Whitby is a picturesque town on the coast of North Yorkshire in England.Northallerton Photo: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0. Northallerton is the county town of North Yorkshire in England.Selby Photo: Michael Beckwith, CC BY 2.0. Selby is a market town in North Yorkshire, with a population in...
Yorkshire Dales Contributed by Sinead at Map Made Memories Yorkshire Dales National Park The Yorkshire Dales National Park encompasses the Yorkshire Dales region which lies in the western part of North Yorkshire. Named after the river valleys (dales) that punctuate the area, this is a green rolling...
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Canada Ontario Greater Toronto Area DurhamPickeringPickering is an outer suburb of Toronto in Durham, Ontario. Located directly east of Toronto on Ontario Highway 401, it shares a name with Pickering in North Yorkshire, England.Map Directions Satellite Photo Map...
Thecathedralhas dominated every stage of Worcester’s history. Bosel, a monk from Whitby (Yorkshire), became the first bishop, in 679 or 680. In 983 Bishop Oswald (St. Oswald of York) constructed a new cathedral. The present building was begun by Bishop Wulfstan (St. Wulfstan) in 1084,...
Halifax, town and urban area (from 2011 built-up area), metropolitan borough of Calderdale, metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, northern England. An old market town for grain, wool, and cloth trades, it lost its preeminen
Welwyn Garden City, new town and urban area (from 2011 built-up area) in Welwyn Hatfield district, administrative and historic county of Hertfordshire, southeast-central England. It is located on the northern periphery of London. It was founded in 1920 b
Sheffield, town, city, and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, north-central England. Sheffield lies about 160 miles (260 km) northwest of London. The city and metropolitan borough lie within the historic county of Yorkshire, ex
forestland. Coastal cliffs shelter small picturesque fishing villages. Most of the population lives in the coastal resorts of Scarborough,Whitby, and Filey. Area 315 square miles (817 square km). Pop. (2001) town, 38,364; borough, 106,233; (latest est.) town, 39,700; (2011) borough,...
Whitby AbbeyRuins of Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire, England. Yorkshire former county, England, United Kingdom Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experien...