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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 original 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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Last of the Summer Wine is a British National Television Award winning sitcom which airs on BBC One and is written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell. Last of the Summer Wine originally premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973, with the first series of episodes following on 12 November 1973. The 30th series premiered on 19 April 2009 and concluded on 21 June 2009. On the 26 June 2009 the BBC announced that it had recommissioned the show for its 31st series, consisting of six episodes to be broadcast in 2010. Reruns of the show air in the UK on satellite stations UKTV Gold and UKTV Drama and in over twenty-five countries, including various PBS stations in the United States. Last of the Summer Wine is the longest-running comedy programme in Britain and the longest-running sitcom in the world.

Set and filmed in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, the plot centres around a trio of older men, the lineup of whom has changed over the years, but originally consisted of the scruffy and child-like Compo, deep-thinking and meek Clegg, and authoritarian and snobbish Blamire, who was replaced by war veteran Foggy after two series in 1976. The three never seem to grow up, revelling in youthful stunts, and always finding a unique perspective on their equally eccentric fellow townspeople. (read more . . . )

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The North York Moors is a national park in North Yorkshire. The moors are one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. (read more . . . )

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William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780 and became the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire (1784–1812) and a close friend of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. In 1785 he underwent a conversion experience and became an evangelical Christian, resulting in changes in his lifestyle and in his interest in reform. In 1787 he came into contact with Thomas Clarkson and a group of anti-slave trade activists, including Granville Sharp, Hannah More and Lord Middleton. They persuaded Wilberforce to take on the cause of abolition; and he soon became one of the leading English abolitionists, heading the parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade until the eventual passage of the Slave Trade Act in 1807. Wilberforce died just three days after hearing that the passage of the Act through Parliament was secure. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, close to his friend William Pitt. (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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List of Hull City A.F.C. seasons Sheffield United F.C. league record by opponent

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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 1A prehistoric settlement on Harkerside Moor in Swaledale. (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 2The main rivers of Yorkshire. (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 3The 19th-century interior of Marshall's flax mill, Holbeck, Leeds (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 4Long Sword dancers (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 5The Rudston Monolith, almost 26ft high, close to Rudston Parish Church of all Saints (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 6A flat cap associated with the stereotypical Yorkshireman (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 7Harold Wagstaff – Prince of the Centres. (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 8Richmond castle walls and towers seen from the Keep (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 9Fountains abbey from the west (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 10The Brontë sisters (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 11Roman Britain (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 12Yorkshire is often described as "God's own county/country" due to its beautiful landscape and unspoiled countryside (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 13Herbert Sutcliffe, batsman. (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 14Thornborough Henge (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 15Roman wall and the west corner tower of the fort at York, with medieval additions (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 16Water-powered, belt-driven machinery, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Sheffield. (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 17Yorkshire puddings, served as part of a traditional Sunday roast. (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 18Jarvis Cocker, singer for Pulp (from Culture of Yorkshire)
Image 19Mr 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 20Depiction of Edwin of Northumbria from Sledmere (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 21Brazilian 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 22The 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 23Helmsley Castle was destroyed at the end of the Civil War (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 24The natural sub-regions of Yorkshire (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 25A medieval representation of Saint Olaf (from History of Yorkshire)
Image 26Sean 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)