CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I.WHAT THE EAST RIDING IS[1]
II.HOW THE EAST RIDING WAS MADE[3]
III.MEN OF THE STONE AGE[8]
IV.MEN OF THE BRONZE AGE—THE ANCIENT BRITONS[20]
V.MEN OF THE IRON AGE—THE ROMANS IN EAST YORKSHIRE[29]
VI.OUR ANCESTORS[40]
VII.HOW THE MEN OF THE NORTH BECAME CHRISTIANS[47]
VIII.THE COMING OF THE NORTHMEN[56]
IX.IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 892[65]
X.TWO FAMOUS BATTLES OF LONG AGO[74]
XI.HOW THE NORMANS CAME TO YORKSHIRE[85]
XII.HOW OUR ANCIENT PARISH CHURCHES WERE BUILT[95]
XIII.THE BIRTH OF HULL AND THE ROMANCE OF THE DE LA POLES[111]
XIV.MONKS, NUNS, AND FRIARS[123]
XV.SAINT JOHN OF BEVERLEY AND HIS MINSTER[135]
XVI.SANCTUARIES[145]
XVII.HOW TWO KINGS OF ENGLAND LANDED AT SPURN[155]
XVIII.LIFE IN A MEDIÆVAL TOWN[162]
XIX.THE TRADE UNIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES[179]
XX.THE SUPPRESSION OF THE MONASTERIES AND THE PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE[188]
XXI.HOW THE GREAT CIVIL WAR BEGAN AT HULL[202]
XXII.HOW HULL WAS TWICE BESIEGED[212]
XXIII.SOME ANCIENT EAST RIDING FAMILIES[223]
XXIV.STAGE COACH AND RAILWAY[238]
XXV.ENGLAND’S THIRD PORT—THE MODERN GROWTH OF HULL[253]
XXVI.FAMOUS SONS OF THE EAST RIDING[269]
XXVII.SHIPS OF THE HUMBER[284]
XXVIII.FOLK-SPEECH OF THE EAST RIDING[301]
XXIX.HOW THE EAST RIDING GOVERNS ITSELF[311]
XXX.EAST RIDING SCHOOLS[321]
XXXI.THE EAST RIDING ROLL OF HONOUR[344]