West Riding of Yorkshire West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire (abbrev.: "County of York (W.R.)") is one of the three historic administrative subdivisions of the county of Yorkshire that were recognized in England from 1889 to 1974. The division was made in the past due to the great size of Yorkshire relative to other counties. The other two ridings are the North Riding of Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire (see map at right). From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county, the area under the control of West Riding County Council was based closely on the earlier historic boundaries. The
Essex—Kent Essex—Kent Essex—Kent was a federal electoral district in Ontario that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997. It was created in 1976 from parts of Essex—Windsor, Kent—Essex and Lambton—Kent ridings, and initially consisted of the Townships of Colchester South, Gosfield North, Gosfield South, Mersea and Pelee, in the County of Essex, but excluding the Town of Essex, and Townships of Harwich, Raleigh, Romney and Tilbury East, including the Town of Tilbury, in the County of Kent. In 1987, Essex—Kent was re-defined to consist of the towns of Harrow, Kingsville and Leamington and the townships