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Please note that this index is given in good faith as a guide to the contents of the book, but there may be errors in both the original index and the transcription of the index.

The index is divided into three sections:

1. The general index which starts immediately below
2. The City of York
3. The Borough of Scarborough

• Abbess Hilda,
• Abbeys See Monasteries
• Aborigines of Great Britain,
  • their religion,
• Agricultural Statistics of England, (3)
  • Societies and Farmers' Clubs,
• Ainsty Wapentake,
• Aire River,
• Albion, derivation of,
• Alcuin, (4)
• Aldborough, the ancient Isurium, (2)
• Aldby, near Stamford Bridge, (2)
• Aldfrid, King, buried at Driffield,
• Alfred the Great divides the Kingdom, (2)
• Ancient Britons submit to the Romans, and adopt their customs,
• Anglo Danish period,
• Anglo Saxon Churches,
• Anglo Saxon period,
• Anglo Saxon Kings
  • Alfred the Great,
  • Athelstan,
  • Edmund,
  • Edgar, (3)
  • Ethelred
  • Edward the Confessor,
  • Harold,
• Anlaff's fleet enters the Humber,
• Antiquities of Yorkshire,
• Arbor Low (Peak of Derby),
• Archbishops of York, list of,
• Archbishops, annals of the,
• Archdiocese of York,
• Arles, Council of,
• Armies, ancient mode of assembling,
• Askerne Springs,
• Athelstan, King, establishes the Kingdom; his death,
• Atmospherical phenomena,
• Augustine, St., created Archbishop of Canterbury,
• A woman crucified by her daughter,
• Aysgarth Force,
• Barbarous customs of the English,
• Barony, description of,
• Bathing places, principal,
• Battle Abbey, Roll of,
• Battles
  • Battle Bridge,
  • near Doncaster and York, (4)
  • Mount Badon,
  • Hatfield and Denisburn,
  • Winmoor,
  • Bromford,
  • Chester, (3)
  • Fulford and Stamford Bridge,
  • Senlac, commonly called Hastings, (3)
  • York,
  • near York,
  • on Cuton Moor (" Battle of the Standard"),
  • at Falkirk,
  • Bannockburn,
  • Myton on Swale,
  • Boroughbridge,
  • Byland Abbey, (3)
  • Nevill's Cross,
  • Bramham Moor,
  • St. Albans,
  • Northampton,
  • Wakefield,
  • Barnet Heath,
  • Field,
  • Danesmoor,
  • Barnet,
  • Tewkesbury,
  • Bosworth Field, (3)
  • Stoke,
  • Flodden Field, (3)
  • Kineton, or Edge Hill,
  • Tadcaster and Wetherby,
  • Selby,
  • and Marston Moor,
• Bede, the Venerable,
• Bedern, derivation of,
• Beheading in England, first instance of,
• Bells, invention and use of,
• Bernicia, Kingdom of,
• Beverley and Barmston Drainage,
• Beverley, King Charles
• Bible,
  • first complete version published in England,
  • indiscriminate use of, condemned,
• Big Ben of Westminster (bell),
• Bishops committed to the Tower,
• Black Hamilton,
• Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni,
• Boroughbridge burnt by the Scots,
• Bramham Craggs,
• Bridges of stone first built in England,
• Bridlington Chalybeate Spring,
• Brigantes,
  • the metropolis of,
  • Cartismandua, their Queen,
  • Venusius becomes their chief,
• Britain, derivation of,
• British Association,
• British Kings
  • Arthur, (3)
  • Ambrosius,
  • Uter,
  • Lucius,
  • Vortigern,
  • Ochta and Abisa,
  • Ebraucus, the supposed founder of York,
• British Period,
• British Remains
  • tumuli, barrows, cromlechs, &c.,
  • corslet of gold found in a barrow,
  • urns, canoes, war chariots, &c.,
• Bruce, David, taken prisoner,
• Burgundy, Duchess of, instigates rebellion, (2)
• Calder, River,
• Caledonians, (2)
• Camp of Refuge,
• Canals of Yorkshire,
• Canute's reproof to his courtiers,
• Capitation tax,
• Caracalla murders Gets,
• Caractacus, Chief of the Silures,
• Cassiterides, or the Tin Islands,
• Castles or Fortresses, ancient,
  • at Bamborough,
  • Aldby,
  • York, (2)
  • number of existing remains of Castles,
• Cathedral of York,
• Cathedrals burnt,
• Cattle, Teeswater and Holderness, breed of,
• Caves of Yorkshire,
• Caxton introduces Printing,
• Celtic sepulchres and monuments,
• Centenarians in England,
• Chalk formation on the Welds, extent of,
• Chantries, how founded,
• Christian Festivals, origin of,
• Christianity introduced into Britain,
