Culture of Yorkshire

Historic county symbols of Yorkshire
Flag of Yorkshire
Emblem
Yorkshire rose
Yorkshire rose
FoodYorkshire Pudding
Sport
Sweet

The culture of Yorkshire has developed over the county's history, influenced by the cultures of those who came to control/settle in the region, including the Celts (Brigantes and Parisii) [citation needed], Romans, Angles, Vikings, Normans and British Afro-Caribbean [citation needed] peoples (Windrush generation communities), from the 1950s onwards. Yorkshire people are said to have a strong sense of regional identity, and are sometimes thought to identify more strongly with their own county than with England, as a whole.[1] Despite the decline of many traditional and distinctive features of the Yorkshire dialect, its accent is widely perceived as trustworthy and friendly.[2][3][4]

According to a genetic study published in Nature (19 March 2015), the local population of West Yorkshire is genetically distinct from the rest of the population of Yorkshire.[5]

The 2015 Oxford University study compared the current genetic distribution in Britain to the geographical maps of its historic Kingdoms, and found that the distinct West Yorkshire genetic cluster closely corresponds to Elmet's known territories. This suggests Yorkshire may have maintained a regional Celtic identity through the centuries.[6]

  1. ^ "John Major – Brighton Rally". The Conservatives Party. 29 May 2001. Archived from the original on 22 November 2006. Retrieved 30 November 2014. He's a shrewd, straight-talking Yorkshireman – not English, mind you, Yorkshire
  2. ^ Life, Northern (21 October 2020). "Yorkshire is the most trustworthy accent according to a recent study". Northern Life Magazine. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. ^ Kellett, Arnold (January 1994). The Yorkshire Dictionary of Dialect, Tradition and Folklore. Smith Settle. ISBN 1-85825-016-1.
  4. ^ Himelfield, Dave (9 March 2022). "Yorkshire accent 'friendliest' of all British Isles accents survey finds". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. ^ https://www.nature.com/news/uk-mapped-out-by-genetic-ancestry-1.17136 citing Leslie, S., Winney, B., Hellenthal, G. et al. The fine-scale genetic structure of the British population. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14230
  6. ^ "Population genetics".