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Yorkshire

Historic county of England

Placehistoric county of England historical regionQ163

Also known as County of York · God's Own County · Yorkshire, England

Country: United Kingdom
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1.Stated in archINFORMRetrieved 2018-11-05
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Located in: England(since 1707)
, Kingdom of England(until 1707)
Area: 11,903 km²
Population: 5,234,700(2011)

Overview

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Yorkshire is an area of Northern England which was historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after the city of York.

Overview

All data

88 statements · 10% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Continent: Europe
Website: yorkshire.com
Capital: York
Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Yorkshire
Demonym: Yorkshireman
Native label: Yorkshire
Official name: Yorkshire
Shares border with: County Durham
Westmorland
Lancashire
Cheshire
Derbyshire
Nottinghamshire
Lincolnshire
Members / parts: East Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire
North Riding of Yorkshire
Flag: flag of Yorkshire
Catalog code: YRK catalog: Historic Counties Standard
Social media followers: 274,787(February 4, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20139600
272,727(January 7, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20139600
272,490(January 10, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20139600
270,659(April 18, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20139600
Named after: York

On other databases

51 identifiers linking Yorkshire across the web's reference databases

53.9583, -1.0833OpenStreetMap ↗

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AIDb. (2026). Yorkshire (Q163). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/yorkshire-Q163