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It is also my wish, in this work, to trace the History of the Progress of Society in this part of I fully than has yet been done, and to show what has been the condition of the various classes of this p English people from the earliest times to the present day. In early times the evidences of the con people are very obscure, and have to be sought for amongst many insignificant details. As we cc modern times we obtain additional light as to the condition of all classes; and in modern times an whelming mass of materials have been collected, bearing on this subject, which require to be analyzed 2 to render their general results useful.
One of the most striking characteristics of Yorkshire is the beauty and endless variety of its nat Another is the great variety of scenes and objects of historical interest which are included within its These shall be described separately.
The number of Cities and Towns within the County of York is great, and rapidly increasing. Occasions in the present generation in which the representative system of the County has been char adapt it to the existing population and to the existing wants of society, it has been found necessar increased representation to the landed interest and the agricultural population of the County, and also interests of the large towns. Forty years ago the County of York had two members to represent it ir and it has now ten. It had at that time thirty city and borough members; it has now thirty-eight, not the disfranchisement of Aldborough, Boroughbridge, and Hedon, and the reduction of from two to on the representation of Malton, Thirsk, Richmond, Ripon, and Knaresborough. Thus, notwithstanding t] seats in small boroughs, there is an aggregate increase of eight members in the whole number retur which shows a great increase both of the agricultural and trading districts of the county.
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- Publication date2018
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- ISBN 13 9781334491597
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- Number of pages386
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