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The ancient county, centered on the city of YORK, was Britain's largest, covering 15 859 km2 (6123 sq miles), and was divided into three Ridings - named from an Old English word meaning 'a third'.
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These were reorganized in 1974 into several new areas whose boundaries correspond only here and there with those of the old Ridings. Parts were cut off to form sections of the new counties of Cleveland and Humberside.
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North Yorkshire (8317 km2, 3211 sq miles) is the largest English county, stretching across the country from the east coast to within 20 km (12 miles) of the west. Much of it is moorland. The North York Moors (or Yorkshire Moors), with some of Britain's loveliest and most open landscapes, lie in the east and the Pennine hills -cut by the Yorkshire Dales - in the west. Between them is the fertile Vale of York, an area of rich farmland.
Tourism is concentrated on the seaside resort of SCARBOROUGH, the spa town of HARROGATE and the Pennine hills. Northallerton is the county town.
South Yorkshire (1560 km2, 602 sq miles) is the centre of British coal mining and metalworking. The principal city is SHEFFIELD on the River Don, which then flows past ROTHERHAM, a Saxon foundation overwhelmed by industry in the 19th century, and the railway town of DON-CASTER. North of Sheffield lies BARNSLEY, whose name, perhaps more than that of any other British town, is synonymous with coal. Yet even in this heavily industrialized county there are wide areas of open moorland.
West Yorkshire (2039 km2, 787 sq miles) is focused on the cities of LEEDS, BRADFORD and WAKEFIELD, and on a number of other large towns such as HUDDERSFIELD and HALIFAX, which grew with the rise of the woolen industry in the 19th century. These towns, with their huge mills and their vast town halls, reflected the civic pride of Yorkshire men and women. But today many of the mills and the factories have closed down or disappeared - and so has much of the employment.
