Pickering and Thornton Dale

 The Evolution of an English Town (Pickering in Yorkshire) by Gordon Home: This book contains around 300 pages, along with numerous photographs, drawings and a small map. It describes the area from pre-historic times, through the Roman, Saxon, Norman and "royal" periods up to 1905. Thornton le Dale by Reginald W. Jeffery, MA : This book of over 350 pages is divided into three sections: the history of the people, the history of the Manors and the appendix. The full title of the book is: Thornton le Dale, Being the History of the People of Thornton, Ellerburn-cum-Farmanby, Roxby, Dalby, and Thornton Marishes from the earliest times to the present day.