archbishop of York,
- Geoffrey of Monmouth, the historian,
- Geology of Yorkshire,
- Giggleswick Scar,
- Glass windows first introduced, (2)
- Glo'ster, Richard, Duke of; is made Protector, and crowned
King,
- Goodmanham, Pagan Temple at,
- Gothic Architecture,
- Gregory the Great, Pope
- his character,
- he resolves on the conversion of England,
- appoints Sees,
- Guilds or Fraternities,
- Guisborough Mineral Spring,
- Guy Fawkes, a Yorkshireman,
- Hadrian, Emperor, arrives in Britain,
- Hadrian, Emperor, resides at York,
- Hadrian's Great Wall,
- Hainault soldiery massacred,
- Harold II. crowned,
- Harold II. his death and burial,
- Harrald Hadrada invades England,
- Harrogate Springs,
- Hebrew language, the oldest,
- Hengist and Horsa invited to Britain,
- Hengist defeats the Picts and Scots,
- Hermit of Knaresborough,
- Hide of land, description of,
- High Street (Roman Road),
- Hinguar and Hubba destroy the Holderness coast,
- Holderness District,
- Holderness, Wasting Cliffs of,
- Holy Island,
- Hornsea Mere,
- Horrible brutalities of the Danes,
- Horse Racing,
- Hull, River,
- Hulpit and Hunpit holes,
- Humber, River,
- Hurtlepot, Ginglepot, and Donk, Caves,
- Icknild Street (Roman Road),
- Independents, the, rob the Churches,
- Indulgences, definition of,
- Inhabitants of Yorkshire, their character,
- Instance of filial affection,
- Insurrection in the north,
- Insurrection of the northern Catholics,
- Insurrection in the East Riding, &c.,
- Insurrection of the old Parliamentary faction,
- Ireland peopled,
- Jack Straw and Wat Tyler's rebellion,
- Jenkins, Henry,
- Jews, great massacre of,
- Jews, their number in England,
- Jones, Paul, the Anglo American buccaneer,
- Judith, Countess of Albemarle,
- Julius Caesar, invasion of,
- King, origin of the name, (2)
- King Arthur defeats the Saxons; his murder, and the discovery
of his remains, (2)
- King Edwin's daughter baptized by St. Paulinus,
- King Edwin baptized by St. Paulinus, and his glorious reign,
- King Edwin his death,
- King Richard I.
- his coronation, (3)
- his imprisonment in Austria,
- King John visits the north,
- Kings Alexander I. and II. of Scotland married at York,
- King Edward I. at York,
- King Edward I. his death,
- King Edward II.,
- King Edward II., his murder,
- King Edward III. his glorious reign and marriage,
- King Henry II. his heart lately sent to England,
- King Richard
- his accession,
- deposition and murder,
- King Henry IV. his accession,
- King Henry IV. his death,
- King Henry V. visits York and Beverley,
- King Henry V. his death,
- King Henry VI.
- his character,
- falls into the hands of the Yorkists,
- again made King,
- confined in the Tower, and murdered,
- King Edw. IV.
- proclaimed,
- crowned,
- again crowned,
- King Edw. IV.
