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The Danes in Lancashire

The Danes in Lancashire

by S. W. Partington

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Author
Partington, S. W.
Title
The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire
Credits
Produced by sp1nd, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Yorkshire (England) -- Antiquities
Category
Text
eBook-No.
43910
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43910
Release Date
October 8, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The Danes in Lancashire
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. Invasion and Conquest. — Local Names.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. Settlements. — The Battle of Brunanburh. Was it Fought in Lancashire? — Descriptions of Battles from the Map. — The Dyke or Dykes, Broadclough, Bacup.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. Place-Names. — Yorkshire. — A Norse Festival.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. Patronymics. — English Surnames. — On Dialect in Lancashire and Yorkshire. — An Illustration.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. Physical Types Still Existing.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. Political Freemen — Abolition of Slavery. — Invasion and Settlement.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. Husbandry.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. Stone Crosses. — Stone Crosses. — North Lancashire Relics. — Other Ancient Remains. — Some Human Remains. — The Halton Cross. — Illustration of Hog-back Stone. — Anglo-Danish Monuments.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. Runes. — Runic Almanacs. — Explanation of the Clog Almanac. — Runic Calendar. — This English (?) or Norwegian Runic Calendar is dated about A.D. 1000–1100.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. Memorials.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. Literature. — Ballads and War Songs. — Lay of the Norse Gods and Heroes. — Art. — The Viking Age. — Norse and Danish Grave Mounds.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. Mythology. — Mythical Gods.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. Superstitions. — The Helm Wind.
  18. 18.Agriculture
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. Agriculture. — Danish Agriculture. — Crops Diminishing. — National Savings. — Cost of Agricultural Education. — Occupying Ownership. — Supply of Wheat. Strides in the Scale of Living.
  20. 20.FOOTNOTES
  21. 21.INDEX
  22. 22.Transcriber's Notes

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