Author: [SAYER, W.]
Title: Sayer's History of Westmorland/Westmoreland (2 Volumes). Containing the substance of all the remarkable events recorded by Burn & Nicolson, together with a variety of interesting and useful information from ancient MSS never before published. With illustrations by Thomas Gilks.
Description: Kendal: W Sayer; London: Partridge & Oakey, 1847. 8vo.[vi], iv, 480pp tinted litho frontis with guard, folding facsimile map, further plate of Kendal; v[i], 346pp, lxv pp appendix, tinted litho frontis; titles printed in red and black with vignettes. Near contemporary half green calf gilt, raised bands, spines lettered direct, matching grained-cloth sides, marbled endpapers. Extremes very lightly rubbed; spines browned; facsimile map. One of the scarcest Cumbrian histories. Much on Appleby, Kendal, Kirkby Stephen, and Lowther. From the library of Michael Berry with his bookplate.

Keywords: Local History North West England Westmorland Cumbria (England) History. England Cumbria.


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