History of the East Riding of Yorkshire History of the East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire is a local government district with unitary authority status, and is a ceremonial county of England. It is named after the historic East Riding of Yorkshire which was one of three ridings alongside the North Riding and West Riding, which were constituent parts a Yorkshire ceremonial and administrative county until 1974. From 1974 to 1996 the area of the modern East Riding of Yorkshire constituted the northern part of Humberside. As a ceremonial county, the East Riding of Yorkshire borders North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, and includes
Richard Ridings as Silas in "". Ridings voices Daddy Pig in the animated children's series "Peppa Pig", Father Christmas and Boss Dwarf in "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom", and Grooby in Q Pootle 5. In 2005, he took the lead role in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom "Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymore", playing a sexually obsessed overweight ghost alongside Steve Furst and Amanda Abbington. The second series was transmitted in May, 2007. Ridings has also provided voiceovers in video games, including the voice of Sarge in "Quake III", the Mentor in "Dungeon Keeper" and "Dungeon Keeper 2", Mendechaus in War for the