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William Grainge (25 January 1818 – 29 September 1895) was an English antiquarian and poet, and a historian of Yorkshire. He was born into a farming family in Dishforth and grew up on Castiles Farm near Kirkby Malzeard in the North Riding of Yorkshire, where he studied the archaeological site beneath the farm buildings, now known as Cast Hills settlement. Although he left school at age 12, he educated himself well enough to become a clerk to a solicitors' firm in Boroughbridge. He later established a bookshop in Harrogate and published numerous books on local history and topography, besides publishing a number of anonymous poems and discourses about local natural history. (From Wikipedia) More about William Grainge:
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| | Books by William Grainge: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Grainge, William, ed.: Daemonologia: A Discourse on Witchcraft As it Was Acted in the Family of Mr. Edward Fairfax, of Fuyston, in the County of York, in the year 1621, Along With the Only two Eclogues of the Same Author Known to be in Existence (Harrogate: R. Ackrill, 1882), by Edward Fairfax (page images at HathiTrust)- Grainge, William: The History and Topography of the Townships of Little Timble, Great Timble and the Hamlet of Snowden, in the West Riding of the County of York (Otley: W. Walker and Sons, 1895) (page images at HathiTrust)
Additional books by William Grainge in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Grainge, William: The battles and battle fields of Yorkshire : from the earliest times to the end of the great Civil War (James Hunton, 1854) (page images at HathiTrust)- Grainge, William: The castles and abbeys of Yorkshire: a historical and descriptive account of the most celebrated ruins in the county. (J. Sampson;, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Grainge, William: A guide to Harrogate, and visitors' hand-book of the town and neighbourhood. (Thorpe, 1876) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Grainge, William: The history and topography of Harrogate, and the forest of Knaresborough. (J.R. Smith, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Grainge, William: Nidderdale; or, An historical, topographical, and descriptive sketch of the valley of the Nidd, including Pateley Bridge, Bishopside Dacre Banks, Harwith, Brimham Rocks, Stonebeck Down, Ramsgill, Stonebeck Up, Middlesmoor, Fountains Earth, Greenhow Hill, and the Stump Cross Caverns. (T. Thorp;, 1863) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Grainge, William: Ripon millenary, a record of the festival. (W. Harrison, 1892), also by Herbert Railton, John Jellicoe, and William Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
- Grainge, William: Ripon millenary, a record of the festival. Also a history of the city, arranged under its wakemen and mayors from the year 1400. (W. Harrison, 1892), also by Herbert Railton, John Jellicoe, and William Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
- Grainge, William: The vale of Mowbray : a historical and topographical account of Thirsk and its neighbourhood. (Simpkin, Marshall, and co.; [etc., etc.], 1859), also by John Gilbert Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
- Grainge, William: Yorkshire longevity: or, Records and biographical anecdotes of persons who have attained to extreme old age within that county. (T. Thorpe;, 1864) (page images at HathiTrust)
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