South and West Yorkshire Curiosities: A Guide to Follies and Strange Buildings, Curious Tales and Unusual people [Paperback]

Duncan J. D. Smith (Author), Trevor Smith (Author)

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Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Dovecote Press (May 1992)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0946159998
ISBN-13: 978-0946159994
Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 609,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Follies and strange buildings, curious tales and unusual people. 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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Guide to Follies and Strange People, Curious Tales and Unusual people, 10 Sep 2005

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Follies and strange buildings, curious tales and unusual people. 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.

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