In 1881, the greater part of the matter contained in this book appeared in the _Bradford Times_, a well-conducted journal, under the able editorship of Mr. W. H. Hatton, F.R.H.S. The articles attracted more than local attention, and I was pressed to reproduce them in a volume, but owing to various circumstances, I have not been able to comply with the request until now. The record is now brought up to date, and many facts and particulars, gleaned since the articles appeared, have been added. WILLIAM ANDREWS. Rose Cottage, Hessle, Hull, January, 1887. [Illustration] Famous Frosts and Frost Fairs in Great Britain. [Sidenote: A.D.] [Sidenote: 134] Thames frozen over for two months. [Sidenote: 153] Very severe frost, lasting nearly three months. English rivers frozen, including the Thames. [Sidenote: 173] A frost lasted three months, and was followed by a dearth. [Sidenote: 220] A continuous frost of five months in Britain. [Sidenote: 250] Thames frozen for nine weeks. [Sidenote: 290-91] Severe frost lasted six weeks. English rivers frozen. [Sidenote: 359] The frost very severe in England and Scotland. It lasted fourteen weeks in the latter country. [Sidenote: 474] Four months’ frost, and great snow. [Sidenote: 507-8] Frost lasted two months: rivers frozen. [Sidenote: 525] Thames frozen for six weeks. [Sidenote: 604] A frost lasting four months, followed by dearth in Scotland: also very severe in England. [Sidenote: 670] “A fatal frost.”--SHORT. [Sidenote: 695] Thames frozen for six weeks, and booths erected on the ice. [Sidenote: 759-60] Frost from October 1st, 759, to February 26th, 760. [Sidenote: 821] Great frost after two or three weeks’ rain. [Sidenote: 827] Thames frozen for nine weeks. [Sidenote: 908] The greater part of the English rivers frozen for two months. [Sidenote: 923] Thames frozen for thirteen weeks. [Sidenote: 962] The frost this year was so great as to cause a famine. [Sidenote: 975] Severe frost. [Sidenote: 987] This year is notable for a frost lasting one hundred and twenty days. [Sidenote: 998] Thames frozen for five weeks. [Sidenote: 1020] Very severe frost. [Sidenote: 1035] Short says: “Frost on Midsummer day; all grass and grain and fruit destroyed; a dearth.” [Sidenote: 1059] Great frost, followed by a severe plague and famine. [Sidenote: 1061] Thames frozen for seven weeks. [Sidenote: 1063] Fourteen weeks’ frost: Thames frozen. [Sidenote: 1076-7] Frost lasted from 1st November, 1076, to 15th April, 1077. It is recorded in the “Harleian Miscellany,” iii, page 167, that: “In the tenth year of his [William the Conqueror] reign, the cold of winter was exceeding memorable, both for sharpness and for continuance; for the earth remained hard from the beginning of November until the midst of April then ensuing.” [Sidenote: 1086]