Author: Thomas Whitaker, Vicar of Whalley and Rector of Heysham in Lancashire
Title: Loidis and Elmete: Or An Attempt to Describe Districts Described in those Words by Bede; & Supposed to Embrace the Lower Portions of Aredale & Wharfdale Together with the Entire Vale of Calder in the County of York
Description: Printed by B Dewhirst for Robinson, Son, and Houldsworth, Leeds and John Hurst, Wakefield, Leeds; Wakefield, 1816. Second Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Rebound in worn quarter-leather and blue/green boards, foxing to frontis and title-page, occasional foxing throughout. Contains: free end-paper; half-title page, frontis portrait, title-page with pasted vignette, text 404 pp, Directions to the Binder, Appendix and Index 80 pp, rear end-paper. Packed weight 5 kg approx. Plates are: Portrait of the Author; Monument of Walker and Beckett; Trinity Church; Portrait of Re. Miles Atkinson; Portrait of William Hey Esq. (appendix); Leeds Library; Cloister Quadrangle of Kirkstall Abbey from the South West; North West Door of Kirkstall Abbey; Gledhow; Figure of Redwald, King of East Angles, in Painted Glass, at Osmundthorpe (colour); Temple Newsom; Tomb of Scargill at Whitkirk; Monument of Lady Elizabeth Hastings; Nave and Ground Plan of Sherburne Church; Saxon Fortification at Berwick in Elmet; Tomb of Lord Dacre at Towton (missing); Tomb of the Teutoniei or Tyas Family at Lede Chapel; Earth Work at Bardsey; Church at Barsey, Porch and Interior; Harewood Castle with the Ground Plan; Arch in the Hall of Harewood Castle; Armorial Bearings formerly in the Castle, Castle Chapel and the parish Church of Harewood; Harewood House; Tomb of Lord Chief Justice Gasgoigne; Porch at Adel; Arch at the Entrance of the Choir in the Church of Adel; Norman Capitals in the Church of Adel; Roman Altars found at Adel; Monuments in the Church at Otley; Tomb of the Palmes Family in Otley Church; Gateway to the Flower Garden at Farnley; Bay Window & Flower Garden at Farnley; Nave and Part of the Choir of Guiseley Church; Room in which the Murder is supposed to have been committed in Calverley Hall; Chapel of Calverly Hall; Tomb of Mirfield at Batley; Howley Hall as it appeared when entire; Remains of Howley Hall; Ancient Doorways at Howley; Swillington Hall; Tomb and Monument of Sir Roberton Waterton; Saxon Sculptures at Dewsbury with a tomb of later date; Sculptured Stones form the Saxon Church at Desbury; Cross of Paulinus and Saxon Tomb at Dewsbury; Tomb of a Thornhill in the Church at Thornhill; Chapel and Monuments of the Saville Family in the Church at Thornhill; Tombs at Thornhill; Arms and Quarterings of Beaumont of Whitley Beaumont; Tomb of Sir Richard Beaumont at Kirkheat (missing); Bewling Hall; Celts etc found near Halifax (colour); Statue of Archbishop Tillotson at Sowerby Halifax Church (vignette); Brierley Hall (Appendix) W Sheepshanks (appendix). Vignettes include: St. Paul's Church; Leeds Infirmary; Skyrak Oak; Charters relating to Chapel Allerton; Cross at Sherburn Church; Arms and Inscription over the Entrance of Harewood Castle; North Elevation of the Church at Adel; Flower Garden Porch at Farnley; Tomb and Monument in the Church at Weston; Gateway at Howley Hall; Window in the Chapel at Liversedge Hall; Statue of King Oswald; Parish Church of Wakefield; Robin Hood's Grave; Chantry on the Bridge at Wakefield;Remnant of the House of the Savilles at Thornhill; Fortification of Almonbury; Miryshaw. Pedigrees inserted are: Sheepshanks and York of Leeds; Dixon; Lords of Harewood; Lascelles, Earls of Harewood; Fawkes of Farnley; Duneley of Bramhope; Stansfeld of Stansfeld Hall; Rookes ofRoydes Hall; Vavasour of Weston; Tong of Tong; Tempest of Bracewell and Tong; Lowther of Lonsdale and Swillington; Savile of Mexborough; Beaumont of Whitley; Sharp of Little Houghton (Horton); Smyth of Heath and Holbeck Size: Large folio. Single volume of set or series. Contains many black and white illustrations. No dust jacket, as published. Ex-library, with library plate from Doncaster Reference Library. Library stamps and labels, sound binding, clean pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: over 4 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50317081092. This volume is very large and may incur additional shipping fees to all non-UK countries. ISBN: 0854099743

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