West Riding of Yorkshire
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The West 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 Norse þriðing, "third part", a legacy of the Scandinavian settlers of the 9th century): In addition to the West Riding, these were East Riding of Yorkshire and North Riding of Yorkshire. After the traditional counties were replaced by administrative counties in 1888, the three ridings became administrative counties in their own right. The West Riding of Yorkshire retained this status until 1974, when the core area of the West Riding became the new Metropolitan County of West Yorkshire. The southern parts became part of the newly formed Metropolitan County of South Yorkshire; the districts of Craven and Harrogate became part of the county of North Yorkshire. Small parts of the area were assigned to the counties of Lancashire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and East Riding of Yorkshire.
Until its dissolution, the West Riding had an area of 7169 km². Its area included the towns of Barnsley, Batley, Bradford, Brighouse, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Halifax, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Keighley, Leeds, Morley, Ossett, Pontefract, Pudsey, Ripon, Rotherham, Sheffield, Todmorden and Wakefield, among others.
The West Riding of Yorkshire as an administrative county from 1888 to 1974. The independent county boroughs are marked in yellow.
Flag of the West Riding of Yorkshire
