Yorkshire is a historic county
of northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Because of its
great size, over time functions have increasingly been undertaken by
its subdivisions, which have been subject to periodic reform.
Throughout these changes Yorkshire has continued to function as a
recognised territory and cultural region. The name is familiar and
well-understood across the United Kingdom and is in common use,
featuring in the title of current areas of civil administration such
as Yorkshire and the Humber and West Yorkshire.
The Brigantes, the largest Celtic Briton tribe, held Yorkshire as
their heartland. The Romans made Eboracum, later to be named York,
from which the county derives its name, the capital of Britannia
Inferior, one of the two provinces of third century Roman Britain;
in the fourth century it was the capital of Britannia Secunda, one
of four provinces. The area was an independent Viking kingdom known
as Jórvík for around a century, before being taken by England. Most
of the modern day large cities were founded during the Norman
period. The county covered just under 6,000 square miles (15,000
km˛) in 1831 and the modern day Yorkshire and the Humber region has
a population of around five million.
Yorkshire is widely considered to be the greenest area in England,
due to both the vast rural countryside of the Yorkshire Dales, North
York Moors and some of the major cities, this has led to Yorkshire
being nicknamed God's Own County. The emblem of Yorkshire is the
White Rose of the House of York, the most common flag representative
of Yorkshire is the White Rose on a dark blue background. Yorkshire
Day, held on August 1, is a celebration of the general culture of
Yorkshire, ranging from its history to its own language.
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan
county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, that
has a population of 2.1 million. West Yorkshire came into existence
as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local
Government Act 1972.
West Yorkshire, which is landlocked, consists of five metropolitan
boroughs (City of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, City of Leeds and
City of Wakefield) and shares borders with the counties of
Derbyshire (to the south), Greater Manchester (to the south-west),
Lancashire (to the north-west), North Yorkshire (to the north and
east) and South Yorkshire (to the south-east).
West Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986, and so its
districts (the metropolitan boroughs) are now effectively unitary
authorities. However, the metropolitan county, which covers an area
of 2,029 km˛, continues to exist in law, and as a geographic frame
of reference.
West Yorkshire encompasses the West Yorkshire Urban Area, which is
the most built-up and biggest urban area within the historic county
boundaries of Yorkshire.
West Yorkshire has many hundreds of single Datable members,
available for dating in:
Ackworth, Addingham, Allerton Bywater, Almondbury, Alverthorpe, Baildon, Bailiff Bridge, Batley, Beeston, Bingley, Birkby,
Birkenshaw, Birstall, Boothtown, Boston Spa, Bradford, Brighouse,
Burley-in-Wharfedale, Castleford, Cleckheaton, Collingham, Copley, Cottingley, Cragg Vale,
Crofton, Crigglestone, Crossflatts, Cullingworth,, Denby Dale, Denholme, Dewsbury, East and West Morton, Elland, Emley, Esholt, Fairburn Ings, Ferrybridge, Fitzwilliam, Garforth, Gilstead, Golcar, Gomersal, Greetland, Guiseley, Halifax, Harden, Harewood, Hartshead, Hartshead Moor, Haworth,
Hebden Bridge, Heckmondwike, Hemsworth, Heptonstall, Hipperholme,
Holmfirth, Honley, Horbury, Horsforth, Huddersfield, Ilkley, Keighley, Kippax, Kirkburton, Kirkstall, Knottingley, Ledsham, Ledston, Leeds, Linthwaite, Liversedge, Marsden, Meltham, Menston, Methley, Mirfield, Morley, Mytholmroyd,
New Mill, Newmillerdam, New Farnley, Norristhorpe, Norwood Green,
Nostell, Oakworth, Ossett, Oxenhope, Otley, Oulton, Pontefract, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Pudsey, Queensbury, Rastrick, Riddlesden, Ripponden, Rothwell, Roberttown, Saltaire, Sandal, Sandy Lane, Scammonden Scarcroft, Scholes,
Shelley, Shepley, Shibden, Shipley, Silsden, Skelmanthorpe,
Slaithwaite, Sowerby Bridge, Stanbury, Stanley, Steeton, Swillington,
Thornbury, Thornton, Thornhill, Todmorden, Tong, Wakefield, Walton (Leeds), Walton (Wakefield), West Bretton,
Wetherby, Wilsden and Yeadon
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan
or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of
England, and a ceremonial county in that region and also partly in
North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972
it covers an area of 8,654 km˛, making it the largest county in
England.
The area under the control of the county council, or shire county,
is divided into a number of local government districts; they are
Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough
and Selby.
The Department for Communities and Local Government did consider
reorganising North Yorkshire County Council's administrative
structure by abolishing the seven district councils and the county
council to create a North Yorkshire unitary authority. The changes
were planned to be implemented no later than 1 April 2009. This was
rejected on 25 July 2007 so the County Council and District Council
structure will remain.
York, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland are unitary authority
boroughs which form part of the ceremonial county for various
functions such as the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, but do not
come under county council control. Uniquely for a district in
England, Stockton-on-Tees is split between North Yorkshire and
County Durham for this purpose. Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees and
Redcar and Cleveland boroughs form part of the North East England
region.
The area including the unitary authorities, or ceremonial county,
borders East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire,
Lancashire, Cumbria and County Durham.
Datable offer North
Yorkshire dating in: Ampleforth, Appleton-le-Moors,
Bedale, Bolton-on-Swale, Boroughbridge, Borrowby (Hambleton),
Borrowby (Scarborough), Brompton (Hambleton), Brotton, Buckden,
Castleton, Catterick, Catterick Garrison, Cawood, Clapham, Conistone,
Dalton (Hambleton), Dalton (Richmondshire), Danby Wiske,
Easby (Hambleton), Easingwold, Egton,
Filey,
Giggleswick, Glasshouses, Goathland, Grassington, Great Ayton,
Grosmont,
Harrogate, Hawes, Helmsley, Horton in Ribblesdale, Hunmanby,
Huntington,
Ingleton,
Kettlewell, Kilnsey, Kirkbymoorside, Knaresborough,
Leyburn,
Malham, Malton, Masham, Marske-by-the-Sea, Middleham, Middlesbrough,
New Marske, Northallerton, Norton-on-Derwent,
Osmotherley,
Pateley Bridge, Pickering,
Redcar, Reeth, Richmond, Rievaulx, Ripon, Robin Hood's Bay, Romanby
Saltburn, Scarborough, Scorton, Selby, Settle, Sheriff Hutton,
Skipton, Sowerby, Stokesley, Streetlam, Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, Tadcaster, Thirsk, Thornaby-on-Tees,
Whitby, Yarm and York
The principal settlements of
South
Yorkshire are:
Sheffield, an industrial city whose economy is historically based on
steel production and cutlery manufacturing. Today it is known for
its sports facilities, culture and tourist industry.
Doncaster, an old Roman town known for railways and horse racing;
Rotherham, an industrial town bordering Sheffield on the River Don;
Barnsley, a market town on the River Dearne, the former
administrative centre of the metropolitan county. |