- his imprisonment and escape,
- his death and family,
- King Edward V. murdered in the Tower,
- King Richard III., crowned,
- King Richard III., slain at the battle of Bosworth Field,
- King Henry VII. his marriage, &c.,
- King Henry VIII.,
- he receives the title of Defender of the Faith, (3)
- visits Yorkshire,
- his death,
- King Edward VI.,
- King Edward VI., his death,
- King James VI.'s accession,
- King James VI. his death,
- King Charles I. history of his disastrous reign,
- is refused admittance into Hull,
- his person delivered up by the Scots,
- is tried and executed,
- King Charles II. proclaimed,
- King James I his accession,
- Kits Coty House,
- Leland, the Antiquary,
- Lead, Copper, and Iron Mines,
- Levellers, the, their fanaticism, (2)
- Library of York Cathedral,
- Lindisfarne, Isle of,
- Lindisfarne, Church destroyed by the Danes,
- Liturgy (new) compiled,
- Londesborough, King Edwin's residence,
- Long Meg and her Daughters,
- Long Parliament, the,
- Lothbric, a Danish General, legend of,
- Malham Cove,
- Malo Cross,
- Mansions, ancient,
- Marble Quarries,
- Mark, value of,
- Mary Queen of Scots,
- Massacre of the Jews,
- Maxima Caesariensis,
- Mechanics' Institute, Yorkshire Union of,
- Mile, derivation of,
- Mineral Springs in Yorkshire,
- Minster, derivation of the name,
- Minstrels or Gleemen,
- Mistletoe, a sacred plant with the Druids,
- Monasteries, origin of,
- Monasteries, suppression of,
- Monastic Institutions in Yorkshire,
- Abbeys
- Alien Priories or Cells,
- Friaries
- Nunneries York, (2)
- Priories York, (2)
- Hospitals York, (2)
- Mountains in Yorkshire
- Roseberry Topping, (2)
- Black Hamilton, (4)
- Botton Head,
- Nine Standards,
- Shunner Fell,
- Water Cragg, &c.,
- Stow Brow,
- Howardian Hills,
- Pennygent, Whernside, and Ingleborough, (2)
- Multangular Tower at York,
- Murray, Lindley,
- Nennius, the historian,
- Newcastle, Earl of, created a Marquis,
- Nice and Sardica, Councils of,
- Nidd, River,
- Norman Period,
- Northern Assize Circuit,
- North of England divided into Shires, &c., (2)
- Northallerton burnt by the Scots,
- North Riding Situation and extent, (3)
- North Riding principal towns,
- North Riding climate,
- North Riding soil,
- North Riding agricultural and woodlands, (3)
- North Riding cattle, sheep, and horses, (3)
- North Riding minerals and lead mines,
- North Riding longevity of its inhabitants,
- Northumbria, Earls of,
- Northumberland, Earl of, murdered,
- Northumbrian Kingdom,
- Northumbrian Kingdom, is conquered by the Danes,
- Northumbrian Kingdom, extinction of the Northumbrian dynasty,
- Northumbrian Kingdom, is divided into shires,
- Octavius crowned at York,
- Oswald's Cross,
- Ouse, River,
- Ouse, River, etymology of,
- Pagan Temple profaned by Coifi,
- Pall, or Pallium, of the Archbishops,
- Parisi, tribe of,
- Parliament first held in York,
- Parliament derivation of the name,
- Parliament other early Parliaments, (4)
- Parson, meaning of the name
- Paulinus created Archbishop of York,
- Paulinus, see St. Paulinus Penda, King of Mercia,
- Pentateuch, the,
- Pestilence, called the "Black Death, "
- Petuaria and Portus Felix (British Towns)
- Pews in Churches,
- Phoenician Merchants visit the Tin Islands,
- Picts and Soots,
- Pilgrimage of Grace, insurrection,
- Plague, the, (3)
- Pedestrianism extraordinary,
- Plays, sacred',
- Pope Adrian sends Legates to England, in A.D. (2)
- Population of England armed,
- Population of several towns in the reign of Edward III.,
- Population, &c., of Yorkshire,
- Ports of Yorkshire,
- Price of provisions
- in the reign of Edward II.,
