Category:Public Domain books about Yorkshire
The following are general books about the County of Yorkshire which are in the Public Domain, or books about an area which is beyond the boundaries of this site.
The books have been digitised and made available by a number of organisations, including the British Library, Google Books, HathiTrust and the Internet Archive.
Around 400 historic books have been identified and are currently being indexed and added to the list below.
Where the books contain sections relevant to Huddersfield, these are being transcribed — if you think we've missed a section, please let us know!
A separate list of books, booklets and pamphlets relating specifically to the Huddersfield area is also available.
Subcategories
This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.
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Pages in category 'Public Domain books about Yorkshire'
The following 223 pages are in this category, out of 223 total.
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- About Yorkshire (1894) by Thomas and Katharine MacQuoid
- Ancient Bingley (1897) by J. Horsfall Turner
- Anecdotae Eborancenses: Yorkshire Anecdotes (1883) by Rev. R.V. Taylor
- The Annals and History of Leeds and Other Places in the County York (1860) compiled by John Mayhall
- Annals of a Yorkshire House: From the Papers of a Macaroni and his Kindred (1911) by A.M. Stirling
- The Annals of Yorkshire: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time (1862) compiled by John Mayhall
- Annual Report of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society (1823-1834)
- Annual Report of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society (1835-1849)
- Annual Report of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society (1850-1859)
- Annual Reports of the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum
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- Baines' Directory: History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, Volume 1 (1822) compiled by Edward Baines
- The Baptists of Yorkshire (1912)
- Beautiful Britain: Yorkshire Coast and Moorland (1915) by Gordon Home
- A Bibliography of Sheffield and Vicinity (1911) by W.T. Freemantle
- Biographia Halifaxiensis: Halifax Families and Worthies (1883) by J. Horsfall Turner
- Black's Picturesque Guide to Yorkshire (1862)
- A Book About Yorkshire (1908) by J.S. Fletcher
- Bradford Antiquary (1888) Volume I
- Broad Yorkshire (1885) edited by W.H. Burnett
- Brontëana: The Rev. Patrick Bronte, A.B., His Collected Works and Life (1898) edited by J. Horsfall Turner
- Bygone Yorkshire (1892) edited by William Andrews
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- Cambridge County Geographies: The North Riding of Yorkshire (1919) by W.J. Weston
- Cambridge County Geographies: The West Riding of Yorkshire (1921) by Bernard Hobson
- A Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Printed Books Collected by Thomas Brooke (1891)
- Celebrities of the Yorkshire Wolds (1878) by Frederick Ross
- Chapters in the History of Yorkshire (1872) by James J. Cartwright
- Churches of Yorkshire: Volume 1 (1844) by Joshua Fawcett
- Churches of Yorkshire: Volume 2 (1844) by Joshua Fawcett
- City of Bradford Co-operative Society Limited: Jubilee History 1860-1910 (1911) by Joseph Bennett & John Baldwin
- The Civil, Ecclesiastical, Literary, Commercial and Miscellaneous History of the Manufacturing District of Yorkshire: Volume 1 (1834) by Edward Parsons
- The Civil, Ecclesiastical, Literary, Commercial and Miscellaneous History of the Manufacturing District of Yorkshire: Volume 2 (1834) by Edward Parsons
- Collections Relative to Churches and Chapels in the Diocese of York and Ripon (1842) by George Lawton
- A Complete History of the Great Flood at Sheffield (1864) by Samuel Harrison
- A Concise History of the Parish and Vicarage of Halifax in the County of York (1836) by John Crabtree
- Congregationalism in Yorkshire (1868) by James G. Miall
- Continuation and Additions to the History of Bradford and its Parish (1866) by John James
- The County of York Survey'd in MDCCLXVII, VIII, IX and MDCCLXX (1771) by Thomas Jefferys
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- Description of Browsholme Hall (1815) by Thomas Lister Parker
- A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles Round Manchester (1795) by John Aikin
- The Dialect of Craven in the West Riding of the County of York (1828) by William Carr
