A A History of the County of York: East Riding: Volume IX: Harthill Wapentake, Bainton Beacon Division. Great Driffield and its Townships (Victoria County History) - Hardcover

Neave, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904356117 ISBN 13: 9781904356110

Publisher: Victoria County History, 2012

Synopsis

An authoritative and comprehensive account of an important area centred upon Great Driffield. Great Driffield, a thriving market town serving an extensive agricultural hinterland, stands at the junction of the Yorkshire Wolds and Holderness. The centre of an important Anglo-Saxon manor, in royal hands in the early middle ages, the main settlement was transformed from a large village into a boom town following the opening of a canal in 1770 that linked it to the expanding markets of Hull and the West Riding; its social, religious and political lifeflourished in the Victorian period particularly. This volume covers its history and that of its adjoining rural townships of Little Driffield, Elmswell and Kelleythorpe, from the Neolithic period to the beginning of the twenty-first century; it provides the first detailed account of the town's trades and industries, as well as exploring landownership, local government, and social, religious and political life. The editors are former staff of the University of Hull.

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Product Description

This is an authoritative, fully-referenced history of the Holderness Wapentake of the East Riding of Yorkshire. Based on original research and extensive fieldwork, the volume will be indispensable for local and family historians.

Review

A huge amount of information is gathered together.... There can be no doubt that this volume has replaced all earlier work and that it will long remain the standard work of reference for this part of Holderness. ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL

Edition details

• Publisher: Victoria County History
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904356117
• ISBN 13: 9781904356110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Kent Graham