CONTENTS
Reading edition
CHAP. PAGE
I. WHAT THE EAST RIDING IS 1
II. HOW THE EAST RIDING WAS MADE 3
III. MEN OF THE STONE AGE 8
IV. MEN OF THE BRONZE AGE—THE ANCIENT BRITONS 20
V. MEN OF THE IRON AGE—THE ROMANS IN EAST YORKSHIRE 29
VI. OUR ANCESTORS 40
VII. HOW THE MEN OF THE NORTH BECAME CHRISTIANS 47
VIII. THE COMING OF THE NORTHMEN 56
IX. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 892 65
X. TWO FAMOUS BATTLES OF LONG AGO 74
XI. HOW THE NORMANS CAME TO YORKSHIRE 85
XII. HOW OUR ANCIENT PARISH CHURCHES WERE BUILT 95
XIII. THE BIRTH OF HULL AND THE ROMANCE OF THE DE LA POLES 111
XIV. MONKS, NUNS, AND FRIARS 123
XV. SAINT JOHN OF BEVERLEY AND HIS MINSTER 135
XVI. SANCTUARIES 145
XVII. HOW TWO KINGS OF ENGLAND LANDED AT SPURN 155
XVIII. LIFE IN A MEDIÆVAL TOWN 162
XIX. THE TRADE UNIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES 179
XX. THE SUPPRESSION OF THE MONASTERIES AND THE PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE 188
xiiXXI. HOW THE GREAT CIVIL WAR BEGAN AT HULL 202
XXII. HOW HULL WAS TWICE BESIEGED 212
XXIII. SOME ANCIENT EAST RIDING FAMILIES 223
XXIV. STAGE COACH AND RAILWAY 238
XXV. ENGLAND’S THIRD PORT—THE MODERN GROWTH OF HULL 253
XXVI. FAMOUS SONS OF THE EAST RIDING 269
XXVII. SHIPS OF THE HUMBER 284
XXVIII. FOLK-SPEECH OF THE EAST RIDING 301
XXIX. HOW THE EAST RIDING GOVERNS ITSELF 311
XXX. EAST RIDING SCHOOLS 321
XXXI. THE EAST RIDING ROLL OF HONOUR 344
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