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- Yorkshire_Day abstract "Yorkshire Day is celebrated on 1 August to promote the historic English county of Yorkshire It was celebrated in 1975, by the Yorkshire Ridings Society, initially in Beverley, as \"a protest movement against the Local Government re-organisation of 1974\", The date alludes to the Battle of Minden, and also the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, for which a Yorkshire MP, William Wilberforce, had campaigned.The day was already celebrated by the Light Infantry, successors to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, as Minden Day. Together with five other infantry regiments of the British Army, a rose is permitted to be worn in the headdress. In the case of the Light Infantry, the rose is white.Amongst the celebrations there is a Civic gathering of Lord Mayors, Mayors, and other Civic Heads from across the county, convened by the Yorkshire Society, which has been held in:1998: Huddersfield1999: Kingston upon Hull2001: Wakefield2003: Halifax2004: Leeds2005: Bradford2006: Penistone2007: Kingston upon Hull2008: Redcar2009: Malton2010: Hedon2011: Wakefield 2012: Scarborough2013: Skipton2014: South Kirkby and Moorthorpe2015: DoncasterSaltburn, Guisborough and Saddleworth have also played host.Similar events have been promoted by the Friends of Real Lancashire (27 November, since 1996) and the Huntingdonshire Society (25 April, since 2002) to promote their counties.".
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageExternalLink www.yorkshireridings.org.
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- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageRevisionID "692620806".
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Abolitionism.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Minden.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Beverley.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Bradford.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink British_Army.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink British_Empire.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Category:Annual_events_in_England.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Category:August_observances.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Category:Events_in_Yorkshire.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Category:Yorkshire_culture.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Doncaster.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Friends_of_Real_Lancashire.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Guisborough.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Halfdan_Ragnarsson.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Halifax,_West_Yorkshire.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Hedon.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Historic_counties_of_England.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Huddersfield.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Huntingdonshire.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Kings_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Kingston_upon_Hull.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Leeds.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Local_Government_Act_1972.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Lord_Mayor.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Malton,_North_Yorkshire.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Mayor.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Minden_Day.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Penistone.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Redcar.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Saddleworth.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Scandinavian_York.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Scarborough,_North_Yorkshire.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Skipton.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink South_Kirkby_and_Moorthorpe.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink St_Pirans_Day.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Sussex_Day.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink The_Light_Infantry.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Wakefield.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink William_Wilberforce.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink York.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink York_city_walls.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Yorkshire.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Yorkshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Yorkshire_Ridings_Society.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLink Yorkshire_Society.
- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageWikiLinkText "Yorkshire Day".
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- Yorkshire_Day wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Yorkshire.
- Yorkshire_Day subject Category:Annual_events_in_England.
- Yorkshire_Day subject Category:August_observances.
- Yorkshire_Day subject Category:Events_in_Yorkshire.
- Yorkshire_Day subject Category:Yorkshire_culture.
- Yorkshire_Day type Observance.
- Yorkshire_Day comment "Yorkshire Day is celebrated on 1 August to promote the historic English county of Yorkshire It was celebrated in 1975, by the Yorkshire Ridings Society, initially in Beverley, as \"a protest movement against the Local Government re-organisation of 1974\", The date alludes to the Battle of Minden, and also the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, for which a Yorkshire MP, William Wilberforce, had campaigned.The day was already celebrated by the Light Infantry, successors to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, as Minden Day. ".
- Yorkshire_Day label "Yorkshire Day".
- Yorkshire_Day sameAs Q8055705.
- Yorkshire_Day sameAs m.06b1yt.
- Yorkshire_Day sameAs Q8055705.
- Yorkshire_Day wasDerivedFrom Yorkshire_Day?oldid=692620806.
- Yorkshire_Day isPrimaryTopicOf Yorkshire_Day.