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The Story of the East Riding of Yorkshire

The Story of the East Riding of Yorkshire

by Horace B. Browne

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Author
Browne, Horace B. (Horace Baker), 1874-1964
Credits
Produced by KD Weeks, MWS 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) -- History
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 52367
Release Date
June 18, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE STORY OF THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
  2. 2.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.I. WHAT THE EAST RIDING IS.
  6. 6.II. HOW THE EAST RIDING WAS MADE.
  7. 7.III. MEN OF THE STONE AGE.
  8. 8.IV. MEN OF THE BRONZE AGE. — The Ancient Britons.
  9. 9.V. MEN OF THE IRON AGE.
  10. 10.VI. OUR ANCESTORS.
  11. 11.VII. HOW THE MEN OF THE NORTH BECAME CHRISTIANS.
  12. 12.VIII. THE COMING OF THE NORTHMEN.
  13. 13.IX. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 892.
  14. 14.X. TWO FAMOUS BATTLES OF LONG AGO.
  15. 15.XI. HOW THE NORMANS CAME TO YORKSHIRE.
  16. 16.XII. HOW OUR ANCIENT PARISH CHURCHES WERE BUILT.
  17. 17.XIII. THE BIRTH OF HULL AND THE ROMANCE OF THE DE LA POLES.
  18. 18.XIV. MONKS, NUNS, AND FRIARS.
  19. 19.XV. SAINT JOHN OF BEVERLEY AND HIS MINSTER.
  20. 20.XVI. SANCTUARIES.
  21. 21.XVII. HOW TWO KINGS OF ENGLAND LANDED AT SPURN.
  22. 22.XVIII. LIFE IN A MEDIÆVAL TOWN.
  23. 23.XIX. THE TRADE UNIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
  24. 24.XX. THE SUPPRESSION OF THE MONASTERIES AND THE PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE.
  25. 25.XXI. HOW THE GREAT CIVIL WAR BEGAN AT HULL.
  26. 26.XXII. HOW HULL WAS TWICE BESIEGED.
  27. 27.XXIII. SOME ANCIENT EAST RIDING FAMILIES.
  28. 28.XXIV. STAGE COACH AND RAILWAY.
  29. 29.XXV. ENGLAND’S THIRD PORT.
  30. 30.XXVI. FAMOUS SONS OF THE EAST RIDING.
  31. 31.XXVII. SHIPS OF THE HUMBER.
  32. 32.XXVIII. FOLK-SPEECH OF THE EAST RIDING.
  33. 33.XXIX. HOW THE EAST RIDING GOVERNS ITSELF.
  34. 34.XXX. EAST RIDING SCHOOLS.
  35. 35.XXXI. THE EAST RIDING ROLL OF HONOUR.

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