Howden is a small market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies north of the M62, on the A614 road about 17 miles (27 km) south-east of York and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Goole.
Population: 3,895
Latitude: 53° 44' 46.68" N
Longitude: 0° 52' 11.78" E
The Flixborough disaster was an explosion at a chemical plant close to the village of Flixborough, England, on 1 June 1974. It killed 28 people and seriously injured 36 out of a total of only 72 people on site at the time; from the devastation on si…
Haltemprice and Howden is a constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by David Davis, a Conservative.
Brigg and Goole is a constituency in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Andrew Percy of the Conservative Party.
Selby and Ainsty is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Nigel Adams, a Conservative.
The Great Heck rail crash, widely known as the Selby rail crash, was a high-speed train accident that occurred at Great Heck near Selby, North Yorkshire, England on the morning of 28 February 2001. Ten people died, including the drivers of both trai…
The River Aire is a major river in Yorkshire, England, 71 miles (114 km) in length.
Carlton Towers is a Grade I listed Victorian gothic country house in Carlton (between Selby and Snaith), North Yorkshire, England.
Epworth is a small town and civil parish in the Isle of Axholme, North Lincolnshire, England. The town lies on the A161, about halfway between Goole and Gainsborough. As the birthplace of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, it has given its name to many…
Selby Abbey is an Anglican parish church in the town of Selby, North Yorkshire, England.
RAF Elvington was a Royal Air Force station which operated from the beginning of the Second World War until 1992 located at Elvington, Yorkshire, England.
The Battle of Hatfield Chase (Old English: Hæðfeld; Old Welsh: Meigen) was fought on 12 October 633 at Hatfield Chase near Doncaster (today part of South Yorkshire, England). It pitted the Northumbrians against an alliance of Gwynedd and Mercia. The…
Thorne is a market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 16,592.
The Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial, (RAF Elvington airfield during the Second World War), is an air museum in England.
Hatfield Colliery, also known as Hatfield Main Colliery, is a colliery established 1916 within the South Yorkshire Coalfield, mining the High Hazel coal seam.
Hatfield is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 16,184.
Alkborough is a parish of 458 people in 192 households (2011 census. ) in North Lincolnshire, England, located near the northern end of The Cliff range of hills overlooking Trent Falls, the confluence of the River Trent and the River Ouse.
The A63 is a major road in Yorkshire, England between Leeds and Kingston upon Hull.
Selby coalfield (also known as the Selby complex, or Selby 'superpit') was a large scale deep underground mine complex based around Selby, North Yorkshire, England, with pitheads at Wistow Mine, Stillingfleet Mine, Riccall Mine, North Selby Mine, Wh…