Download or read book History and Topography of the City of York, Vol. 1 of 2 written by J. J. Sheahan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History and Topography of the City of York, Vol. 1 of 2: The East Riding of Yorkshire, and a Portion of the West Riding; Embracing a General Review of the Early History of Great Britain, and a General History and Description of the County of York Is presenting this work to the numerous subscribers, it is deemed un necessary to expatiate on the value and utility of works of this nature. To all classes a well digested and faithfully compiled History and Topography of their own District must be an useful and interesting acquisition. For a people to be ignorant of their own history, and the scenes and circumstances amid which they have sprung, is degrading in the extreme, says a recent writer, and is not unfrequeutly productive of evil. It is only a necessary wisdom to be able to relate the early history of the locality in which Provi dence has placed us; to know its peculiarities; and to have marked its progress. The study of History, and particularly that which is Local, writes an eminent authority, may be numbered among the most important pursuits of man. 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.