The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Part V : The Wapentakes of Upper and Lower Claro (English Place-Name Society Volume XXXIV)

Author(s): Smith, A H

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	Very Good
Edition:	1st Edition
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Cambridge at the University Press
Publication Year:	1961
Book ID:	004550
Catalogue(s):	Local Interest and History - Yorkshire and Humberside

xii, 222pp, complete with fold out map at rear showing the Wapentakes of the West Riding of Yorkshire (map has small chip on edge). In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine (boards just a little rounded and worn at spine tips). Faint library stamp on upper text block edge, cataloguing numbers on copyright page. Small paper scar on front free endpaper. Else generally neat and clean internally barring a hint of toning. In its original dust jacket (very slightly rubbed at edges, mildly sunned spine). The fifth volume of an eight volume set resulting from the largest county survey undertaken to date by the English Place-Name Society, this present volume deals with the place-names of Wharfedale north of the river, as far west as Craven, and of Nidderdale. The principal towns are Wetherby, Knaresborough, Harrogate, Boroughbridge and Ripon.

Keywords:

place-names yorkshire west riding local history Wharfedale Craven Nidderdale Wetherby Knaresborough Harrogate Boroughbridge Ripon