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A cornucopia of fascinating facts about God’s Own County

By Mike Fox

Over 150 lists of things such as the county’s greatest sports stars, inventors, authors, places to visit, record breakers, films and TV shows.

 

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Over 150 lists of things such as the county’s greatest sports stars, inventors, authors, places to visit, record breakers, films and TV shows. Hundreds of things that you didn’t know about God’s own county.

Who knew? The first Briton in space hailed from Yorkshire
Who knew? Yorkshire is home to the world’s oldest football club
Who knew? Yorkshire is home to the world’s largest Indian restaurant
Who knew? The oldest pub in England is in Yorkshire

This fact-packed book is bound to be the must-have Christmas read for all Yorkshire folk, ex-pats and fans of God’s own county. Yorkshire the biggest and most beautiful county in England. Two and a bit national parks. Two areas of outstanding natural beauty.Two World Heritage Sites. Yorkshire is a place full of beauty and excitement.

And it has a magnificent history of achievement and famous sons and daughters. Three past prime ministers hailed from Yorkshire. Nine Oscars have been won by Yorkshire folk. Add to that seven Nobel Prizes and eleven Olympic gold medals. Many of the world’s greatest inventions and discoveries were made by Tykes.

Yorkshire was the birthplace of club football and rugby league.

The Top Ten of Yorkshire is a complete guide to all things Yorkshire from famous folk, both past and present and from all walks of life – scientists, poets, novelists, politicians, to Yorkshire delicacies, great places to visit and Yorkshire in popular culture. It also includes a potted history of the county and its key settlements as well as lots of fascinating facts about God’s own county

 

Additional Information

ISBN

9780957295131

Size

192x129mm

No of Pages

256

Format

Hardback, Kindle