Vale of York

English

Proper noun

Vale of York

1. A large area of flat land surrounding the City of York in North Yorkshire, England.
   • 1960 January, David Bertram, “The York-Knaresborough-Harrogate branch”, in Trains Illustrated, page 14:

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