ATKINSON, G.C. - Memorials of Old Whitby. or Historical Gleanings from Ancient Whitby Records.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1894. 1st edition. Contents: Myths, Legends, and Traditions Connected with Whitby: a)The Story of Caedmon. b)The Horngarth; Whitby and the District before the name Cleveland was given; Whitby: What it used to be Called, and Why; Shreds of Old Whitby History; Further Historical Shreds Touching the Refounding of the Monastery, first as a Priory, and then as an Abbey; Additional Notes on the Change of the Priorate into an Abbacy, and Inferential Matters Therewith Connected; Successional Churches (Abbey) at Whitby, and Fabric Notes; Old Whitby: Its Site, Topography, and Distribution; The Site of the Market-Place in Old Days; The Tollbooth of Old Whitby, and its True Character; The Relations between the Abbot of Whitby and Sir Alexander de Percy, and Conclusions Therewith Connected; The Conditions under which the Abbey Tenants held their Lands in Out-Townships; The Chapels and Hermitages Attached to the Abbey; Detailed Inquiry Touching Burbage in Whitby, and its Real Import; The Enclosure of the Abbey Precincts, and its Gatehouse; The Old Church at Whitby; Appendix A: Touching the Penny Hedge Site; Appendix B: Translations of Old-French Documents. Pp.xx/332, frontispiece + 21 further illustrations including a folding plan, owner's name to front free endpaper, endpapers toned. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, wear to top and tail of spine and bumps to corners. G+.

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