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Yorkshire is so named as it is the shire (administrative area or county) of the city of York, or York's Shire. The word "York" is believed to have originated from the Brittonic word Eburākon, which means "place of yew trees". This theory is supported by the fact that yew trees were once abundant in the area around York, and that the city was ...
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
English: Map of the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, showing its counties and administrative districts since 1 April 2023. The county colours are the same as those in File:English metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties 2009.svg. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160% Geographic limits: West: 2.65°W
Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. [a] It is one of the three regions covering Northern England, alongside the North West England and North East England regions, and covers the historic and cultural Yorkshire area.
The individual areas of the City of York are all within the Unitary Authority area as defined by the Fifth Periodical Report, Volume 4, "Mapping for the Non-Metropolitan Counties and the Unitary Authorities as published by the Boundary Commission For England", specifically on pages 106–109. [7]
The maps feature playful illustrations of folklore, ghost stories and interesting sites such as Todmorden's UFO sightings and the haunting of Treasurer's House in York.
The county was named after its county town, the city of York. The south-west of Yorkshire is densely populated, and includes the cities of Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Doncaster and Wakefield. The north and east of the county are more sparsely populated, however the north-east includes the southern part of the Teesside conurbation, and the port ...
The YO postcode area, also known as the York postcode area, [2] is a group of 29 postcode districts in Yorkshire, England, within ten post towns.These cover most of Central and Eastern North Yorkshire (including York, Scarborough, Pickering, Selby, Thirsk, Malton, Filey and Whitby) and the northern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire (including Bridlington and Driffield).