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2 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 ...
2 days ago · Richmond (Yorks) is a constituency [note 1] in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Rishi Sunak, the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Conservative Party. [note 2] [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat ...
6 days ago · Branwell Brontë, self-portrait, 1840. The Brontës ( / ˈbrɒntiz /) were a nineteenth-century literary family, born in the village of Thornton and later associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlotte (1816–1855), Emily (1818–1848) and Anne (1820–1849), are well-known poets and ...
3 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 · 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]
4 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.
3 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.
