When Is A Derby Not A Derby?

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  1. Sopwith Camel

    Sopwith Camel Well-Known Member

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    West Riding or West Yorkshire
     
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    West Riding. I didn't know there was a difference to be honest.
     
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    Not West Yorkshire exactly Archey... The West Riding of Yorkshire.. which all the current South Yorks was part of... plus a lot of what is now West Yorks... Wakefield, Leeds etc.
    Riding is a corruption of an old word for one third... Yorkshire had three Ridings, East, North and West.
     
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