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The North Riding of Yorkshire was a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding. The riding's highest point was at Mickle Fell at 2,585 ft (788 m). From the Restoration it was used as a lieutenancy area , having been previously part of the Yorkshire lieutenancy .
North Riding of Yorkshire. 1. Gilling West 2. Hang West 3. Gilling East 4. Hang East 5. Allertonshire 6. Halikeld 7. Langbaurgh West Wapentakes 8. Birdforth 9.
Yorkshire gives its name to four modern ceremonial counties: East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire, which together cover most of the historic county. [ a ] Yorkshire Day is observed annually on 1 August and is a celebration of the general culture of Yorkshire , including its history and dialect . [ 4 ]
North Yorkshire is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber and North East regions of England. [note 1] It borders County Durham to the north, the North Sea to the east, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the south-east, South Yorkshire to the south, West Yorkshire to the south-west, and Cumbria and Lancashire to the west.
This is a list of cities, towns, villages and hamlets in the counties of the East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire
Cleveland has a centuries-long association with the area from Middlesbrough to Pickering and Thirsk to Whitby, effectively the eastern half of Yorkshire's North Riding. Ralph, Archdeacon of Cleveland, was the area's first archdeacon recorded, before 1174. [2] A Dukedom of Cleveland was first created in the 17th century.
Marton or Marton-in-Cleveland is an area of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Until the 1950s, it was a small village next to the hamlet of Tollesby in Yorkshire 's North Riding . The Marton parish originally stretched north to the River Tees , however with the expansion of Middlesbrough, the parish became progressively smaller ...
Allertonshire or Allerton was a wapentake and liberty in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England. [1]Northallerton, current name of Allerton, was historically associated with the Bishopric of Durham, being an ecclesiastical peculiar and exclave until the 19th century.