Derbs., Notts., Staffs., Yorks.
Reference code
COR/12
Title
Derbs., Notts., Staffs., Yorks.
Date
1927-1934
Level of description
item
Extent and format
1 volume
Scope and content
Handwritten and compiled between 1927 and 1934.
Title page: ‘Cathedral, Abbey and Parish Churches of Yorkshire and [the] Midlands. Dale Scenery of Yorkshire’.
Followed by Index (3pp).
York Cathedral, churches and other features of Yorkshire, including natural phenomena such as Hell Ghyll [Gill] and Aysgarth Falls (pp. 1-116); churches of Nottinghamshire (pp. 117-124); churches in Staffordshire (pp. 125-135); notes on Steetley and St Lawrence Whitwell, Derbyshire (pp. 136-139); churches and castles in Yorkshire (pp. 140-158).
Features of particular interest:
Rievaulx Abbey. Notes, photos and copies of two tomb slabs (pp. 9-12).
Fountains Abbey. Extensive notes and photos (pp. 13-23).
All Saints, Great Ayton, Yorkshire. Notes and photos. The churchyard has a number of interesting tombstones, including those the parents of Captain James Cook. ‘The church is a quaint little building but has considerable Norman remains so is more interesting than would seem likely at first sight’ (pp. 29-33, quote p. 29).
Holy Trinity, Skipton, Yorkshire. Colour copies of shields of arms from the Clifford tombs (pp. 144-145 and six unpaginated pages before p. 144).
Printed insert about Kirkstall Abbey included at the back of the volume.
Title page: ‘Cathedral, Abbey and Parish Churches of Yorkshire and [the] Midlands. Dale Scenery of Yorkshire’.
Followed by Index (3pp).
York Cathedral, churches and other features of Yorkshire, including natural phenomena such as Hell Ghyll [Gill] and Aysgarth Falls (pp. 1-116); churches of Nottinghamshire (pp. 117-124); churches in Staffordshire (pp. 125-135); notes on Steetley and St Lawrence Whitwell, Derbyshire (pp. 136-139); churches and castles in Yorkshire (pp. 140-158).
Features of particular interest:
Rievaulx Abbey. Notes, photos and copies of two tomb slabs (pp. 9-12).
Fountains Abbey. Extensive notes and photos (pp. 13-23).
All Saints, Great Ayton, Yorkshire. Notes and photos. The churchyard has a number of interesting tombstones, including those the parents of Captain James Cook. ‘The church is a quaint little building but has considerable Norman remains so is more interesting than would seem likely at first sight’ (pp. 29-33, quote p. 29).
Holy Trinity, Skipton, Yorkshire. Colour copies of shields of arms from the Clifford tombs (pp. 144-145 and six unpaginated pages before p. 144).
Printed insert about Kirkstall Abbey included at the back of the volume.
Creator
Corder, Henry (1855-1944), antiquary and nurseryman
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/957/21