Historic county

Yorkshire (historic county)

Yorkshire (historic county) is a historic county made up of 17 local authorities. Its boundary comes from Ordnance Survey's circa 1888 edition of Boundary-Line, and each local authority counts as a member of the county holding most of its area. It has no official code.

Its local authorities today. Select one to open its page.

Local authorities

Former members

Wards

467 wards, by local authority.

Barnsley 21

Bradford 30

Calderdale 18

Doncaster 21

East Riding of Yorkshire 26

Kingston upon Hull, City of 21

Kirklees 23

Leeds 33

Middlesbrough 20

North Yorkshire 89

Oldham 20

Redcar and Cleveland 24

Ribble Valley 26

Rotherham 25

Sheffield 28

Wakefield 21

York 21

Ask the API

The API holds Yorkshire (historic county) as a named location, with each member dated, so you can add up data over it or list the areas inside it.

  • The place and its definitionDocs
    GET/v1/locations/yorkshire-historic-county
  • Its member councilsDocs
    GET/v1/locations/yorkshire-historic-county/members