Genealogical History Of The Family Of Barwick

Author : F. S. Colman
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266762881
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Parish of Barwick-In-Elmet, in the County of York (Classic Reprint) written by F. S. Colman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Parish of Barwick-in-Elmet, in the County of York This book is a collection of the available records relating to a single country parish, gathered both from public sources and from private manuscripts which had not been before accessible. I have tried to arrange them so that they may best illustrate the history of the parish, its antiquities and institutions, classifying them under subjects rather than periods. First there is a view of the whole parish, its topography and history then an account of the village of Barwick and its ancient earthworks the Church with the clergy and endowments the manors and their associated families an explanation of the dis appearance, under enclosure, of the commons, woods, and Open fields; some notes on the parochial officers and their accounts; and lastly there are lists of the manorial tenants showing us the inhabitants at different periods for over three hundred years before the registers begin. The possibilities of this particular parish are unusual. The earth works, of pre-historic, and the Church, of pre-conquest origin, tell us of its earliest history. We have a rich store of material at the Public Record Office arising out of our long connexion with the Duchy of Lancaster. Nearer home is the remarkable collection of documents at Parlington belonging to Colonel Gascoigne. These last had not been examined for more than two hundred years, but free access was granted to me and I was permitted to transcribe or note whatever might be of interest. This was a privilege for which I am under a real obligation, and the Thoresby Society owes very much to Colonel Gascoigne for his permission. The Parlington collection of deeds covers not only the manors and estates of the family but touches also many other districts in Yorkshire, and a number of the most valuable of them, other than those I have used, have been included, with Colonel Gascoigne's consent, in a volume of Yorkshire Deeds, edited by Mr. W. Brown, for the Yorkshire Archaeological Society's Record Series. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.