Driffield, GREAT, the chief town in the Wolds, East Riding of Yorkshire, 11 miles N. of Beverley by rail, is connected with Hull, 19 miles to the south, by a navigable canal. The surrounding district is fertile, and the town has a considerable corn and cattle trade, besides manufactures of flour, linseed-cake, and artificial manures. Pop. 5937.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 93
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