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Yorkshire people have their own Yorkshire dialects and accents and are, or rather were, known as Broad Yorkshire or Tykes, with its roots in Old English and Old Norse. [ 128 ] [ 129 ] The British Library provides a four minute long voice recording made in 1955, by a "female housekeeper", Miss Madge Dibnahon, on its web site and an example of ...
The culture of Yorkshire has developed over the county's history, influenced by the cultures of those who came to control/settle in the region, including the Celts (Brigantes and Parisii) [citation needed], Romans, Angles, Vikings, Normans Yorkshire people are said to have a strong sense of regional identity, and are sometimes thought to identify more strongly with Yorkshire than England, or ...
Yorkshire pudding is a baked pudding made from a batter of eggs, flour, and milk or water. [1] A common English side dish, it is a versatile food that can be served in numerous ways depending on its ingredients, size, and the accompanying components of the meal.
Memorial to Caedmon Caedmon / ˈ k æ d m ɒ n / is the earliest English poet whose name is known. An Anglo-Saxon herdsman attached to the double monastery of Streonæshalch (Whitby Abbey) during the abbacy of St. Hilda (657–680), he was originally ignorant of "the art of song" but according to Bede learned to compose one night in the course of a dream.
Yorkshire is a historic county of England, centred on the county town of York. The region was first occupied after the retreat of the ice age around 8000 BC. During the first millennium AD it was inhabited by celtic Britons and occupied by Romans, Angles and Vikings.
Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine official regions of ... on the former site of the historic Yorkshire Engine Company. Sheffield is known for its steel ...
The Yorkshire Ouse Sailing Club has a club house in the village of Naburn,5 miles (8.0 km) south of York. York hosts the UK Snooker Championship, which is the second biggest ranking tournament in the sport, at the York Barbican.
Yorkshire dialect, also known as Yorkshire English, Broad Yorkshire, Tyke, or Yorkie, is a grouping of several regionally neighbouring dialects of English spoken in the Yorkshire area of Northern England. [1] The varieties have roots in Old English and are influenced to a greater extent by Old Norse than Standard English is.