Download or read book Old Stones of Elmet written by Paul Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2003-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Old Kingdom of Elmet written by Edmund Bogg and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Old Kingdom of Elmet York and the Ainsty District written by Edmund Bogg and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Haunted Huddersfield written by Kai Roberts and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena to first-hand encounters with ghouls and spirits, this collection contains both new and well-known spooky tales and eyewitness accounts from around the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield.Featuring a terrifying range of apparitions, from poltergeists and ghosts to ancient spirits, haunted buildings and historical horrors, Haunted Huddersfield is sure to fascinate everyone with an interest in the town’s haunted history and is guaranteed to make your blood run cold.
Download or read book Folklore of Yorkshire written by Kai Roberts and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautiful county of Yorkshire is the largest in England, and yet still possesses a strong and cohesive regional identity. Built on centuries of shared tradition, a characteristic body of folklore has thrived and endured well into the present day. Folklore of Yorkshire chronicles such beliefs throughout the whole county, identifying distinctive common themes, placing them in their historical context and considering their social and psychological function. You'll discover Yorkshire's holy wells and buried treasure, its boggarts, Black Dogs and fairies, and the legends behind the county's stunning landscape. This fully illustrated book shows how the customs of the past have influenced the ways of today, whilst also revealing something about the nature of folklore itself, both for the tradition-bearers and those who collect it.
Download or read book Haunted Halifax and District written by Kai Roberts and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nestled amidst the windswept moorlands of the South Pennines, Halifax has always had a wild reputation: ‘From Hell, Hull and Halifax, good Lord deliver us’ ran the ‘Beggars’ Litany’. But was it just a grisly fate at the hands of the Halifax Gibbet, England’s last guillotine, that they feared? From historical boggarts to modern poltergeists, the region teems with intruders from beyond the veil: they stalk the gritstone crags and the austere chapels, the tumbledown mills and the ancient taverns. Haunted Halifax & District explores the manifestations and territory of these unquiet spirits, all in the light of the area’s colourful history and wider folkloric context. Including such highlights as the spectre of Emily Brontë and a headless coachman with two two headless horses, it will intrigue visitors and residents alike.
Download or read book Elmet written by Fiona Mozley and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FINALIST FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER PRIZE **The Guardian Best Books of 2017 * December Indie Next Pick * Amazon Best of the Month * Amazon Debut Spotlight * PEOPLE Magazine BOOK OF THE WEEK** “Beguiling . . . A lyrical and mythic work . . . Mozley’s sheer storytelling confidence sends the reader sailing.” ─New York Times "A quiet explosion of a book, exquisite and unforgettable." —The Economist "Part fairy tale, part coming-of-age story, part revenge tragedy with literary connections, Mozley's first novel is a shape-shifting, lyrical, but dark parable of life off the grid in modern Britain. Mozley's instantaneous success . . . is a response to the stylish intensity of her work, which boldly winds multiple genres into a rich spinning top of a tale."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The family thought the little house they had made themselves in Elmet, a corner of Yorkshire, was theirs, that their peaceful, self-sufficient life was safe. Cathy and Daniel roamed the woods freely, occasionally visiting a local woman for some schooling, living outside all conventions. Their father built things and hunted, working with his hands; sometimes he would disappear, forced to do secret, brutal work for money, but to them he was a gentle protector. Narrated by Daniel after a catastrophic event has occurred, Elmet mesmerizes even as it becomes clear the family's solitary idyll will not last. When a local landowner shows up on their doorstep, their precarious existence is threatened, their innocence lost. Daddy and Cathy, both of them fierce, strong, and unyielding, set out to protect themselves and their neighbors, putting into motion a chain of events that can only end in violence. As rich, wild, dark, and beautiful as its Yorkshire setting, Elmet is a gripping debut about life on the margins and the power—and limits—of family loyalty.
Download or read book Chronicles and Stories of Old Bingley written by Harry Speight and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Remains of Elmet written by Ted Hughes and published by Faber & Faber Poetry. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems written by Ted Hughes in response to Fay Godwin's photographs of the part of Yorkshire in which he grew up.
Download or read book The Lost Dark Age Kingdom of Rheged written by Ronan Toolis and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trusty's Hill is an early medieval fort at Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway. The hillfort comprises a fortified citadel defined by a vitrified rampart around its summit, with a number of enclosures looping out along lower-lying terraces and crags. The approach to its summit is flanked on one side by a circular rock-cut basin and on the other side by Pictish Symbols carved on to the face of a natural outcrop of bedrock. This Pictish inscribed stone is unique in Dumfries and Galloway, and southern Scotland, and has long puzzled scholars as to why the symbols were carved so far from Pictland and even if they are genuine. The Galloway Picts Project, launched in 2012, aimed to recover evidence for the archaeological context of the inscribed stone, but far from validating the existence of Picts in this southerly region of Scotland, the archaeological context instead suggests that the carvings relate to a royal stronghold and place of inauguration for the local Britons of Galloway around AD 600. Examined in the context of contemporary sites across southern Scotland and northern England, the archaeological evidence from Galloway suggests that this region may have been the heart of the lost Dark Age kingdom of Rheged, a kingdom that was in the late sixth century pre-eminent amongst the kingdoms of the north. The new archaeological evidence from Trusty's Hill enhances our perception of power, politics, economy and culture at a time when the foundations for the kingdoms of Scotland, England and Wales were being laid.
Download or read book Notes on Building Construction Materials 7th ed rev 1910 written by Henry Fidler and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hot Stew written by Fiona Mozley and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A contemporary story of class, gender, and property ownership--told through the interconnected lives of the residents of one London building and the real estate heiress who wants to tear it down"--
Download or read book The Echo Stones written by Wallace F. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In England at the dawn of recorded history, a King prepares to defend his castle against an invading Saxon army. There are spies behind his walls and a blood oath has been sworn against his son and daughter. To spare their lives, he sends them on a journey through the wilderness to the kingdom of his cousin. They carry with them a plea for help, and the last hope of the Celtic peoples south of the great Roman wall. To protect them on their journey, the king calls upon a mystic warrior, his giant friend and a servant to the princess who is small in stature but mighty in courage. As they travel, they are pursued and attacked by powerful forces, bent on their destruction. But just as it seems there is no hope, they are joined by a wizard of the forest possessed of great powers unknown to mortal men. He knows the princess carries with her a priceless, ancient gift that must not fall into the hands of the enemy.
Download or read book The Newberry House Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Circles Standing Stones and Legendary Rocks of West Yorkshire written by Paul Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first survey of the facts and folklore of these ancient and megalithic sites of the West Riding. There are tales of rocks that spin; haunted circles; stones which are the resort of the Devil, faeries, goblins and giants; together with archaeological and antiquarian information. An indispensible guide.
Download or read book Old Yorkshire written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catching Phantoms written by Ian Taylor and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the edge of the Pennine Moors, Detective Sergeant Blackshaw and his rookie colleague, Detective Constable Lumb, are called to the scene of a double murder committed on a burial ground. They discover that the case is connected to an ancient Celtic cult, in the remote village of Pen Crags. Desperate for career advancement and obsessed with solving the mystery, DC Lumb immerses himself in the group - and soon disappears. Amid a chain of unexplained deaths, Sergeant Blackshaw attempts to unravel the sinister plot. But with scarce evidence, can he prove his theory - or will he have to accept that there is no way to catch a phantom?
