Yorkshire's eastern third
East Riding is a historic administrative division of Yorkshire in northern England.
Yorkshire was traditionally divided into three ridings—East, West, and North—from an Old Norse word meaning "third part." The East Riding bordered the North Sea and included the city of Hull.
Though abolished in 1974, it was partially restored in 1996 as the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Northern English port city
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Yorkshire's eastern third
East Riding is a historic administrative division of Yorkshire in northern England.
Yorkshire was traditionally divided into three ridings—East, West, and North—from an Old Norse word meaning "third part." The East Riding bordered the North Sea and included the city of Hull.
Though abolished in 1974, it was partially restored in 1996 as the East Riding of Yorkshire.
1. Yorkshire — Hull, Northern English port city; Beverley (Feminine given name); North Sea (Atlantic extension near Britain)
2. rural — farmland, Agricultural terrain; pastures (Land for grazing animals); hedgerows (Rows of dense shrubs); villages (Small rural settlements); meadows · rolling · pastoral · scenic · agriculture · harvest · ploughing · barns · tractors · livestock
cardinal direction in Yorkshire administrative divisionsEast Riding ≠ North Yorkshire County in northern England
geographic orientationEast Riding ≠ west Cardinal direction toward sunset; western
Yorkshire: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales, York, Leeds, Sheffield; Fenland: March, marshes
east, riding, East
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/East_Riding