The History of Whitby, and of Whitby Abbey: Collected from the Original Records of the Abbey, and Other Authentic Memoirs, Never Before Made Public. Containing, Not Only the History of Whitby and the Country Adjacent, But Also the Original and Antiquity of Many Particular Families and Places in Other Parts of Yorkshire. Divided Into Three Books ...A. Ward; and sold in London by T. Cadell ... and G. Robinson ... : As also by all the Booksellers in York; and by J. Monkman, Bookseller in Whitby, 1779 - Whitby (England) - 379 pages |
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Page xii
... alfo with regard to the places mentioned in our records , was another great ftumbling - block in their way , not to be removed by any thing but a long refidence upon the place . To enable me to undertake this hiftory , it may not be ...
... alfo with regard to the places mentioned in our records , was another great ftumbling - block in their way , not to be removed by any thing but a long refidence upon the place . To enable me to undertake this hiftory , it may not be ...
Page xvi
... alfo the Palfraymans , the Horfemans , the Waynemans , the Baileys , the Can- delers , the Monkmans , the Saddlers , the Brewers , the Coupers , the Bakers , the Smiths , the Mafons , and the Slaters , all of which names originated at ...
... alfo the Palfraymans , the Horfemans , the Waynemans , the Baileys , the Can- delers , the Monkmans , the Saddlers , the Brewers , the Coupers , the Bakers , the Smiths , the Mafons , and the Slaters , all of which names originated at ...
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... alfo another ftreet at Hexham in Northumberland , which to this day is called July - gate . But let us leave these uncertain times of antiquity , about which all that can be faid relating to Whitby is mere conjecture , and come forward ...
... alfo another ftreet at Hexham in Northumberland , which to this day is called July - gate . But let us leave these uncertain times of antiquity , about which all that can be faid relating to Whitby is mere conjecture , and come forward ...
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... alfo another daughter , Eanfleda , who was afterwards . married to Ofwy , King of Northumberland . After the death of her husband , Queen Ethelburga , and Paulinus , Archbishop of York , to avoid the fury of the two victorious Kings ...
... alfo another daughter , Eanfleda , who was afterwards . married to Ofwy , King of Northumberland . After the death of her husband , Queen Ethelburga , and Paulinus , Archbishop of York , to avoid the fury of the two victorious Kings ...
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... Alfo the height of the nave was 20 yards , and of the tower or fteeple 35 yards . Great dili- gence was used to forward this work , and great care taken that it might be neat and elegant . Lady Hilda was the chief director : She often ...
... Alfo the height of the nave was 20 yards , and of the tower or fteeple 35 yards . Great dili- gence was used to forward this work , and great care taken that it might be neat and elegant . Lady Hilda was the chief director : She often ...
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