Yorkshire Ridings Society "What future for Yorkshire?" in reply to the Government's white paper on devolution. It proposed as a "starting point" : According to the society's website, their current aims are: Yorkshire Ridings Society The Yorkshire Ridings Society is a group affiliated to the Association of British Counties calling for the wider recognition of the historic borders of Yorkshire, and its traditional subdivisions, the North, East and West Ridings. The Yorkshire Ridings Society was founded in 1974 in response to the Local Government Act 1972, which it saw, alongside subsequent local government reform, as a threat to Yorkshire's identity. Colin Holt, a
Hastings West Hastings West Hastings West was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Hastings, divided into three ridings: Hastings West, Hastings East and Hastings North. The West Riding consisted of the Town of Belleville, the Township of Sydney, and the Village of Trenton. In 1903, the county of Hastings was divided into two ridings: Hastings West and Hastings East. The west riding consisted of the townships of Sydney,