Wetherby (England)
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- BLNAL file, viewed 16 March 2023:heading (Wetherby (England))
- Collins Britain atlas and gazetteer, 1999(Wetherby, W.Yorks.; small town, old market town on River Wharfe, 8m/13km SE 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)
- Wikipedia, viewed 20 Mar. 2026(Wetherby; since 2024, Wetherby has been in the Wetherby and Easingwold parliamentary constituency, having previously been in the abolished Elmet and Rothwell constituency)
- Kelly's directory of Harrogate.
Wikipedia description:
Wetherby ( WETH-ə-bee) is a market town and civil parish in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is close to West Yorkshire county's border with North Yorkshire and lies approximately 12 miles (19 kilometres) from Leeds city centre, 12 mi (19 km) from York and 8 mi (13 km) from Harrogate. The town stands on the River Wharfe and, for centuries, it has been a crossing place and staging post on the Great North Road midway between London and Edinburgh. Wetherby Bridge, which spans the River Wharfe, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II listed structure. The course of the Old Great North Road passes through the town and, as result of its situation on the road, as well as being a major cattle droving route from Scotland to London, many coaching inns were established in Wetherby which are still used by travellers today. The town lies in the Wetherby ward of Leeds City Council and the Wetherby and Easingwold parliamentary constituency. It was listed in the 2018 Sunday Times report on the Best Places to Live in Northern England.
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