- in the reign of Richard III.,
- Prince Charles Stuart, the Pretender,
- Prince Rupert,
- Post Office Statistics,
- Prince William de Hatfield,
- Printing Press, the first at York,
- Protestants and Catholics executed for heresy,
- Providential escapes,
- Puritans, the,
- Quakers, origin of the name,
- Quarter Sessions, where held,
- Queen Anne's Bounty,
- Queen Elizabeth's accession,
- Queen Henrietta,
- Queen Margaret's adherence to her party,
- Queen Mary's accession,
- Queen Victoria's visits to York,
- visits Kingston upon Hull,
- Railways of Yorkshire, (2)
- Ravenspurne,
- Bolingbroke lands at,
- Edward IV. debarks at,
- Rebellion, the, (2)
- Rebellion in Yorkshire,
- Rebellion of Wyat,
- Rectories, meaning of,
- Reformatory Institutions,
- Reformation in Religion,
- Reform Bill, effects of, in Yorkshire,
- Religious edifices profaned during the Commonwealth,
- Religious Houses,
- Richmond, Earl of, lands at Milford Haven,
- Riding, origin of the term,
- Rivers of Yorkshire, (5)
- Rollrich Stones,
- Roman Invasion,
- Roman Period,
- Roman Colonies, Stipendiary Towns, Latin Cities,
- Roman government of Britain,
- Romans, the, relinquish Britain,
- Roman modes of sepulture, (2)
- Roman sepulchral and other remains, (2)
- Roman Roads, (4)
- Roman Stations, (2)
- Roman Encampments,
- Roseberry Topping,
- Sanctuaries abolished,
- Sanctuary, the privilege of,
- Savings' Banks, capital deposited in them; in (2)
- Saxons, the their origin, manners, &c., (3)
- invited to Britain by Vortigern,
- their conquest of the Britons,
- their religion,
- titles of honour,
- names of divisions of land,
- Saxon Heptarchy,
- how composed,
- extinction of,
- Saxon Kings
- Ida,
- Ella or Alla,
- Ethelfrid,
- Edwin,
- Oswald,
- Oswy,
- Oswin,
- Oswio,
- Alchfrid,
- Egfrid,
- Aldfrid, (3)
- Osred, Ceonred, Ccelwulf,
- Oswulf, Mol Edilwold, Alchred, Alfwold, and Ethelbred,
- Osbald, Eardulf, and Egbert,
- Osbert and Ella,
- Egbert,
- Saxon Remains at York,
- Scarborough burnt by the Norwegians,
- Scarborough besieged by the nobles,
- Scarborough Castle, attempt to seize it,
- Scarborough, history of,
- Scarborough Warning, (3)
- Scots pass from Ireland to Scotland,
- Scotland, ancient inhabitants of,
- Scots, their barbarous invasions,
- Scottish Regalia removed to England,
- Scottish League and Covenant,
- Scrope's, Archbishop, rebellion, (3)
- Scrope's execution,
- Sea coast of North and East Ridings,
- Seamer, insurrection at,
- Sepulchral (called Druids') Circles,
- Severus, Emperor, arrives in Britain his conquests and death,
- funeral obsequies at York,
- Severus Hill, near York,
- Ship money, tax imposed,
- Sieges
- Portsmouth,
- Hull,
- York(2),
- Pontefract,
- Sheffield,
- Scarborough,
- Bolton, Skipton, and Helmsley,
- Carlisle,
- Simnel, Lambert, an impostor, is proclaimed King in Dublin,
- Sistuntii, tribe of,
- Siward, Earl of Northumbria,
- Sixth Conquering Legion,
- Skipton burnt by the Scots,
- Skirlaw, Bishop of Durham,
- Spencer, Hugh de, favourite of Edward III,
- Spring tides at Hull,
- Spurn Promontory or Point,
- St. Ceadda, or Chad, Archbishop of York,
- St. Edward the Confessor,
- St. Edwin (King), St. Ethelburge (Queen) (3)
- St. John of Beverley,
- St. Oswald (King),
- St. Oswald, Archbishop of York,
- St. Paulinus, Archbishop of York, (2)
- St. Thomas of Canterbury ridiculous trial of,
- St. WiMid, Archbishop of York, (2)
- St. William, Archbishop of York,
- Staith, origin of the name,
- Sterne, Laurence,
- Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain,
- Stoupe Brow, or Stow Brow,
- Street, derivation of the word,
- Stuarts, the last of the,
