The North of England , also the North country or simply The North, is a term which strictly refers to any part of Northern England north of a line from the Humber to the Dee estuaries. Its usage has come to mean especially those parts most affected by the industrial revolution and most especially the 19th century industrial towns in the counties of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Durham and Northumberland. The three northern Regions Northern England is a rather ill-defined term, with no universally accepted definition. ... Humber is also the name of one of the ranges of cars manufactured by the Rootes Group Humber is also the name of a river in Newfoundland, Canada, as well as a river and a college, both in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... There are several rivers called Dee in the UK: River Dee, Aberdeenshire, Scotland River Dee, Galloway, Scotland River Dee, Wales (Afon Dyfrdwy) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Industrial Revolution was the major social, economic and technological change in the late 18th and early 19th century. ... Yorkshire as a traditional county. ... Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... Durham (IPA: locally, in RP) is a small city in the north east of England. ... For other places with this name, see Northumberland Northumberland is a county in England, on the border with Scotland. ...

See Also

• Black Country
• Potteries