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Yorkshire (/ˈjɔːrkʃər,-ʃɪər/YORK-shər, -sheer) is an area ofNorthern England which washistorically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after the city ofYork.
The south-west of Yorkshire includes the cities ofLeeds,Sheffield,Bradford,Doncaster andWakefield. The north and east of the county includes the southern part of theTeesside conurbation; the port city ofHull is located in the south-east. York is positioned near the centre of the county. Yorkshire has acoastline on theNorth Sea. TheNorth York Moors occupy the north-east of the county, and the centre contains theVale of Mowbray and theVale of York. The west contains part of thePennines, which includes theYorkshire Dales. (Full article...)
TheHalifax Gibbet was an earlyguillotine, ordecapitating machine, used in the town ofHalifax,West Yorkshire, England. It was probably installed some time during the 16th century as an alternative to beheading by axe or sword. Halifax was once part of the Manor ofWakefield, where ancient custom and law gave the lord of the manor the authority to execute summarily by decapitation any thief caught with stolen goods to the value of 13½ pence or more, or who confessed to having stolen goods of at least that value. Decapitation was a fairly common method of execution in England, but Halifax was unusual in two respects: it employed a guillotine-like machine that appears to be unique in the country; and it continued to decapitate petty criminals until the middle of the 17th century.(more...)
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Conisbrough Castle Keep is a 100 ft high circular keep, which is supported by sixbuttresses that dates to the12th century. In the mid-1990s, the keep was restored, with a wooden roof and two floors rebuilt.(read more . . . )
Dench's more recent film career has been extremely successful. She successfully garnered sixOscar nominations in nine years forMrs Brown in 1997; her Oscar-winning turn inShakespeare in Love in 1998; forChocolat in 2000; for the lead role of writerIris Murdoch inIris in 2001 (withKate Winslet playing her as a younger woman); forMrs Henderson Presents (a romanticised history of theWindmill Theatre) in 2005; and for 2006'sNotes on a Scandal, a film for which she received critical acclaim, includingGolden Globe andScreen Actors Guild nominations. In February 2008, she was named as the first official patron of the York Youth Mysteries 2008, a project to allow young people to explore theYork Mystery Plays through dance, film-making and circus.(read more . . . )
Hull City Association Football Club, an Englishassociation football club based inKingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, was founded in 1904. The team's first competitive matches came in theFA Cup, being beaten 4–1 byStockton in a replay following a 3–3 draw, before they were elected to theFootball League Second Division ahead of the1905–06 season. Hull missed out onpromotion in the1909–10 season, having an inferiorgoal average toOldham Athletic and finishing in third. The1929–30 season saw Hull relegated to the Third Division North after 21 seasons in the Second Division while reaching the semi-final of the FA Cup, where they were beaten byArsenal after areplay. Promotion back to the Second Division was achieved three years later, with theThird Division North championship becoming the club's first major honour. However, they were relegated in the1935–36 season and it was 13 years before another return to the Second Division was made, when, under theplayer-management of formerEngland internationalRaich Carter, the Third Division North title was won. Relegation back to this division came in the1955–56 season and following League reorganisation implemented for the1958–59 season Hull won promotion in theThird Division's inaugural season, although they were relegated after one year.The Third Division championship was won in the1965–66 season and Hull remained in the Second Division for 12 years before relegation in 1978. Hull reached the semi-final of theWatney Cup in the tournament's inaugural staging in 1970, where they were beaten byManchester United in apenalty shoot-out; this was the first game in English football to be decided by this method. The Final of this competition was reached in 1974, where Hull were beaten byStoke City. Relegation to theFourth Division for the first time in the club's history came in 1981 and a return to the Third Division was secured two years later in the1982–83 season. The season after, Hull reached thefinal of theAssociate Members' Cup in its inaugural season and were beaten byAFC Bournemouth. Promotion to the Second Division came the following season, although relegations in the1990–91 and1995–96 seasons saw the club return to the fourth tier.Hull's firstplay-off campaign ended unsuccessfully, being beaten byLeyton Orient in the semi-final in the2000–01 season. However, successive promotions in the2003–04 and2004–05 seasons saw Hull rise from the fourth tier to the second tier in a space of two years. After 104 years of existence, Hull were promoted to thePremier League for the first time in their history, beatingWatford in the play-off semi-finals andBristol City in the2008 Football League Championship play-off final. Hull's first Premier League season saw safety from relegation ensured on the last day of the season, although the club was relegated the following season after finishing 19th in the league. Three years later, Hull returned to the Premier League after finishing the2012–13 season as Championship runners-up. In the2013–14 season they achieved their highest ever league finish of 16th and were runners-up toArsenal in their first everFA Cup Final appearance. Since then, they have been relegated to the Championship and promoted again. (Full article...)
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