- Sunk Island recovered from the Humber, (2)
- Swale, River,
- St. Paulinus baptizes immense numbers in it,
- is called the Jordan of England,
- Sweating Sickness,
- Sweyn's Danish fleet, enters the Humber,
- Synods held in Northumbria, (A.D. (2)
- Tees, River,
- Temple of Bellona at York, (2)
- Temple of Serapis at York,
- Thoodorus, Archbishop of Britain,
- Thirty nine Articles, the, published,
- Thornton Force and Sear,
- Thrave, meaning of,
- Thurston, Archbishop of York,
- Tithings, why named,
- Tithes, origin of,
- Tonnage and Poundage levied,
- Tosti, Earl of Northumbria,
- Tosti's fleet enters the Humber,
- Tournaments at York, (2)
- Tournament between two English and two foreign Knights,
- Turpin, the highwayman,
- Tyler's, Wat, rebellion,
- Ure, or Yore, River,
- Valor Ecclesiasticus, or Liber Regis (King's Books),
- Vales of York, Derwent, Cleveland, &c.,
- Vicarages, origin of,
- Voluntii, tribe of,
- Vortimer defeats the Saxons,
- Wade's Causeway,
- Wages of Workmen in the 14th century,
- Walling Fen and Bishop soil commons,
- Wall of Antoninus, or Graham's Dyke,
- Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, (2)
- Wapentake, origin of the term,
- Warbeck, Perkin, an impostor,
- is proclaimed King; by the title of Richard IV.,
- is executed for treason,
- Warp Land,
- Warwick, the great Earl of, (2)
- Wars of the Roses,
- War, Great Civil, cause and progress of, (48)
- Wastes of Yorkshire,
- Waterfalls of Yorkshire,
- Watling Street (Roman Road),
- Wayland Smith's Cave,
- Weathercote Cave,
- Wesley, Rev. John,
- West Riding situation and principal towns of; (3)
- soil, minerals, and manufactures,
- Western Moorlands,
- Winter Solstice a Drudical festival,
- Wharfe, River,
- William Duke of Normandy determines to invade England,
- prepares to do so,
- is surnamed the Conqueror,
- his harsh treatment of the English,
- Wolds of Yorkshire,
- soil of, (2)
- rabbit warrens and sheep walks,
- Wold district, extent of,
- Yordas Cave,
- Yorkshire situation and Ridings of,
- Yorkshire area and population of,
- Yorkshire Wolds and Moorlands of,
- Yorkshire Carrs and Levels of, (2)
- Yorkshire agriculture of,
- Yorkshire wastes of,
- Yorkshire ports of,
- Yorkshire commerce of,
- Yorkshire geology of,
- Yorkshire general history of,
- Yorkshire how divided after the Conquest,
- Yorkshire is famed for its battle fields,
- Yorkshire, Earl of,
- Yorkshire Agricultural Society,
- Yorkshire Witch, the
- Yorkshire, places in, that have given title to Peers, or
have been the capital residences of Barons,
- York, Dukes of,
- York, Earl of,
- Yule log, the origin of,
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THE CITY OF YORK
- York becomes the Roman Station, Eboracum
- Sixth Conquering Legion (2)
- City besieged by the Britons
- Emperor Severus resides at York
- His death and funeral obsequies (2)
- Caracalla murders Geta and his friends
- Carausius, a Briton, proclaimed Emperor, and his murder
- Death of the Emperer Constantius .
- Constantine the Great arrives, assumes the imperial purple
at York, and embraces Christianity
- York the capital of Deira
- King Arthur celebrates the first Christmas festival at York
(3)
- York the capital of Northumbria
- King Edwin baptized at York
- York seized by the Danes, and horrible sufferings of the
inhabitants
- Siward, Earl of Northumbria, dies at York
- The City taken by theNorwegians
- Is the rallying point of the Northumbers
- The citizens submit to William the Conqueror
- City re taken by the English and Danes, and partly burnt
by accident
- Is besieged and burnt by the Conqueror .
