Duncan J. D. Smith - Urban Explorer, Travel Writer, Historian, Photographer

South & West Yorkshire Curiosities
A Guide to Follies and Strange Buildings, Curious Tales and Unusual People

Publisher: The Dovecote Press

ISBN-13: 978-0946159994

Publication date: 1992 (Edition 1)

Specification: paperback, 127 pages, 60 black & white photos
Size: 21 x 13.5cm

Price: GBP 6.95

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Summary:

• A comprehensive illustrated guide to all that is most remarkable or curious in South and West Yorkshire

• Where are ‘Pie Hall‘ and ‘Shoddy Temple‘? Who was killed by a falling gravestone? Where was tea drinking forbidden?

• Where are England‘s tallest maypole and oldest railway? What happened to the ‘Running Man‘ and Egypt in Yorkshire?

• More than 80 extraordinary places to visit; instructions on how to find each ‘curiosity‘ map and photographs; other places of local interest.

Featured Reviews:

University of Sheffield National Centre for English Cultural Tradition (11.00)
This is an attractive and handy guide to the follies and strange buildings, curious tales and unusual people in south and west Yorkshire. The history of the construction of the buildings is clearly documented, and the number of buildings incorporating foreign influences is one of the book‘s many surprises. Maps and lists of ocal places of interest are particularly useful, with specific instructrions for access. From Ivanhoe‘s castle to the Tunnellers‘ Monument, mills, factories, and obelisks, this guided tour of local curiosities makes fascinating reading and provides comprehensive coverage of the renowned and beautiful landmarks in this part of the country. A handy and attractive book, including numerous original photographs that admirably complement the higgly informative and accessible text.

Sheffield Telegraph (1992)