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West Riding of Yorkshire

Index West Riding of Yorkshire

The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. [1]

109 relations: Adlingfleet, Administrative county, Agbrigg and Morley, Ainsty, Barkston Ash Wapentake, Barnsley, Batley, Bingley, Bolton upon Dearne, Borough of Harrogate, Bowland Forest Low, Bradford, Brighouse, Carlton Barracks, Castleford, Ceremonial counties of England, Chapman code, City of York (UK Parliament constituency), Claro Wapentake, Cleckheaton, County borough, County council, County Hall, Wakefield, Craven, Cumbria, Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Defensive wall, Derbyshire, Dewsbury, Domesday Book, Doncaster, Dore, Dorset, Dunsop Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, Elland, Ewecross, Featherstone, Fingerpost, Flag Institute, Goole, Great Mitton, Greater Manchester, Halifax, West Yorkshire, Handsworth, South Yorkshire, Harrogate, Hoyland, Huddersfield, Humberside, Hundred (county division), ..., Ilkley, Keighley, Knaresborough, Lancashire, Leeds, Liversedge, Local Government Act 1888, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Mexborough, Mirfield, Morley, West Yorkshire, Municipal borough, Newsholme, Lancashire, Normanton, West Yorkshire, North Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Osgoldcross Wapentake, Ossett, Pontefract, Pudsey, Rawmarsh, Riding (country subdivision), Ripon, Rotherham, Rothwell, West Yorkshire, Roundel, Royal Corps of Signals, Saddleworth, Sedbergh, Selby, Selby District, Sheffield, Shipley, West Yorkshire, Skipton, Skyrack, South Yorkshire, Southern England, Sowerby Bridge, Staincliffe Wapentake, Staincross Wapentake, Stanley, West Yorkshire, Strafforth and Tickhill, Swinton, South Yorkshire, The Times, Thornhill, West Yorkshire, Todmorden, Wakefield, Ward (electoral subdivision), Wath-upon-Dearne, West Riding County Amateur Football League, West Riding County Football Association, West Yorkshire, Wikishire, Wombwell, Worsbrough, York, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales National Park, 269 (West Riding) Battery Royal Artillery. Expand index (59 more) »

Adlingfleet

Adlingfleet is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that forms part of the civil parish of Twin Rivers.

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Administrative county

An administrative county was an administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland from 1888 to 1974, used for the purposes of local government.

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Agbrigg and Morley

Agbrigg and Morley was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Ainsty

The Ainsty or the Ainsty of York was a historic district of Yorkshire, England west of the city of York.

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Barkston Ash Wapentake

Barkston Ash was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, named after the meeting-place at the village of Barkston.

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Barnsley

Barnsley (locally) is a town in South Yorkshire, England, located halfway between Leeds and Sheffield.

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Batley

Batley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

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Bingley

Bingley is a market town and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England.

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Bolton upon Dearne

Bolton upon Dearne is a small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, in the part of the Dearne Valley through which the River Dearne passes.

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Borough of Harrogate

The Borough of Harrogate is a local government district and borough of North Yorkshire, England.

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Bowland Forest Low

Bowland Forest Low is a civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England, covering some of the Forest of Bowland.

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Bradford

Bradford is in the Metropolitan Borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England, in the foothills of the Pennines west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield.

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Brighouse

Brighouse is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England.

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Carlton Barracks

Carlton Barracks is a military installation in Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.

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Castleford

Castleford is a town in the metropolitan borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

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Ceremonial counties of England

The ceremonial counties, also referred to as the lieutenancy areas of England, are areas of England to which a Lord Lieutenant is appointed.

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Chapman code

Chapman codes are a set of 3-letter codes used in genealogy to identify the administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

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City of York (UK Parliament constituency)

The City of York was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Claro Wapentake

Claro was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Cleckheaton

Cleckheaton is a town in the Metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England.

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County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (excluding Scotland), to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control.

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County council

A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county.

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County Hall, Wakefield

County Hall or West Riding County Hall stands at the corner of Bond Street and Cliff Parade in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

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Craven

Craven is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England centred on the market town of Skipton.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England.

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Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.

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Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England.

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Dewsbury

Dewsbury is a minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.

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Doncaster

Doncaster is a large market town in South Yorkshire, England.

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Dore

Dore is a large village in South Yorkshire, England.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.

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Dunsop Bridge

Dunsop Bridge is a village in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, north-west of Clitheroe, south-east of Lancaster and west of Skipton.

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East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county in the North of England.

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Elland

Elland is a market town in Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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Ewecross

The historical area of Ewecross or Ewcross is a district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Featherstone

Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, two miles south-west of Pontefract.

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Fingerpost

A fingerpost (sometimes referred to as a guide post) is a traditional type of sign post primarily used in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, consisting of a post with one or more arms, known as fingers, pointing in the direction of travel to places named on the fingers.

