West Yorkshire Street Atlas in a spiral-bound edition at a scale of 3? inches to 1 mile (1:19, 000) in a series of street atlases of English counties from the Geographers' A-Z Map Company. The atlas provides coverage of the whole of the metropolitan county, including Castleford, Denby Dale, Garforth, Hebden Bridge, Holmfirth, Ilkley, Keighley, Knottingley, Marsden, Otley, Royston, Silsden, South Elmsall, Todmorden & Wetherby. Enlargements cover, in greater detail, city centres of Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield & Wakefield at a scale of 7 inches to 1 mile (1:9, 051). The atlas has a comprehensive index including separate entries for places of interest such as cultural & sport or recreational facilities, historical sites, nature reserves & gardens. Also provided are lists of hospitals & hospices in the area covered by the atlas. Current edition was published in 2010. ...

The Yorkshire Wolds were brought to international attention in 2012 by David Hockney`s magnificent Royal Academy exhibition of paintings of the region. Now, Tony Gowers` completely updated, expanded & re-designed National Trail Guide offers the essential companion to the forgotten but fascinating landscape through which this Trail runs. The Trail runs from Hessle in the south, by the Humber Bridge, to Filey on the North Yorkshire coast, through the Wolds` secluded & special `dry valleys`, a succession of tranquil villages, & past cel;ebrated locations like Thixendale woods now immortalised in Hockney`s vast & dazzling paintings. As well as comprehensive route descriptions accompanied by OS 1:25, 000 maps, the book features a Philip Larkin Trail around Hull, digressions to the handsome town of Beverley with its beautiful Minster, the Holderness region made famous by Winfred Holtby`s South Riding, the seabird colony at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, as well as circular walks to all of the principal locations of Hockney`s Wolds paintings. The result is a n essential purchase, not just for those walking the Trail, but for every visitor to the area. ...

Yorkshire Wolds Way, a 127-km/79 mile route from Hessel near Hull to Filey, in a series of walking guides to the National Trails in England & Wales with colour extracts from the Ordnance Survey's Explorer series at 1:25, 000 showing points along the route cross-referenced to the text. The maps also indicate nearby places of interest & various facilities including campsites & caravan parks, youth hostels, water points, pubs, information or visitor centres, etc. Also shown are alternative sections of the route & stretches designated as bridleways or suitable for cycling. The guides are illustrated throughout with colour photos & include an introductory section on the path & the surrounding landscape, plus a chapter of useful information including access to various locations along the route by public transport, a list of tourist information offices & principal overnight stopping places, a bibliography, etc. ...

The Yorkshire Wolds Way is a 79 mile (127 km) walking route in the chalk landscape of the Yorkshire Wolds. The National Trail wends through some of the most tranquil & gentle countryside in Engl&. From the banks of the mighty Humber estuary, along wooded slopes & through serene dry valleys, the walk climbs gently onto the airy tops of the rolling hills where on a clear day you can see forever. Descending from the northern escarpment the final section of the way finishes on the dramatic headland of Filey Brigg. ...

The Yorkshire Wolds were brought to international attention in 2012 by David Hockney's magnificent Royal Academy exhibition of paintings of the region. Now, Tony Gowers' completely updated, expanded & re-designed National Trail Guide offers the essential companion to the forgotten but fascinating landscape through which this Trail runs. The Trail runs from Hessle in the south, by the Humber Bridge, to Filey on the North Yorkshire coast, through the Wolds' secluded & special 'dry valleys', a succession of tranquil villages, & past cel;ebrated locations like Thixendale woods now immortalised in Hockney's vast & dazzling paintings. As well as comprehensive route descriptions accompanied by OS 1:25, 000 maps, the book features a Philip Larkin Trail around Hull, digressions to the handsome town of Beverley with its beautiful Minster, the Holderness region made famous by Winfred Holtby's South Riding, the seabird colony at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, as well as circular walks to all of the principal locations of Hockney's Wolds paintings. The result is a n essential purchase, not just for those walking the Trail, but for every visitor to the area. ...

