West Riding of Yorkshire

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire

GPTKB entity

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	4