- Is again burnt (accidentally) in (2)
- First English Parliament held here (2)
- The City risen to eminence
- Great massacre of the Jews (2)
- Their horrid fate at York
- Temporal and spiritual power united
- King John's visit
- Henry III. attends a convocation, and Alexander I. of Scotland
is married here
- Alexander II. of Scotland married here
- Visit of Edward I
- York a maritime town
- Parliaments held here, (4)
- Suburbs of the City burnt by the Scotch
- Several Barons executed at York
- Court and camp of Edward III. at York
- His marriage at York
- Prince Wm. de Hatfield buried at York
- Dreadful affray with the Hainaulters
- Richard II. confers the title of Lord Mayor, and presents
the Mace and Cap of Maintenance
- Dreadful pestilence
- Courts removed from London to York (2)
- Henry IV. visits the City of York (1)
- Henry V.'s visit
- Edward IV. visits York
- Is crowned here
- Is again at York
- Prince Edward knighted here
- Henry VII. at York
- Rebels attempt to seize him
- Visit of the Princess Margaret
- York one of the staple towns
- Churches of York in the time of Henry V. (1)
- Visit of Henry VIII
- Execution of the Earl of Northumberland and others
- Visits of James VI. (3)
- Visits of his Queen and children
- The Plague at York
- Horse race on the river Ouse
- Visits of Charles I. (3)
- He holds a Council at the Deanery (1)
- Fixes his head quarters here
- Great meeting on Heworth Moor
- Queen Henrietta at York
- Siege of York commences
- St. Mary's Tower (3)
- Surrender of the City
- Is dismantled of its garrison
- Cromwell's visit
- Old Jenkins at York Assizes
- Charles II. proclaimed, and Crom well's effigy burnt at York
(3)
- Visit of James, Duke of York
- Lamps first hung up here
- Outrages on the Catholics, Wm. and Mary proclaimed, overflow
of the Ouse and a great fire at York (2)
- Great drought here
- Visit of the Prince of Hesse (1)
- Visit of the Duke of Cumberland (2)
- Visit of the King of Denmark
- Visit of the Duke of York
- Corps of volunteers embodied
- Marquis of Rockingham's funeral
- Prince of Wales and Duke of York at York races
- Visit of Charles James Fox
- Visit of Prince William Frederick of Glo'ster and the Earl
St. Vincent
- Mary Bateman, the "Yorkshire Witch"
- Visit of the Duke of Sussex (1)
- The Queen, Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, &c.,
at York
- Royal Agricultural Society's Show
- Great banquet at Guild Hall
- Visit of the Queen and Royal family
- York, Earl and Dukes of
- Origin of the City of York
- Etymology of the name
- Resemblance of York to Rome (1)
- Is the seat of the Roman Emperors
- Temple of Bellona
- Roman Remains of sepulchres, tesselated pavements, altars,
ware, &c.
- Temple of Serapis
- Roman burial place
- Saxon remains
- Festival of Christmas first held at York
- Description of York in Domesday
- Houses and population of York in the time of Edward the Confessor
- Great Council of the North (2)
- Thanksgiving and illuminations for peace
- Topography of the City of York
- Situation of the City
- Description of the fortifications
- Ireland's description of York
- Restoration of the walls
- Circumference of the ramparts
- Entrance gates or Bars
- Micklegate Bar,
- Bootham Bar,
- Monk Bar,
- Walmgate Bar and Barbican,
- Fishergate Bar and Postern,
- the other Posterns
- Lendal Tower
- Roman Multangular Tower, and Roman Wall
- Red Tower
- Old Baile Hill (2)
- York Castle (3)
- Clifford's Tower
- Site of the Praetorium Palace
- The Manor Palace
- Site of Percy's Inn .
