The Yorkshire bagpipe is a type of

bagpipe Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, ...

once native to the county of

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...

in northern England. The instrument is currently extinct, but sources as early as 1885 describe it as being familiar in Shakespeare's time. Modern researcher Kathleen Scott notes that the instrument was often likened to sows, but not based on its sound.

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