Picturesque History of Yorkshire Volume 1; Being an Account of the History, Topography, Antiquities, Industries, and Modern Life of the Cities, Towns, and Villages of the County of York, Founded on Personal Observations Made During Many Journeys Through T (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ... of his age. His Nephew WILLIAM, Third son of Samuel Tuffnell of Langleys, in the county of Essex, Esq, by Elizabeth his wife, niece to the said Nathaniel Payler, Out of sincere Affection and Gratitude Erected this Monument to his Memory. The village school at Nun Monkton bears a rather curious tablet on its wall explaining its origin and setting forth the duties of the schoolmaster. It was built in 1776 by Thomas and Leonard Wilson, gentlemen, of Fossbridge End in York, who settled the sum of. 5 per annum with the rents of a house and land at Nun Monkton to the schoolmaster, who is strictly commanded in return therefor "to teach the Children English, Latin, and Greek, and also writing and Casting up Accounts, and teach them their duty to God Almighty and Good Manners." II The east banks of the Ouse advancing from Poppleton Ferry towards Beningborough gradually change in character, becoming deeper and of a different appearance to the banks south of York. The osiers, which are characteristic of the river below York, disappear, and are replaced by high sandbanks, the homes and haunts of innumerable martins. Here and there the stream is shaded by overhanging willows. Beyond Linton the banks are shallow once more, but at Aldwark they deepen again, and continue to rise until the junction of the Ure, the Swale, and the Ouse is reached at Swale Nab. On both sides of the Ouse throughout these, its last stretches, the scenery is somewhat monotonous in the sense that the lie of the land is generally level even to plainness. The meadowland is rich and thickly stocked with cattle, and the villages are wellwooded and picturesque in the fashion so characteristic of this part of Yorkshire, but there is a total absence in the landscape of the wild or the rom...