• Christianity re introduced by St. Augustine,
• Civil government, titles, &c.,
• Classes, distinction of, preserved by William the Conqueror,
• Cleveland, hills and vale of,
• Clifford's Tower at York,
• Cock Fighting,
• Cock, River,
• Coffee introduced into England,
• Commerce of Yorkshire,
• Constantine the Great
  • born, (4)
  • assumes the imperial purple at York, and embraces Christianity,
• Constantius, Emperor, resides atYork,
• Constantius, Emperor, his supposed tomb,
• Copper Mines,
• Coronation stone and chair, (2)
• Corpus Christi Plays,
• Costume of the English in the reign of the Confessor,
• Courts of Exchequer, &c., removed from York,
• Courts of Exchequer, reinstated in York for six months,
• Cromwell, Oliver, at the siege of York,
• Cromwell, Oliver, his death,
• Cromwell, Oliver, his effigies burnt at York,
• Danes invade England,
• Danes, their massacre on St. Brice's Day,
• Dance Maine,
• Danish fleet enters the Humber,
• Danish Kings Kingsidge,
• Danish Kings Eric,
• Danish Kings Sweyne, (2)
• Danish Kings
  • Canute, (2)
  • Harold and Hardicanute,
• Deluge, the Universal,
• Derwent, River,
• Devil's Arrows,
• Devil's Den (Cromlech),
• Diefyr, or Deira, Kingdom of,
• Deira, derivation of the name,
• Discharged Livings, meaning of,
• Dissolution of Monasteries, (2)
• Disputes about the Festival of Easter,
• Domesday Book, its origin, &c.,
• Don, River,
• Drainage of the carrs and marshes,
• Drake, the historian,
• Dreadful executions of the nobility,
• Dropping Well at Knaresborough,
• Druids their sacrifices,
• Druids, their civil government,
• Druids, they oppose the Roman invaders,
• Druidical Circles,
• Ducking or Cucking Stool,
• Dwarf Rose in the Field of Towton,
• Eastern Moorlands,
• East Riding of Yorkshire situation of, (3)
• East Riding of Yorkshire climate of (3)
• East Riding of Yorkshire principal towns of,
• East Riding of Yorkshire is famous for breeding horses,
• East Riding of Yorkshire its mineral productions,
• East Riding of Yorkshire marshes and warp land,
• Ecclesiastical Architecture,
• Egbert unites the Kingdoms of the Heptarchy,
• Ely, Bishop of, heads an army,
• England, the Island of Saints,
• England divided into parishes, &c.,
• England submits to the Conqueror,
• Ermine Street (Roman Road),
• Esk, River,
• Fairs, ancient,
• Fair Rosamond,
• Famines, (2)
• Flamborough Head,
• Fleming, Nicholas, Mayor of York,
• Flood, great, of Ripponden,
• Foss, River,
• Fosseway (Roman Road),
• Franchise of Yorkshire,
• Free Chapels, how founded,
• Fridstol, or freed stool, ancient,
• Galilee Porches in Churches,
• Galtres, ancient Forest of,
• Garraby Beacon,
• Gascoigne, Chief Justice, refuses to pass sentence of death on Archbishop Scrope,
• Gaveston, Piers de,
• General History of Yorkshire,
• Gent, Thomas, the historian, (2)
• Geoffrey Plantagenet, Archbishop of York,
• Geoffrey of Monmouth, the historian,
• Geology of Yorkshire,
• Giggleswick Scar,
• Glass windows first introduced, (2)
• Glo'ster, Richard, Duke of; is made Protector, and crowned King,
• Goodmanham, Pagan Temple at,
• Gothic Architecture,
• Gregory the Great, Pope
  • his character,
  • he resolves on the conversion of England,
  • appoints Sees,
• Guilds or Fraternities,
• Guisborough Mineral Spring,
• Guy Fawkes, a Yorkshireman,
• Hadrian, Emperor, arrives in Britain,
• Hadrian, Emperor, resides at York,
• Hadrian's Great Wall,
• Hainault soldiery massacred,
• Harold II. crowned,
• Harold II. his death and burial,
• Harrald Hadrada invades England,
• Harrogate Springs,
• Hebrew language, the oldest,
• Hengist and Horsa invited to Britain,
• Hengist defeats the Picts and Scots,
• Hermit of Knaresborough,
• Hide of land, description of,
• High Street (Roman Road),
• Hinguar and Hubba destroy the Holderness coast,
• Holderness District,
• Holderness, Wasting Cliffs of,
• Holy Island,
• Hornsea Mere,
• Horrible brutalities of the Danes,
• Horse Racing,
• Hull, River,
• Hulpit and Hunpit holes,
• Humber, River,
• Hurtlepot, Ginglepot, and Donk, Caves,
• Icknild Street (Roman Road),
