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Items in Yorkshire taken from Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) (results page 1)


Yorkshire, the largest county in England, is divided into three Ridings (i.e. thirdings or thirds) for administrative purposes, North, East, and West, with a fourth called the Ainsty, under the jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor and aldermen of York; of these the West is the wealthiest and the most populous; contains a large coal-field, and is the centre of the woollen manufacture of the county; the East being mainly agricultural, with iron-works and shipbuilding-works; and the North mainly pastoral, with industries connected with mining and shipping. Leeds (q.v.) is the largest town.

Population (1907) 3,208,000

From Nuttall Encylopædia, 1907

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423.—Clifford’s Tower, and Entrance to York Castle.
700.—Byland Abbey, Yorkshire.
1023.—Howden Church
1023.—Howden Church (detail for use as computer desktop background image)
Methley Hall
Methley Hall, Wallpaper Version
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Places Shown

Coxwald; Yorkshire; England

Howden; Yorkshire; England

Mickletown; West Riding; Yorkshire; England

York; Yorkshire; England