Yorkshire

:This article is about the English county. For other uses, see Yorkshire (disambiguation).

History

:Main article History of Yorkshire

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The Ridings were divided further into wapentakes. In about 1823 these were

Related Topics:
Wapentake - 1823

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North Riding

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• Allertonshire
• Birdforth
• Bulmer
• Gilling East and West
• Halikeld
• Hang East and West
• Langbaurgh East and West
• Pickering Lythe
• Ryedale
• Whitby Strand

East Riding

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• Buckrose
• Dickering
• Harthill - Bainton beacon, Holme beacon, Hunsley beacon and Wilton beacon
• Holderness South Middle and North
• Howdenshire
• Ouse and Derwent

West Riding

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• Agbrigg and Morley (Agbrigg and Morley divisions)
• Barkston Ash
• Ewcross
• Claro Lower and Upper
• Morley
• Osgoldcross
• Skyrack Lower and Upper
• Staincliffe East and West
• Staincross
• Strafforth and Tickhill Lower and Upper

Apart from these there were the Ainsty wapentake, the City of York (not part of any riding), and Hullshire (geographically in the East Riding though not part of it).

Related Topics:
Ainsty - City of York - Hullshire

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The Ridings were used as the basis of administrative counties upon the introduction of local government, in 1888, although many boroughs within the area were made county boroughs in their own right.

Related Topics:
Administrative counties - Local government - 1888 - County borough

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In 1974 the local government system was reformed, with the area being split between:

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• North Yorkshire (including Yorkshire's county town of York — although the county town of North Yorkshire is Northallerton)
• South Yorkshire
• West Yorkshire
• Humberside (including parts of Lincolnshire)
• Cleveland (including parts of County Durham)

South and West Yorkshire are termed metropolitan counties, as they cover mostly built-up areas. Additionally, small portions were ceded to the control of Cumbria, Lancashire, County Durham and Greater Manchester.

Related Topics:
Metropolitan counties - Cumbria - Lancashire - County Durham - Greater Manchester

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In 1986 the county councils of West and South Yorkshire were abolished, and in 1996 Cleveland and Humberside were broken up into districts, which became independent administrative counties (unitary authority areas) in their own right, as did an expanded City of York. For ceremonial purposes the districts previously covered by Cleveland now fall in the ceremonial counties of North Yorkshire and County Durham, and the districts previously covered by Humberside now fall in the ceremonial counties of East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Related Topics:
1986 - County council - 1996 - Unitary authority - City of York - Ceremonial counties

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Much of Yorkshire is now represented by the region of Yorkshire and the Humber.

Related Topics:
Region - Yorkshire and the Humber

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