I. WHAT THE EAST RIDING IS 1 II. HOW THE EAST RIDING WAS MADE 3 III. MEN OF THE STONE AGE 8 IV. MEN OF THE BRONZE AGE—THE ANCIENT BRITONS 20 V. MEN OF THE IRON AGE—THE ROMANS IN EAST YORKSHIRE 29 VI. OUR ANCESTORS 40 VII. HOW THE MEN OF THE NORTH BECAME CHRISTIANS 47 VIII. THE COMING OF THE NORTHMEN 56 IX. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 892 65 X. TWO FAMOUS BATTLES OF LONG AGO 74 XI. HOW THE NORMANS CAME TO YORKSHIRE 85 XII. HOW OUR ANCIENT PARISH CHURCHES WERE BUILT 95 XIII. THE BIRTH OF HULL AND THE ROMANCE OF THE DE LA POLES 111 XIV. MONKS, NUNS, AND FRIARS 123 XV. SAINT JOHN OF BEVERLEY AND HIS MINSTER 135 XVI. SANCTUARIES 145 XVII. HOW TWO KINGS OF ENGLAND LANDED AT SPURN 155 XVIII. LIFE IN A MEDIÆVAL TOWN 162 XIX. THE TRADE UNIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES 179 XX. THE SUPPRESSION OF THE MONASTERIES AND THE PILGRIMAGE 188 OF GRACE XXI. HOW THE GREAT CIVIL WAR BEGAN AT HULL 202 XXII. HOW HULL WAS TWICE BESIEGED 212 XXIII. SOME ANCIENT EAST RIDING FAMILIES 223 XXIV. STAGE COACH AND RAILWAY 238 XXV. ENGLAND’S THIRD PORT—THE MODERN GROWTH OF HULL 253 XXVI. FAMOUS SONS OF THE EAST RIDING 269 XXVII. SHIPS OF THE HUMBER 284 XXVIII. FOLK-SPEECH OF THE EAST RIDING 301 XXIX. HOW THE EAST RIDING GOVERNS ITSELF 311 XXX. EAST RIDING SCHOOLS 321 XXXI. THE EAST RIDING ROLL OF HONOUR 344 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE THE PRIDE OF THE EAST RIDING _Frontispiece_ THE THREE RIDINGS OF YORKSHIRE 2 ONE OF THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF THE EAST RIDING 4 RELICS OF THE ICE AGE 6 SKULL AND ANTLERS OF A RED DEER 7 BONE IMPLEMENTS AND WEAPONS FROM BARROWS ON THE WOLDS 9 SECTION OF HOWE HILL, DUGGLEBY 12 POLISHED FLINT KNIFE FOUND IN DUGGLEBY HOWE 14