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Bibliography of local literature

From antiquarian to sightseer: a Bibliographical Study of the Literature inspired by the topography and people of an area of 10 miles around Ingleton.

 

Members are invited to contribute to the list of authors and to add further details to the entries. Reviews and opinions are welcome. To contribute or to request further information please use the email link on the Contact page.

 

Click on the links below for full details of each entry:

 

1720 Cox

MAGNA BRITANNIA; OR TOPOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, ECCLESIASTICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

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1746 Rauthmell

ANTIQUITATES BREMETONACENSES: OR THE ROMAN ANTIQUITIES OF OVERBOROUGH

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1770 Young

A SIX MONTH’S TOUR THROUGH THE NORTH OF ENGLAND

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1771 Young

THE FARMER’S LETTERS TO THE LANDLORDS OF GREAT BRITAIN

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1781 Hutton

A TOUR TO THE CAVES, IN THE ENVIRONS OF INGLEBOROUGH AND SETTLE IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE

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1786 Boswell

THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR OF THE HEBRIDES WITH SAMUEL JOHNSON LL. D

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1795 Holt

GENERAL VIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER: WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE MEANS OF ITS IMPROVEMENT

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1800 Housman

A DESCRIPTIVE TOUR AND GUIDE TO THE LAKES, CAVES, MOUNTAINS, AND OTHER NATURAL CURIOSITIES IN CUMBERLAND, WESTMORELAND, LANCASHIRE AND A PART OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE

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1805 Whitaker

THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE DEANERY OF CRAVEN IN THE COUNTY OF YORK

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1808 Marshall

A REVIEW OF THE REPORTS TO THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE; FROM THE NORTHERN DEPARTMENT OF ENGLAND

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1812 Bigland

THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES; OR DELINEATIONS, TOPOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE OF EACH COUNTY. YORKSHIRE

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1817 Gregson

PORTFOLIO OF FRAGMENTSRELATIVE TO THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY PALATINE AND DUCHY OF LANCASTER

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1820 Briggs

THE LONSDALE MAGAZINE OR PROVINCIAL REPOSITORY, FOR THE YEAR 1820

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1823 Whitaker

AN HISTORY OF RICHMONDSHIRE IN THE NORTH RIDING OF YORK TOGETHER WTH THOSE PARTS OF THE EVERWICSHIRE OF DOMESDAY WHICH FORM THE WAPENTAKES OF LONSDALE, EWECROSS, AND AMUNDERNESS IN THE COUNTIES OF YORK, LANCASTER ANDWESTMORELAND

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1858 White

A MONTH IN YORKSHIRE

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1867 Kirkby

KIRKBY'S INOUEST. INQUISITIONS OF KNIGHTS' FEES. NOMINA VILLARUM FOR YORKSHIRE

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1868 Sedgwick

A MEMORIAL BY THE TRUSTEES OF COWGILL CHAPEL WITH A PREFACE AND APPENDIX ON THE CLIMATE, HISTORY AND DIALECTS OF DENT. AND SUPPLEMENT TO THE MEMORIAL

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1872 Turner

VIEWS IN LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY J.M.W. TURNER, R.A.

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1878 Whitaker ed. Morant

THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE DEANERY OF CRAVEN THE COUNTY OF YORK

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1880 Balderston

INGLETON: BYGONE AND PRESENT

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1880 Britten

OLD COUNTRY AND FARMING WORDS GLEANED FROM AGRICULTURAL BOOKS

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1892 Speight

THE ANTIQUITIES OF CRAVEN AND THE NORTH-WEST YORKSHIRE HIGHLANDS

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1892 Thompson

SEDBERGH, GARSDALE AND DENT; PRESENT CONDITION OF SOME PICTURESQUE PEEPS AT THE YORKSHIRE DALES

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1895 Speight

TRAMPS AND DRIVES IN THE CRAVEN HIGHLANDS

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1899 Wrigley

THE REGISTERS OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF WHITTINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER. CHRISTENINGS, BURIALS AND WEDDINGS 1538 - I764

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1904 Taylor

THE ANCIENT CROSSES AND HOLY WELLS OF LANCASHIRE

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1904 White

OLD INGLEBOROUGH. TALKS BY THE LONSDATE HERMIT, OLD INGLEBOROUGH PAMPHLETS - 1

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1905 Greenwood

THE REDMANS OF LEVENS AND HAREWOOD

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1911 Kendall

THE REGISTERS OF TUNSTALL 1625 -1812. THE REGISTERS OF MELLING BAPTISMS AND BURIALS 1625 - 1721, WEDDINGS 1636 - 1752

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1912 Garnett

WESTMORLAND AGRICULTURE 1800 - 1900

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1913 Curwen

THE CASTLES AND FORTIFIED TOWERS OF CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND AND LANCASHIRE NORTH OF THE SANDS

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1913 Hardy

THE HARDYS OF BARBON AND SOME OTHER WESTMORLAND STATESMEN: THEIR KITH, KIN AND CHILDER

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1915 Sheppard

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF YORKSHIRE GEOLOGY

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1922 Ekwall

THE PLACE-NAMES OF LANCASHIRE

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1923 Farrer

RECORDS RELATING TO THE BARONY OF KENDALE

 

1923 Riley

THE SETTLE DISTRICT AND NORTH-WEST YORKSHIRE DALES

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1925 Haswell

THE REGISTERS OF MIDDLETON lN LONSDALE, WESTMORLAND 1670 - 1812

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1930 Pearson

ANNALS OF KIRKBY LONSDALE AND LUNESDALE IN BYGONE DAYS

 

1932 Brayshaw & Robinson

A HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF GIGGLESWICK

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1936 RCHME Westmorland

WESTMORLAND

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1937 Young

PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE

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1938 Whitaker

A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE PRINTED MAPS OF LANCASHIRE 1577 - 1900

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1967 Hedevindfill

THE DIALECT OF DENTDALE IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE

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