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Yorkshire - MSN Encarta (1863 words) |
 | Yorkshire, former administrative county, north-eastern England, historically the largest county of England, bordered on the north by County Durham, on the north-east by the North Sea, on the south by Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire, on the west by Lancashire, and on the north-west by the former county of Westmorland. |
| Yorkshire has given its name to a famous batter pudding; to a breed of pig; to the Yorkshire coach, a breed of English coach horses, usually bay or brown; and to the Yorkshire Terrier (the “Yorkie”), a breed of small dog developed locally in the mid-1800s. |
| Yorkshire was the site of several major battles during the 15th century and notably during the Wars of the Roses: in 1408 at Bramham Moor, in 1460 at Wakefield, and in 1461 at Towton. |
| Trent River - LoveToKnow 1911 (659 words) |
| The source is on Biddulph Moor, which rises to a height of I roo ft. The course of the river is at first southerly, and it skirts the manufacturing district of the Potteries, passing Stoke-upon-Trent. |
| The northward turn at Newark is of interest inasmuch as it is considered that the river from this point formerly flowed towards Lincoln, and, following a depression in the escarpment there, passed down the valley at present occupied by the Witham to the Wash. |
| up river, and the phenomenon of an "eagre" (bore or tidal wave) is seen rising on spring tides to a height of 4 or 5 ft., 15 m. |
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