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Map of North Yorkshire, UK with York highlighted. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 170%: Date: 14 April 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Coastline and administrative boundary data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map.svg by Spischot. Author
The National Street Gazetteer (NSG) is an official database of all streets in England and Wales. It is compiled by the company GeoPlace from Local Street Gazetteers data, which is updated every month by the 175 local highway authorities. NSG acts as the authoritative reference dataset for streets in England and Wales. [1]
the only maps produced by them during World War II (1939–1945) were war maps of Europe; until his death in 1958, the front cover stated "Produced under the direction of Alexander Gross"; [2] until 1962, the publication address was "28 Gray's Inn Road, Holborn, London"; from 1962 to 1992, the publication address was "Sevenoaks, Kent";
Sample Address, Sample Street, Dublin 8. Under the Eircode postcode system, the postal district number is still retained in Dublin addresses, even though this information is also contained in the "Locator code" portion of the Eircode postcodes, e.g.: Sample Address, Sample Street, Dublin 8, D08 1X2Y
The Cartography of York is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the city of York. 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]
In the centre of York, in St Helen's Square, there is the York branch of Bettys Café Tea Rooms. Bettys' founder, Frederick Belmont, travelled on the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary in 1936. He was so impressed by the splendour of the ship that he employed the Queen Mary's designers and craftsmen to turn a dilapidated furniture store in York ...
Micklegate is a street in the City of York, England.The name means "Great Street", "gate" coming from the Old Norse gata, or street. [1]Micklegate is described by York City Council as "one of the most handsome streets in Yorkshire", [2] and was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "...without any doubt the most architecturally rewarding street in York". [3]
The street runs inside the York city walls, and its name is presumed to refer to the walls of Roman Eboracum, which followed a similar line. The street was first recorded in the 1180s. The 10th-century church of St Helen-on-the-Walls was constructed just off the street, on what became known as St Helen's Lane, but this was demolished in the ...