The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire
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Chapters (270)
- 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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