Author: Ralph ThoresbyPublisher:
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Category : Leeds
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Ducatus Leodiensis, Or, The Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York
Author: Ralph ThoresbyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leeds
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works Relating to English Topography
Author: William UpcottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliotheca topographica britannica
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Norfolk and Norwich Literary Institution, systematically arranged; with an alphabetical index
Author: Norfolk and Norwich Literary Institution (NORWICH)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal
Author: Ralph GriffithsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G.E. Griffiths.
The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal
Author: Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged
Author: Ralph GriffithsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths.
The Monthly Review
Author: Ralph GriffithsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
The Monuments of the Parish Church of St Peter-at-Leeds
Author: Margaret PullanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000107094
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The Parish Church has not only played a significant part in the life of Leeds, it captures within it the history of the great events and people who together have shaped that city through the centuries. Hundreds of monuments and memorials dating from the Middle Ages to the present day encrust its walls and floors, telling as they do, the part Leeds people have played in that story. Here we see memorials to members of the Leeds Volunteers, formed to offset Napoleon's threatened invasion, and to the men from the city who fought in the Crimea, in South Africa and in two World Wars. Here also we find tributes to hundreds of local men, women and children who lived out their lives in the town; some now forgotten, others nationally famous, like Richard Oastler the 'Factory King'. Now for the first time, those memorials have been captured in Margaret Pullan's pioneering publication, the product of years of devoted research. The range of information offered includes records of births, marriages, and deaths, full inscriptions, background histories explaining why the deceased were buried in the Parish Church and the artistic merits of their tombs. Architectural, ecclesiastical and local historians will find this an invaluable contribution in their respective fields of work whilst the general public will find it gives a fascinating view of the people of Leeds who lived through the years as the old town grew into a major city.
The Publications of the Thoresby Society
Author: Reading the Skies
Author: Vladimir JankovicPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226392165
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
From the time of Aristotle until the late eighteenth century, meteorology meant the study of "meteors"—spectacular objects in the skies beneath the moon, which included everything from shooting stars to hailstorms. In Reading the Skies, Vladimir Jankovic traces the history of this meteorological tradition in Enlightenment Britain, examining its scientific and cultural significance. Jankovic interweaves classical traditions, folk/popular beliefs and practices, and the increasingly quantitative approaches of urban university men to understanding the wonders of the skies. He places special emphasis on the role that detailed meteorological observations played in natural history and chorography, or local geography; in religious and political debates; and in agriculture. Drawing on a number of archival sources, including correspondence and weather diaries, as well as contemporary pamphlets, tracts, and other printed sources reporting prodigious phenomena in the skies, this book will interest historians of science, Britain, and the environment.