| Description | Includes notes on the enclosure of Walkington, and Walkington Woods.
Also includes photocopies of:-
Extracts from a court roll and by-laws of Walkington Provost Fee 17th-18th centuries
Act for North Cave enclosure 1765
'A State of the Case ..in opposition to The Petition ..for leave to bring in a Bill to explain and amend an Act for the Inclosure of Walkington' 1797
Enclosure map of Walkington
'The Sailor: A Poem' by Edward Anderson, 1828
Walkington census returns for 1851 and table of occupations
Articles from 'Walkington Newsletter' on footpaths of the village, short history of Walkington, the village blacksmith, Bert Griffin's memories, and school days by Tony Collinson, 1980s |