Vale of York

proper noun

A large area of flat land surrounding the City of York in North Yorkshire, England.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A large area of flat land surrounding the City of York in North Yorkshire, England.

    For the next 15 miles to Knaresborough the railway, double track throughout, crosses mixed agricultural land, typical of the Vale of York.

    1960 January, David Bertram, “The York-Knaresborough-Harrogate branch”, in Trains Illustrated, page 14
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