Yorkshire coat of arms-shield

Embroidered patch shows Yorkshire coat of arms.Patch made on a blue background with big white rose in the middle.The flag of Yorkshire was registered in 2008. It bears a white rose. which has long been associated with the county. The white rose, also known as the “rose alba” or “rose argent”, was originally the symbol of the House of York and is believed to have originated with the first Duke of York, Edmund of Langley in the fourteenth century, who founded the House of York as a cadet branch of the then ruling House of Plantagenet. The rose carried religious connotations, its white colour symbolising innocence and purity. It was accordingly also held to evoke the Virgin Mary, who was referred to as the “Mystical Rose of Heaven”. An alternative view is that a white rose was originally a badge of the Mortimer family whose member Anne married Edmund’s younger son Richard. Their son, also Richard, third Duke of York and father of Edward IV, claimed the throne through his Mortimer descent and therefore naturally displayed their white rose in opposition to the Lancastrian Henry VI, who bore a red rose. The white rose emblem of the House of York.Yorkshire historic county in the north of England, is the largest territorial entity of its kind in the region. The area of ​​15,712 km².
The surface of the county is extremely diverse: in the north-west are the highest mountains in England, among other places bare swamps, interspersed with fertile area. All rivers except the Ribble and Tees, belong to the pool of bonds and Humber. In XX century, the county ranked first in agriculture and animal husbandry. The western part of the county is rich in minerals and factories. Yorkshire is divided into North, West and East Riding.