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Up to 1879 the 1:2500 maps were accompanied by Books of Reference or "area books" that gave acreages and land-use information for land-parcel numbers. After 1879, land-use information was dropped from these area books; after the mid-1880s, the books themselves were dropped and acreages were printed instead on the maps. [ 2 ]
The following is a list of historic maps of York: c.1610: John Speed's map [1] 1624: Samuel Parsons' map of Dringhouses [2] c1682: Captain James Archer's Plan of the Greate, Antient & Famous Citty of York [3] 1685: Jacob Richards' Survey of the City of York [4] 1694: Benedict Horsley's Iconography or Ground Plot of ye City of Yorke [1]
Cornwall was one of two UK areas designated as 'less developed regions' by the European Union, which, prior to Brexit, meant the area qualified for EU Cohesion Policy grants. [154] It was granted Objective 1 status by the European Commission for 2000 to 2006, [ 155 ] followed by further rounds of funding known as 'Convergence Funding' from 2007 ...
The York urban area (built-up area) had a population of 153,717 at the time of the 2011 UK census, [93] compared with 137,505 in 2001. [94] The population of the City of York (Local Authority) was 198,051 and its ethnic composition was 94.3% White, 1.2% Mixed, 3.4% Asian and 0.6% Black.
The area is defined as 'area to mean high water excluding inland water'. [ 2 ] The list consists of 164 non-metropolitan districts , 32 London boroughs , 36 metropolitan boroughs , 62 unitary authorities , and two sui generis authorities (the City of London and the Isles of Scilly ).
The peninsula, which is the longest in England. The South West Peninsula is the area of England between the Bristol Channel to the north and the English Channel to the south. . It is part of the South West region of England, and includes the counties of Cornwall, Devon, and (depending on its precise definition) all or part of the counties of Somerset and Dor
The individual areas of the City of York are all within the Unitary Authority area as defined by the Fifth Periodical Report, Volume 4, "Mapping for the Non-Metropolitan Counties and the Unitary Authorities as published by the Boundary Commission For England", specifically on pages 106–109. [7]
The geography of Cornwall (Cornish: Doronieth Kernow) describes the extreme southwestern peninsula of England west of the River Tamar. The population of Cornwall is greater in the less extensive west of the county than the east due to Bodmin Moor 's location; however the larger part of the population live in rural areas.