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County town
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Wakefield
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Major battle, named after the above town, which was part of this long running campaign
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Wars of the Roses
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National Park which occupies part of the south west of the county
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Peak District
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Last name of the 19th century literary family who are linked with the village of Haworth
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Brontë
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Brass Band, formed in 1881 and regarded by many as the best in the world
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Brighouse and Rastrick
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Pontefract's deep, sandy soil made it one of the few places in Britain where this plant could be successfully grown - it's now used to produce a well-known 'cake' named after the town
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Liquorice
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Largest city in West Yorkshire
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Leeds
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County born, best-selling British-American novelist, who wrote 'A Woman of Substance'
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Barbara Taylor Bradford
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Historic market town with a namesake in Nova Scotia
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Halifax
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Major high street retail outlet which began on a market stall in the above city in 1884
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Marks & Spencer
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Motorway which links the county with Manchester
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M62
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Large river which flows through the county before combining with the Calder, on its way to the Humber estuary
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Aire
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English chemist, born in Birstall in 1733, who is credited with the discovery of oxygen
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Joseph Priestley
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Large, 18th century, stately home and estate in the north of the county
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Harewood House
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Large market town in the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, the birth place of former Labour Prime Minister, Harold Wilson
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Huddersfield
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