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DRIFFIELD (officially Great Driffield)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 579 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DRIFFIELD (officially See also:Great Driffield) , a See also:market See also:town in the Buckrose See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:East See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 191 m. N. by W. from See also:Hull, the junction of several See also:branch lines of the See also:North Eastern railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (19or) 5766. It is pleasantly situated at the See also:foot of the Wolds, and is connected with Hull by a navigable See also:canal. The See also:church of All See also:Saints is of various See also:dates from See also:Norman onwards. The town is the centre of a See also:rich agricultural district, and large markets and fairs are held. There are See also:works for the manufacture of oil-cake. Driffield is of high antiquity, and numerous tumuli are seen in the vicinity, while there is an excellent private antiquarian museum in the town.

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