Yorkshire

Yorkshire
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an area and former ↑county in northeast England, now divided into North, East, South and West Yorkshire. Yorkshire is partly very industrial, with large cities such as Leeds, Sheffield, and Bradford, and, in the past, many coal mines. It also has large areas of beautiful, wild countryside, including the ↑North York Moors and the ↑Dales.

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