• Independents, the, rob the Churches,
• Indulgences, definition of,
• Inhabitants of Yorkshire, their character,
• Instance of filial affection,
• Insurrection in the north,
• Insurrection of the northern Catholics,
• Insurrection in the East Riding, &c.,
• Insurrection of the old Parliamentary faction,
• Ireland peopled,
• Jack Straw and Wat Tyler's rebellion,
• Jenkins, Henry,
• Jews, great massacre of,
• Jews, their number in England,
• Jones, Paul, the Anglo American buccaneer,
• Judith, Countess of Albemarle,
• Julius Caesar, invasion of,
• King, origin of the name, (2)
• King Arthur defeats the Saxons; his murder, and the discovery of his remains, (2)
• King Edwin's daughter baptized by St. Paulinus,
• King Edwin baptized by St. Paulinus, and his glorious reign,
• King Edwin his death,
• King Richard I.
  • his coronation, (3)
  • his imprisonment in Austria,
• King John visits the north,
• Kings Alexander I. and II. of Scotland married at York,
• King Edward I. at York,
• King Edward I. his death,
• King Edward II.,
• King Edward II., his murder,
• King Edward III. his glorious reign and marriage,
• King Henry II. his heart lately sent to England,
• King Richard
  • his accession,
  • deposition and murder,
• King Henry IV. his accession,
• King Henry IV. his death,
• King Henry V. visits York and Beverley,
• King Henry V. his death,
• King Henry VI.
  • his character,
  • falls into the hands of the Yorkists,
  • again made King,
  • confined in the Tower, and murdered,
• King Edw. IV.
  • proclaimed,
  • crowned,
  • again crowned,
• King Edw. IV.
  • his imprisonment and escape,
  • his death and family,
• King Edward V. murdered in the Tower,
• King Richard III., crowned,
• King Richard III., slain at the battle of Bosworth Field,
• King Henry VII. his marriage, &c.,
• King Henry VIII.,
  • he receives the title of Defender of the Faith, (3)
  • visits Yorkshire,
  • his death,
• King Edward VI.,
• King Edward VI., his death,
• King James VI.'s accession,
• King James VI. his death,
• King Charles I. history of his disastrous reign,
  • is refused admittance into Hull,
  • his person delivered up by the Scots,
  • is tried and executed,
• King Charles II. proclaimed,
  • his death,
• King James I his accession,
  • his death,
• Kits Coty House,
• Leland, the Antiquary,
• Lead, Copper, and Iron Mines,
• Levellers, the, their fanaticism, (2)
• Library of York Cathedral,
• Lindisfarne, Isle of,
• Lindisfarne, Church destroyed by the Danes,
• Liturgy (new) compiled,
• Londesborough, King Edwin's residence,
• Long Meg and her Daughters,
• Long Parliament, the,
• Lothbric, a Danish General, legend of,
• Malham Cove,
• Malo Cross,
• Mansions, ancient,
• Marble Quarries,
• Mark, value of,
• Mary Queen of Scots,
• Massacre of the Jews,
• Maxima Caesariensis,
• Mechanics' Institute, Yorkshire Union of,
• Mile, derivation of,
• Mineral Springs in Yorkshire,
• Minster, derivation of the name,
• Minstrels or Gleemen,
• Mistletoe, a sacred plant with the Druids,
• Monasteries, origin of,
• Monasteries, suppression of,
  • annual revenues,
• Monastic Institutions in Yorkshire,
  • Abbeys
    • York,
    • Scarborough,
  • Alien Priories or Cells,
  • Friaries
    • York,
    • Scarborough,
  • Nunneries York, (2)
  • Priories York, (2)
  • Hospitals York, (2)
    • Scarborough,
• Mountains in Yorkshire
  • Roseberry Topping, (2)
  • Black Hamilton, (4)
  • Botton Head,
  • Nine Standards,
  • Shunner Fell,
  • Water Cragg, &c.,
  • Stow Brow,
  • Howardian Hills,
  • Pennygent, Whernside, and Ingleborough, (2)
• Multangular Tower at York,
• Murray, Lindley,
• Nennius, the historian,
• Newcastle, Earl of, created a Marquis,
• Nice and Sardica, Councils of,
• Nidd, River,
• Norman Period,
• Northern Assize Circuit,
• North of England divided into Shires, &c., (2)
• Northallerton burnt by the Scots,
• North Riding Situation and extent, (3)
• North Riding principal towns,
• North Riding climate,
• North Riding soil,
• North Riding agricultural and woodlands, (3)
• North Riding cattle, sheep, and horses, (3)
