Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50421 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

yorkeshireYorkshire

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it: 154 times in 62 works
Consistency: 100% (154 of 154)
Reach if approved: ~162 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: yorkshire
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 154 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (154 changes in 62 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 154)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
The said Nortons were Thomas Norton and Christopher Norton of YorkeshireYorkshire, and they were hanged, beheaded, and quartered for Treason, for the late Rebellion in …
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The said Nortons were Thomas Norton and Christopher Norton of YorkeshireYorkshire, and they were hanged, beheaded, and quartered for Treason, for the late Rebellion in …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 394 · Open in the reader
Printed
… before mentioned) was assembled long after, at Whitby (called by the Saxons Streanesheale) in YorkeshireYorkshire, the yeare of our Lord DCLXIIII. for the decision of the same question. Concerning …
With rule
… before mentioned) was assembled long after, at Whitby (called by the Saxons Streanesheale) in YorkeshireYorkshire, the yeare of our Lord DCLXIIII. for the decision of the same question. Concerning …
James Ussher · The Religion Anciently Professed by the Irish and British · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of gold; and thus furnished, he took to Sea, and landed at Ravenspurre in YorkeshireYorkshire, where he found but cold entertainment; neverthelesse he made a wary march to Yorke …
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… of gold; and thus furnished, he took to Sea, and landed at Ravenspurre in YorkeshireYorkshire, where he found but cold entertainment; neverthelesse he made a wary march to Yorke …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Rivers Freer, Forrest, Crofts, and Collines Priests, Thomas Epsara Monke; five Priests of YorkeshireYorkshire, and Robert Bockham, John Tomson, Roger Barret, John Wolcocke, William Alse, James Morton, John …
With rule
… and Rivers Freer, Forrest, Crofts, and Collines Priests, Thomas Epsara Monke; five Priests of YorkeshireYorkshire, and Robert Bockham, John Tomson, Roger Barret, John Wolcocke, William Alse, James Morton, John …
William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 286 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Victorious Son Sir Thomas Fairfax, set upon their Enemies again at Wakefield in YorkeshireYorkshire, where they obtained a most renowned Victory over them, forced them out of the …
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… and Victorious Son Sir Thomas Fairfax, set upon their Enemies again at Wakefield in YorkeshireYorkshire, where they obtained a most renowned Victory over them, forced them out of the …
John Vicars · Englands Worthies · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in Lincolnshire: the next yeare, two in the marches of Scotland, and two in YorkeshireYorkshire, and so through all the Shires in England. Hereby Religion was much propagated, and …
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… in Lincolnshire: the next yeare, two in the marches of Scotland, and two in YorkeshireYorkshire, and so through all the Shires in England. Hereby Religion was much propagated, and …
Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History Part 2 · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
Morcar and Edwin Earls of YorkeſhireYorkshire and Cheſhire, Harolds Brother-in-laws, withdrawing themſelves and their forces from their battel …
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Morcar and Edwin Earls of YorkeſhireYorkshire and Cheſhire, Harolds Brother-in-laws, withdrawing themſelves and their forces from their battel …
William Prynne · Vindication of Fundamental Rights and Governments of English Freemen · p. 368 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have it. But he, after he had it, carried it away with him into YorkeſhireYorkshire, that ſo upon any complaints of the breach of the agreement when ours ſhould …
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… have it. But he, after he had it, carried it away with him into YorkeſhireYorkshire, that ſo upon any complaints of the breach of the agreement when ours ſhould …
John Vicars · The Schismatic Sifted · p. 17 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.