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MODERN YORK. 161 reaches, and in some places extends beyond, the great summit ridge of the island. The Tees is its natural limit on the north ; the Dun, for a great length, on the south ; and on the east it is washed by the German Ocean. Dr. Lister, in 1683, described the geological constitution of the county of York in the following manner :— 1. The Wolds;—chalk, flint, pyrites, &c. 2. Blackmoor;—moors, sand-stone, &c. 3. Holderness;—boggy, turf, clay, sand, &c. 4. Western Mountains;—moors, sand-stone, coal, iron-stone, lead ore, sand, clay, &c. Mr. Baines, the sub-curator of the Yorkshire Philoso phical Society, in his Flora already referred to, thus marks the botanical divisions of Yorkshire :— 1. The north-western, or mountain limestone district. 2. The south-western, or coal district. 3. The magnesian limestone tract. 4. The great central vale. 5. The north-eastern, or Oolitic hills. 6. The chalk wolds, or south-eastern hills. 7. The district of Holderness. 8. The sea coast. Concijologtt. The conchologist interested in collecting the land and fresh water shells of England, will find the vicinity of York an interesting district. John Edward Gray, Esq., F.R.S., in his excellent Manual of the Land and Fresh Water Shells of the British Islands, enumerates about 130 species: of these, no fewer than eighty are found near and around York. The fourteen following species, included in the above number, have been recently added to the list :— Keretina fluviatilis Vertigo angustior Paludina vivipara Cyclas rivicola Blthinia ventricosa Pisidium obtusale Cyolostoma elegaus Pisidium pulchellum Helix lapicida Pisidium Henslowianum Helix Cantiana Unio Pictorum Zonites purus Unio tumidus JHeteoroIogn. The prevailing characteristic of the climate of York is humidity, although the quantity of rain which falls is
162 ANCIENT AND small. The following table, containing the results of careful daily observations from 1831 to 1840 inclusive, will probably interest some of our readers :— Mean temperature, Mean height of Barom. Quantity of Rain. decrees of Fahrenheit. degrees of Fahrenheit. Inches. 1831 49o 29 87 25 04 1832 490 29-94 22-91 1833 48-7 29-84 22-24 1834 50-2 30 07 18 49 1835 47-7 29-90 25-83 1836 46 6 29-85 25-25 1837 46-5 29-98 23-99 1838 45-8 29-86 25-24 1839 471 29-82 26-43 1840 470 29-95 25-72 10)478-2 10)29908 10)241-14 47-82 29■90 24114 The following table may be useful in further illustrating the climate of York, and contrasting it with that of other places :— Latitude. Mean temp. Mean height of Barometer. Rain. London 51s 31 48-8 29■86 25 York 53 58 47-8 29-90 24 Kendal 54 19 46-8 22-64 55 1 On an average of 19 years, from the observations of Luke Howard, F.E..S, 2 On an average of 25 years, from the observations of S. Marshall, Esq. 3 On an average of 10 years, as above.
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ENTERED AT STATIONERS* HALL.
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2 ANCIENT AND in possession, goes t
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4 ANCIENT AND most extensive valley
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c ANCIENT AND Andrewgate, and cross
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8 ANCIENT AND this city. He was soo
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10 ANCIENT AND the faith of Christ.
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12 ANCIENT AND its magnificence and
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14 ANCIENT AND affairs, only metrop
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ANCIENT ANP raized York to the grou
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18 ANCIENT AND Uctred, and the land
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20 ANCIENT AND and a pix, or silver
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22 ANCIENT AND determine. We have n
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24 ANCIENT AND Israelites immolated
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26 ANCIENT AND his successors, with
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28 ANCIENT AND replacing them by th
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30 ATfCIENT AND were warm adherents
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32 ANCIENT AND King Henry ! Our Lor
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34 ANCIENT AND 3. The Monastery of
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86 ANCIENT AND to Edinburgh. Arthur
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38 ANCIENT AND us as long as there
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40 ANCIENT AND at escalade ; but, u
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42 ANCIENT AND coming to latter tim
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MODERN YORK. 43 THE CATHEDRAL CHURC
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MODERN YORK. 45 to ruin; so much so
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MODERN YORK. 47 buted bountifully t
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MODERN YORK. 49 perhaps, saved the
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MODERN YORK. the Cathedral by the w
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MODERN YORK. 53 door-way of entranc
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MODEBN YORK. 55 FIRST PARTITION 1,
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MODERN TORK. 51 GSEAT MANUAL. Lengt
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MODEM* YORK. 59 more than five hund
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MODERN YORK. 61 tower. These vaults
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MODEEN YOKE. 63 suffered severely i
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MODERN TORK. 65 ornamented with cro
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MODERN YORK. 67 up ; but it was eas
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MODERN YORK. 69 was granted ; but t
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MODERN YORK. 71 A CHRONOLOGICAL LIS
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Archbishops, when consecrated. Sir
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M.0DEBN YORK. 75 THE PAEISH CHURCHE
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MODERN TOHK. 77 ail batata, 33abetr
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MODERN TOEK. 79 kept burning in hon
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MODEBN YORK. 81 the celebrated prin
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MODERN YOEK. 83 at the dissolution,
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MODERN YORK. 85 years, consequent o
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MODERN YOBK. 87 to the archbishop,
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MODERN YOBK. Mayor and aldermen to
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MODEEN TORE. 91 York for thirty yea
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MODERN YORK. 93 appears to have bee
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MODERN YORK. 95 (HEUsleoan Chapel,
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MODEEN YOEK. 97 promised to the arc
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MODERN YORK. 99 called the King's m
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MODERN YOKE. 101 of York to confer
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MODEEN TOEK. 103 JUagaa anD Turn's
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MODEBN YORK. 105 Rogerson's rent ch
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MODERN YORK. 107 is also round-arch
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MOliEEN YOEK. 109 old baile, with n
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MODERN TOEK. In 1 839, a breach was
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MICKLLGATE BAR YORK
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