Author: Horace Baker Browne

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Published: 2015-07-08

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9781330994597

Excerpt from The Story of the East Riding of Yorkshire The author wishes herein to acknowledge his indebtedness: - (1) To the published works of local historians, and to the publications of local learned societies, into all of which he has delved, and from many of which he has 'lifted' such local records as it served his purpose to use. (2) To Mr. John Bickersteth, of the East Riding County Council, for valuable help in the chapter on How the East Riding Governs Itself, and in the general planning of the book; to Mr. John Suddaby, for much information that is embodied in Chapters XXIV.-XXVII.; to the Wardens of the Hull Trinity House, and Mr. E. J. Heseltine for extracts from the records of the Trinity House; to Mr. J. H. Hirst, Hull City Architect, for the draft of the illustration on p.167; and to Mr. W. G. B. Page, for revising the proofs of The East Riding Roll of Honour. (3) To Col. Mark Sykes, M.P., Canon Grimston of Stillingfleet, Alderman John Brown, Dr. J. Wright Mason, Mrs. Watson, of Hedon, Mr. W. Morfitt of Atwick, the Curator of the Hull Museums, and others, for permission to take photographs of objects in their possession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.