DIRECTORY & GAZETTEER,

OF THE

County of York; 08

WITH

SELECT LISTS OF THE MERCHANTS & TRADERS OF

London,

AND THE PRINCIPAL COMMERCIAL AND MANUFACTURING

Towns of England;

AND A

VARIETY OF OTHER COMMERCIAL INFORMATION :

ALSO A COPIOUS LIST OF THE

Seats of the Nobility and Gentry of Yorkshire.

BY EDWARD RAINES.

THE DIRECTORY DEPARTMENT BY W. PARSON,

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.-WEST RIDING.

ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS, PLANS, &c.

Printed and Published

* EDWARD BAINES, AT THE LEEDS MERCURY OFFICE;

AND SOLD BY

HURST AND ROBINSON, 90, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON,

AND ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS.

1822.

Y6B2

Entered at Stationers' Hall.

TO THE

NOBILITY, GENTRY, AND CLERGY,

AND TO THE

MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, AND TRADERS

Of the County of York.

THIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC A POPULAR

HISTORY OF YORKSHIRE,

WITH A

DIRECTORY OF ITS INHABITANTS,

AND A GAZETTEER,

POINTING OUT THE PRECISE SITUATION OF EVERY TOWN, VILLAGE,
AND HAMLET IN THE COUNTY,

Es Inscribed

WITH EVERY FEELING OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE, BY

THE AUTHOR.

LEEDS MERCURY-OFFICE,

JAN. 1, 1822.

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