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Excerpt from Yorkshire, Past and Present, Vol. 2: A History and a Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York, From the Earliest Ages to the Year 1870; With an Account of Its Manufactures, Commerce, and Civil and Mechanical Engineerings
Having in the first volume of this work given a general descrip tion and history of the county of York, we now proceed to supply a more detailed account of its principal cities, boroughs, seaports, and towns. This we shall follow, in a subsequent division, by a history and description of the wapentakes, parishes, and townships of Yorkshire, thus completing our account of this extensive county. We commence our second volume with a history of the ancient and celebrated city of York, which was for so many ages the capital of Roman Britain, and is still one of the most interesting cities in the British dominions. We shall afterwards trace the history of the populous and ¿ourishing manufacturing towns of Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield, and Dewsbury, the principal seats of the woollen manufacture, which has for so many ages formed the chief industry of Yorkshire. We shall also give an account of Sheffield and the populous Hallamshire district, which have so long held the first rank in the manufacture of cutlery, and at the present day have united to their ancient industries many great branches of business unknown in former times. In this portion of the work we shall likewise trace the history or the port and commerce of Hull, the great outlet of the commerce of yoikshire, from early' times to the present day; and also that of the other sea ports of the county, including Scarborough, Whitby, Bridlington, and Middlesborough, the last of which has sprung into importance in the present generation, under the in¿uence of a sudden and great development of mining industry and wealth. Ive commence with an account of the ancient city of York.
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