• North Riding minerals and lead mines,
• North Riding longevity of its inhabitants,
• Northumbria, Earls of,
• Northumberland, Earl of, murdered,
• Northumbrian Kingdom,
• Northumbrian Kingdom, is conquered by the Danes,
• Northumbrian Kingdom, extinction of the Northumbrian dynasty,
• Northumbrian Kingdom, is divided into shires,
• Octavius crowned at York,
• Oswald's Cross,
• Ouse, River,
• Ouse, River, etymology of,
• Pagan Temple profaned by Coifi,
• Pall, or Pallium, of the Archbishops,
• Parisi, tribe of,
• Parliament first held in York,
• Parliament derivation of the name,
• Parliament other early Parliaments, (4)
• Parson, meaning of the name
• Paulinus created Archbishop of York,
• Paulinus, see St. Paulinus Penda, King of Mercia,
• Pentateuch, the,
• Pestilence, called the "Black Death, "
• Petuaria and Portus Felix (British Towns)
• Pews in Churches,
• Phoenician Merchants visit the Tin Islands,
• Picts and Soots,
• Pilgrimage of Grace, insurrection,
• Plague, the, (3)
• Pedestrianism extraordinary,
• Plays, sacred',
• Pope Adrian sends Legates to England, in A.D. (2)
• Population of England armed,
• Population of several towns in the reign of Edward III.,
• Population, &c., of Yorkshire,
• Ports of Yorkshire,
• Price of provisions
  • in the reign of Edward II.,
  • in the reign of Richard III.,
• Prince Charles Stuart, the Pretender,
• Prince Rupert,
• Post Office Statistics,
• Prince William de Hatfield,
• Printing Press, the first at York,
• Protestants and Catholics executed for heresy,
• Providential escapes,
• Puritans, the,
• Quakers, origin of the name,
• Quarter Sessions, where held,
• Queen Anne's Bounty,
• Queen Elizabeth's accession,
  • her death,
• Queen Henrietta,
  • her death,
• Queen Margaret's adherence to her party,
  • her captivity and death,
• Queen Mary's accession,
  • her marriage,
  • her death,
• Queen Victoria's visits to York,
  • visits Kingston upon Hull,
• Railways of Yorkshire, (2)
• Ravenspurne,
  • Bolingbroke lands at,
  • Edward IV. debarks at,
• Rebellion, the, (2)
• Rebellion in Yorkshire,
• Rebellion of Wyat,
• Rectories, meaning of,
• Reformatory Institutions,
• Reformation in Religion,
  • new liturgy compiled,
• Reform Bill, effects of, in Yorkshire,
• Religious edifices profaned during the Commonwealth,
• Religious Houses,
  • suppression of, (2)
• Richmond, Earl of, lands at Milford Haven,
• Riding, origin of the term,
• Rivers of Yorkshire, (5)
• Rollrich Stones,
• Roman Invasion,
• Roman Period,
• Roman Colonies, Stipendiary Towns, Latin Cities,
• Roman government of Britain,
• Romans, the, relinquish Britain,
• Roman modes of sepulture, (2)
• Roman sepulchral and other remains, (2)
• Roman Roads, (4)
• Roman Stations, (2)
• Roman Encampments,
• Roseberry Topping,
• Sanctuaries abolished,
• Sanctuary, the privilege of,
• Savings' Banks, capital deposited in them; in (2)
• Saxons, the their origin, manners, &c., (3)
  • invited to Britain by Vortigern,
  • their conquest of the Britons,
  • their religion,
  • titles of honour,
  • names of divisions of land,
• Saxon Heptarchy,
  • how composed,
  • extinction of,
• Saxon Kings
  • Ida,
  • Ella or Alla,
  • Ethelfrid,
  • Edwin,
  • Oswald,
  • Oswy,
  • Oswin,
  • Oswio,
  • Alchfrid,
  • Egfrid,
  • Aldfrid, (3)
  • Osred, Ceonred, Ccelwulf,
  • Oswulf, Mol Edilwold, Alchred, Alfwold, and Ethelbred,
  • Osbald, Eardulf, and Egbert,
  • Osbert and Ella,
  • Egbert,
• Saxon Remains at York,
• Scarborough burnt by the Norwegians,
• Scarborough besieged by the nobles,
  • burnt by the Scots,
• Scarborough Castle, attempt to seize it,
• Scarborough, history of,
• Scarborough Warning, (3)
• Scots pass from Ireland to Scotland,
• Scotland, ancient inhabitants of,
• Scots, their barbarous invasions,
• Scottish Regalia removed to England,
• Scottish League and Covenant,
• Scrope's, Archbishop, rebellion, (3)
• Scrope's execution,
• Sea coast of North and East Ridings,
• Seamer, insurrection at,
• Sepulchral (called Druids') Circles,
• Severus, Emperor, arrives in Britain his conquests and death,
  • funeral obsequies at York,
