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

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.

General

Imprint:	Victoria County History
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Victoria County History
Release date:	April 2012
First published:	April 2012
Editors:	Graham Kent
As told to:	David Neave • Susan Neave
Authors:	David Neave
Dimensions:	304 x 208 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	300
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-904356-11-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-904356-11-7
Barcode:	9781904356110

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