Ted McGee, co-editor of the Yorkshire, West Riding REED material (with Sylvia Thomas) has made available some new records* for West Yorkshire, relating to performance in the ancient village of Methley and nearby Methley Manor, and in the accounts of Sir Leonard Beckwith of Selby (c.1520-1555). You can access all of the current West Riding records here: https://reed-ne.webspace.durham.ac.uk/?page_id=18.
*NOTE: The material in REED N-E’s ‘pre-pub’ database is offered in pre-publication form. It has not received editorial attention from REED’s staff paleographers and Latinists, nor have the notes and other editorial apparatus been checked for completeness and accuracy. Please see the REED prepublication homepage for full details about this pre-publication project, as well as copyright information and instructions on how to cite these materials.
| Title | Category | Address | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Bolton Priory | Church, abbey, priory or similar | 53.980938,-1.893042 | Priory Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert (Augustinian; ruin). Bolton Abbey, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 6EX. 01756 718000. |
 | Bradford Cathedral | Cathedral | 53.795417,-1.747581 | Bradford Cathedral, 1 Stott Hill, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD1 4EH. 01274 777720 |
 | Chatsworth House | Library, archive or collection | 53.227772,-1.611432 | Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1PP. 01246 565300 |
| Fountains Abbey | Church, abbey, priory or similar | 54.109559,-1.581885 | Fountains Abbey (Cistercian; ruin), Fountains, Ripon HG4 3DY. |
| Halifax Minster | Church, abbey, priory or similar | 53.723186,-1.85371 | Halifax Minster, Causeway, Halifax HX1 1QL. |
 | Pontefract Castle | Castle | 53.695093,-1.304501 | Pontefract Castle, Castle Lodge, Castle Garth, Pontefract, West Yorkshire WF8 1QH |
| Ripon Cathedral | Cathedral | 54.134999,-1.520859 | Ripon Cathedral, Liberty Court House, Minster Rd, Ripon HG4 1QS. |
| Selby Abbey | Church, abbey, priory or similar | 53.784071,-1.067051 | Selby Abbey, The Crescent, Selby YO8 4PU. 01757 703123 |
 | The Red House | Site of interest | 53.732593, -1.686345 | 'The Red House', near the (now abandoned) village of Scagglethorpe, near Gomersal, West Riding, owned by the Slingsby family since the sixteenth century, and their nearby manors of Moor Monkton and Wilstrop. |
| Wakefield Cathedral | Cathedral | 53.683047,-1.496869 | Wakefield Cathedral, Westmorland St, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 1PJ 01924 373923 |
| York Minster | Cathedral | 53.962347,-1.081921 | York Minster, Deangate, York YO1 7HH. 01904 557200 |
I look forward to reading these records and the WRY volume when it arrives. Just one thing: On the page with the title “New ‘pre-pub’ records available from Yorkshire’s West Riding”, there is a button labelled “Bulk Delete”. If it really does what it says, I don’t think it’s a button I should be seeing?
Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Henrik. This seems to have stemmed from an issue with the Google Maps plug-in that we use to display maps (the phantom ‘Bulk Delete’ button applied to the markers on the map, rather than the uploaded records). I seem to have corrected it now (and am grateful to you for pointing it out!).
With best wishes,
Mark Chambers
REED N-E/Durham