- Dialect of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1891) by Samuel Dyer
- Dom Boc: A Translation of the Record called Domesday (1809) by William Bawdwen
- Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire: Volume 1 (1899) edited by J.W. Clay
- Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire: Volume 2 (1907) edited by J.W. Clay
- Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire: Volume 3 (1917) edited by J.W. Clay
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- A Genealogy of the Hutchinson Family of Yorkshire (1868) by Joseph Lemuel Chester
- General View of the Agriculture of the East Riding of Yorkshire (1812) by H.E. Strickland
- General View of the Agriculture of the North Riding of Yorkshire (1800) by John Tuke
- General View of the Agriculture of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1799) by Robert Brown
- The Geology of the Neighbourhood of Dewsbury, Huddersfield and Halifax (1871)
- A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorkshire (1876) by C. Clough Robinson
- Gomersal: Past and Present (1930) by H. Ashwell Cadman
- Goodies and Other Stories in a Yorkshire Dialect (1912) by Walter F. Turner
- A Grammar of the Dialect of Windhill (1892) by Joseph Wright
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- Halifax Books and Authors (1906) by J. Horsfall Turner
- A Handbook of the Antiquities in the Grounds and Museum of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society (1881) by Charles Wellbeloved
- Haworth - Past and Present: A History of Haworth, Stanbury & Oxenhope (1879) by J. Horsfall Turner
- Heavy Woollen District Textile Workers Union (1917) by Ben Turner
- The Heraldry in the Churches of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1890s) by Rev. J. Harvey Bloom
- Highways and Byways in Yorkshire (1899) by Arthur H. Norway
- An Historical Account of the Luddites of 1811, 1812 and 1813 (1862)
- The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax (1775) by Rev. John Watson
- The History and Topography of Bradford (1841) by John James
- History and Topography of the City of York (1857) by J.J. Sheahan & T. Whellan
- The History of Morley (1874) by Norrison Scatcherd
- History of the Chapelry and Church of Saddleworth and the Township of Quick (1915) by Alfred J. Howcroft
- A History of the Parish of Penistone (1906) by John N. Dransfield
- The History of the Town and Township of Barnsley (1858) by Rowland Jackson
- The History of the Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, York (1866)
- History of Topography of the City of York: Volume 1 (1855) by J.J. Sheahan & T. Whellan
- History of Topography of the City of York: Volume 2 (1857) by J.J. Sheahan & T. Whellan
- Holroyd's Collection of Yorkshire Ballads (1892) edited by Chas. F. Forshaw
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- The Old Halls and Manor Houses of Yorkshire (1913) by Louis Ambler
- Old Yorkshire (1890) edited by William Smith
- Old Yorkshire: Volume 1 (1881) edited by William Smith
- Old Yorkshire: Volume 2 (1881) edited by William Smith
- Old Yorkshire: Volume 3 (1882) edited by William Smith
- Old Yorkshire: Volume 4 (1883) edited by William Smith
- Old Yorkshire: Volume 5 (1884) edited by William Smith
- On the Early History of Leeds in Yorkshire (1864) by Thomas Wright
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- The Parish Register of Emley (1920)
- The Parish Register of Emley: Volume II (1921)
- The Parish Register of Hartshead (1903)
- The Parish Register of Sheffield: Part I (1917)
- The Parish Register of Sheffield: Part II (1918)
- The Parish Register of Sheffield: Part III (1921)
- The Parish Registers of Halifax: Volume I (1910)
- The Parish Registers of Halifax: Volume II (1914)
- The Parish Registers of St. Chad, Saddleworth: 1613 to 1751 (1887) edited by John Radcliffe
- The Parish Registers of St. Chad, Saddleworth: 1751 to 1800 (1891) edited by John Radcliffe
- Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire (1874) by Joseph Foster
- A Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Volume 1 (1899) by J.S. Fletcher
- A Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Volume 2 (1900) by J.S. Fletcher
- A Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Volume 3 (1901) by J.S. Fletcher
- Place-Names of South-West Yorkshire (1913) by Armitage Goodall
- The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1910) by F.W Moorman
- Poems in the North Yorkshire Dialect by John Castillo (1878) edited by George Markham Tweddell
