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East Riding
[ rahy-ding ]
noun
- a former administrative division of Yorkshire, in NE England, now part of Humberside.
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On their return from Brussels they were to set up a school in some healthy seaside place in the East Riding.
He had possessed himself of the estates belonging to a collegiate foundation at Lowthorpe in the East Riding.
In 1707 the system was extended to the East Riding, and in 1708 to Middlesex.
Thorpe, which occurs 63 times in Lincolnshire, is found 48 times in East Riding.
"Look in your hand, Mr. Prince," suggested a thick-headed fellow from the East-Riding, not unlike a bullock in top-boots.
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