East Riding

[ rahy-ding ]

noun

1. a former administrative division of Yorkshire, in NE England, now part of Humberside.

Example Sentences

On their return from Brussels they were to set up a school in some healthy seaside place in the East Riding.

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He had possessed himself of the estates belonging to a collegiate foundation at Lowthorpe in the East Riding.

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In 1707 the system was extended to the East Riding, and in 1708 to Middlesex.

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Thorpe, which occurs 63 times in Lincolnshire, is found 48 times in East Riding.

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"Look in your hand, Mr. Prince," suggested a thick-headed fellow from the East-Riding, not unlike a bullock in top-boots.

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