- The Poets of the Spen Valley (1892) edited by Chas. F. Forshaw
- Proceedings at York Special Commission, January 1813
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- Ralph Thoresby, the Topographer; His Town and Times: Volume 1 (1885) by D.H. Atkinson
- Ralph Thoresby, the Topographer; His Town and Times: Volume 2 (1887) by D.H. Atkinson
- The Register of the Parish of Mirfield: Part I (1919)
- The Register of the Parish of Mirfield: Part II (1923)
- The Register of the Parish of Thornhill: Part I (1907)
- The Register of the Parish of Thornhill: Part II (1911)
- The Register of the Parish of Thornhill: Part III (1915)
- The Registers of Dewsbury, Yorkshire: Volume I - 1538 to 1653 (1898)
- The Registers of St. Michael le Belfrey, York: Part I (1899)
- The Registers of the Chapel of Horbury in the Parish of Wakefield (1899)
- The Registers of the Parish Church of Burton Fleming, otherwise North Burton (1899)
- The Registers of Winestead in the Parish of Holderness (1900)
- The Religious Houses of Yorkshire (1853) by George Lawton
- Reminiscences of Old Sheffield, its Streets and its People (1875) edited by Robert Eadon Leader
- The Risings of the Luddites, Chartists and Plugdrawers (1880) by Frank Peel
- The Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire (1891) by W. Chambers LeFroy
- The Ruins of Fountains Abbey (1910) by Rev. A.W. Oxford
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- Six North Country Diaries (1910) - Publications of the Surtees Society: Volume 118
- Some Forgotten Facts in the History of Sheffield and District (1907) by Carolus Paulus
- Spen Valley, Past and Present (1893) by Frank Peel
- The Statute Law Relating to Rivers Pollution (1906) by Charles Joseph Haworth
- The Story of Old Halifax (1920) by T.W. Hanson
- The Survey of the County of York, taken by John de Kirkby (1866) - Publications of the Surtees Society: Volume 49
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- Tales of Pennine People (1923) - A Pennine Disaster
- Tales of Pennine People (1923) by A. J. Howcroft
- The Cistercians in Yorkshire (1919) by J.S. Fletcher
- The History of Brighouse, Rastrick and Hipperholme (1883) by J. Horsfall Turner
- Through Yorkshire: The County of Broad Acres (1922) by Gordon Home
- A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire (1809) by Thomas Langdale
- A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire (1822) by Thomas Langdale
- Tourist's Guide to the West Riding of Yorkshire (1877) by G. Phillips Bevan
- Tourist's Guide to the West Riding of Yorkshire (1889) by G. Phillips Bevan
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- The West Riding of Yorkshire (1921) by Bernard Hobson
- The West Riding of Yorkshire (1923) by Joseph E. Morris
- The West Yorkshire Regiment in the War 1914-1918: Volume I (1924) by Everard Wyrall
- The West Yorkshire Regiment in the War 1914-1918: Volume II (1928) by Everard Wyrall
- White's Directory: History, Gazetteer and Directory of the West-Riding of Yorkshire, Volume 1 (1837) compiled by William White
- White's General and Commercial Directory of the West Riding (1870) compiled by William White
- Worthies, Families, and Celebrities of Barnsley and the District (1883) by Joseph Wilkinson
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- Yorkshire Anthology: Ballads & Songs - Ancient and Modern (1901) by J. Horsfall Turner
- Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association: Record Series of Publications
- Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal (1870) Volume I
- Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal (1873) Volume II
- Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal (1875) Volume III
- Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal (1877) Volume IV
- Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal (1879) Volume V
- Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal (1881) Volume VI
- Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal (1882) Volume VII
- Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal (1884) Volume VIII
- Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal (1886) Volume IX
- Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal (1890) Volume X
- Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal (1891) Volume XI
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1893) Volume XII
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1895) Volume XIII
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1898) Volume XIV