- Old Archiepiscopal Palace (3)
- Lardiner Hall and Duke's Hall
- Mulberry, or Mulbrai, Hall
- The George Inn
- The Castle Mills
- Names of Streets, derivation of
- Abbot of St. Mary's fair
- Jews numerous in York .
- The " Railway King, " former residence of
- A street named after him
- First Coffee House in York
- The New Walk
- Suburbs and Bridges of York
- Ouse Bridge
- St. William's Chapel
- Mortality, Cholera
- Sanitary measures
- Drainage of the Foss Islands
- Abolition of intramural interment
- Ecclesiastical affairs
- Dispute about the Primacy
- Income of Bishops
- Dean and Chapter of York
- Arms of the Cathedral
- List of the Archbishops
- List of the Deans
- Annals of the Archbishops
- St. William's entry into York accident on Ouse Bridge
- Great feast in honour of Archbishop Neville's enthronization
.
- Cardinal Wolsey
- Anecdote of Archbishop Mountain
- The Cardinal of York
- The Cathedral, or Minster .
- The edifice rebuilt
- Saxon, Norman, and Gothic architecture
- Dates of the erection of the Minster
- Chantries in the Minster
- Minster burnt by Jonathan Martin
- Another fire in the Minster
- Musical Festivals
- Great hell, " Peter of York" . . . . . .
- Description of the Minster
- The Ladye Chapelle.
- Relics
- The stained glass windows
- Dimensions of the Minster
- Comparative dimensions of the principal Cathedrals
- The monuments
- Chapter House, description of
- Dignitaries, &c., of the Cathedral . .
- Comparative capacity for accommodation of the largest Churches
in Europe .
- Minster Yard
- Minster Library .
- Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre
- Liberty of St. Peter
- St. William's College
- The Bedern .
- St. Leonard's Hospital
- St. Mary's Abbey
- Holy Trinity Priory
- Dominican Friary
- Franciscan Friary
- Augustinian Friary
- Carmelite Friary
- Benedictine Nunnery .
- St. Andrew's Priory
- Hospital of St. Nicholas
- Hospital of St. Magdalen
- Hospital of St. Anthony
- St. Anthony's Hall
- Various religious guilds (1)
- Churches of York
- All Saints' Church, North St
- All Saints, Pavement,
- Church of St. Crux,
- of St. Cuthbert,
- of St. Dennis,
- of St. Olave,
- of St. Helen, Stonegate,
- of St. John,
- of St. Lawrence,
- of St. Margaret,
- of St. Martin, Coney St.,
- of St. Martin, Micklegate, (3)
- of St. Mary Bishophill Senior,
- of St. Mary Bishophill Junior,
- of St. Mary, Castlegate,
- of St. Michael le Belfrey, (3)
- of St. Michael, Low Ousegate,
- of St. Sampson,
- of St.Saviour,
- of the Holy Trinity, King's Sq.,
- of the Holy Trinity, Micklegate,
- of the Holy Trinity, Goodramgate,
- of St. Maurice,
- of St. Paul,
- and of St. Thomas,
- Dissenting Chapels
- Catholics
- Catholic Church of St. George
- Catholic fraternities,
- Convent of St. Mary
- Public Schools: St. Peter's,
- Holgate's,
- Training Institution,
- Yeoman,
- School of Art,
- Wilberforce School for the Blind,
- Blue Coat,
- Spinning,
- Wilson's Charity,
- Ragged,
- Dodsworth's,
- Haughton's,
- Schools
- National Schools,
- British,
- Wesleyan,
- Independent,
- St. George's Catholic,
- Convent Schools,
- Sunday Schools,
- Almshouses, or Hospitals :
- Agar's Barstow's and St. Catherine's,
- Colton's and Harrison's,
- Hewley's and Ingram's,
- Mason's, Maison Dieu, and Middleton's,
- Merchant Tailor's, and Old Maid's,
- St. Thomas's,
- Thompson's and Trinity Hospitals,
- Watter's and Wilson's, (3)
- and Winterskelfs,
- Population, &c., of York
- Commerce, Trade, &c
- Markets, Fairs, &c
- Corporation of York
- Franchise
- Freemen's Strays
- York Tyburn
- Courts of Justice
- Guild Hall . . .
