A Yorkshire Miscellany

A Yorkshire Miscellany
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Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Total Pages : 190
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ISBN-10 : 9781907666353
ISBN-13 : 1907666354
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis A Yorkshire Miscellany by : Tom Holman

From Yorkshire Day to terriers, pudding, and more—discover fascinating facts about this storied corner of England with this treasure trove of trivia. Do you know what a Yorkshire Fat Rascal is? Where to find the Land of Nod? Which three Prime Ministers were born in Yorkshire? Or who Yorkshire’s real Calendar Girls are? The answers are all in A Yorkshire Miscellany—an entertaining guide to this much-loved part of England and a celebration of its people, places, history and quirks. Learn the lingo of Yorkshire dialect and how to cook specialties like Yorkshire Pudding, Parkin and Curd Tart. Discover the secrets of building a dry stone wall and uncover the Yorkshire locations of famous films and TV shows. Understand the history of famous Yorkshire icons like the flat cap and the Yorkshire terrier, and read about the lives of the greatest ever Yorkshiremen and women. A Yorkshire Miscellany is crammed with intriguing facts and figures—a fascinating treasure trove to delight Yorkshire natives and visitors alike.

Yorkshire, A Very Peculiar History

Yorkshire, A Very Peculiar History
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Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 9781908759511
ISBN-13 : 1908759518
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis Yorkshire, A Very Peculiar History by : John Malam

Yorkshire is well known for its miners, pudding and cricket, but 'Yorkshire, A Very Peculiar History' scrapes beyond the surface and past the cliches. Featuring a host of characters from Yorkshire past and present, it's not all grit and grime! Tracing Yorkshire's history back through Roman and Viking rule, to the various tribes which populated the area in prehistoric times, this book covers the largest county in England from all angles. Featuring quirky tales of Yorkshire's crucial role in the industrial revolution, and detailed stories about the famed Wars of the Roses, it tells the astonishing tale of this large and historic county and its people and culture.

Yorkshire's Contribution to Science

Yorkshire's Contribution to Science
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433102918517
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis Yorkshire's Contribution to Science by : Thomas Sheppard

Yorkshire

Yorkshire
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 908
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ISBN-10 : 0300095937
ISBN-13 : 9780300095937
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Yorkshire by : Nikolaus Pevsner

This volume sheds light on the pride of the region - the great medieval churches of York Minster, the Minster and St Mary at Beverley, and Holy Trinity, Hull but also on less well known architectural pleasures of town and county. Outstanding Victorian village churches, including masterpieces by Street & Pearson, are as rewarding as the major country houses of Burton Agnes, Burton Constable and Sledmere. The countryside offes a wide range of monuments, from the beautifully sited ruins of Kirkham Priory to the spectacular Humber Bridge. Farmhouses and cottages of the Wolds, picturesque estate villages and chapels, and industrial structures are all brought into focus. A large section is devoted to York and includes a survey of the historic buildings of the city centre from the Roman period onwards. This is complemented by a detailed exploration of York's eighteenth and nineteenth-century suburbs. Equal care has been applied to the descriptions of Beverley, with its attractive townscape, and the port of Hull, where unexpected highlights include seventeenth-century merchant houses, Georgian almshouses, ornate Victorian pubs, and grand Edwardian public buildings.

The Literature of the Restoration

The Literature of the Restoration
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 120
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B3514831
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Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis The Literature of the Restoration by : Percy John Dobell

Catalogue of the Central Library

Catalogue of the Central Library
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : CHI:098590510
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Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Catalogue of the Central Library by : Sheffield. Free public libraries and museum

British Drama, 1533-1642: 1609-1616

British Drama, 1533-1642: 1609-1616
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 607
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ISBN-10 : 9780198739111
ISBN-13 : 0198739117
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis British Drama, 1533-1642: 1609-1616 by : Martin Wiggins

This is the sixth volume of a detailed play-by-play catalogue of drama written by English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish authors during the 110 years between the English Reformation to the English Revolution, covering every known play, extant and lost, including some which have never before been identified. It is based on a complete, systematic survey of the whole of this body of work, presented in chronological order. Each entry contains comprehensive information about a single play: its various titles, authorship, and date; a summary of its plot, list of its roles, and details of the human and geographical world in which the fictional action takes place; a list of its sources, narrative and verbal, and a summary of its formal characteristics; details of its staging requirements; and an account of its early stage and textual history.

The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800

The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 1698
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ISBN-10 : 0521079349
ISBN-13 : 9780521079341
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800 by : George Watson

More than fifty specialists have contributed to this new edition of volume 2 of The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. The design of the original work has established itself so firmly as a workable solution to the immense problems of analysis, articulation and coordination that it has been retained in all its essentials for the new edition. The task of the new contributors has been to revise and integrate the lists of 1940 and 1957, to add materials of the following decade, to correct and refine the bibliographical details already available, and to re-shape the whole according to a new series of conventions devised to give greater clarity and consistency to the entries.

Notes and Sources for Folk Songs of the Catskills

Notes and Sources for Folk Songs of the Catskills
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 9780791498644
ISBN-13 : 0791498646
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Notes and Sources for Folk Songs of the Catskills by : Norman Cazden

Notes and Sources to Folk Songs of the Catskills, also published by the State University of New York Press, is the companion volume to Folk Songs of the Catskills. It contains extensive reference notes that exemplify and support detailed citations in the commentary preceding each song. The book also includes a comprehensive list of sources, including books, broadsides or pocket songsters, disc recordings, music publications, periodicals, tape archives, and other miscellaneous material, as well as information on variants, adaptations, comments or references, texts, and tunes. These notes are designed to provide succinct reference information.

Rugby's Great Split

Rugby's Great Split
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781134221370
ISBN-13 : 1134221371
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Rugby's Great Split by : Tony Collins

Since it’s first publication, Rugby’s Great Split has established itself as a classic in the field of sport history. Drawing on an unprecedented range of sources, this deeply researched and highly readable book traces the social, cultural and economic divisions that led, in 1895, to schism in the game of rugby and the creation of rugby league, the sport of England’s northern working class. Tony Collins’ analysis challenges many of the conventional assumptions about this key event in rugby history – about class conflict, amateurism in sport, the North-South divide, violence on the pitch, the development of mass spectator sport and the rise of football. This new edition is expanded to cover parallel events in Australia and New Zealand, and to address the key question of rugby league’s failure to establish itself in Wales. Rugby’s Great Split is a benchmark text in the history of rugby, and an absorbing case study of wider issues – issues of class, gender, regional and national identity, and the impact of the commercialization and recent professionalization of rugby league. This insightful text is for anyone interested in Britain’s social history or in the emergence of modern sport, it is vital reading.