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The extensive beds of cinders still found in the immediate neighbourhood of Rievaulx and Hackness, in Yorkshire, show that the monks were well acquainted with the art of forging, and early turned to account the riches of the Cleveland ironstone.
ii The Jarl ranked next to the king, and was often equally powerful. Our English title "Earl" is derived from this. iii A small wharf. iv A lay brother of the monastery of Hackness, near Whitby, who rendered the Sacred Histories into verse about A.D. 680. v Now Whitby. The present name was given by the Danish settlers. vi As if under the shadow of coming death.
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