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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 the city of York.

The south-west of Yorkshire includes the cities of Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Doncaster and Wakefield. The north and east of the county includes the southern part of the Teesside conurbation; the port city of Hull is located in the south-east. York is positioned near the centre of the county. Yorkshire has a coastline on the North Sea. The North York Moors occupy the north-east of the county, and the centre contains the Vale of Mowbray and the Vale of York. The west contains part of the Pennines, which includes the Yorkshire Dales. (Full article...)

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The Battle of Boroughbridge was a battle fought on 16 March 1322 between a group of rebellious barons and King Edward II of England, near Boroughbridge, northwest of York. The culmination of a long period of antagonism between the king and Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, his most powerful subject, it resulted in Lancaster's defeat and execution. This allowed Edward to re-establish royal authority, and hold on to power for another five years.

Not in itself a part of the Wars of Scottish Independence, the battle is significant for its employment of tactics learned in the Scottish wars in a domestic, English conflict. Both the extensive use of foot soldiers rather than cavalry, and the heavy impact caused by the longbow, represented significant steps in military developments. (read more . . . )

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Credit: Roger Kohn
Buggery by numbers 28-55-2 (2003) by Roger Kohn a York contemporary artist, author and art critic. (read more . . . )

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Joseph Priestley (13 March 1733 (old style) – 6 February 1804) was an 18th-century British theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works. He is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen gas. Priestley was born to an established Dissenting family in West Yorkshire.

During his lifetime, Priestley's considerable scientific reputation rested on his invention of soda water, his writings on electricity, and his discovery of several "airs" (gases), the most famous being what Priestley dubbed "dephlogisticated air" (oxygen). However, Priestley's determination to reject what would become the chemical revolution and to cling to phlogiston theory eventually left him isolated within the scientific community.

Priestley's science was integral to his theology, and he consistently tried to fuse Enlightenment rationalism with Christian theism. In his metaphysical texts, Priestley attempted to combine theism, materialism, and determinism, a project that has been called "audacious and original". He believed that a proper understanding of the natural world would promote human progress and eventually bring about the Christian Millennium. Priestley, who strongly believed in the free and open exchange of ideas, advocated toleration and equal rights for religious Dissenters, which also led him to help found Unitarianism. (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 John Harrison (pictured), seventeenth century benefactor of Leeds, is reputed to have slipped Charles I a tankard of gold coins disguised as beer?
... that Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford was allegedly killed by a spear through the anus at the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322?
...that Ebenezer Rhodes, Sheffield's Master Cutler, was declared bankrupt after losing money publishing books about Derbyshire?
...that the 364-metre pier in Withernsea, England was struck by ships four times, finally leaving it only 15 metres long?

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

Image 1Yorkshire is often described as "God's own county/country" due to its beautiful landscape and unspoiled countryside (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 2Mr 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 3Helmsley Castle was destroyed at the end of the Civil War (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 4Yorkshire puddings, served as part of a traditional Sunday roast. (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 5Richmond castle walls and towers seen from the Keep (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 6Harold Wagstaff – Prince of the Centres. (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 7Thornborough Henge (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 8Depiction of Edwin of Northumbria from Sledmere (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 9Sean 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 10Jarvis Cocker, singer for Pulp (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 11Herbert Sutcliffe, batsman. (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 13Roman Britain (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 14Water-powered, belt-driven machinery, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Sheffield. (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 15A medieval representation of Saint Olaf (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 16Long Sword dancers (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 17A flat cap associated with the stereotypical Yorkshireman (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 18Roman wall and the west corner tower of the fort at York, with medieval additions (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 19The Rudston Monolith, almost 26ft high, close to Rudston Parish Church of all Saints (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 20The 19th-century interior of Marshall's flax mill, Holbeck, Leeds (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 21Fountains abbey from the west (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 22A prehistoric settlement on Harkerside Moor in Swaledale. (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 23Brazilian 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 24The Brontë sisters (from Culture of Yorkshire)

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View from the Mount hill overlooking the village of Jackson Bridge in the upper Holme Valley in West Yorkshire. Looking down the hill the settlements shown are, Butterley to the left of centre, up and to the left is Totties, right and down from there is New Mill. From there forward and left is Lydgate which evolves into Wooldale before disappearing over the hill and down into Holmfirth. To the right of New Mill are to Honley and Crosland Moor. In the centre back the white building is Huddersfield Royal Infirmary located in Marsh. Beyond that is Halifax and off to the right is Bradford. (Read more...)

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