North Yorkshire
Encyclopedia : N : NO : NOR : North Yorkshire
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| Geography | |
| Status | Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county |
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| Origin | 1974 |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber and part in North East |
| Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area | Ranked 1st 8,654 km² Ranked 1st 8,038 km² |
| [[ISO 3166-2:GB>ISO 3166-2]] | GB-NYK |
| ONS code | 36 |
| NUTS 3 | UKE22 |
| Demographics | |
| Population - Total (2004 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. | Ranked {{English cerem counties / km² Ranked {{English admin counties |
| Ethnicity | 97.9% White 1.0% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
 North Yorkshire County Council http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/ | |
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| Members of Parliament | |
| Districts | |
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Contained within its boundaries are the North York Moors and most of the Yorkshire Dales, two of eleven areas of countryside within England and Wales to be officially designated as a National park. The highest point is Whernside, on the Cumbrian border, at 2414 feet (736 metres).
The county was formed in 1974, and covers most of the lands of the traditional North Riding, as well as the northern half of the West Riding and the northern and eastern fringes of the traditional East Riding. York became a unitary authority independent of North Yorkshire on 1 April 1996, and at the same time Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and areas of Stockton-on-Tees south of the river became part of North Yorkshire for ceremonial purposes, having been part of Cleveland from 1974 to 1996, and the North Riding before.
The ceremonial county borders those of East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and Durham.
Economy
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of North Yorkshire at current basic prices [published] (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.| Year | ||||
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| 1995 | 7,278 | 478 | 2,181 | 4,618 |
| 2000 | 9,570 | 354 | 2,549 | 6,667 |
| 2003 | 11,695 | 390 | 3,025 | 8,281 |
Note 1: includes hunting and forestry
Note 2: includes energy and construction
Note 3: includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
Note 4: Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
Towns and villages
- Arncliffe
- Bedale, Bellerby, Boroughbridge, Borrowby, Botton Village, Brompton, Buckden, Buttercrambe,
- Castleton, Catterick, Catterick Garrison, Cawood, Conistone
- Dalton
- Easingwold, Egton, Egton Bridge, Embsay
- Filey
- Gargrave, Giggleswick, Goathland, Grassington, Great Ayton, Grosmont
- Harrogate, Hawes, Haxby, Hebden, Helmsley, Helperby, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Hunmanby, Huntington
- Ingleton
- Kettlewell, Kilnsey, Kirkbymoorside, Knaresborough
- Leyburn, Linton, Litton, Long Marston, Lund
- Malham, Malton, Masham, Middleham, Middlesbrough, Muker
- Northallerton, Norton-on-Derwent
- Osmotherley
- Pateley Bridge, Pickering
- Ravenscar, Redcar, Reeth, Richmond, Rievaulx, Ripon, Robin Hood's Bay, Romanby
- Scarborough, Scruton, Selby, Settle, Skipton, Sowerby, Starbotton, Stokesley, Sherburn-in-Elmet
- Tadcaster, Thirsk, Thornaby-on-Tees Thornton Steward, Thwaite
- Welburn, Whitley, Whitby
- Yarm
- York
Other Places of Interest
- Ampleforth College
- Bolton Abbey
- Byland Abbey - English Heritage (EH)
- Bolton Castle
- Catterick Garrison
- Drax
- Duncombe Park stately home
- Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
- Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo
- Fountains Abbey
- Castle Howard and the Howardian Hills
- Helmsley Castle - EH
- Lightwater Valley
- Malham Cove
- Mount Grace Priory - EH
- North Yorkshire Moors Railway
- Rievaulx Abbey - EH
- Shandy Hall - stately home
- Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications - EH
- Studley Royal Water Gardens
- Wharram Percy
- Whitby Abbey
External links
Photos and Images
| Districts of Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| Barnsley | Bradford | Calderdale | Craven | Doncaster | East Riding of Yorkshire | Hambleton | Harrogate | Hull | Kirklees | Leeds | North Lincolnshire | North East Lincolnshire | Richmondshire | Rotherham | Ryedale | Scarborough | Selby | Sheffield | Wakefield | York | |
| Counties with multiple districts: North Yorkshire - South Yorkshire - West Yorkshire |
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