A History of the County of York: East Riding

Harthill Wapentake, Bainton Beacon Division. Great Driffield and Its Townships.

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Format: Book - Hardcover

Released: Thu 19 Apr 2012

Catalogue Number: 0006996372

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Great Driffield, a thriving market town serving an extensive agricultural hinterland, stands at the junction of the Yorkshire Wolds and Holderness. The centre of an important Anglo-Saxon manor, in royal hands in the early middle ages, the main settlement was transformed from a large village into a boom town following the opening of a canal in 1770 that linked it to the expanding markets of Hull and the West Riding; its social, religious and political life flourished in the Victorian period particularly. This volume covers its history and that of its adjoining rural townships of Little Driffield, Elmswell and Kelleythorpe, from the Neolithic period to the beginning of the twenty-first century. The editors are former staff of the University of Hull.

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Editor: Graham Kent
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc
Series: VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY
Dewey: 941
Published Date: Thu 19 Apr 2012

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