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C E LE B R ITIE S O F THE Y RK HIRE W LD O S O S. FRE DE RICK RO SS , ( Fello w of the Royal His torical So ciety and Ill ember of the E ng lish Dialect So ciety) A u thor o f TH P R G R O F V L Z T E O ES S C I I I A ION , “ ” “ LI B HIN D TH COUNT R TW O W A YS O M K IN G ORTUN ” FE E E E , F A A F E , E TC q ANI > J O INT AUTHOR OF “ A G LOS SARY O F W ORDS U SED I N HOLDERNES S I N THE T R R H R EA S IDI N G O F YO K S I E . L OND ON ’ R 5 7 5 9 L DG HILL TRII NER CO . , , U ATE “ D FF ELD . LDE NE O E VE OFF CE . RI I T HO R SS , BS R R I 7 8 1 8 . PRE C FA E . Every district o f country has it s Heroes and Men o f it s s h s h s and s—a Renown ; Divine , P ilo op er , Poet line ex di d u nt il s t he s h z o f t he ten ng backwar , lo t in mi ty a e remote Of t he o f h s s s . s pa t greater number t e e, exi ting generation have but vague and shadowy conceptions ; s ome are only w t he n o r h h s o f kno n to A tiquary Local Topograp er, w il t h s h s and h Ere ot er t ere remain a mere name not ing more . h s di o r s quently will t eir name crop up in rea ng conver ation , h s is d s hi h w en curio ity excite to know omet ng about t em , and it is often only after a s earch through half a s core s h t he s d f hi s volume t at de ire in ormation can be found, w l t, s s h h s n in many ca e , not ing w atever can be a certai ed from v the resources of a private or even a public pro incial library . is t he s s h as h s It only in great National Collection , uc t o e f the sh s the s h o Briti Mu eum and Bodleian Librarie , t at s—at shr in s material times en ined co tly, rare, and even unique s— h d h h s s r book can be gat ere , w erewit to con truct a Hi to y of h s W h s s h s u has t e e forgotten ort ie . From uc o rces emanated much of t he matter contained in t he pages o f the little P A 4 REF CE . the h volume no w presented to public. Not ing is attempted t he h i beyond a mere compilation, and sketc es are l ttle more the s i h t he h f h u n so o . t an o tli es, as to bring co t w t in reac all The h t he t he d compiler believes t at in main, facts and ates i he are approx mately, if not absolutely, accurate and trusts that there are not any errors o f sufficient magnitude to mar the usefulness o f t he work as a Handy Book of Reference f he h W to t he Celebrities o t Yorks ire olds . L n on 1 8 o d , 7 7 . THE Y RK HIRE LD O S WO S . The so W is tract of country called (formerly York old) , th e E s th e s s s situated in a t Riding of County, and con i t of s h h s h ss s d range of c alk ill wit intervening depre ion , exten ing from Fl amb rou gh Head towards Pocklington and Market W h s n d h th e eig ton , and lopi g own ence to Humber near W th e h h elton ; and from nort of Beverley to Malton , w ence h s h d h commence s t e ri e of t e more elevate ills of Cleveland . Many of th e higher points command magnificent prospects — s th e G Flamb ro u h ea tward , of erman ocean , g Head and L h h s th e h h d h ig t ou e , and Priory C urc of Bri lington ; nort s d the and M s s hw d we twar , of vale of York York in ter ; out ar , th e s ss th e s of flat expan e of Holderne , maj e tic Humber , s th e h h s H d Beverley Min ter and c urc e of Hull and e on . W is S d s un ro old a axon wor , Signifying a treele s , bleak , p t ect ed upland ; and such were th e characteristic features of t h e d s th e s h w as h i trict until pre ent century , w en it broug t under cultivation and planted to some extent with tree s ; t h e s s Sir h s h S s t earlie t improver being C ri top er yke , Bar , h Os s E Hump rey balde ton , of Hunmanby , and Maj or dward h W C . Top am , of old ottage Th e s the multitude of Barrows and Tumuli, cattered over h s s ill , indicate a numerou population at a very remote period, h th e - h s s h th e u se reac ing far down into pre i toric age , w en w as and sh fiint s s s of metal unknown , arpened upplied weapon t he sh of war and agricultural imp lements . In Briti era it formed a p ortion of th e king dom of th e Brigante s ; under th e s th e Caesarensis Roman , of province of Maxima ; and under t h e S s s the d m f N thu axon and Dane , of king o o r' ‘ uo\ mbria, CELE E F E O E LD 6 BRITI S O TH Y RKSHIR WO S . being situated during th e frequent disruptions of that king h th e s . dom , in Deira, out ern portion In t he British period it w as unquestionably the home of s s h h th e ss th e numerou tribe , alt oug ma of p opulation would be gathered in the oak grove s of th e lo wlands round Llyn yr- avane (Beverley) where they celebrated their my stic rites on th e site of Beverley Minster . Doubtle ss many of th e sepulchral mounds scattered over t h e W olds cover th e remains of chieftain s and heroes of th e ri antian — s th e W s h B g race , celebritie of old , of w om we have no record ; and it seems to be highly probable that th e s s h h h s s s s my teriou monolit , w ic tand in ilent olitary dignity , ds h h - d it s w as u in Ru ton c urc yar , telling not of origin , p h h raised by thi s people some two or t ree t ou sand years ago . Over it s hill s and valleys th e Romans constructed one of h l s E th e t eir wonderful mi itary road , from boracum , capital , h E s d t h e s w ere mperor were born and die , to eap ort of h h s s Bridlington , or Filey , a portion of w ic may till be een near Sledmere . t he th e ns the After departure of Roma from Britain , Yorkshire W olds witnessed many a fierce conflict first th e s th e s w h o d between Briton and Pict , ma e continual s th e h h th e S s foray over Roman wall ; t en wit axon freebooter , w h o landed on th e E ast coast ; and afterwards between that th e sh s h s h people and Dani Viking , one of w o e c ief landing s w as Flamb rou h h h s l sh place g , w ere t ey e tab i ed a camp , by digging a trench and throwing up earthworks across the ’ s h h s l s d penin ula, w ic ti l exi t , now popularly calle Dane s Dykesfié Multitude s of th e heroes of these battles occupy Th t he Barrows of th e W olds . e common soldiers would ’ K his E as Y sh sa s a e s is i s e nox, in t ork ire, y D n Dyke a m nom r, and that in h is opinion t he entrenchment s were thrown up by t h e B a s h r as a de e a a s t he R a s o r a e r h e rig nte , eit e f nce g in t om n , , ft t ir de a e a a s t he Sa s o r ss b t he a e e a a ns p rtur , g in t xon , po i ly by l tt r p ople g i t t he ani sh s dd s no u su o f his D Viking , but a uce arg ment in pport ass ertion, THE CELEBRITI ES OF YORKSHIRE wow s .