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 Richard Ridings Richard Ridings (born 19 September 1958) is a British actor, and is best known for his portrayal of Alan Ashburn in the ITV television drama "Fat Friends", and for playing Bernard Green in the BBC1 comedy-drama "Common as Muck". He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He is the father of singer-songwriter Freya Ridings. Ridings was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. He has had roles in a series of other television series and feature films, among them "Clockwise", "The Ink Thief", "Red Dwarf", "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)", "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "Fierce Creatures" and