The Yorkshire countryside : a landscape history / Richard Muir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muir, Richard, 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscapes--England--Yorkshire--History.

Landscapes.

Yorkshire (England)--History.

Yorkshire (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Keele University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Yorkshire summons up a distinct mental image in the minds of outsiders - whether of wind-lashed moorland, smoking chimneys or tough, blunt people. This illustrated survey of the changing rural landscapes of the region shows how the quality of 'Yorkshireness' varies greatly between one area and another. Moving chronologically from the Mesolithic period through to the post-medieval era of enclosure and industrialization, it allows the reader to mentally reconstruct the successive landscapes as they appeared and evolved through generations. The key elements - settlement patterns, strongholds, church and vernacular architecture, field systems and communications - are all considered in this fascinating history of one of England's best-known regions.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. The Physical Environment

2. The Pioneers' Landscape: The Mesolithic

3. Farming and Territory: The Neolithic

4. Yorkshire in the Bronze Age

5. The Brigantes and Parisi

6. The Roman Empire and Yorkshire

7. Darkness and Enlightenment

8. English and Danish Settlement

9. Domesday Countrysides of Yorkshire

10. Villages and Hamlets

11. Yorkshire Monasteries

12. The Medieval Countrysides

13. Yorkshire Castles

14. Medieval Churches of Yorkshire

15. Domestic Vernacular Architecture

16. Enclosure and the Post-Medieval Countryside

17. Market Towns and Routeways

18. Into the Industrial Revolution

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7115-3