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Yorkshire

Yorkshire
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About Yorkshire

Yorkshire 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.

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To celebrate World Vegan Day in 2013 a town in Yorkshire called Fry Up was asked to change its name to Vegan Fry Up for the day, and refused.

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More facts about Yorkshire

  1. A survey found more than 60% of Yorkshire people had never used an overdraft, and three quarters put money aside.

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  2. A World War II reenactment in Barnsley in Yorkshire was cancelled in 2014 because participants would be wearing Nazi insignia.

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  3. Aunt Bessie was invented in 1994 to stop people mistaking Yorkshire puddings for nuclear weapons.

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Coordinates: 54.0000, -1.0000

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