• Severus Hill, near York,
• Ship money, tax imposed,
• Sieges
  • Portsmouth,
  • Hull,
  • York(2),
  • Pontefract,
  • Sheffield,
  • Scarborough,
  • Bolton, Skipton, and Helmsley,
  • Carlisle,
• Simnel, Lambert, an impostor, is proclaimed King in Dublin,
• Sistuntii, tribe of,
• Siward, Earl of Northumbria,
• Sixth Conquering Legion,
• Skipton burnt by the Scots,
• Skirlaw, Bishop of Durham,
• Spencer, Hugh de, favourite of Edward III,
• Spring tides at Hull,
• Spurn Promontory or Point,
• St. Ceadda, or Chad, Archbishop of York,
• St. Edward the Confessor,
• St. Edwin (King), St. Ethelburge (Queen) (3)
• St. John of Beverley,
• St. Oswald (King),
• St. Oswald, Archbishop of York,
• St. Paulinus, Archbishop of York, (2)
• St. Thomas of Canterbury ridiculous trial of,
• St. WiMid, Archbishop of York, (2)
• St. William, Archbishop of York,
• Staith, origin of the name,
• Sterne, Laurence,
• Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain,
• Stoupe Brow, or Stow Brow,
• Street, derivation of the word,
• Stuarts, the last of the,
• Sunk Island recovered from the Humber, (2)
• Swale, River,
  • St. Paulinus baptizes immense numbers in it,
  • is called the Jordan of England,
• Sweating Sickness,
• Sweyn's Danish fleet, enters the Humber,
• Synods held in Northumbria, (A.D. (2)
• Tees, River,
• Temple of Bellona at York, (2)
• Temple of Serapis at York,
• Thoodorus, Archbishop of Britain,
• Thirty nine Articles, the, published,
• Thornton Force and Sear,
• Thrave, meaning of,
• Thurston, Archbishop of York,
• Tithings, why named,
• Tithes, origin of,
• Tonnage and Poundage levied,
• Tosti, Earl of Northumbria,
• Tosti's fleet enters the Humber,
• Tournaments at York, (2)
• Tournament between two English and two foreign Knights,
• Turpin, the highwayman,
• Tyler's, Wat, rebellion,
• Ure, or Yore, River,
• Valor Ecclesiasticus, or Liber Regis (King's Books),
• Vales of York, Derwent, Cleveland, &c.,
• Vicarages, origin of,
• Voluntii, tribe of,
• Vortimer defeats the Saxons,
• Wade's Causeway,
• Wages of Workmen in the 14th century,
• Walling Fen and Bishop soil commons,
• Wall of Antoninus, or Graham's Dyke,
• Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, (2)
• Wapentake, origin of the term,
  • Warbeck, Perkin, an impostor,
  • is proclaimed King; by the title of Richard IV.,
  • is executed for treason,
• Warp Land,
• Warwick, the great Earl of, (2)
• Wars of the Roses,
• War, Great Civil, cause and progress of, (48)
• Wastes of Yorkshire,
• Waterfalls of Yorkshire,
• Watling Street (Roman Road),
• Wayland Smith's Cave,
• Weathercote Cave,
• Wesley, Rev. John,
• West Riding situation and principal towns of; (3)
  • soil, minerals, and manufactures,
• Western Moorlands,
• Winter Solstice a Drudical festival,
• Wharfe, River,
• William Duke of Normandy determines to invade England,
  • prepares to do so,
  • is surnamed the Conqueror,
  • his harsh treatment of the English,
• Wolds of Yorkshire,
  • soil of, (2)
  • rabbit warrens and sheep walks,
• Wold district, extent of,
• Yordas Cave,
• Yorkshire situation and Ridings of,
• Yorkshire area and population of,
• Yorkshire Wolds and Moorlands of,
• Yorkshire Carrs and Levels of, (2)
• Yorkshire agriculture of,
• Yorkshire wastes of,
• Yorkshire ports of,
• Yorkshire commerce of,
• Yorkshire geology of,
• Yorkshire general history of,
• Yorkshire how divided after the Conquest,
• Yorkshire is famed for its battle fields,
• Yorkshire, Earl of,
• Yorkshire Agricultural Society,
• Yorkshire Witch, the
• Yorkshire, places in, that have given title to Peers, or have been the capital residences of Barons,
• York, Dukes of,
• York, Earl of,
• Yule log, the origin of,

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THE CITY OF YORK

• York becomes the Roman Station, Eboracum
• Sixth Conquering Legion (2)
• City besieged by the Britons
• Emperor Severus resides at York
• His death and funeral obsequies (2)
• Caracalla murders Geta and his friends
• Carausius, a Briton, proclaimed Emperor, and his murder
• Death of the Emperer Constantius .
