Download or read book History and Topography of the City of York, the East Riding of Yorkshire, and a Portion of the West Riding, Vol. 2 of 2 written by James Joseph Sheahan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History and Topography of the City of York, the East Riding of Yorkshire, and a Portion of the West Riding, Vol. 2 of 2: Embracing a General Review of the Early History of Great Britain, and a General History and Description of the County of York According to Camden, surnames began to be taken up in England about the time of the Conquest, but were not fully settled among the common people until about the time of Edward II. (remains, p. 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.