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In the British Isles, a riding is a sub-division of a county. The word is a corruption of the Old Norse ţriđing (thridhing or thrithing) meaning a third part. The term was also used in 19th century Canada to refer to sub-divisions of counties - today, the word riding is a semi-official term for an electoral division.
Traditionally, Yorkshire has three ridings, East, North and West, which were themselves subdivided into wapentakes.
The ridings had separate county councils until 1974. A local government body called East Riding of Yorkshire was reestablished in 1996.
LindseyLindsey is a traditional subdivison of Lincolnshire in England, which includes most the urbanised areas. It was named for the Kingdom of Lindsey. The division was recognised by Parliament in 1888 when it was given its own county council (along with the ot, a subdivision of LincolnshireThis article is about the English administrative county. For the Illinois village, see Lincolnshire, Illinois; for the Kentucky city, see Lincolnshire, Kentucky. Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs is a county in the East Midlands of England, traditionally th, also possessed Ridings, in this case the North , West and South ridings. County TipperaryCounty Tipperary Tiobraid Arainn in Irish) is a county in the Republic of Ireland, in the province of Munster. Area: 4,303 km˛ (1,661 square miles). Tipperary is known for its horse breeding (Coolmore Stud is the largest thoroughbred breeding operation in in the Republic of IrelandThe Republic of Ireland ( Irish: Poblacht na hEireann is the common term for a state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of northwest Europe. It is the western-most state of the European Union. The remaining sixt was divided in the 19th century into two (not three) ridings, Tipperary North RidingNorth Tipperary until 2002 called Tipperary North Riding is a local government area in Ireland, consisting of the northern part of County Tipperary. North Tipperary was established in 1898 and has had a county council ever since, and has had separate assi and Tipperary South RidingSouth Tipperary until 2002 called Tipperary South Riding is a local government area in Ireland, consisting of the southern part of County Tipperary. South Tipperary was established in 1898 and has had a county council ever since, and previously has had se — the divisions remain but these have since been renamed simply 'North Tipperary' and 'South Tipperary'.The term FarthingFarthing is an old word meaning a quarter. In modern usage it could refer to An old British coin valued one quarter of a penny: see History of the farthing An old subdivision of the English county of Gloucestershire see hundred A subdivision of the fictio (four-thing) is analogous. Gloucestershire was once divided into Farthings, and in the fictional universe of Middle-earth, The Shire is divided into four Farthings.