• Constantine the Great arrives, assumes the imperial purple at York, and embraces Christianity
• York the capital of Deira
• King Arthur celebrates the first Christmas festival at York (3)
• York the capital of Northumbria
• King Edwin baptized at York
• York seized by the Danes, and horrible sufferings of the inhabitants
• Siward, Earl of Northumbria, dies at York
• The City taken by theNorwegians
• Is the rallying point of the Northumbers
• The citizens submit to William the Conqueror
• City re taken by the English and Danes, and partly burnt by accident
• Is besieged and burnt by the Conqueror .
• Is again burnt (accidentally) in (2)
• First English Parliament held here (2)
• The City risen to eminence
• Great massacre of the Jews (2)
• Their horrid fate at York
• Temporal and spiritual power united
• King John's visit
• Henry III. attends a convocation, and Alexander I. of Scotland is married here
• Alexander II. of Scotland married here
• Visit of Edward I
• York a maritime town
• Parliaments held here, (4)
• Suburbs of the City burnt by the Scotch
• Several Barons executed at York
• Court and camp of Edward III. at York
• His marriage at York
• Prince Wm. de Hatfield buried at York
• Dreadful affray with the Hainaulters
• Richard II. confers the title of Lord Mayor, and presents the Mace and Cap of Maintenance
• Dreadful pestilence
• Courts removed from London to York (2)
• Henry IV. visits the City of York (1)
• Henry V.'s visit
• Edward IV. visits York
• Is crowned here
• Is again at York
• Prince Edward knighted here
• Henry VII. at York
• Rebels attempt to seize him
• Visit of the Princess Margaret
• York one of the staple towns
• Churches of York in the time of Henry V. (1)
• Visit of Henry VIII
• Execution of the Earl of Northumberland and others
• Visits of James VI. (3)
• Visits of his Queen and children
• The Plague at York
• Horse race on the river Ouse
• Visits of Charles I. (3)
• He holds a Council at the Deanery (1)
• Fixes his head quarters here
• Great meeting on Heworth Moor
• Queen Henrietta at York
• Siege of York commences
• St. Mary's Tower (3)
• Surrender of the City
• Is dismantled of its garrison
• Cromwell's visit
• Old Jenkins at York Assizes
• Charles II. proclaimed, and Crom well's effigy burnt at York (3)
• Visit of James, Duke of York
• Lamps first hung up here
• Outrages on the Catholics, Wm. and Mary proclaimed, overflow of the Ouse and a great fire at York (2)
• Great drought here
• Visit of the Prince of Hesse (1)
• Visit of the Duke of Cumberland (2)
• Visit of the King of Denmark
• Visit of the Duke of York
• Corps of volunteers embodied
• Marquis of Rockingham's funeral
• Prince of Wales and Duke of York at York races
• Visit of Charles James Fox
• Visit of Prince William Frederick of Glo'ster and the Earl St. Vincent
• Mary Bateman, the "Yorkshire Witch"
• Visit of the Duke of Sussex (1)
• The Queen, Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, &c., at York
• Royal Agricultural Society's Show
• Great banquet at Guild Hall
• Visit of the Queen and Royal family
• York, Earl and Dukes of
• Origin of the City of York
• Etymology of the name
• Resemblance of York to Rome (1)
• Is the seat of the Roman Emperors
• Temple of Bellona
• Roman Remains of sepulchres, tesselated pavements, altars, ware, &c.
