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History of Yorkshire County, England

Journey back in time to Yorkshire County, England

Visit Yorkshire County, England. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

Where is Yorkshire County, England?

• History
  Between 1536 and 1540, the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII of England had a profound and permanent effect on the Yorkshire landscape....Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Bowes Castle, Yorkshire
  The Antiquities of England and Wales, 1785
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•  1824 - October 21 - Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement (Yorkshire, England)
  
  historyorb.com
  October 21, 1824
  
  
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  The Grange, Seacroft near Leeds
  he Ancient Half-Timbered Houses of England by M. Habershom, 1836
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• 1895 - York / Yorkshire County
  York, or Yorkshire, york'shir, the largest county of England, is situated in its N. part, having E. the North Sea, and landward the cos. of Durham,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1906
  York, or Yorkshire, the largest county of England, situated in its N. part, having the North Sea on the NE. and extending from the River Tees on the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Tan Hill Inn
  Postcard