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29. Miscellany, Series 2 Volume 29; 2019.

Our Miscellany this year showcases aspects of the history of Leeds and region since the seventeenth century.

First, Catherine and Michael Collinson provide a new study of wills and inventories in the manor of Leeds Kirkgate – cum – Holbeck in the years 1644 – 1669. Their article includes transcriptions of seventeen inventories, with accompanying biographical notes, as well as discussions of the testators’ homes and their family and working lives.

This year’s volume also includes two articles on the history of Yorkshire’s ‘Rhubarb Triangle’. Richard Jackson’s article looks at the origins of rhubarb forcing in the Leeds area, assessing the claims of a number of putative ‘pioneers’; Anthony Silson takes the story forward to the present day, charting the great expansion of forcing sheds in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the steady post-1945 decline, and the (limited) recent revival. The volume also includes book reviews, and an annotated bibliography of selected recent books on the history of Leeds and region.

ISBN : 978-0-900741-80-7 ISSN : 0082-4232

Available from The Thoresby Society, The Leeds Library, 18 Commercial Street, Leeds, LS1 6AL                                  

Publication, 2019