• Temple of Serapis
• Roman burial place
• Saxon remains
• Festival of Christmas first held at York
• Description of York in Domesday
• Houses and population of York in the time of Edward the Confessor
• Great Council of the North (2)
• Thanksgiving and illuminations for peace
• Topography of the City of York
• Situation of the City
• Description of the fortifications
• Ireland's description of York
• Restoration of the walls
• Circumference of the ramparts
• Entrance gates or Bars
  • Micklegate Bar,
  • Bootham Bar,
  • Monk Bar,
  • Walmgate Bar and Barbican,
  • Fishergate Bar and Postern,
  • the other Posterns
• Lendal Tower
• Roman Multangular Tower, and Roman Wall
• Red Tower
• Old Baile Hill (2)
• York Castle (3)
• Clifford's Tower
• Site of the Praetorium Palace
• The Manor Palace
• Site of Percy's Inn .
• Old Archiepiscopal Palace (3)
• Lardiner Hall and Duke's Hall
• Mulberry, or Mulbrai, Hall
• The George Inn
• The Castle Mills
• Names of Streets, derivation of
• Abbot of St. Mary's fair
• Jews numerous in York .
• The " Railway King, " former residence of
• A street named after him
• First Coffee House in York
• The New Walk
• Suburbs and Bridges of York
• Ouse Bridge
• St. William's Chapel
• Mortality, Cholera
• Sanitary measures
• Drainage of the Foss Islands
• Abolition of intramural interment
• Ecclesiastical affairs
• Dispute about the Primacy
• Income of Bishops
• Dean and Chapter of York
• Arms of the Cathedral
• List of the Archbishops
• List of the Deans
• Annals of the Archbishops
• St. William's entry into York accident on Ouse Bridge
• Great feast in honour of Archbishop Neville's enthronization .
• Cardinal Wolsey
• Anecdote of Archbishop Mountain
• The Cardinal of York
• The Cathedral, or Minster .
• The edifice rebuilt
• Saxon, Norman, and Gothic architecture
• Dates of the erection of the Minster
• Chantries in the Minster
• Minster burnt by Jonathan Martin
• Another fire in the Minster
• Musical Festivals
• Great hell, " Peter of York" . . . . . .
• Description of the Minster
• The Ladye Chapelle.
• Relics
• The stained glass windows
• Dimensions of the Minster
• Comparative dimensions of the principal Cathedrals
• The monuments
• Chapter House, description of
• Dignitaries, &c., of the Cathedral . .
• Comparative capacity for accommodation of the largest Churches in Europe .
• Minster Yard
• Minster Library .
• Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre
• Liberty of St. Peter
• St. William's College
• The Bedern .
• St. Leonard's Hospital
• St. Mary's Abbey
• Holy Trinity Priory
• Dominican Friary
• Franciscan Friary
• Augustinian Friary
• Carmelite Friary
• Benedictine Nunnery .
• St. Andrew's Priory
• Hospital of St. Nicholas
• Hospital of St. Magdalen
• Hospital of St. Anthony
• St. Anthony's Hall
• Various religious guilds (1)
• Churches of York
  • All Saints' Church, North St
  • All Saints, Pavement,
  • Church of St. Crux,
  • of St. Cuthbert,
  • of St. Dennis,
  • of St. Olave,
  • of St. Helen, Stonegate,
  • of St. John,
  • of St. Lawrence,
  • of St. Margaret,
  • of St. Martin, Coney St.,
  • of St. Martin, Micklegate, (3)
  • of St. Mary Bishophill Senior,
  • of St. Mary Bishophill Junior,
  • of St. Mary, Castlegate,
  • of St. Michael le Belfrey, (3)
  • of St. Michael, Low Ousegate,
  • of St. Sampson,
  • of St.Saviour,
  • of the Holy Trinity, King's Sq.,
  • of the Holy Trinity, Micklegate,
  • of the Holy Trinity, Goodramgate,
  • of St. Maurice,
  • of St. Paul,
  • and of St. Thomas,
• Dissenting Chapels
• Catholics
• Catholic Church of St. George
• Catholic fraternities,
• Convent of St. Mary
• Public Schools: St. Peter's,
• Holgate's,
• Training Institution,
• Yeoman,
• School of Art,
• Wilberforce School for the Blind,
• Blue Coat,
• Spinning,
• Wilson's Charity,
• Ragged,
• Dodsworth's,
• Haughton's,
• Schools
  • National Schools,
  • British,
  • Wesleyan,
  • Independent,
  • St. George's Catholic,
  • Convent Schools,
  • Sunday Schools,
• Almshouses, or Hospitals :
  • Agar's Barstow's and St. Catherine's,
  • Colton's and Harrison's,
  • Hewley's and Ingram's,
  • Mason's, Maison Dieu, and Middleton's,
  • Merchant Tailor's, and Old Maid's,
  • St. Thomas's,
  • Thompson's and Trinity Hospitals,
  • Watter's and Wilson's, (3)
  • and Winterskelfs,
• Population, &c., of York
• Commerce, Trade, &c
• Markets, Fairs, &c
• Corporation of York
• Franchise
• Freemen's Strays
• York Tyburn
• Courts of Justice
• Guild Hall . . .
