The history and antiquities of the county palatine of Durham : compiled from original records, preserved in public repositories and private collections: an illustrated by engravings of architectural and monumental antiquities, portraits of eminent persons, &c., &c., &c (v.1)
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Type of record: Book
Title: The history and antiquities of the county palatine of Durham : compiled from original records, preserved in public repositories and private collections: an illustrated by engravings of architectural and monumental antiquities, portraits of eminent persons, &c., &c., &c (v.1)
Classmark: YAS 1884
Creator(s): Surtees, Robert (1779-1834)
Additional creator(s): Taylor, George (1771-1851) (Other); Raine, James (1791-1858) (Other)
Publisher: J. B. Nichols and son and Bentley... [etc.]
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1816-40
Language: English
Size and medium: 4 volumes, 75 plates (including frontispiece: volumes 1)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/502186
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991016425059705181
Collection group(s): Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
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Vol. 1, Printed by and for Nichols, son, and Bentley; [etc., etc.] 1816; v. 2-3, J. Nichols and son; [etc., etc.] 1820-23; v. 4, J. B. Nichols and son; [etc., etc.] 1840.
Title-page of v. 4 reads:... Including a memoir of the author, by George Taylor.
Vol. 4 [pt. I] Darlington Ward, p. 113-116, 145-148, and [pt. II] City of Durham, p. 33-36, are purposely omitted. cf. Advertisement, dated 1839, v. 1, p. iii. In place of p. 145-148 [pt. I] is inserted 1., numbered "145-148", and containing the "Pedigree of Dale, of Standrop ..."
Vol. 4 edited by James Raine.
Each volume contains numerous pedigrees.
"The history and antiquities of North Durham", by James Raine, London, 1852, was published as a companion volume to this work.
Contents: v. 1. Introduction. General history. Topographical history: Easington Ward.--v. 2. Chester Ward.--v. 3. Stockton Ward. Darlington Ward.--v. 4. Darlington Ward. City of Durham. Memoir of Robert Surtees [by G. Taylor].
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