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North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire
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About North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a ceremonial county in Northern England. It is bordered by County Durham to the north, the North Sea to the east, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the south-east, South Yorkshire to the south, West Yorkshire to the south-west, and Cumbria and Lancashire to the west.

On the show โ€” 4 mentions total

Have you heard of the Beedale Leech House? This is in North Yorkshire. It's a little building, but it looks like a miniature fortress, because it's got crenellations on the top.

from No Such Thing As A Badger Love Note, 2024-05-02 at 00:41:46 ยท read transcript

Other times North Yorkshire came up

  1. I'd never heard it. It's based on an actual clock, on a real-life clock in North Yorkshire, it's still there. It's in, I've forgotten where it is, I think it's near Darlington, and Henry Claywork was in this hotel, in this restaurant, and he saw this clock, and they told him the story of how it had stopped on the day that the guy died, and that's how he wrote the song.

    265: No Such Thing As A Hole In The Bowl, 2019-04-19 ยท listen

  2. My grandfather's clock. Yeah. I'd never heard it. It's based on an actual clock. On a real life clock in North Yorkshire, it's still there. It's in, I forgot, I'm worried it. I think it's near Darlington. Henry Clay Work was in this hotel, in this restaurant. He saw this clock and they told him the story of how it had stopped on the day that the guy died.

    No Such Thing As A Hole In The Bowl, 2019-04-19 ยท listen

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Coordinates: 54.1000, -1.3500

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