Historical County Map of Yorkshire & East Riding
Beverley Minster features as a decorative image on this reproduction of Thomas Moule's map of Yorkshire and East Riding.
An English county, bounded on the E. by the German Ocean; and on the N. by the county of Durham.; on the W. by Westmoreland and Lancashire; and on the S. by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and Lincolnshire. It is the largest county in England, being 100 miles in length fro E. to W. and 75 in breadth from N. to S. It contains 563 parishes, 60 market-towns, and sends 30 members to parliament. The principal rivers are the Tees, that divides this county from Durham; the Swale, the Youre, the Nyde, the Ouse, the Warf, the Are, the Calder, the Derwent, the Dun, and the Hull; besides the great river Humber, which is made up of many rivers..........
An English county, bounded on the E. by the German Ocean; and on the N. by the county of Durham.; on the W. by Westmoreland and Lancashire; and on the S. by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and Lincolnshire. It is the largest county in England, being 100 miles in length fro E. to W. and 75 in breadth from N. to S. It contains 563 parishes, 60 market-towns, and sends 30 members to parliament. The principal rivers are the Tees, that divides this county from Durham; the Swale, the Youre, the Nyde, the Ouse, the Warf, the Are, the Calder, the Derwent, the Dun, and the Hull; besides the great river Humber, which is made up of many rivers..........