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This is a list of cities, towns, villages and hamlets in the counties of the East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire Contents: A
Yorkshire gives its name to four modern ceremonial counties: East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire, which together cover most of the historic county. [ a ] Yorkshire Day is observed annually on 1 August and is a celebration of the general culture of Yorkshire , including its history and dialect . [ 4 ]
The historic counties of Yorkshire, Cumberland, Westmorland, Huntingdonshire and Middlesex are the five defunct ceremonial counties which were historically counties. With their abolition as ceremonial counties, Yorkshire is divided for that purpose into the East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county and ceremonial county. West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county and ceremonial county. Where possible, Wikipedia articles about things in Yorkshire are allocated to the main divisions of the county shown in bold above. There are also subcategories for some of Yorkshire's cities.
The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England.Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local government; [a] and the 39 historic counties.
This is a list of ceremonial counties in England by population in 2021/2022. [1] Rank County ... Yorkshire and the Humber 38: Worcestershire: 590,000: West Midlands 39:
This is a list of the ceremonial counties of England by their highest point. [1] [2] [3] Rank ... West Yorkshire: 582 165 Black Hill: 10 Cheshire: 559 236
North Yorkshire is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber and North East regions of England. [note 1] It borders County Durham to the north, the North Sea to the east, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the south-east, South Yorkshire to the south, West Yorkshire to the south-west, and Cumbria and Lancashire to the west.