A History of Giggleswick School from its Foundation, 1499 to 1912Bell, Edward Allen
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A History of Giggleswick School from its Foundation, 1499 to 1912
Bell, Edward Allen
Giggleswick School (Giggleswick, England) -- History
The Volumes contain: Bolton Hall and the Lord's Scrope, Bramham Park
and the families connected, Beswick Old Hall and the Drapers,
Castle Howard and the Howards, Dalton Hall and the Hothams, Farnley
and the Fawkes family, Harewood and the Lascelles, Heslington and
the Earls of Richmond, Hazlewood and the Vavasours, Methley and the
Saviles, Nun Appleton the Prioresses and Nuns, Nostal and the
Winns, Newburgh and the Wombwells, Newton and the Fairfaxes, Ripley
and the Ingilbys, Swillington and the Lowthers, Skipton and the
Cliffords, Studley and The De Greys, Templenewsam and the Knight
Templars, Upleatham and the Bruces and Zetlands, Wentworth and the
Straffords, Wilton and the Bulmers.
The above comprise twenty-five Chapters in Yorkshire Family History,
the importance of which cannot be exaggerated, as the families whose
history is given are amongst the most prominent in England's Story.
#A History of the Bramham Moor Hunt.# By William Scarth Dixon, author of
"A History of the York and Ainsty Hunt." With twenty-five full-page
Illustrations, reproducing portraits of many famous Members of the Hunt
and the three important plates originally painted by David Dalby, also a
frontispiece, an original portrait of the late George Lane Fox, Esq.,
the Master. Large 4to £1 11 6.
#The History of the York and Ainsty Hunt.# By William Scarth Dixon,
author of "A History of the Bramham Moor Hunt," "In the North Countree,"
&c., &c., with twenty reproductions of Portraits of Masters, Huntsmen,
Special Meets, Favourite Hounds, Old Prints, &c., &c. Published at £1 1
0. Also a large paper edition at £2 2 0 nett.
"A valuable acquisition to every Sporting Library."
"A book which no sport-loving Yorkshireman should be without."
#The Heraldry of York Minster.# A Key to the History of its Builders and
Benefactors as shown in its stained glass windows and in the carved work
in stone. By The Very Rev. A. P. Purey-Cust, D.D., F.S.A., Dean of York.
2 Vols. large 4to. £6 6 0
The Illustrations embrace twenty full-page Plates, Emblazoned in
Heraldic Colours, reproducing the Arms of the Principal Persons who
have been identified with the Minster, either as Builders or
Benefactors; the four hundred and thirty pages of Text contain a
wealth of historic illustration of the rise, development and
vicissitudes of important Yorkshire Families, and over 250 Black
and White Illustrations.
#Yorkshire Guide.# A Handbook for Tourists in Yorkshire and complete
History of the County, compiled by W. Wheater, author of "Historic
Mansions of Yorkshire." 220 Illustrations in the Text. 2 Vols. small
4to. 10/6 nett.
#Robin Hood and the Curtall Fryer.# The Text written in Early English
Style with decorative Initials, Head and Tail-Pieces and Borders and
numerous full-page Drawings illustrating the moving incidents in the Old
Ballad. Illustrated and described by M. Hinscliff, Esq. 5/- nett.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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