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Slingsby and Slingsby Castle
SLINGSBY AND SLINGSBY CASTLE By Arthur St. Clair Brooke, M.A. CONTENTS Introduction The Making of Slingsby, and Slingsby in Domesday Some Lords of Slingsby The Wyvilles The Castle The Church and Rectors Some Changes and Survivals Appendices Chapter 1 Excerpt SLINGSBY is one of a number of villages situated along the southern edge of the vale of Pickering, in the north-riding of Yorkshire and the wapentake of Ryedale. Pickering vale opens on the east towards the sea, and is encircled in other directions by three ranges of hills: (1) The Tabular hills on the north; (2) the Hambleton hills on the west; (3) the Howardian hills on the south. The Tabular hills have their name from their nearly tab...
Slingsby and Slingsby Castle
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...proves the bishop to have been anxious to retain old customs. It was usual for claims on the estate of a deceased person to be proved by the claimant making an oath, lying upon his back on the grave with a Bible in his hand, in the presence of the compurgators. The governor was for abolishing the custom, but the bishop wished to retain it; and it remained in vogue for some considerable time after this dispute. John Phillips was succeeded by Samuel Phillips, and Samuel P...
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