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The name ''Yorkshire'' is from [[Middle English]] ''Yorke schyre'', which displaced the form ''Everwhich schire'', which was derived from Old English ''Eoforwicscir''. In any case, the names mean "county of [[York]]"; "York" is derived from the [[Old Norse]] name for the city ''Jorvik'' (which, by folk-etymology, means "stallion bay"), a Scandinavianized form of the Old English name ''Eoforwic'' (literally, "boar village"), ultimately an adaptation of the Latin name ''Eboracum''.

The name ''Yorkshire'' is from [[Middle English]] ''Yorke schyre'', which displaced the form ''Everwhich schire'', which was derived from Old English ''Eoforwicscir''. In any case, the names mean "county of [[York]]"; "York" is derived from the [[Old Norse]] name for the city ''Jorvik'' (which, by folk-etymology, means "stallion bay"), a Scandinavianized form of the Old English name ''Eoforwic'' (literally, "boar village"), ultimately an adaptation of the Latin name ''Eboracum''.

== Geography ==

== Geography ==

Large parts of the [[North Riding of Yorkshire|North]] and [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Ridings]] of Yorkshire is dominated by the [[Pennines]], by far the longest chain of hills in England. Yorkshire's long western border with [[Lancashire]] cuts through the heart of the Pennine chain, as do its borders with [[Cheshire]] and [[Westmorland]] and part of the border with [[Derbyshire]]. The tallest highest point in Yorkshire is [[Mickle Fell]], which has a height of 2,585 ft (788 m) and lies within southern [[Teesdale]] in the far north of the North Riding. Lower-lying land is found in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Riding]], around the River Humber and the far-east of the West Riding around [[Goole]]. The East Riding is the only part of Yorkshire to posses no mountains (hills exceeding 2,000 ft in height) at all, although it does have an upland area, the [[Yorkshire Wolds]], the most northerly range of chalk hills (known as "downs" in [[southern England]]) in Great Britain, in which the highest point is Bishop Wilton Wold at 814 ft (248 m).

Large parts of the [[North Riding of Yorkshire|North]] and [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Ridings]] of Yorkshire is dominated by the [[Pennines]], by far the longest chain of hills in England, which stretch north to [[Northumberland]] and south to [[Staffordshire]]. Yorkshire's long western border with [[Lancashire]] cuts through the heart of the Pennine chain, as do its borders with [[Cheshire]] and [[Westmorland]] and part of the border with [[Derbyshire]]. The tallest highest point in Yorkshire is [[Mickle Fell]], which has a height of 2,585 ft (788 m) and lies within southern [[Teesdale]] in the far north of the North Riding. Lower-lying land is found in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Riding]], around the River Humber and the far-east of the West Riding around [[Goole]]. The East Riding is the only part of Yorkshire to posses no mountains (hills exceeding 2,000 ft in height) at all, although it does have an upland area, the [[Yorkshire Wolds]], the most northerly range of chalk hills (known as "downs" in [[southern England]]) in Great Britain, in which the highest point is Bishop Wilton Wold at 814 ft (248 m).

=== Subdivisions ===

=== Subdivisions ===

[[File:Yorkshire Wapentakes.svg.png|right|450px|thumb|The wapentakes of the [[North Riding of Yorkshire|North]] (yellow), [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East]] (green) and [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West]] (pink) Ridings of Yorkshire.]]

[[File:Yorkshire Wapentakes.svg.png|right|450px|thumb|The wapentakes of the [[North Riding of Yorkshire|North]] (yellow), [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East]] (green) and [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West]] (pink) Ridings of Yorkshire.]]