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West Riding

American  
[rahy-ding] / ˈraɪ dɪŋ /

noun

  1. a former administrative division of Yorkshire, England.


West Riding British  

noun

  1. (until 1974) an administrative division of Yorkshire, now part of West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Cumbria, and Lancashire

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Born in the West Riding in 1938 and educated by Jesuits in Leeds, he graduated from Durham University before leaving the country to teach in France for a number of years.

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2016

Her love of landscape came from drives around West Riding with her father in the course of his work as county surveyor.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2015

One offence was allegedly committed in Barnsley and then West Riding in the mid-1950s.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2014

The new West Riding line restores the direct link to Halifax and Pontefract after 32 years and to Brighouse after 40.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2010

Several days before the grand hunt, Ash began to see wagons full of crates and rugs and rolled-up canvases driving down the road from West Riding into the Wood.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

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