Talk:South Yorkshire

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1 still exists
2 History of the term
3 Population figures
4 Practically in the Midlands

[edit] still exists

It is popularly considered a county, although it now technically isn't.

As things stand there are no intermediate divisions of Yorkshire on an official level

These things may be true from an administrative point of view, but South Yorkshire still exists as a "ceremonial" county - there is a Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire ( http://www.lordlt.org.uk/ ) and also a High Sheriff. There are also some governmental functions that are run at the South Yorks level despite the abolition of the county council - South Yorks Police, SYPTE, Fire & Rescue... --rbrwr

[edit] History of the term

Does anyone hava anything on the use of South Yorkshire before 1972? I know there was a 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron, based at Doncaster airfield during the Battle of Britain. This predates the 1972 Local Government Act by several decades. 194.203.110.127 15:56, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

There used to be a daytime soap opera called "South Riding". I barely remember it, but I wish I could remember if it was mentioned any real towns or villages in South Yorkshire. I bet it was based in the Dales (and perhaps Leeds) though,

The South Riding was Holderness. It was based on a really old novel. Epa101 17:21, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Population figures

Can we have a citation for the lists of population figures? One would hope they are from the 2001 census but it would be prudent to cite a source. Mrsteviec 13:51, 21 October 2006 (UTC)