Yorkshire. The Texas Of England?

[Bush Tucker Man]

The Biggest & Best

It's a reasonably well-known fact (by its inhabitants anyway) that there are more acres in Yorkshire than in letters in the Bible.
Yes, letters, not simply words. So it must be big

There are (supposedly) 3,586,483 letters in the Bible (sorry, don't know which edition)
Yorkshire comprises of 3,889,432 acres
The biggest county in the Country

We even have 20,749 acres of inland water, of all catagories


Admittedly these figures are pre-1974 re-delineation of county boundaries & consisted of the North, East, West Ridings & the City Of York.  

In the end we gave a bit to Lancashire, a bit to Derbyshire & were generally b*ggered about with (like most counties)
But we got some back as well.

Surprisingly, for some people, Yorkshire is almost as big as Wales :shock:
It's well over 4/5ths the size of it & they get a Parliament :x
Lincolnshire is the next largest county (half the size of Yorkshire)

Rutland is almost 40times smaller :shock:

It's quite possibly the most varied county?
We have (for example)
2 World Heritage sites (Fountains Abbey & SaltAire. Both are well worth visiting)

Sheffield (once the biggest steel producer in the world & reknown for its cutlery)

Leeds (beautiful Victorian buildings, Harvey-Nicks- only one outside London, site of many industrial firsts, one of the first railways, Home of Yorkshire Cricket Club)

Holmfirth ( & surrounding countryside; the home of 'Last Of The Summer Wine')

North Yorkshire Moors (Goathland; 'Heartbeat' village, Scarborough, Whitby (Lewis Carroll & Brahm Stoker links)

Wakefield (Originally one of the largest townships in the country & the regional capital. Many firsts are attributal to the city)

Bradford (curry capital of the north, & superb surrouding countryside)

York (a bit over-preserved in parts, but for lovers of ancient buildings it's a must, the National Railway Museum)



Sadly we have also have a regional equivilant of George Bush (read; hopeless idiot);
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John Prescott (he's from Hull)

[dracula]

But you don't have as many miles of hedgerow as Devon :tongue:
Approx 33,000 miles

[Bishops Finger]

Shropshire is Englands biggest inland county and there is also a world heritage site

[Bush Tucker Man]

Shropshire is Englands biggest inland county and there is also a world heritage site

Just  got to be the gorgeous Ironbridge

Fountains Abbey. Clever chaps those Cistercian Monks, they were dealing in 'Futures' in the 13th century. Selling fleeces & meat from Sheep that weren't even born.
I seem to remember that at todays rates, they were making over £10,000,000 a year :shock:

SaltAire

[TimM]

Yorkshire being big to me is not an asset.

I can get to SOUTH Yorkshire up the M1 in about 20 minutes (less if plod is asleep!), and I bought TOR this month as it featured NORTH Yorks, so I thought it wouldn't be too far away..... WRONG!!

I couldn't place where it was, and after consulting the map it is nowhere near me.

There are only 3 areas of England, south, central and Yorkshire.

Is that good though?

[Bush Tucker Man]

Yorkshire being big to me is not an asset.

 after consulting the map it is nowhere near me.

There are only 3 areas of England, south, central and Yorkshire.

Is that good though?

It's actually about 85miles through Yorkshire if you simply follow the Great North Road (A1)
We'll settle for being considered a separate entity (South, Central & Yorkshire) :lol:

[littlepow]

You missed out that North Yorkshire is the only county to have 2 national parks.

[Bush Tucker Man]

But you don't have as many miles of hedgerow as Devon :tongue:
Approx 33,000 miles

No, perhaps not. But, we have more dry-stone walling

Useless fact;
In between 1945 & 1985 England lost 96,000miles of hedgerow, then between '84 & '90 another 53,000miles were torn up

[Bishops Finger]

Correct BTM Shropshire's world Heritage site is Ironbridge, sadly too full of tourists and local chav's for me

Rolling countryside in south shropshire inspired AE Houseman

[Bush Tucker Man]

You missed out that North Yorkshire is the only county to have 2 national parks.

True, I did forget that one :oops:

[Bishops Finger]

Another good thing about Yorkshire is Riggwelter  :D

[defuzz]

You missed out that North Yorkshire is the only county to have 2 national parks.

How about Devon, they've got Exmoor and Dartmoor haven't they??



