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- proper noun A
historic division of thecounty of Yorkshire.
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Examples
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It was situated in the heart of wild and open country in the North Riding of Yorkshire - and it will always be home to me.
The Reluctant Queen Plaidy, Jean, 1906-1993- 1990
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It was situated in the heart of wild and open country in the North Riding of Yorkshire - and it will always be home to me.
The Reluctant Queen Plaidy, Jean, 1906-1993- 1990
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In the third week of June, 1915, the 17th H.L.I. changed quarters from the flat stifling district of Prees-Heath to the breezy upland valley of Wensleydale, in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 John W. [Editor] Arthur
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On the accession of Anne, with whom he was a personal favourite, he became lord privy seal and lord-lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire, and in
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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In the North Riding of Yorkshire, the young folks retain a very ancient custom during Advent.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832 Various
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In the North Riding of Yorkshire, there is a town of such antiquity that its beginnings are lost far away in the mists of those times of which no written records exist.
The Evolution of an English Town Gordon Home 1923
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After the Battle of Bannockburn, when the Scots raided all over the North Riding of Yorkshire, they came along Swaledale in search of plunder, and we are told that Ellerton suffered from their violence.
Yorkshire Gordon Home 1923
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Catherick of Carlton and Stanwick, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, known for its loyalty to the Faith.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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However, William of Newburgh, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, an Austin canon and a historian of high repute (1136-98?), gives a very different account, which he probably had from the neighbouring Cistercian houses of Rievaulx and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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December 10, at Wallbury, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, in the
The Social History of Smoking George Latimer Apperson 1897
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