Yorkshire a third part. The three ridings in Yorkshire were named the East Riding, West Riding and North Riding. The East and North Ridings of Yorkshire were separated by the River Derwent and the West and North Ridings were separated by the Ouse and the Ure/Nidd watershed. In 1974 the three ridings of Yorkshire were abolished and York, which had been independent of the three ridings, was incorporated into the new county called North Yorkshire. It later became part of York Unitary Authority. For statistical purposes, Yorkshire is divided, as of 2018, between three regions of England. Most of the county
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