• Mansion House
• The Judge's Lodgings
• Assembly Rooms
• Festival Concert Room
• Theatre Roval
• Yorkshire Club House
• The De Grey Rooms
• County Gaol (York Castle)
• City House of Correction
• Post Office
• Merchants' Hall
• Merchant Tailors' and other Halls
• York County Hospital
• Other Medical Institutions
• York Lunatic Asylum
• Retreat Lunatic Asylum
• Pauper Lunatic Asylum
• Yorkshire Philosophical Society
• The Museum and its contents
• British Association
• York Institute
• Yorkshire Architectural Society
• Yorkshire Naturalists' Club
• Yorkshire Antiquarian Club
• Subscription and select libraries
• News Rooms
• Newspapers
• Railways
• Gas and Water Works (2)
• Public Baths
• Banks, Barracks, &c
• York Poor Law Union
• Penitentiary and City Mission
• Reformatory Schools
• Model Lodging House
• Cemetery
• Cholera Burial Ground
• Racecourse (Knavesmire)
• Eminent Men connected with York

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BOROUGH OF SCARBOROUGH

• Its probable occupation by the Romans
• The Saxon origin of the name
• The town burnt and plundered by Tosti
• Manor of Walsgrif (Falsgrave)
• Early charters granted
• Leland's description of Scarbro.
• Boundaries of the old town
• Bland's Cliff formed
• Charnell Garth (2)
• Mill Beek, the ancient fosse
• Scarborough Castle
• Its early Governors (2)
• Visits of Kings John and Edw. I.
• The town burnt by the Scotch
• The Castle besieged
• Visit of Richard III.
• The Castle taken by stratagem .
• The town stormed by the Parliamentarians
• Siege of the Castle in (2)
• Terms of its surrender
• Sir Hugh Cholmley
• Siege of the Castle in (11)
• The articles of rendition
• Captain Brown Bushell
• Two providential escapes
• George Fox imprisoned here
• The Barracks erected
• Description of the present ruins of the Castle
• Ancient Chapel in the Castle
• Cistercian Abbey and Rectory (2)
• Religious Rouses
• Church of St. Sepulchre
• St. Nicholas's Hospital and Church
• St. Thomas's Hospital and Church
• Knights Hospitallers
• Topography: Situation and description
• Discovery of the Spa
• Dickey Dickinson
• Spa Saloon erected
• The Cliff Bridge
• Analysis of the Spa water
• Ports, Piers, and Harbour
• White Nab Quarry
• Shipping, &c.
• Life Boat
• Carnelian Bay .
• Population, Trade, &c .
• Markets and Fairs
• The ancient Mart
• Disputes about Scarborough and Seamer Markets
• Ancient Market Cross
• Tax called Gablage
• Civil Government
• Gallows Close
• The Mayor tossed in a blanket
• The present Corporation
• Courts, Franchise, &c .
• Miscellaneous Mems.
• Dreadful Fire at Scarbro.
• Earl of Scarborough
• Churches
  • St. Mary's Church
  • Chantries in St. Mary's
  • Its restoration
  • Christ Church
  • St. Thomas's Church
  • The Bar Church
  • Chapels
  • Catholics
  • Catholic Church of St. Peter
• Schools
• Hospitals and Almshouses
• Charitable Institutions
• Town Hall
• Newborough Bar
• Museum
• Odd Fellows' Hall
• Public Market Hall
• Theatre and Savings' Bank
• Philosophical and Archaeological Society
• Mechanics' Institute
• Libraries, News Rooms, &c.
• Temperance Societies .
• Cemetery
• Longevity
• Oliver's Mount
• The Mere and the Plantation (2)
• Eminent Men