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Flag Institute

The Flag Institute is an educational charity headquartered in London, UK.

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Goole

Goole is a town, civil parish and inland port located at junction 36 off the M62 via the A614 and approximately from the North Sea at the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, although historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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Great Mitton

Great Mitton is a village and a civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England.

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Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2,782,100.

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Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax is a minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England.

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Handsworth, South Yorkshire

Handsworth is a suburb of south eastern Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England.

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Harrogate

Harrogate is a spa town in North Yorkshire, England.

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Hoyland

Hoyland is a town near Barnsley in Northern England.

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Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a large market town in West Yorkshire, England.

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Humberside

Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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Ilkley

Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, in Northern England.

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Keighley

Keighley is a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England.

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Knaresborough

Knaresborough is an historic market town, spa town and civil parish in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs.) is a county in north west England.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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Liversedge

Liversedge is a township in the former parish of Birstall, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

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Local Government Act 1888

The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c.41) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales.

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Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire

This is a list of those who have held the position of Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire from its creation in 1660 to its abolition on 31 March 1974.

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Mexborough

Mexborough is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England.

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Mirfield

Mirfield is a small town and civil parish in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

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Morley, West Yorkshire

Morley is a market town and civil parish within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England.

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Municipal borough

Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002.

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Newsholme, Lancashire

Newsholme is a small village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, but lies within the historic West Riding of Yorkshire.

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Normanton, West Yorkshire

Normanton is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.

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North Riding of Yorkshire

The North Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions (ridings) of the English county of Yorkshire, alongside the East and West Ridings.

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North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county (or shire county) and larger ceremonial county in England.

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Osgoldcross Wapentake

Osgoldcross was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Ossett

Ossett is a market town in within the metropolitan district of the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

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Pontefract

Pontefract is a historic market town in West Yorkshire, England, near the A1 (or Great North Road) and the M62 motorway.

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Pudsey

Pudsey is a market town in West Yorkshire, England.

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Rawmarsh

Rawmarsh (locally) is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, England.

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Riding (country subdivision)

A riding is an administrative jurisdiction or electoral district, particularly in several current or former Commonwealth countries.

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Ripon

Ripon is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England.

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Rotherham

Rotherham is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, which together with its conurbation and outlying settlements to the north, south and south-east forms the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, with a recorded population of 257,280 in the 2011 census.

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Rothwell, West Yorkshire

Rothwell is a market town in the south east of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England.

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Roundel

A roundel is a circular disc used as a symbol.

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Royal Corps of Signals

The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals - abbreviated to R SIGNALS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army.

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Saddleworth

Saddleworth is a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England.

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Sedbergh

Sedbergh is a small town and civil parish in Cumbria, England.

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Selby

Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

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Selby District

Selby District is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England.

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Shipley, West Yorkshire

Shipley is a town and commuter-suburb within the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, north of Bradford.

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Skipton

Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Skyrack

Skyrack was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England.

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Southern England

Southern England, or the South of England, also known as the South, refers roughly to the southern counties of England.

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Sowerby Bridge

Sowerby Bridge is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England.

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Staincliffe Wapentake

Staincliffe, also known as Staincliff, was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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Staincross Wapentake

Staincross was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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Stanley, West Yorkshire

Stanley is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.

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Strafforth and Tickhill

Strafforth and Tickhill, originally known as Strafforth, was the southernmost wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Swinton, South Yorkshire

Swinton is a suburban town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, England on part of the west bank of the River Don.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Thornhill, West Yorkshire

Thornhill is a village and former township in Dewsbury, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

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Todmorden

Todmorden (locally or) is a market town and civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.

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Wakefield

Wakefield is a city in West Yorkshire, England, on the River Calder and the eastern edge of the Pennines, which had a population of 99,251 at the 2011 census.

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Ward (electoral subdivision)

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes.

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Wath-upon-Dearne

Wath-upon-Dearne (also known as Wath-on-Dearne or simply Wath) is a small town on the south side of the Dearne Valley in the historic county of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, lying 5 miles (8 km) north of Rotherham, almost midway between Barnsley and Doncaster.

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West Riding County Amateur Football League

The West Riding County Amateur Football League is a football competition based in Yorkshire, England.

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West Riding County Football Association

The West Riding County Football Association is the governing body of football in the area covered by the historic West Riding of Yorkshire.

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West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England.

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Wikishire

Wikishire is an on-line gazetteer of Great Britain, Ireland and associated territories.

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Wombwell

Wombwell is a town near Barnsley, located in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England.

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Worsbrough

Worsbrough is an area about two miles south of Barnsley in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.

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York

York is a historic walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England.

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Yorkshire

Yorkshire (abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom.

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

The Yorkshire Dales National Park is a national park in England covering most of the Yorkshire Dales.

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269 (West Riding) Battery Royal Artillery

269 (West Riding) Battery Royal Artillery is part of 101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery, an artillery regiment of the British Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire

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