Terminology found on boundary stones, etc
Borough: a self-governing town, created by royal charter. Boroughs had existed since Saxon times. Old Yorkshire boroughs were: Beverley (938), Doncaster (1194), Hedon (1154), Hull …
Borough: a self-governing town, created by royal charter. Boroughs had existed since Saxon times. Old Yorkshire boroughs were: Beverley (938), Doncaster (1194), Hedon (1154), Hull …
The village of Marsden, on the edge of the Pennine moors in West Yorkshire, has two attractive packhorse bridges: one in the centre, by the …
Canals in Yorkshire competed with the turnpikes in the era before the coming of the railways. Some, like the Aire and Calder Navigation and the …
Some examples of the county bridge and related stones in Yorkshire. For more information, click here. A typical West Riding stone, over the River Skell …
These photographs illustrate some features of different Brayshaw and Booth milestones in the old West Riding. A well-looked after stone, one of many in …
In 1888 the Local Government Act established County Councils, among whose responsibilities were main roads. In this respect they replaced the highway boards (random collections …