- Mansion House
- The Judge's Lodgings
- Assembly Rooms
- Festival Concert Room
- Theatre Roval
- Yorkshire Club House
- The De Grey Rooms
- County Gaol (York Castle)
- City House of Correction
- Post Office
- Merchants' Hall
- Merchant Tailors' and other Halls
- York County Hospital
- Other Medical Institutions
- York Lunatic Asylum
- Retreat Lunatic Asylum
- Pauper Lunatic Asylum
- Yorkshire Philosophical Society
- The Museum and its contents
- British Association
- York Institute
- Yorkshire Architectural Society
- Yorkshire Naturalists' Club
- Yorkshire Antiquarian Club
- Subscription and select libraries
- News Rooms
- Newspapers
- Railways
- Gas and Water Works (2)
- Public Baths
- Banks, Barracks, &c
- York Poor Law Union
- Penitentiary and City Mission
- Reformatory Schools
- Model Lodging House
- Cemetery
- Cholera Burial Ground
- Racecourse (Knavesmire)
- Eminent Men connected with York
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BOROUGH OF SCARBOROUGH
- Its probable occupation by the Romans
- The Saxon origin of the name
- The town burnt and plundered by Tosti
- Manor of Walsgrif (Falsgrave)
- Early charters granted
- Leland's description of Scarbro.
- Boundaries of the old town
- Bland's Cliff formed
- Charnell Garth (2)
- Mill Beek, the ancient fosse
- Scarborough Castle
- Its early Governors (2)
- Visits of Kings John and Edw. I.
- The town burnt by the Scotch
- The Castle besieged
- Visit of Richard III.
- The Castle taken by stratagem .
- The town stormed by the Parliamentarians
- Siege of the Castle in (2)
- Terms of its surrender
- Sir Hugh Cholmley
- Siege of the Castle in (11)
- The articles of rendition
- Captain Brown Bushell
- Two providential escapes
- George Fox imprisoned here
- The Barracks erected
- Description of the present ruins of the Castle
- Ancient Chapel in the Castle
- Cistercian Abbey and Rectory (2)
- Religious Rouses
- Church of St. Sepulchre
- St. Nicholas's Hospital and Church
- St. Thomas's Hospital and Church
- Knights Hospitallers
- Topography: Situation and description
- Discovery of the Spa
- Dickey Dickinson
- Spa Saloon erected
- The Cliff Bridge
- Analysis of the Spa water
- Ports, Piers, and Harbour
- White Nab Quarry
- Shipping, &c.
- Life Boat
- Carnelian Bay .
- Population, Trade, &c .
- Markets and Fairs
- The ancient Mart
- Disputes about Scarborough and Seamer Markets
- Ancient Market Cross
- Tax called Gablage
- Civil Government
- Gallows Close
- The Mayor tossed in a blanket
- The present Corporation
- Courts, Franchise, &c .
- Miscellaneous Mems.
- Dreadful Fire at Scarbro.
- Earl of Scarborough
- Churches
- St. Mary's Church
- Chantries in St. Mary's
- Its restoration
- Christ Church
- St. Thomas's Church
- The Bar Church
- Chapels
- Catholics
- Catholic Church of St. Peter
- Schools
- Hospitals and Almshouses
- Charitable Institutions
- Town Hall
- Newborough Bar
- Museum
- Odd Fellows' Hall
- Public Market Hall
- Theatre and Savings' Bank
- Philosophical and Archaeological Society
- Mechanics' Institute
- Libraries, News Rooms, &c.
- Temperance Societies .
- Cemetery
- Longevity
- Oliver's Mount
- The Mere and the Plantation (2)
- Eminent Men
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