Definition of North Yorkshire

1. Noun. A county in northern England.

Generic synonyms: County
Group relationships: England

Definition of North Yorkshire

1. Proper noun. (''from 1974'') A county in north east England, comprising the North Riding of Yorkshire as well as parts of the West and East Ridings. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of North Yorkshire

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Riding of Yorkshire
North Sami
North Sea
North Shields
North Somerset
North Star
North Star State
North Sulawesi
North Sumatra
North Temperate Zone
North Vietnam
North Vietnamese
North West Frontier Province
North Yemen
North Yorkshire (current term)
Northampton
Northamptonshire
Northants
Northeast
Northeast Caucasian
Northeast Pashayi
Northern Alliance
Northern Areas
Northern Baptist
Northern Baptist Convention
Northern California
Northern Cross
Northern Cyprus

Literary usage of North Yorkshire

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1876)
"Report on Dredging off the Coast of Durham and North Yorkshire in 1874. By GEORGE STEWARDSON BRADY, ..."

2. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1859)
"Restriction of Tolls for Traffic to or from the North Yorkshire Railway, § 17. ... North Yorkshire Shareholders to have their Certificates exchanged for ..."

3. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1856)
"The immense deposits of clay carbonates in the lias of North Yorkshire, might be conveyed o the works on the eastern coast of Scotland at low ..."

4. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"firmly established, that is to say, the cherty deposits of North Yorkshire at the top of the ... In North Yorkshire it is known that P. ..."

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