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North Yorkshire(dictionary)
North Yorkshire(tourism)
North Yorkshire hotels(tourism)
Yorkshire(encyclopedia)
Yorkshire(dictionary)
Yorkshire(dictionary)
West Yorkshire(encyclopedia)
Yorkshire pudding(dictionary)
South Yorkshire(encyclopedia)

North Yorkshire (sh)




Administrative (pop., 2001: 569,660) and geographic county, part of the historic county of Yorkshire, northern England.

Its administrative seat is Northallerton. Prehistoric sites show evidence of a military Roman occupation. In the Middle Ages it was a peripheral region of England with numerous castles of the great landowning families. Monastic orders, including the Cistercians, grew wealthy from sheep farming. The area played a significant part in the Wars of the Roses and the English Civil Wars. The modern economy is mainly agricultural.