History, gazetteer and directory, of the West-Riding of Yorkshire : with the city of York and port of Hull; comprising, under a lucid arrangement of subjects, a general survey of the riding, and of the sees of York and Ripon; with separate historical, statistical, and topographical descriptions of all the boroughs, towns, parishes, chapelries, townships, villages, hamlets, manors, liberties and wapentakes; showing their extent and population; the rise and progress of their trade and commerce; their agricultural and mineral productions; their markets and fairs; the lords of the manors and owners of the soil and tithes; their eminent men; their churches, chapels, charities, and public institutions; the names and addresses of their principal inhabitants; the seats of nobility and gentry; magistrates and public officers; and a variety of other commercial, agricultural, and statistical infromation (v.1)

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