The landscape & people are the two most distinctive qualities of the Yorkshire Dales & this book employs new sources & methods to help the reader see both in a different light. In earlier centuries religious & social factors influenced the first names that were given to children. Distinctive surnames were inherited & their expansion or decline can throw light on local communities on migration & population growth. Place-names emerged from regional & customary practices that illuminate topography husbandry mining communications & much more. Thebook also uses material from Quarter Sessions title deeds wills & other documents to investigate a wide range of topics that touch on the lives of individuals & families from religious dissent to sheep-stealing & vagrancy. There is emphasis too on the poor showing the impact on families & communities of bastardy fire flood violence & other disasters. A book written for anyone interested in the local & family history of the Yorkshire Dales. Dr George Redmonds is a local historian with a life-long interest in name studies. In 1973 he wrote Yorkshire: West Riding the first volume in the English Surnames Series & in 2001 he presented the BBC Radio 4 series Surnames Genes & Geneaology. Recent publications include Surnames & Geneaology (1997) Christian Names in Local & Family History (2003) Names & History: People Places & Things (2003) & The Place-Names of Huddersfield (2008). The Making of Huddersfield (2003) has recently been reprinted by Wharncliffe Books. George is a well-known lecturer at international conferences. ...

Explore the Yorkshire Dales with this fantastic guide featuring 10 walks & 3 cycles & 2 car tours. There is information on the best places to visit in the area suggested itineraries detailed gazetter entries & listings of pubs where to shop local specialities activities local events & festivals. There is regional mapping throughout & each walk cycle & tour has a detailed route map. ...

Mark Denton captures the drama & beauty of one of Englands most treasured landscapes. From broad open dales to bleak uplands & isolated high hills Mark Dentons panoramic camera reveals the ever-changing light on both renowned & unheralded places. An essay by Richard Mabey describes his first acquaintance with the Dales & his growing understanding & appreciation of this unique landscape. This is the concluding volume in Mark Dentons Yorkshire Trilogy following Yorkshire Coast & Yorkshire Moors & Wolds. Mark Denton is one of Britains most acclaimed young landscape photographers described by Joe Cornish as one of the few photographers to have mastered the large panoramic camera & he uses it to capture landscape in all its drama depth & colour.. .the result is a unique body of work. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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Yorkshire People & Coal is the third title in Peter Tuffreys Yorkshire People series featuring photographs from the Yorkshire Posts picture archives. This volume makes use of the wealth of pictures & information held in the Yorkshire Posts archives on the countys long association with coal. Peter believes there has never been a period in coal minings long history as eventful as the previous forty to fifty years & many of the pictures contained here are from that time. Images have been carefully selected to show how coal has had a wide-ranging effect on Yorkshire life. Most aspects of colliery life are depicted & not surprisingly several themes dominate throughout: disasters strikes & pit closures. It might be that coal is becoming a fading memory to those who lived through the trials & tribulations of the past fifty or more years & present generations might find it hard to imagine a time when it was relied upon to provide heating energy & a means of travel. However it cannot be denied that coal has left an indelible mark on Yorkshires long industrial history & its final glory years are aptly portrayed in Yorkshire People & Coal. ...

Three South Yorkshire friends all on the cusp of 40 fall pregnant at the same time following a visit to an ancient fertility symbol. For Helen it's a dream come true although her husband is not as thrilled about it as she had hoped. Not only wrestling with painful ghosts of the past Helen has to deal with the fact that her outwardly perfect marriage is crumbling before her eyes. For Janey it is an unmitigated disaster as she has just been offered the career break of a life-time. & she has no idea either how it could possibly have happened seeing as she & her ecstatic husband George were always so careful over contraception. For Elizabeth it is mind-numbing because she knows people like her shouldn't have children. Damaged by her dysfunctional childhood & emotionally lost she not only has to contend with carrying a child she doubts she can ever love but she also has to deal with the return to her life of a man whose love she must deny herself. Heart-warming up-lifting tear-jerking & lovely THE YORKSHIRE PUDDING CLUB is the story of how three women find themselves empowered by unexpected pregnancy. How it revitalises one woman's tired marriage strengthens another's belief in herself & brings love & warmth to a cold & empty life. ...

