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Wetherby (England)

LC control no.n 81035822
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingWetherby (England)
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Geographic subdivision usageEngland--Wetherby
Variant(s)Wetherby, Eng.
Wetherby (West Yorkshire)
Associated countryGreat Britain England
Associated placeYorkshire (England) West Riding of Yorkshire (England) West Yorkshire (England) Leeds (England)
Wharfe, River (England) A1 Road (England and Scotland)
Found inKelly's directory of Harrogate.
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 53°55ʹ44ʺN 001°23ʹ34ʺW)
Wikipedia, viewed 16 March 2023 (Wetherby; market town and civil parish in the City of Leeds district, West Yorkshire, England, close to West Yorkshire county's border with North Yorkshire; lies approximately 12 miles (19 kilometres) from Leeds City Centre, 12 mi (19 km) from York and 8 mi (13 km) from Harrogate; stands on the River Wharfe, and for centuries has been a crossing place and staging post on the Great North Road midway between London and Edinburgh; historically a part of the Claro Wapentake (as part of the parish of Spofforth) within the West Riding of Yorkshire; mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wedrebi; within the metropolitan borough City of Leeds, it sits in the Wetherby ward of Leeds City Council and Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency)
Collins Britain atlas and gazetteer, 1999 (Wetherby, W.Yorks.; small town, old market town on River Wharfe, 8m/13km SE of Harrogate)
BLNAL file, viewed 16 March 2023: heading (Wetherby (England))
Geographic area codee-uk-en