Place:Pickering, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NamePickering
TypeTown, Urban district
Coordinates54.233°N 0.767°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inNorth Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoRyedale District, North Yorkshire, Englandadminstrative district in which Pickering has been located since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Pickering is a market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district in North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Park. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is at the foot of the moors, overlooking the Vale of Pickering to the south.

Pickering Parish Church, with its medieval wall paintings, Pickering Castle, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and Beck Isle Museum have made Pickering popular with visitors. Nearby places include Malton, Norton-on-Derwent and Scarborough.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Pickering, North Yorkshire.

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