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'''Yorkshire''' is a traditional county in Northern [[England]], and is the largest county, divided into three 'Ridings' (OE ''thridings'', 'thirds'). However, the Local Government Act of 1972 broke it into three smaller counties - North, South, and West Yorkshire, as well as transferring the East (and part of the West) Riding to Humberside, and parts of the traditional county to Durham, Cumbria, and Greater Manchester.
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'''Yorkshire''' is a county in Northern [[England]], and is the largest county, divided into three 'Ridings' (OE ''thridings'', 'thirds').
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The county has varied geography from the hills and mountains of the [[Pennines]] and North Yorkshire moors, to the flatlands of the Vale of York and the fen country of the Humberhead Levels. Principal cities in Yorkshire include [[Leeds]], Hull, [[Sheffield]], [[York]], and [[Goole]], Britain' most inland seaport.
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The county has varied geography from the hills and mountains of the [[Pennines]], the bleak moors of the North York Moors, to the flatlands of the Vale of York and the fen country of the Humberhead Levels. The county town is the ancient city of [[York]]. Among Yorkshire's other cathedral cities are [[Bradford]], [[Ripon]] (one of England's smallest cities) and [[Wakefield]]. Its largest city is [[Leeds]], with other notable settlements being [[Doncaster]], [[Huddersfield]], [[Hull]], [[Middlesbrough]], [[Rotherham]] and [[Sheffield]].
    
Yorkshire borders [[County Durham]] to the north, the North Sea to the east, [[Lincolnshire]] and [[Nottinghamshire]] to the south east, [[Derbyshire]] and [[Cheshire]] to the south west, as well as [[Lancashire]] and [[Westmorland]] across the Pennines to the west.
 
Yorkshire borders [[County Durham]] to the north, the North Sea to the east, [[Lincolnshire]] and [[Nottinghamshire]] to the south east, [[Derbyshire]] and [[Cheshire]] to the south west, as well as [[Lancashire]] and [[Westmorland]] across the Pennines to the west.
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