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1900) Volume XV
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1902) Volume XVI
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1903) Volume XVII
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1905) Volume XVIII
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1907) Volume XIX
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1909) Volume XX
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1911) Volume XXI
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1913) Volume XXII
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1915) Volume XXIII
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1917) Volume XXIV
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1920) Volume XXV
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1922) Volume XXVI
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1924) Volume XXVII
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1926) Volume XXVIII
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1929) Volume XXIX
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1931) Volume XXX
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1934) Volume XXXI
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1936) Volume XXXII
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1938) Volume XXXIII
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1939) Volume XXXIV
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1943) Volume XXXV
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1947) Volume XXXVI
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1951) Volume XXXVII
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1955) Volume XXXVIII
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1958) Volume XXXIX
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1962) Volume XL
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1966) Volume XLI
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (1970) Volume XLII
- The Yorkshire Coiners 1767-1783 and Notes on Old and Prehistoric Halifax (1906) by H. Ling Roth
- Yorkshire County Magazine: Volumes 1 & 2 (1891)
- Yorkshire County Magazine: Volumes 3 & 4 (1893)
- Yorkshire Diaries and Autobiographies in the 17th and 18th Centuries (1877) - Publications of the Surtees Society: Volume 65
- Yorkshire Diaries and Autobiographies in the 17th and 18th Centuries (1886) - Publications of the Surtees Society: Volume 77
- Yorkshire Folk-Talk (1892) by Rev. M.C.F. Morris
- Yorkshire Illustrations of English History (1865) by J. G. Miall
- Yorkshire in Olden Times (1890) edited by William Andrews
- Yorkshire Legends and Traditions: Volume 1 (1888) by Rev. Thomas Parkinson
- Yorkshire Legends and Traditions: Volume 2 (1889) by Rev. Thomas Parkinson
- Yorkshire Maps by Bartholomew (1890) by M.J.B. Baddeley
- Yorkshire Notes and Queries: Volume 1 (1888) edited by J. Horsfall Turner
- Yorkshire Notes and Queries: Volume 2 (1890) edited by J. Horsfall Turner
- Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents, and Strange Events: Volume 1 (1877) by Sabine Baring-Gould
- Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents, and Strange Events: Volume 2 (1877) by Sabine Baring-Gould
- Yorkshire Place Names as Recorded in the Yorkshire Domesday Book 1086 (1901) by J. Horsfall Turner
- Yorkshire Writers: Richard Rolle of Hampole and his Followers - volume 1 (1895) edited by C. Horstman
- Yorkshire Writers: Richard Rolle of Hampole and his Followers - volume 2 (1896) edited by C. Horstman
- Yorkshire, Past and Present: A History and a Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York - volume 1, part 1 (1870) by Thomas Baines
- Yorkshire, Past and Present: A History and a Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York - volume 1, part 2 (1870) by Thomas Baines
- Yorkshire, Past and Present: A History and a Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York - volume 2, part 1 (1870) by Thomas Baines
- Yorkshire, Past and Present: A History and a Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York - volume 2, part 2 (1875) by Thomas Baines
- Yorkshire, West Riding (1941) edited by Arthur Mee
- Yorkshire: Coast and Moorland Scenes (1904) by Gordon Home
- Yorkshire: Dales and Fells (1906) by Gordon Home
- Yorkshire: Painted and Described (1908) by Gordon Home
- Yorkshire: The History of Roche Abbey from its Foundation to Dissolution (1870) by James Hobson Aveling
- Yorkshire: Vales and Wolds (1908) by Gordon Home
- Yorkshiremen of the Restoration (1921) by J.S. Fletcher