Excerpt from The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham Whilst through oral tradition alone interesting events were communicated, history was dark and uncertain affected by the fortunes of men, and suffering mutilation by the fall of states, much obscurity frequently enveloped the most important changes; for before the invention of letters, public monuments were the chief means of saving the greatest achievements of nations, and the most wonderful acts of providential interposition from oblivion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine, of Durham, Vol. 2 The air of the county is generally heal though oold'on the hills and'accon ding ced'erne authors, that of the wefternlhy' therper than that of the; aft. It is. We] watered b rivers and brooks, the chi of which are the Tees andwerei, both. Abounding wi Jill), and particularly with trout and falmon.. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine, of Durham, Vol. 1 But enough has been (aid for the reader to form a judgment of the origin and nature of the palatine power here; whether it exilled before the Norman accel'o lion, or was created by K. Hi. I. Whether it is a perfonal or local authority, and what was its latitude and jurifdiétion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.