Pen and Pencil Pictures of Old Bradford, William Scruton, 1889

Pen and Pencil Pictures of Old Bradford by William Scruton

This is the front page of William Scruton's book of 1889. There is a link below to the full text (and pictures) of chapter 1. Other chapters will appear in the future. The pictures below are those that appeared as the frontispiece etc. to the original book.

CHAPTER 1: Historical Survey
Brigantian Period. - Etymology. - Romans, Saxons, Danes, Normans. - De Lacies. - Inquisition (1277). - Right of Gallows. - Free Court. - Assize of Bread and Beer. - Evam, weaver of Gomersal. - Frizinghall. - Inquisition 1311. - Hall. - Water and Fulling Mill. - Market. - Fair. - Castle. - Church. - Inhabitants Classified. - Inhabited Portion of the Town. - Social and Domestic Condition of the People. - Manor. - John, of Gaunt. - Hornblowing Tenure. - Wild Boar, of Cliffe Wood. - Plantagenet Period. - Incursions of the Scots. - The "Black Death". - Poll Tax of Richard II. - Population. - Leland. - Civil Wars. - Fairfax. - First Seige. - Lister's Narrative. - Captain Hodgson. - Attack upon the Church. - Second Seige. - Earl of Newcastle at Bolling Hall. - Flight of Fairfax. - Bolling Hall Ghost. - Bradford Spared. - Restoration. - William and Mary. - Woolen and Worsted Industries. - Volunteer Corps (1794). - Commercial Prosperity. - Bradford in 1800.

Pen and Pencil Pictures of Old Bradford, William Scruton, 1889

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