Yorkshire

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ceremonial county historic county region of England

Yorkshire is a historic county in northern England known for its large size, distinctive cultural identity, and significant role in British political, industrial, and literary history.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
historic county of Yorkshire	3
Yorkshire society	2
County of Yorkshire	1
Yorkshire, England	1

Statements (110)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ceremonial county ⓘ historic county ⓘ region of England ⓘ
associatedWith	House of York ⓘ
borders	County Durham ⓘ Derbyshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Greater Manchester ⓘ Lancashire ⓘ Lincolnshire ⓘ North Sea ⓘ Nottinghamshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Barnsley ⓘ Bradford ⓘ Doncaster ⓘ Halifax ⓘ Harrogate ⓘ Huddersfield ⓘ Humber Estuary ⓘ Hull ⓘ surface form: Kingston upon Hull Leeds ⓘ Middlesbrough ⓘ North York Moors ⓘ surface form: North York Moors National Park Peak District ⓘ surface form: Peak District National Park Rotherham ⓘ Scarborough ⓘ Sheffield ⓘ Wakefield ⓘ York ⓘ Yorkshire Dales ⓘ surface form: Yorkshire Dales National Park
country	England ⓘ
hasAirport	Doncaster Sheffield Airport (closed) ⓘ surface form: Doncaster Sheffield Airport Leeds Bradford Airport ⓘ
hasCathedral	Bradford Cathedral ⓘ Sheffield Cathedral ⓘ Wakefield Cathedral ⓘ York Minster ⓘ
hasCoastline	North Sea coast ⓘ
hasCountyCricketClub	Yorkshire County Cricket Club ⓘ
hasDialect	Yorkshire English ⓘ surface form: Yorkshire dialect
hasFootballClub	Hull City A.F.C. ⓘ Leeds United F.C. ⓘ Middlesbrough F.C. ⓘ Sheffield United F.C. ⓘ Sheffield Wednesday F.C. ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Whernside (part) ⓘ surface form: Whernside
hasHistoricCity	York ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Bolton Abbey ⓘ Castle Howard ⓘ Clifford's Tower ⓘ Fountains Abbey ⓘ Rievaulx Abbey (vicinity) ⓘ surface form: Rievaulx Abbey Scarborough Castle ⓘ Whitby Abbey ⓘ
hasLiteraryAssociation	Alan Bennett ⓘ Anne Brontë ⓘ Brontë ⓘ surface form: Brontë sisters Charlotte Brontë ⓘ Emily Brontë ⓘ Ted Hughes ⓘ
hasNickname	God's Own County ⓘ
hasSubregion	East Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ North Yorkshire ⓘ South Yorkshire ⓘ West Yorkshire ⓘ
hasTown	Bridlington ⓘ Filey ⓘ Scarborough ⓘ Whitby ⓘ
hasTransportHub	Leeds railway station ⓘ
hasUniversity	University of Bradford ⓘ University of Huddersfield ⓘ University of Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ University of York NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent	Wars of the Roses ⓘ
historicDivision	East Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ North Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
knownFor	Brontë Country ⓘ North York Moors ⓘ Yorkshire Dales ⓘ Yorkshire pudding ⓘ coal mining history ⓘ cricket tradition ⓘ distinct cultural identity ⓘ industrial heritage ⓘ large geographic size ⓘ literary heritage ⓘ rugged landscapes ⓘ steel production ⓘ strong regional identity ⓘ textile industry ⓘ
largestCity	Leeds ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern England ⓘ
majorCity	Bradford ⓘ Hull ⓘ Sheffield ⓘ York ⓘ
observes	Yorkshire Day ⓘ
partOf	England NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
symbol	white rose of York ⓘ surface form: White Rose of York
traditionalFood	Fat rascal ⓘ Parkin ⓘ Wensleydale ⓘ surface form: Wensleydale cheese Yorkshire pudding ⓘ
traditionalSport	cricket ⓘ rugby league ⓘ
YorkshireDayDate	1 August ⓘ

Referenced by (99)

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

River Aire → locatedIn → Yorkshire ⓘ

River Calder → locatedIn → Yorkshire ⓘ

See of York → locatedIn → Yorkshire ⓘ

Yorkshire College → locatedIn → Yorkshire ⓘ

Yorkshire Dales → locatedIn → Yorkshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: historic county of Yorkshire

Aldborough → locatedInHistoricCounty → Yorkshire ⓘ

Chew Reservoir → locatedInHistoricCounty → Yorkshire ⓘ

Warley Town → locatedInHistoricCounty → Yorkshire ⓘ

Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Yorkshire ⓘ

Treaty of Ripon (1640) → locationSigned → Yorkshire ⓘ

Nicholas Nickleby → narrativeLocation → Yorkshire ⓘ

subject surface form: Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film)

London and North Eastern Railway → operatedInArea → Yorkshire ⓘ

Sir Thomas Fairfax → parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented → Yorkshire ⓘ

Barnsdale Forest → partOf → Yorkshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: historic county of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire → partOf → Yorkshire ⓘ

Flamborough Head → partOf → Yorkshire ⓘ

Greenfield → partOf → Yorkshire ⓘ

this entity surface form: historic county of Yorkshire

North York Moors → partOf → Yorkshire ⓘ

York → partOf → Yorkshire ⓘ

Great North Road → passesThrough → Yorkshire ⓘ

Pennine Way → passesThrough → Yorkshire ⓘ

A. S. Byatt → placeOfBirth → Yorkshire ⓘ

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham → placeOfBirth → Yorkshire ⓘ

Herbert Butterfield → placeOfBirth → Yorkshire ⓘ

Herbert Chapman → placeOfBirth → Yorkshire ⓘ

John Venn → placeOfBirth → Yorkshire ⓘ

Martin Frobisher → placeOfBirth → Yorkshire ⓘ

Raymond Unwin → placeOfBirth → Yorkshire ⓘ

William Bateson → placeOfBirth → Yorkshire ⓘ

William Marsden, founder of the Royal Free Hospital → placeOfBirth → Yorkshire ⓘ

subject surface form: William Marsden

William Wilberforce → placeOfBirth → Yorkshire ⓘ

Light Dragoons → recruitingArea → Yorkshire ⓘ

Battle of Marston Moor → region → Yorkshire ⓘ

Firth College → region → Yorkshire ⓘ

Huddersfield Town A.F.C. → region → Yorkshire ⓘ

Lascelles → region → Yorkshire ⓘ

subject surface form: Lascelles family

Lascelles family → region → Yorkshire ⓘ

Leeds United F.C. → region → Yorkshire ⓘ

The Whites → region → Yorkshire ⓘ

United → region → Yorkshire ⓘ

Cavendish family → regionAssociatedWith → Yorkshire ⓘ

Pocklington School → regionServed → Yorkshire ⓘ

Yorkshire College → regionServed → Yorkshire ⓘ

David Hockney → residence → Yorkshire ⓘ

Last of the Summer Wine → setIn → Yorkshire ⓘ

Downton Abbey → setInLocation → Yorkshire ⓘ

Possession (2002 film) → setting → Yorkshire ⓘ

Pennine waterways → traverses → Yorkshire ⓘ

Robert Wilberforce → workLocation → Yorkshire ⓘ