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Ryedale Show
The Ryedale Show is an agricultural show which takes place at the Welburn Park Showground, Welburn, Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire in the North of England annually on the last Tuesday of July.Official Ryedal Show Website, http://www.ryedaleshow.org.uk/metadot/index.pl, retrieved 26 February 2012 It is organised and run by the Ryedale Agricultural Society. In recent years the Ryedale Show has become the largest one-day agricultural show in the north of England. It features several agricultural show staples such as features of Equestrianism and competition between farmers as to the quality of Livestock. History Established in 1855, the Ryedale show has run almost continuously for over one hundred-and-fifty years. In 2007 the show was cancelled for the second time ever because of torrential rain the preceding week and a waterlogged show field.Discover Yorkshire, Ryedale Show, http://www.discoveryorkshire.net/ViewContent.aspx/ArticleName/ryedale-show, retrieved 26 February 2012 I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryedale Show 2010 (geograph 2034523)
Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inhabited continuously from the Mesolithic period. The economy is largely agricultural with light industry and tourism playing an increasing role. Towns include Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Norton-on-Derwent, and Pickering. Part of Ryedale lies within the North York Moors National Park. The A64 passes through Ryedale and villages such as Rillington. In the 2011 Census, the population of this primarily rural area of 150,659 hectares, the largest district in North Yorkshire, was 51,700. Derivation of name The name refers to the River Rye and was previously used for the Ryedale wapentake of Yorkshire, which covered roughly the same area. The current district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
