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Yorkshire (/ˈjɔːrkʃər, -ʃɪər/ YORK-shər, -⁠sheer) 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 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 city of Kingston upon Hull is located in the south-east. York is located near the centre of the county. Yorkshire has a coastline to the North Sea to the east. The North York Moors occupy the north-east of the county, and the centre contains the Vale of Mowbray in the north and the Vale of York in the south. The west contains part of the Pennines, which form the Yorkshire Dales in the north-west. (Full article...)

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The River Hull is a navigable river in the East Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England. It rises from a series of springs to the west of Driffield, and enters the Humber estuary at Kingston upon Hull. Following a period when the Archbishops of York charged tolls for its use, it became a free navigation. The upper reaches became part of the Driffield Navigation from 1770, after which they were again subject to tolls, and the section within the city of Hull came under the jurisdiction of the Port of Hull, with the same result.

Most of its course is through low lying land that is at or just above sea level, and flooding has been a long-standing problem. Drainage schemes to alleviate it were constructed on both sides of the river. The Holderness Drainage scheme to the east was completed in 1772, with a second phase in 1805, and the Beverley and Barmston Drain to the west was completed in 1810. There has been a tidal barrier since 1980.

Most of the bridges which cross the river are movable, in order to allow shipping to pass. There are five swing bridges, with a sixth one expected to open in 2013, four bascule bridges, two of which have twin leaves, one for each carriageway of the roads which they carry, and three Scherzer lift bridges, which are a type of rolling bascule bridge. However one, Scott Street Bridge, is now permanently raised. (read more . . . )

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Saltaire is the name of a Victorian era model village in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The village has been declared a World Heritage Site. (read more . . . )

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Hedley Verity (18 May 1905 – 31 July 1943) was a professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England between 1930 and 1939. A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, he took 1,956 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 14.90 and 144 wickets in 40 Tests at an average of 24.37. Named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1932, he is regarded as one of the most effective slow left-arm bowlers to have played cricket. Never someone who spun the ball sharply, he achieved success through the accuracy of his bowling. On pitches which made batting difficult, particularly ones affected by rain, he could be almost impossible to bat against. (read more . . . )

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The Churches Conservation Trust, which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund, is a charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk, those that have been made redundant by the Church of England. The Trust was established by the Pastoral Measure of 1968. The legally defined object of the Trust is "the preservation, in the interests of the nation and the Church of England, of churches and parts of churches of historic and archaeological interest or architectural quality vested in the Fund ... together with their contents so vested".

The Trust cares for over 350 churches. The charity is financed partly by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Church Commissioners, but grants from those bodies were frozen in 2001, since when additional funding has come from other sources, including the general public. During the 2016-2017 period, the Trust's income was £9,184,283 and expenditures totaled £9,189,061; 92% of the latter was spent on front line projects. During that year it had 64 employees, and received the support of up to 2,000 volunteers. The charity is run by a board of trustees, who delegate the day-to-day management to a chief executive and his senior management team. (Full article...)

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... that the production process for Swaledale cheese (pictured) includes soaking the cheese wheel in 85% brine for 24 hours?
...that there are six preserved tramcars of the Sheffield Tramway at the National Tramway Museum?
... that Cleckheaton railway station was stolen in August 1971?
... that Curtis Woodhouse was a professional boxer while still playing professional?

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The following are images from various Yorkshire-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Jarvis Cocker, singer for Pulp (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 2Harold Wagstaff – Prince of the Centres. (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 3The main rivers of Yorkshire. (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 4Yorkshire puddings, served as part of a traditional Sunday roast. (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 5Roman wall and the west corner tower of the fort at York, with medieval additions (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 6The Rudston Monolith, almost 26ft high, close to Rudston Parish Church of all Saints (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 7The natural sub-regions of Yorkshire (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 8Sean Bean's Yorkshire accent is highly recognised and is utilised on many of his castings including Game of Thrones Stark accent. (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 9Brazilian legend Pelé (left) in Sheffield in November 2017, marking the 150th anniversary of the world's oldest football club, Sheffield F.C. (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 10Long Sword dancers (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 11Mr Pack dressed in traditional Yorkshire attire takes his horse, Danny, for a turn of the field in front of the crowd at Otley Show. (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 12The Humble Petition of The Gentry and Commons of the County of York, presented to His Majestie at York, 22 April 1642 : and His Majesties message sent to the Parliament, 24 April 1642 : concerning Sir John Hothams Refusall to give His Majestie entrance into Hull. Printed at London, 1642 (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 13Herbert Sutcliffe, batsman. (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 14The Brontë sisters (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 15Depiction of Edwin of Northumbria from Sledmere (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 16Fountains abbey from the west (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 17A flat cap associated with the stereotypical Yorkshireman (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 18Richmond castle walls and towers seen from the Keep (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 19Helmsley Castle was destroyed at the end of the Civil War (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 20A medieval representation of Saint Olaf (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 21Roman Britain (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 22Yorkshire is often described as "God's own county/country" due to its beautiful landscape and unspoiled countryside (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 23Water-powered, belt-driven machinery, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Sheffield. (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 24Thornborough Henge (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 25The 19th-century interior of Marshall's flax mill, Holbeck, Leeds (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 26A prehistoric settlement on Harkerside Moor in Swaledale. (from History of Yorkshire)

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Locomotives arranged around a turntable in the Great Hall of the National Railway Museum, York, which displays a collection of over 100 locomotives and nearly 200 other items of rolling stock. (Read more...)

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