In YORKSHIRE, Richard Morris looks beyond stereotypes, exploring interactions between landscape, language, & memory. The county is one of Europe`s most geologically varied areas
- a realm where mountain, plain, coast, chalk hills, wetland & heath lie close, often within sight of each other. Morris considers how we discover Yorkshire, whether as modern travellers, through eyes of artists (J. M. W. Turner, William Sawrey Gilpin, William Callow, Henry Moore) or writers` imaginations (Michael Drayton, Winifred Holtby, J.B. Priestley, Ted Hughes). We travel to strange places, like the county`s netherworld of caves, mines & tunnels, & confront dark subjects such as the part played by Whitby & Hull in the emptying of Arctic seas & shores of whales & bears. In contrarian spirit, Morris even finds Robin Hood to have been a Yorkshireman. YORKSHIRE explore the tumultuous history of God`s Own County & asks why it has so often been to the fore in times of conflict or tension (think Wars of the Roses, Northern Rising, Civil War, Cold War, the miners` strike of 1984). Outward-lookingness is a repeating theme. Eighteen centuries ago a province of the Roman Empire was governed from York; in the Viking age a trading axis ran from Dublin through the kingdom of York to the Baltic, along Russian rivers to Byzantium & Baghdad. Both in area & population Yorkshire today is larger than many member countries of the UN, yet remains just an English county. As Richard Morris reveals in this dazzlingly wide-ranging & lyrical history, Yorkshire has always been both a region with a distinct identity inside Britain & a fulcrum in the world.
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The East & North Ridings of Yorkshire in a series of colourful reproductions of attractive county maps by John Speede from about 1610-1611, printed on thick art paper & ideal for framing. Each title, 58 x 45cm / approx. 23” x 18”, is decorated with additional notes, drawings, coats of arms, street plans, etc. Little drawings are used to show locations of towns, larger villages, hills & woodlands or parks. Rivers & lakes are also drawn, as are boundaries of the administrative subdivisions with the names of the Hundreds. Surrounding the county are decorative panels filled with additional information which differs from title to title: street plans, coats of arms of notable local families, geographical features, notes about local history, etc. ...

Yorkshire: North Riding & c, an original antique map by G. Cole / J. Roper published in London, 1810-1843. Copperplate, coloured. Map size 23 x 17 cm, overall mounted size 38.5 x 32.5 cm. This detailed map of the north riding of Yorkshire is from Dugdale's England & Wales Delineated. The map was drawn by G. Cole & engraved by John Roper for publication first in The Beauties Of England & Wales, issued in parts, from c.1804. Such was the success of the publication that the maps were re-used in other publications, as here. The maps show accurate geographical detail, including the turnpike, mail coach & principal roads, sites of Roman & other historical remains, as well as the seats of the nobility & the gentry, & market towns with their distances from London. The maps also show the division of the counties into hundreds or wapontakes. They are representative of the functional nineteenth-century approach to cartography, yet are not unattractive. Antique maps from various original publishers are presented on the Stanford ...

Yorkshire: North Riding Pevsner Architectural Guide, in a series of publications begun with the express aim of providing up-to-date guides to the most significant buildings in every part of the country, suitable for both general reader & specialist. Each volume provides an introductory overview of the architecture of the area, followed by a descriptive gazetteer arranged alphabetically by place. Whilst cathedrals & their furnishings, great country houses & their parks form the grand set pieces, the books demonstrate the enjoyable diversity of architecture in the British Isles in accounts of rural churches & farmsteads, Victorian public buildings & industrial monuments. A continuing programme of publication keeps the series up-to-date with new information on older buildings & recent architecture while maintaining the tradition of Pevsner`s own succinct accounts. Each book has over 100 photographs, mostly specially commissioned, numerous maps & plans, a glossary & indexes. ...

Yorkshire: Parts Of The North Riding & c, an original antique map by G. Cole / J. Roper published in London, 1810-1843. Copperplate, coloured. Map size 23 x 17 cm, overall mounted size 38.5 x 32.5 cm. This detailed map of part of the north riding of Yorkshire is from Dugdale's England & Wales Delineated. The map was drawn by G. Cole & engraved by John Roper for publication first in The Beauties Of England & Wales, issued in parts, from c.1804. Such was the success of the publication that the maps were re-used in other publications, as here. The maps show accurate geographical detail, including the turnpike, mail coach & principal roads, sites of Roman & other historical remains, as well as the seats of the nobility & the gentry, & market towns with their distances from London. The maps also show the division of the counties into hundreds or wapontakes. They are representative of the functional nineteenth-century approach to cartography, yet are not unattractive. Antique maps from various original publishers are presented on the Stanford ...