COOPER, T.P.

The History of the Castle of York.

London: Elliot Stock, 1911. From its Foundation to the Present Day with an Account of the Building of Clifford's Tower. Contents include: The Norman Period - Foundation and Early History; The Plantagenet Period; Description and Disposition of the Castle, A.D.1400; Early Assize and Prison Records, Punishments, etc; Castle-Guard and Serjeanty; IX.The Castle Mills; X.The Chapel of St George by the Castle; Ruinous Condition of the Castle, in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries; Royal Mint in the Castle; Clifford's Tower - Strange Vicissitudes; County Prisons Rebuilt - Literary Notices of the Castle - Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Modern Additions and Alterations - Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Local Scaffolds and Capital Punishment; County Elections, Proclamations, etc in the Castle Yard; Military Governors and Constables of the Castle; Gaolers and Prison Governors. Pp.xx/379, 45 illustrations and plans (one folding), previous owner's bookplate (Walter Flinn) to inside front board, owner's name to front free endpaper, occasional spotting throughout. Brown cloth spine with brown paper-covered boards, gilt title to spine, minor wear to base of spine and bumps to lower corners. Good.

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Book number: 46408

Catalogue: Local History: : Yorkshire

Keywords: Cooper History Castle York Plantagenet Assize Prison Records Punishments Castle Guard Serjeanty Mills Chapel St George Ruin Royal Mint Cliffords Tower Scaffolds Elections Military Gaol 47989 Local History: : Yorkshire

SUGDEN, JOHN.

Slaithwaite Notes of the Past and Present.

Manchester: John Heywood, 1905. Second edition. With 27 page booklet with green card covers "Slaithwaite Notes" by J. Sugden (Printed by J.W.Roberts) dated December 1906, tipped in to front of book before the front free endpaper, some rusting to staples. Pp.xvi/220, black & white portrait frontispiece + 9 further black & white photo illustrations. Green cloth. Scarce with additional 1906 booklet. VG.

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Book number: 47400

Catalogue: Local History: : Yorkshire

Keywords: Sugden Slaithwaite Notes Past Present Huddersfield Yorkshire Local History Brook Mills Politics Music Education Colne Valley Lingards Mossley Cobden Meeke Carter Marsden Sykes Hope Bank Golcar 48879 Local History: : Yorkshire