Of course none of you have got as much coastline as Cornwall

[barmiebrumie]

Me here in Brum if i look out of my front bedroom window i've got spaggettie junction & if i look out of my rear attic window i've got         Villa Park (hollwed ground), no mud in sight anywhere

[littlepow]

When I was a bern, if I looked out the front of the house I could see the North Yorkshire dales, and out the back the North Yorkshire moors.
Now work has me staying in a city, so only concrete and brick. Even worse there's no hills!    

[Priglet]

From the front window all I can see is a tree but from the back there's Trent Bridge Cricket Ground and unfortunately the City Ground - Home of Nottingham Forest who were good 20 years ago but can't even win a raffle now :oops:

[Jim-Willy]

In the end we gave a bit to Lancashire,

He,he,he.  Thats my mates favourite subject.  He lives in Horton In Craven which was Yorkshire but is now Lancashire to his disgust.  We were thinking of hitching the 'Welcome to Lancashire' sign up to the truck and hauling it a mile up the road.

[Jim-Willy]

Another good thing about Yorkshire is Riggwelter  :D

MMMM, Good stuff, Masham is a strange place, its got a Sheep race track!
Old Peculier and Timmy Taylors Landlord are better though.  The best pint in the world is Hibernator brewed at the White Bear in Crosshills.

[xmob]

My BIL used to have the White Bear in Eastburn, about 500 yards up the road.

[Hissy]

COVENTRY In the middle where it matters.
God may own Yorkshire and go to Gloustershire on holiday but he's Coventry born and bred.

Coventry is the only city with two universities

AND St George was reputed to have been born at Caludon Castle but a mere stones throw from my humble abode.

www.geocities.com/hank99uk/StGeorge.html

[Bush Tucker Man]

COVENTRY In the middle where it matters.

That may be so, but don't bad people getsent  there?? :lol:

And of course it's the original home of 'Peeping Tom', after Leofrics wife did her horse riding bit

[Hissy]

I almost forgot Coventry Bees were crowned Elite League Champions last night for the first time in 17 years \:D/  \:D/  \:D/  \:D/

They beat some Lancashire mob from somewhere called Belle Vue :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[Bush Tucker Man]

I almost forgot Coventry Bees were crowned Elite League Champions last night for the first time in 17 years \:D/  \:D/  \:D/  \:D/

They beat some Lancashire mob from somewhere called Belle Vue :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Is that Speedway?, or some blokes with an inflated Pigs Bladder?

[Jim-Willy]

Speedway?

MMMM, is there a better smell than Castrol R?  Aint been since I was a Kid.

[Hissy]

BTM ....

That's Speedway.

Another link  :!:  :!:  :!:

www.coventry.historians.co.uk/brum.htm

Cheers  Andy...

[Bush Tucker Man]

We've also got the highest unbroken waterfall in the UK, but it's underground though :lol:

I'm sure we also used to have the highest 'above ground' as well, until the 1974 boundary alterations.
High Force in Teesdale

[Hissy]

Yeah :!:  :!:  :!:  :!:

Well we've got the earliest closing Burger King in the country :!:  :!:  :!:
During the weak the city centre outlet closes at 6-30pm as after that the place becomes a Ghost Town  :(  :(  :(  :(  :( (there's an 80's song in there)

Cheers Andy

[Manicminer]

We've also got the highest unbroken waterfall in the UK, but it's underground though :lol:

I'm sure we also used to have the highest 'above ground' as well, until the 1974 boundary alterations.
High Force in Teesdale

This at 240ft is the highest in Wales (it's not unbroken though)
http://pistyllrhaeadr.co.uk

http://britannia.com/wales/7wonders/wonder1.html

[Eeyore]

COVENTRY In the middle where it matters.

Yes, and Polos (TM) have holes in the centre, too!    :lol:

Coventry is damned easy to get away from! Everywhere is close, but nowhere is convienient! Ask me how I know.....

And there are other places with two Universities!  There wasn't, but there is now!

But you're right about the Bees! The Blaze are ridin' high, an all.

cheers
 8)
Eeyore

[MuddyMike]

Now you have gone and done it. All those outsiders will be flooding into Yorkshire in the hope of sharing what we have. For gods sake dont tell them about the empty roads, miles of green lanes, cheap beer and great pub food.

Mike
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[bronco]

LMAO when I saw the title
pity it's so big you could have caught that rogue who took your pin :lol: