Yorkshire Dales

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the valleys of the rivers flowing from the Pennines in W Yorkshire: chiefly Ribblesdale, Swaledale, Nidderdale, Wharfedale, and Wensleydale; tourist areaAlso called: the Dales

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Words nearby Yorkshire Dales

York rite, Yorks., Yorkshire, Yorkshire bond, Yorkshire chair, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire fog, Yorkshire pudding, Yorkshire terrier, Yorkton, Yorktown

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How to use Yorkshire Dales in a sentence

John Robert Cocker was born on May 20, 1944, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
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I went first to see Mom and Dad in Yorkshire, then to Court Green.
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Yorkshire native West portrays Jonathan Blake, a real-life member of the LGSM.
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The identity formed 300 years ago is changing like the gears of the bicycles that left from Yorkshire.
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These grim inventions served Yorkshire well for nearly two centuries.
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In the afternoon my friend and I walked to Knaresborough, one of the old Yorkshire towns about three miles distant.
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Here we saw many types of the Yorkshire man, famed for his shrewdness and fondness for what we would call "dickering."
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As Richmond is thePg 193 center of one of the best farming districts in Yorkshire, its market day was no doubt a typical one.
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The day had been a magnificent one, enabling us to see the Yorkshire country at its best.
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These are only a few of the many places which might be seen to advantage if one could give at least a week to Yorkshire.
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