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PUBLICATIONS ON LOCAL HISTORY (DENTDALE, YORKSHIRE DALES)
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Adam Sedgwick’s Dent
R G Hollett, Sedbergh, 1984
Facsimile reprint, with Introduction by David Boulton, of the pioneer geologist
Adam Sedgwick’s two classic works on the history of Dentdale, Yorkshire: A
Memorial by the Trustees of Cowgill Chapel (1868) and Supplement to the
Memorial (1870).
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Early Friends in Dent
Dales Historical Monographs, 1986
See entry under ‘Publications on religious and humanist themes’
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Discovering Dent and Lower Dentdale and Discovering Upper
Dentdale
Dales Historical Monographs, 1985 with several reprints
These two “guides to historic mill sites, churches, meeting-houses, inns and
farmhouses” of the dale have sold 18,000 copies but are now out of
print.
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Hope On, Hope Ever!
Introduction by David Boulton
Dales Historical Monographs, 1988
Reprint of the classic romance of 19th century dales life by Mary Howitt (1840),
based on the families and farms of Dentdale. Illustrations include a dust-cover
reproduction of William Westall’s watercolour of Dent’s Town seen
from the river (1830).
The standard version of this edition is now out of print. A few copies of a
limited Special Edition in half-leather binding are still available.
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A Thousand Ages: The Story of the Church in Dentdale
Dales Historical Monographs, 1995, for St Andrew’s Church, Dent
A brief history of the parish churches of Dent and Cowgill and the
dale's
Methodist, Independent and Quaker communities, from the sixth to the twentieth
century. Available from St Andrew’s church bookstall or local shops.
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Dent Grammar School: The first 400 years
Dales Historical Monographs for the Dent Grammar School Educational Foundation,
1997, revised edition 2004.
Brief illustrated history of the Free Grammar School of King James, Dent,
founded in 1604. Available from local shops.
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In Fox’s Footsteps
Dales Historical Monographs, 1998
See entry under ‘Publications on religious and humanist themes’
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