Excerpt from A Picturesque History of Yorkshire, Vol. 2 of 3: Being an Account of the History, Topography, and Antiquities of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County of York, Founded on Personal Observations Made During Many Journeys Through the Three Ridings Great manufacturing towns. Nevertheless, the Calder is still one of the most interesting rivers in Yorkshire, for it passes through the most thickly populated district in the county, and at the same time gives access to some of the Wildest scenery and the most solitary stretches of country which the broad acred shire can show. 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 Picturesque History of Yorkshire, Vol. 1 of 3: Being an Account of the History I may be permitted, perhaps, to make one or two remarks upon York Shire and its people as they present themselves to the man who tries to write about them. It is now twenty-one years since the elementary notion of writing this book occurred to me, and during that time I have been continually observing places and people in more or less desultory fashion. Now that the task is over, the chief impression remaining in my mind with respect to Yorkshire is that it is absolutely impossible for any of us, no matter how fond we may be of it as our native county, to comprehend its vast size. Folk who live outside its borders cannot form any conception of its enormous area, of the difference between its three Ridings, of the alternations in scenery, of the gulf which separates its men of the towns and cities from its men of the lonely dales and silent woodlands. There is, I think, no other county in England in which one can find such vast differences as in this. There is certainly none in which one can do so much travelling. If any one who doubts this will take up a map of York shire and consider what lies beween Bawtry and Pierce Bridge, between Mickle Fell and Spurn Head, between Todmorden and Teesmouth, between Flamborough Head and Bowland Forest, his doubts will be shaken if not absolutely dispelled. But, after all, it is only the man who has travelled over the greater part of the county who can comprehend its Size and recognise its varied attractions. There are plenty of people who have a notion that Yorkshire is a wilderness of coal-mines, manufactories, and so on, and who doubt its possession of anything in the shape of picturesque ness. In point of fact, it deserves to rank amongst the most picturesque counties of England and Wales, and it is hard to say if any other county actually exceeds it in beauty. If it lacks anything it is colour in all other respects it can claim equal rights with Devon or Westmoreland, with Surrey or Warwickshire. 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.