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OLD AND NEW CHESTERFIELD ETC.

by Tatler; John Richard Walbran; Grant W. Macdonald; Alfred Wallis; J.J. Sheahan; John George Bishop; et al

Almost very good condition. This is EIGHT volumes collected and bound into one book. Titles are: Old and New Chesterfield; A Guide to Ripon, Fountains Abbey, Aldborough, Brimham Rocks, Newby Hall, Hackfall, Tanfield and Several Places of Interest in Their Vicinity; A Brief Account of the Parish of Holbeach and Its Church of All Saints; Bemroses' Guide to Matlock, Bakewell, Chatsworth; Haddon Hall etc.; Hand-Book to Beverley; The Practical Guide to the City of York; The Brighton Pavilion and Its Royal Associations; The Abbey of Saint Alban. Black leather spine and corners.

Uneven browning and mottling to covers. Wear to cover edges and corners. Ink stamps to a few pages. Some foxing and browning. Some pages have been cut down severely at margins - but text all appears to be present.

Stock no. 2112523

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Contents

  • I. THE TOWN'S NAME - A FAMOUS BATTLE - BETRAYED
  • II. PESTILENCE - FESTIVITY - WAR
  • III. THE REVOLUTION HOUSE - THE PERILS OF STREET-PREACHING - A SEVERE WINTER - FRENCH PRISONERS
  • IV. JOTTINGS ABOUT THE COACHING DAYS - DRINKING AND TGHE DICE-BOX - THE NIGHT WATCHMEN
  • V. A TERRIFIC STORM - THE PRINCESS VICTORIA - THE NEW CORPORATION - CRIMEAN DAYS - BARON DE CAMIN'S ADVENTURES
  • VI. THE "CHESTERFIELD CROW" CARTOONS - A ROYAL VISIT - THE 1847 ELECTION - THE BANK'S COLLAPSE
  • VII. STORIES IN STREETS - JUMPING ON TGHE MAYOR'S BACK - ABOUT LORDSMILL STREET AND BEETWELL STREET - SOME NOTED CHARACTERS
  • VIII. THE DUCKING STOOL AND THE LADIES BRIDLE - THE OLD PRISON - SOUTH STREET AND ITS ASSOCIATES - BUSINESS THIRTY YEARS AGO
  • IX. "MEN I HAVE KNOWN" - THE "FALCON" YARD - FOUL PLAY - A LUDRICRIOUS HOAX - THE THEATRE ROYAL
  • X. A STRANGE TRADITION - THE MARKET PLACE AND SWINE'S GREEN - "ANGEL" INN MEMORIES - THE DEPARTED WARRIORS
  • XI. THE HISTORIC SHAMBLES - PACKERS ROW - THE OLD "ANGEL" AND IS RACING ASSOCIATIONS
  • XII. THE OLD "BEEHIVE" ABOUT BURLINGTON STREET AND KNIFESMITH GATE - A HOLY WELL AND A BIG APPETITE - SALTER GATE AND GLUMAN GATE - SORESBY STREET AND THE "WEST END"
  • XIII.THE CHURCH WITH THE CROOKED STEEPLE - TGHE DUN COW'S RIB - SACRILEGE - SOME CHANGES
  • XIV. THE CROOKED SPIRE - ITS LEGENDS AND ITS TWIST
  • XV. TRINITY CHURCH - A GREAT MAN'S RESTING PLACE
  • XVI. OUR CHAPELS - HE CONGREGATIONS - THE WESLEYANS - THE UNIED METHODISTS
  • XVII. THE PRIMITIVE METHODISTS - THE QUAKERS - THE BAPTISTS
  • XVIII. THE UNITARIANS - THE ROMAN CATHOLICS
  • XIX. OLD PEDAGOGUES - THE ANGEL OF EDUCATION - CHESTERFIELD SCHOOLS
  • XX. HE GRAMMAR SCHOOL - FAMOUS SCHOLARS - THE REV F. CALDER - THE NEW SCHEME
  • XXI. THE "GOOD NEW TIMES" - THE SCHOOL BOARDS AND ITS WORK
  • XXII. SCIENCE AND ITS USEFULNESS - ART AND ITS BEAUTIES
  • XXIII. THE CELEBRATED "RUSKIN" LETTER - PRESS COMMENTS - THE ART CRITIC AND THE IMPUDENT HOAX
  • XXIV. ANOTHER CHAPTER ON THE "RUSKIN" LETTER - MORE POETRY - A GENUINE LETTER
  • XXV. INSTITUTIONS - INDUSTRIES - POPULATION

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