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- proper noun UK
East Riding of Yorkshire .
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Examples
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Great news in Birmingham and great news too here in the East Riding.
How Does Today Feel? Praguetory 2007
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That road will take us north through the East Riding into Sohayil.
Spirit Gate 2006
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From Olossi to a short way past the East Riding, West Track ran on an almost due west to east axis, parallel to the River Hayi.
Spirit Gate 2006
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Still, I fancy the ground in the East Riding is less fully occupied than in the West.
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The men gave their names as A.H. Barkworth, justice of the peace of East Riding, Yorkshire, England, and W.J. Mellers, of Christ Church Terrace, Chelsea, London.
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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.
Emily Brontë 1900
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The autumn of this year was taken up with a series of public meetings, mostly in the East Riding, in the greater part of which J. and M.Y. had the company of Isabel Casson of Hull.
Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley Yeardley, John, 1786-1858 1860
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THE Fall assizes of the year 184 -, came on in the East Riding, and my friend, Paul Beechim, found himself duly indicted before
The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches, 1853
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Still, I fancy the ground in the East Riding is less fully occupied than in the West.
Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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It leads the local biodiversity action plan in East Riding, which involves identifying key species and habitats that need to be protected.
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