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West Riding of Yorkshire
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
historic county division
gptkbp:abolished
1974
gptkbp:administrativeCenter
gptkb:Wakefield
gptkbp:area
over 1,700,000 acres
gptkbp:borderedBy
gptkb:East_Riding_of_Yorkshire
gptkb:Cheshire
gptkb:Lancashire
gptkb:North_Riding_of_Yorkshire
gptkb:Westmorland
Derbyshire
gptkbp:coatOfArms
gptkb:Arms_of_the_West_Riding_County_Council
gptkbp:country
gptkb:England
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:existedDuring
medieval period
gptkbp:historicalCounty
gptkb:Yorkshire
gptkbp:historicalEvent
gptkb:Local_Government_Act_1972
gptkbp:historicalName
agriculture
coal mining
engineering
steel production
textiles
gptkbp:historicalRegion
gptkb:Northern_England
gptkb:West_Yorkshire
gptkb:Yorkshire_and_the_Humber
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
West Riding of Yorkshire
gptkbp:largestCity
gptkb:Leeds
gptkb:Sheffield
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Yorkshire
gptkbp:notableTown
gptkb:Pontefract
gptkb:Bradford
gptkb:Halifax
gptkb:Wakefield
gptkb:Barnsley
gptkb:Dewsbury
gptkb:Doncaster
gptkb:Rotherham
gptkb:Ilkley
gptkb:Keighley
gptkb:Huddersfield
gptkb:Settle
gptkb:Skipton
gptkb:Harrogate
gptkb:Otley
gptkbp:parliamentaryConstituency
multiple, including Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Wakefield
gptkbp:population
over 3 million (1971 census)
gptkbp:replacedBy
gptkb:West_Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
parts of Lancashire
parts of North Yorkshire
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Northern_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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