What is West Riding of Yorkshire?
The '''West Riding of Yorkshire''' is one of the three historic subdivisions of [[Yorkshire]], [[England]]. From 1889 to 1974 the [[administrative county]], ''County of York, West Riding'' (abbreviated: ''County of York (WR)'') (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), was based closely on the historic boundaries. The [[lieutenancy]] at that time included the City of [[York]] and as such was named ''West Riding of the County of York and the County of the City of York''.[3] Its boundaries roughly correspond to the present ceremonial counties of [[West Yorkshire]], [[South Yorkshire]] and the [[Craven]], [[Harrogate]] and [[Selby]] districts of [[North Yorkshire]], along with smaller parts in [[Lancashire]] (for example, the parishes of [[Barnoldswick]], Bracewell, Brogden and Salterforth became part of the Pendle district of Lancashire and the parishes of [[Great Mitton]], [[Newsholme]] and [[Bowland Forest Low]] became part of the Ribble Valley district also in Lancashire), [[Cumbria]], [[Greater Manchester]] and, since 1996, the unitary [[East Riding of Yorkshire]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:West Riding Of Yorkshire}} [[Category:1974 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Yorkshire]] {{UK-stub}}