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The history of local government in Yorkshire is both unique and complex, largely due to its size, being the largest historic English county. [47] After an extended period of little change, it was subject to a number of significant reforms of local government structures in the 20th century, some of which were controversial. [ 48 ]
The Morland Dynasty is a series of historical novels by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, in the genre of a family saga. They recount the lives of the Morland family of York, England and their national and international relatives and associates. There are currently 35 books in the series.
Novels set in Yorkshire, England. This includes the historic Yorkshire, with its three divisions, East Riding, West Riding and North Riding; also the post-1972 shire county of North Yorkshire and the metropolitan counties West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.
William Grainge (25 January 1818 – 29 September 1895) was an English antiquarian and poet, and a historian of Yorkshire.He was born into a farming family in Dishforth and grew up on Castiles Farm near Kirkby Malzeard in the North Riding of Yorkshire, where he studied the archaeological site beneath the farm buildings, now known as Cast Hills settlement.
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The Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society (YAHS), formerly known as the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, is a learned society and registered charity [1] founded in 1863. It is dedicated to the study of the archaeology , history and people of the three Ridings of the historic county of Yorkshire .
Books for children and young adults set in the historic English county of Yorkshire. Pages in category "Children's books set in Yorkshire" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
David G. Hey (18 July 1938 – 14 February 2016) was an English historian, and was an authority on surnames and the local history of Yorkshire. [1] Hey was the president of the British Association for Local History, and was a published author of several books on local history and the derivation of surnames.