West Midlands is a metropolitan county in the West Midlands Region, England, with a 2021 population of 2,919,600, making it the second most populous county in England after Greater London.It was created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire.The county is a NUTS 2 region within the wider NUTS 1 …

Mytholmroyd (pronounced / ˈ m aɪ ð əm r ɔɪ d /) is a large village in the Upper Calder Valley in West Yorkshire, England, 2 miles (3 km) east of Hebden Bridge.It lies 10 miles (16 km) east of Burnley and 7 miles (11 km) west of Halifax.The village, which has a population of approximately 4,000 is in the Luddendenfoot Ward of Calderdale Council and forms part of the Hebden Royd …

South Yorkshire – hrabstwo ceremonialne i metropolitalne w północnej Anglii, w regionie Yorkshire and the Humber.Hrabstwo obejmuje silnie zurbanizowany obszar w południowej części historycznego hrabstwa Yorkshire.. Powierzchnia hrabstwa wynosi 1552 km², a liczba ludności – 1 384 969 (2016) mieszkańców.Największym miastem, jedynym posiadającym status city, jest …

1 also contains parts in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023. Results history ... Data given here is for the North Riding of Yorkshire until 1983, and includes the city of York throughout. A cell marked → (with a different colour background to ...

The Derwent is a river in Yorkshire in the north of England. It flows from Fylingdales Moor in the North York Moors National Park, east then southwards as far as its confluence with the River Hertford then westwards through the Vale of Pickering, south through Kirkham Gorge and the Vale of York, joining the River Ouse at Barmby on the Marsh.The confluence is unusual in that …

Yorkshire is a historic county of England, centred on the county town of York.The region was first occupied after the retreat of the ice age around 8000 BC. During the first millennium AD it was inhabited by celtic Britons and occupied by Romans, Angles and Vikings.The name comes from "Eborakon" (c. 150) an old Brythonic name which probably derives from "Efor" or "the place of …

West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing.Covering an area of 1,991 square kilometres (769 sq mi), West Sussex borders Hampshire to the west, Surrey to the north, and East Sussex to the east.

Rothwell is a town in the south-east of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Leeds and Wakefield.. It is in the Rothwell ward of Leeds City Council and Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency.Rothwell is part of the West Yorkshire Urban Area.. Rothwell had a population of 21,010 in the 2001 census, and the …

The River Ouse (/ ˈ uː z / OOZ) is a river in North Yorkshire, England.Hydrologically, the river is a continuation of the River Ure, and the combined length of the River Ure and River Ouse makes it, at 129 miles (208 km), the sixth-longest river of the United Kingdom and (including the Ure) the longest to flow entirely in one county. The length of the Ouse alone is about 52 miles (84 km) …

The East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry was a unit of the British Army formed in 1902. Units of Yeomanry Cavalry were raised in the East Riding of Yorkshire in the 18th and early 19th centuries at times of national emergency: the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.These were stood down once each emergency was over.

Elections to South Yorkshire County Council, a metropolitan county council in the north east of England, were held on 7 May 1981, resulting in a council with Labour members forming a majority. This was the last election to the South Yorkshire county council, as metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986. ...

Pontefract is a historic market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the City of Wakefield District and had a population of 30,881 at the 2011 Census. Pontefract's motto is Post mortem patris pro filio, Latin for "After the death of …

The West Somerset Yeomanry was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army.First raised in 1794, it participated in the Second Boer War and World War I before being converted to an artillery regiment. It served in World War II (as two field artillery regiments). Post-war it was gradually reduced in strength until the yeomanry lineage of the successor unit was …

Salt End or Saltend is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness.It is situated on the north bank of the Humber Estuary just outside the Hull eastern boundary on the A1033 road. It forms part of the civil parish of Preston.. Salt End is dominated by a BP chemical park and a gas-fired power station owned by Triton Power.