Yorkshire is a formercounty inEngland. In general speaking, its name is still used.
It covers a large area of thePennines and its East coast borders the North Sea. TheRiver Humber separates Yorkshire fromLincolnshire & Southern England, while theRiver Tees andPennines mountain range separates Yorkshire from County Durham, Lancashire and the North of England.
Yorkshire was historically split up into three parts known as the East, North, and WestRidings during and after the 7th century Norse settlment, while the county townYork was in the middle. In the local government reorganization of England in1974 the counties ofWest Yorkshire,North Yorkshire,South Yorkshire were established instead.Humberside included the former East Riding andCleveland included part of the former North Riding.
↑1.01.11.21.31.41.5"200 years of the Census in Yorkshire"(PDF).National Statistics. 2001. Retrieved15 July 2008. Note that the area of Yorkshire increases slightly from 3,669,510 acres (14,850 km2) in 1831 to 3,883,979 acres (15,718 km2) in 1901 and then reduces to 2,941,247 acres (11,903 km2) in 1991, so that these three figures relate to different areas.
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