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The Ordnance Survey began producing six inch to the mile (1:10,560) maps of Great Britain in the 1840s, modelled on its first large-scale maps of Ireland from the mid-1830s. This was partly in response to the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 which led to calls for a large-scale survey of England and Wales .
Market towns in West Yorkshire (16 P) Towns and villages of the Peak District (10 C, 345 P) B. Batley (4 C, 15 P) Bingley (2 C, 14 P) Bradford (21 C, 16 P) Brighouse ...
This is a list of settlements in West Yorkshire by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021 . In 2011, there were 50 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in West Yorkshire , shown in the table below.
Calcutt, Calder Grove, Caldwell, Calverley, Camblesforth, Camerton, Campsall, Canklow, Carcroft, Carlecotes, Carleton, Carlton in Cleveland, Carlton (Richmondshire ...
The West Yorkshire Act 1980 (c. xiv) was passed to amend existing local acts of Parliament in the West Yorkshire area, and to confer specific powers on West Yorkshire County Council, as well as the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, Kirklees Council, Leeds City Council and Wakefield Council.
The district has a strong heritage of cricket with former Yorkshire and England captain Geoffrey Boycott born in Fitzwilliam and former Yorkshire and England cricketer Tim Bresnan from Pontefract. Pontefract Racecourse in Pontefract, is the longest continuous horse racing circuit in Europe at 2 miles 125 yards (3,333 m; 16.57 furlongs). [11]
The Maastricht Treaty encouraged the creation of regional boundaries for selection of members for the Committee of the Regions of the European Union: Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland had each constituted a region, but England represents such a large proportion of the population of the United Kingdom that further division was thought necessary.
North Yorkshire: 736 408 Whernside: 5 Herefordshire: 703 154 Black Mountain: 6 Derbyshire: 636 488 Kinder Scout: 7 Lancashire: 628 30 Green Hill: 8 Devon: 621 533 High Willhays: 9 West Yorkshire: 582 165 Black Hill: 10 Cheshire: 559 236 Shining Tor: 11 South Yorkshire: 548 53 High Stones: 12 Greater Manchester: 542 34