This region formed what was historically the largest county in England and today the county of North Yorkshire still holds that honour.
Yorkshire is a vast and varied region of more than three and a half million acres and a population of almost 5 million. That's more people than Norway. Indeed, Yorkshire's population is larger than Wales or Ireland, or New Zealand, or Albania, Lithuania, Estonia, Jamaica or Iceland. It is not far behind Denmark and there are almost as many Yorkshire as there are Scots. Indeed more than 28 of the states of America have a population that is smaller than that of Yorkshire.
Most of Yorkshire's people live in the south and south west, in the old West Riding. Here we find many of the region's largest towns, most of which grew as a result of the historic textile trade. This is home to Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Pontefract and Castleford to name but a few, accompanied by Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley and Sheffield in the old mining and steel making districts of the south.
Remarkably for such a populous region, most of Yorkshire still forms one of the least densely populated corners of the nation. It is home to vast swathes of unspoilt, beautiful countryside, littered only with picturesque villages and genteel towns. Yorkshire's smaller places range from solid stone hamlets in the dales, fine brick-built coaching towns in the vales to lovely red-roofed cottages in captivating coastal settlements that hug the coves of the shore.
Source: yorkshire-england.co.uk
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