As a Yorkshireman, I should know the answer to this...

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...but I don't.

Is it 'God's own county' or 'God's own country'. More than likely the first but I would appreciate confirmation.

Perhaps it's both. Thankyou.

I always thought it was God's own country.

God's Own Country - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%27s_Own_Country
God's Own Country, is a phrase meaning an area, region or country supposedly favoured by God, that was first used to describe the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, and has subsequently been used to refer to various places, including Australia, Canada, England (Cornwall, Surrey, Yorkshire), United States, New Zealand ...

Yorkshire - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire
Yorkshire formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and ... Yorkshire has sometimes been nicknamed "God's Own County" or "God's Own Country". The emblem of Yorkshire is the White Rose of the English ...

Both it is then.