The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire
S. W. Partington
The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire
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The Danes in Lancashire
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Invasion and Conquest
CHAPTER I. Invasion and Conquest.
Local Names.
Settlements
CHAPTER II. Settlements.
The Battle of Brunanburh. Was it Fought in Lancashire?
Descriptions of Battles from the Map.
The Dyke or Dykes, Broadclough, Bacup.
Place-Names
CHAPTER III. Place-Names.
Yorkshire.
A Norse Festival.
Patronymics
CHAPTER IV. Patronymics.
English Surnames.
On Dialect in Lancashire and Yorkshire.
An Illustration.
Physical Types Still Existing
CHAPTER V. Physical Types Still Existing.
Political Freemen
CHAPTER VI. Political Freemen
Abolition of Slavery.
Invasion and Settlement.
Husbandry
CHAPTER VII. Husbandry.
Stone Crosses
CHAPTER IX. Stone Crosses.
Stone Crosses.
North Lancashire Relics.
Other Ancient Remains.
Some Human Remains.
The Halton Cross.
Illustration of Hog-back Stone.
Anglo-Danish Monuments.
Runes
CHAPTER X. Runes.
Runic Almanacs.
Explanation of the Clog Almanac.
Runic Calendar.
This English (?) or Norwegian Runic Calendar is dated about A.D. 1000–1100.
Memorials
CHAPTER XI. Memorials.
Literature
CHAPTER XII. Literature.
Ballads and War Songs.
Lay of the Norse Gods and Heroes.
Art.
The Viking Age.
Norse and Danish Grave Mounds.
Mythology
CHAPTER XIII. Mythology.
Mythical Gods.
Superstitions
CHAPTER XIV. Superstitions.
The Helm Wind.
Agriculture
CHAPTER XV. Agriculture.
Danish Agriculture.
Crops Diminishing.
National Savings.
Cost of Agricultural Education.
Occupying Ownership.
Supply of Wheat. Strides in the Scale of Living.
FOOTNOTES
INDEX
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