If you are new to walking in the Yorkshire Dales youre in for a treat as we trace our way up the Three Peaks. First though well do them one at a time giving a chance to savour the experience as well as getting to know the area. Paul Shorrock is the local expert who has brought together the whole Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge adventure. He starts by exploring each of the three peaks through six day walks before moving on to tackle the whole challenge. Everything you need to explore these glorious landscapes & prepare yourself for the 12 hour Challenge is included in The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge:-
- Fully detailed walk descriptions with frequent timings to aid navigation for the six day walks & the complete challenge.
- OS 25k large scale mapping of all the walking routes.
- Gps waypoints for the pin-point navigational accuracy that is so valuable for a successful challenge.
- Full training accommodation & local information for everything you need to know before attempting the challenge. The Three Peaks of the Yorkshire Dales provide some of the finest walking in Britain. With a combination of high peaks & stunning scenery the area is rightly popular with outdoor types from leisure walkers up to super-fit fell runners. It always seems to follow that when you have a mix of high places & human beings sooner or later someone will come up with an idea of a challenge of some kind. With the Three Peaks of Pen y Ghent Whernside & Ingleborough the solution was simple
- do them all in one walk!




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Discovery Walking Guides Celebrating 25 Years of Adventures" is slashing the price of its ' Challenge' books from GBP8.99 to GBP4.99 for books bought up to 30 September 2013. If you are new to walking in the Yorkshire Dales you're in for a treat as we trace our way up the Three Peaks. First though we'll do them one at a time giving a chance to savour the experience as well as getting to know the area. Paul Shorrock is the 'local' expert who has brought together the whole ' Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge' adventure. He starts by exploring each of the three peaks through six day walks before moving on to tackle the whole challenge. Everything you need to explore these glorious landscapes & prepare yourself for the 12 hour Challenge is included in ' The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge':-
- Fully detailed walk descriptions with frequent timings to aid navigation for the six day walks & the complete challenge.
- OS 25k large scale mapping of all the walking routes.
- gps waypoints for the pin-point navigational accuracy that is so valuable for a successful challenge.
- Full training accommodation & local information for everything you need to know before attempting the challenge. The Three Peaks of the Yorkshire Dales provide some of the finest walking in Britain. With a combination of high peaks & stunning scenery the area is rightly popular with outdoor types from leisure walkers up to super-fit fell runners. It always seems to follow that when you have a mix of high places & human beings sooner or later someone will come up with an idea of a challenge of some kind. With the Three Peaks of Pen y Ghent Whernside & Ingleborough the solution was simple
- do them all in one walk! New for the 2nd edition is the news that Paul's routes are now the 'official' Y3P routes."




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Today the Victoria Cross remains the supreme British award for bravery. It takes precedence over all other awards & decorations. During its 160-year history since the first medals were given for gallantry during the Crimean War in the 1850s 1 357 of these medals have been won & no less than 69 of them have gone to Yorkshiremen. Alan Whitworth in this carefully researched & revealing account describes in graphic detail the exploits & the lives of this elite group of heroes. Among the roll of the brave whose gallantry & self-sacrifice are celebrated in these pages the reader will find the names & extraordinary deeds of men who were either born or bred or lived & died in Yorkshire. The first was Yorkshire-born Bombardier Thomas Wilkinson in 1857. He set an example that has been followed by generations of Yorkshire soldiers through the conflicts of the late nineteenth century
- among them the Indian Mutiny & the wars in Afghanistan & South Africa
- & then in the twentieth century in the two world wars & more recent operations in the Gulf & Afghanistan. Their stories give an unforgettable insight into the nature of heroism & into the role of individual soldiers who stand out from the ranks of men who took part in Britains many wars & campaigns. The stories of these ordinary individuals who have performed some signal act of valour or devotion to their country will be fascinating reading for anyone who is interested in military history in general & in the long military tradition of Yorkshire.

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