A-Z of Ilkley

A-Z of Ilkley

Author: Mark Hunnebell

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2023-10-15

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1398104892

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Explore the Yorkshire town of Ilkley in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.


Darwin in Ilkley

Darwin in Ilkley

Author: Mike Dixon

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2009-09-07

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 0750952660

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When the Origins of Species was published on 24 November 1859, its author, Charles Darwin, was near the end of a nine-week stay in the remote Yorkshire village of Ilkley. He had come for the 'water cure'- a regime of cold baths and wet sheets - and for relaxation. But he used his time in Ilkley to shore up support, through extensive correspondence, for the extraordinary theory that the Origin would put before the world: evolution by natural selection. In Darwin in Ilkley, Mike Dixon and Gregory Radick bring to life Victorian Ilkley and the dramas of body and mind that marked Darwin's visit.