West Riding of Yorkshire

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former county-level subdivision historic administrative division riding

West Riding of Yorkshire was a historic administrative division of Yorkshire in northern England, encompassing major industrial and urban centers including cities like Sheffield and Leeds.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
West Riding of Yorkshire canonical 103
historic West Riding of Yorkshire 3
County Top (historic) of West Riding of Yorkshire 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former county-level subdivision ⓘ
historic administrative division ⓘ
riding ⓘ
containsPartOf Pennines ⓘ
Vale of York ⓘ
Yorkshire Dales ⓘ
containsRiver River Aire ⓘ
River Calder ⓘ
River Don ⓘ
River Nidd ⓘ
River Ouse ⓘ
River Wharfe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hasHistoricBoundaryWith Cheshire ⓘ
County Durham ⓘ
Derbyshire ⓘ
East Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
North Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Nottinghamshire ⓘ
Westmorland, England ⓘ
surface form: Westmorland
hasHistoricCountyTown Wakefield ⓘ
hasMajorUrbanCentre Bradford ⓘ
Huddersfield ⓘ
Leeds ⓘ
Sheffield ⓘ
Wakefield ⓘ
historicalStatus historic county subdivision ⓘ
includesCity Bradford ⓘ
Leeds ⓘ
Sheffield ⓘ
includesTown Barnsley ⓘ
Batley ⓘ
Castleford ⓘ
Dewsbury ⓘ
Halifax ⓘ
Harrogate ⓘ
Huddersfield ⓘ
Ilkley ⓘ
Keighley ⓘ
Pontefract ⓘ
Ripon ⓘ
Rotherham ⓘ
Shipley ⓘ
Skipton ⓘ
knownFor coal mining ⓘ
engineering industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Northern England ⓘ
surface form: northern England
partOf Yorkshire ⓘ
succeededByAdministrativeUnit Greater Manchester ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
North Yorkshire ⓘ
South Yorkshire ⓘ
West Yorkshire ⓘ
wasAbolishedAsAdministrativeUnit 1974 ⓘ

Referenced by (116)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sheffield → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Luddenden Foot → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Goole → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire → appliesToJurisdiction → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Harrogate → historicCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Austerfield, Yorkshire, England → locatedInHistoricCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Austerfield, Yorkshire, England → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Mirfield → administrativeCountyHistoric → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Bradford → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Morley → historicCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Marsden → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Mossley → historicCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Wakefield → region → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Dewsbury → historicCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Greenfield → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Batley → historicCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Settle → historicCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Yorkshire → historicDivision → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Mytholmroyd → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Earl of Harewood → associatedCountyHistoric → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Sheffield Technical School → locatedInHistoricCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Doncaster → historicCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Leeds City Council → replaced → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Riding County Council (for area now in Leeds)
Whernside (historical West Riding area) → locatedInHistoricCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Whernside (historical West Riding area) → highestPointOf → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic West Riding of Yorkshire
Whernside (historical West Riding area) → listing → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: County Top (historic) of West Riding of Yorkshire
Birstall, West Riding of Yorkshire, England → locatedIn → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Birstall, West Riding of Yorkshire, England → historicCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Battle of Towton → region → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Riding of Yorkshire (historic)
Shipley → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Owlerton, Sheffield → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Rotherham → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
River Don → historicalRegion → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Pontefract → locatedInHistoricCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Peter O'Toole → placeOfBirth → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Castleford → locatedInHistoricCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Keighley → historicCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Ossett → historicCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Nun Appleton Hall, Yorkshire → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
subject surface form: Nun Appleton Hall
Brighouse → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
J. B. Priestley → placeOfBirth → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Slaidburn → historicArea → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Bingley → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Skipton → historicCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Grindleton → historicalArea → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Gisburn → historicalCounty → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien → placeOfBirth → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Richard Cobden → parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Kingdom of Deira → coreArea → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
Lieutenancy of Yorkshire → scope → West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