Table of Contents

The physical environment; the pioneer's landscape - the Mesolithic; farming the territory - the Neolithic; Yorkshire in the Bronze Age; the Brigantes and Parisi; the Empire and Yorkshire; darkness and enlightment; English and Danish settlement; domesday countrysides of Yorkshire; villages and Hamlets; Yorkshire monasteries; the medieval countrysides; Yorkshire castles; medieval churches of Yorkshire; domestic vernacular architecture; enclosure and the post-medieval countryside; market towns and routeways; into the industrial revolution.

Reviews

The text is enhanced by over a hundred excellent modern photographs! Each chapter has a comprehensive list of references... This is definitely not a book to be read once and put aside. It will be frequently consulted as a highly accessible source of reference for numerous topics pertinent to the county of Yorkshire and its landscape. Muir's splendid book is a thoroughly well-informed survey. The text is enhanced by over a hundred excellent modern photographs! Each chapter has a comprehensive list of references... This is definitely not a book to be read once and put aside. It will be frequently consulted as a highly accessible source of reference for numerous topics pertinent to the county of Yorkshire and its landscape. Muir's splendid book is a thoroughly well-informed survey.