CONTENTS
Horace B. Browne
CHAP.
PAGE
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 OF GRACE
188
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
Clyx.com
