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3 days ago · Northern West Riding of Yorkshire. Dewsbury is a constituency [n 1] created in 1868. This seat is represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament since 2019 by Mark Eastwood of the Conservative Party. [n 2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to major ...
4 days ago · Coat of Arms of Joseph Priestley Priestley's birthplace (since demolished) in Fieldhead, Birstall, West Yorkshire – about six miles (10 km) southwest of Leeds. Priestley was born in Birstall (near Batley) in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to an established English Dissenting family who did not conform to the Church of England.
3 days ago · West Yorkshire, metropolitan county of northern England, comprising five metropolitan boroughs: Calderdale, Kirklees, and the city of Bradford in the west and the cities of Leeds and Wakefield in the east. From 1974 to 1986 West Yorkshire was an administrative unit. In 1986 the metropolitan county.
4 days ago · Thomas Henry Prendergast, Head Storekeeper, West Riding of Yorkshire Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association (York.) George Edward Punshon, Electrician, North Eastern Electricity Board (Sunderland). Harry Randall, Chief Inspector, Post Office, Nottingham. William Randall, Head Gardener, French Region, Imperial War Graves Commission.
3 days ago · Created. 1885. Member of Parliament. Jason McCartney ( Conservative) Seats. One. Created from. Southern West Riding of Yorkshire. Colne Valley is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Jason McCartney of the Conservative Party. [n 2]
5 days ago · HOUSES OF KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 67. THE PRECEPTORY OF YORKSHIRE. The Order of Knights of the Temple of Jerusalem was founded in 1119, but it was not until the middle of the 12th century that they began to acquire possessions in Yorkshire, where they eventually established at least ten preceptories.
2 days ago · List of prisons in the United Kingdom. List of prisons in the United Kingdom is a list of all 141 current prisons as of 2024 in the United Kingdom spread across the three UK legal systems of England and Wales (122 prisons), Scotland, (15 prisons) and Northern Ireland (4 prisons). Also included are a number of historical prisons no longer in ...
