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West Yorkshire

(Encyclopedia) West Yorkshire, former metropolitan county, N central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county largely embraced the Leeds conurbation and comprised five…

Yorkshire

(Encyclopedia) Yorkshire, former county, N England. From 1889 to 1974 it formed three counties, the East Riding, North Riding, and West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1974, Yorkshire was divided among the…

Shipley

(Encyclopedia) Shipley, town (1991 pop. 28,815), West Yorkshire, N England, on the Aire River. Of its varied industries, light engineering and the manufacture of woolens and worsteds are the most…

Matt Hall

BA, Primary Education, 1st Class, Leeds Trinity University, 2017 Additional Qualifications Several teaching posts in West Yorkshire, U.K. Diploma in Copywriting, 2021 Infoplease Area of Expertise…

Percy Shaw Biography

Percy ShawBritish inventor Born: 1890 Originally working as a road repairer, he introduced a safety innovation that would make him a millionaire. By installing “cat's eyes” along the edges of…

England

(Encyclopedia) England, the largest and most populous portion of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2022Se pop. 68,429,595), 50,…