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With the reorganisation of local government in 1974 Yorkshire’s boundaries were substantially changed. The areas around Leeds and Sheffield, formerly in the West Riding, became the two separate metropolitan counties of West and South Yorkshire while most of the East Riding became part of Humberside. Other areas of the former county were incorporated in Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria, Durham and Cleveland. In spite of these changes North Yorkshire, embracing much of the area of the former North Riding but extending further south, is still the largest county in England and Wales.
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Bax, A., Fairfield, S. (1978). North Yorkshire. In: The Macmillan Guide to the United Kingdom 1978–79. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81511-1_44
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