A History of the County of Yorkshire East Riding (Volume IX)

Great Driffield, a thriving market town serving an extensive agricultural hinterland, stands at the junction of the Yorkshire Wolds and Holderness. The centre of an important Anglo-Saxon manor, in royal hands in the early middle ages, the main settlement was transformed from a large village into a boom town following the opening of a canal in 1770 that linked it to the expanding markets of Hull and the West Riding; its social, religious and political life flourished in the Victorian period particularly. This volume covers its history and that of its adjoining rural townships of Little Driffield, Elmswell and Kelleythorpe, from the Neolithic period to the beginning of the twenty-first century; it provides the first detailed account of the town's trades and industries, as well as exploring landownership, local government, and social, religious and political life. The editors are former staff of the University of Hull.

ISBN 1904356117   Pages 300 ISBN13 9781904356110 (What's this?)   Part volume Harthill Wapentake, Bainton Beacon Division. Great Driffield and Its Townships Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint Victoria County History of the Counties of England   Published in Woodbridge Format Hardback   Series ISSN 1477-070 Publication date 21 Jun 2007   Series title Victoria County History DEWEY 942.839   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

A huge amount of information is gathered together.... There can be no doubt that this volume has replaced all earlier work and that it will long remain the standard work of reference for this part of Holderness. ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL

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