North Riding of Yorkshire

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Flag of the North Riding of Yorkshire

North Riding of Yorkshire as a county (1888–1974)

The North Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three former administrative areas of the traditional county of Yorkshire in England .

The county of Yorkshire was divided into three areas, so-called Ridings (from the old Norwegian þriðing, "third part", a legacy of the Scandinavian settlers of the 9th century): In addition to the North Riding, these were East Riding of Yorkshire and West Riding of Yorkshire . After the traditional counties were replaced by the administrative counties in 1888 , the three Ridings became separate administrative counties . In 1974 the county of North Riding of Yorkshire was dissolved. Most of the area became the new county of North Yorkshire (including larger parts of the north West Riding , the city of York itself, and the northern and eastern edges of the East Riding). The district of South Teesdale was assigned to County Durham , while Middlesbrough and Redcar came to the also newly formed county of Cleveland , which was dissolved again in 1996.