North Riding

[ rahy-ding ]

noun

1. a former administrative division of Yorkshire, in N England, now part of North Yorkshire, Cleveland, and Durham.

North Riding

noun

1. (until 1974) an administrative division of Yorkshire, now constituting most of North Yorkshire

Example Sentences

Escalating the challenge to Jim Crow, Black and white activists began boarding buses in the North, riding them to the South to defy bus segregation.

From Scientific American

Escalating the challenge to Jim Crow, Black and white activists began boarding buses in the North, riding them to the South to defy bus segregation.

From Scientific American

If there was mostly Joy in Mudville for that magic moment, there was the same in Wisconsin, where I grew up in a town to Milwaukee’s north, riding my bike to Little League games and pulling off to the side when it was time for Aaron to bat for the Braves.

From Los Angeles Times

The smaller neighborhoods of South Village, Cedar Hunt and North Riding, which fall within the boundaries, are not part of the South Riding homeowners association.

From Washington Post

The AJ1 plate was first used in 1907 by the chief constable of the then North Riding Constabulary, Maj Sir Robert Bowyer.

From BBC