29. Northallerton to Leyburn, by Bedale and Jervaulx.-N.E.R. 327 30. Wensleydale: Leyburn to Hawes Junct. and Sedbergh, by Bolton Castle, Aysgarth, Askrigg, Hawes (Hardraw Scaur). --N.E.R. and Road 32. York to Richmond, Swaledale, Reeth, and Muker, by Ery- holme Junct. and Catterick Bridge.—N.E.R. 33. Darlington to Barnard Castle (Rokeby, Eggleston Abbey) and Bowes Castle, by Piercebridge and Winston.-N.E.R. 34. Barnard Castle to High Force and Micklefell, by Middleton- 35. London to Leeds: (a) by Doncaster and Wakefield.—G.N.R.; 41. Settle to Chatburn (Sawley Abbey), by Gisburne.-M.R. and 42. Leeds to Skipton, by Saltaire and Keighley (Haworth).-M.R. 43. Leeds to Bradford, by Stanningley (Pudsey).-G.N.R. . 466 44. Leeds to Halifax and Todmorden, by Bradford, Queensbury, and Sowerby Bridge.-G.N.R. and L. & Y.R.. 45. Leeds to Manchester, by Dewsbury and Huddersfield.- 46. Leeds to Wakefield, by Ardsley Junct.-G.N.R., L. & Y.R., 47. Wakefield to Halifax, by Thornhill and Elland.-L. & Y.R. 508 48. Wakefield to Doncaster, by Barnsley, Mexborough, and Conisborough.-L. & Y.R. and G.C.R. 49. London to Leeds, by Rotherham.—M.R. HAMBLETON HILLS, HELMSLEY, AND NEW MALTON Decorated Gothic style (1270 to 1370): Edward II. Early English style (1190 to 1270). Flowing Decorated style (1315 to 1370). An asterisk (*) prefixed to a place-name signifies that it is spe- [In the following Introduction reference is occasionally made to the Routes in which the places mentioned are described. The reader will I. GENERAL CHARACTER AND STATISTICS. 1. Area, Population, &c.-Yorkshire is, it need hardly be said, "A kingdom that doth seem, a province at the least, It contains over two millions of statute acres more than either Lincoln- The area and population of Yorkshire (as gathered from the census of 1901) are as follows: Area in square miles, 6,066 Area in statute acres. 3,882,328 Population 3,584,762 Lincolnshire contains 2,646 square miles, or 1,693,547 statute acres, with a population of 498,847; Devonshire 2,604 square miles, or 1,667,097 statute acres, with a population of 660,444. Taken according to the Ridings, the population of Yorkshire is Yorkshire contains 8 county boroughs, viz. Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Kingston-upon-Hull, Halifax, Huddersfield, Middlesbrough, and York; 21 municipal boroughs which are not county boroughs; and 140 other urban districts. For parliamentary purposes it is divided into 50 constituencies: 24 boroughs, or divisions of boroughs, and 26 county divisions. The boroughs of Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Middlesbrough, Pontefract, Scarborough, and Wakefield return one member each. Bradford and Kingston-upon-Hull have each 3 divisions, Leeds and Sheffield each 5, and return one member for each division. Halifax and York are undivided boroughs, each returning 2 members. 2. Divisions, Boundaries, &c.—The county, which is nearly conterminous with the ancient Deira (see post, History), was no doubt known as "Yorkshire" before the Conquest, taking its name of course from the great city which, from the days of the Romans, had been the capital of the north, and which itself seems to have been named from the river on whose banks it stands. (See York, Rte. 1.) "Eoferwic-scire occurs in a charter of the Confessor's.-Kemble, vi. 203. At what period the division into the three ridings was made, whether by Anglians or Danes, is not certain. In its present form the word is a corruption of "Trithing," a third part or division. The three ridings, very unequal in size, meet at the city of York. The West Riding, one of the great centres of English manufacture, is by far the largest and most populous, but it can hardly be said to be more full of interest for the tourist than the two others. The vast surface of Yorkshire, with its great extent of seaboard, is in effect an epitome of England, whatever is excellent in the whole land being found there. To the east, and partly on the north, Yorkshire is bounded by the sea. The Tees, from its mouth nearly to its sources, forms the rest of the northern boundary, and separates Yorkshire from Durham. The western boundaries, beyond which lie Westmorland and Lancashire, run for the most part along the mountain ridges; and the lines |