Danby court leet [videorecording] : documentary film and research /
Cookson, Gillian.
Eadington, David.
Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society.
Whitby : Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society,
c2009.
Danby court leet is an extraordinary survival, a manorial court which oversees the common moorland of the North York Moors, as it has for centuries past. This documentary film probes the workings of the court, traces the history of Danby manor and witnesses an upland way of life in the special landscape of the Esk valley.
DVD, PAL 16.9 widescreen.
Title from inlay.
Danby court leet is an extraordinary survival, a manorial court which oversees the common moorland of the North York Moors, as it has for centuries past. This documentary film probes the workings of the court, traces the history of Danby manor and witnesses an upland way of life in the special landscape of the Esk valley.
Manorial courts