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unusual facts about East Riding


Ralph Ellerker

The younger Ellerker was appointed chief steward of the lordships of Cotingham and Rise in 1522, and from that time onward frequently was on the commission of the peace for the East Riding.


Ernest Meysey-Thompson

At the 1900 general election, he contested the Buckrose division of the East Riding, where he lost by 91 votes (1.2%) to the Liberal candidate Luke White.

Quarter session

In some counties there were multiple Quarter Sessions, quite apart from the urban areas: for example, Yorkshire had its North Riding, West Riding, and East Riding; whilst Northamptonshire's Soke of Peterborough was administered separately.


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Andy Leaning

Born in Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, Leaning had trials with York City in 1979 at the age of 16 and he went on to play for York Railway Institute and Rowntree Mackintosh in the Northern Counties East Football League as an amateur while working for British Rail.

Bettison

Bettison's Folly, tower in Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Cottingham Castle

Baynard Castle, Cottingham, a former moated manor house in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Croome

Sledmere and Croome, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Harthill

Harthill Wapentake a former wapentake in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Jean-Guy Carignan

With the Quebec East riding boundaries redistributed in 2003, Carignan contested the Louis-Saint-Laurent electoral district in the 2004 federal election as an independent candidate but finished in sixth place while Bernard Cleary of the Bloc Québécois won the riding.

Kelk

Kelk, East Riding of Yorkshire, a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Middlesex East

In 1882, the East Riding of the county of Middlesex it was defined as consisting of the townships of London, West Nissouri, North Dorchester and South Dorchester, the town of London East and the villages of London West and Springfield.

Peregrine Osborne

Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds (1659–1729), English MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed, Corfe Castle and York, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the East Riding of Yorkshire

Ronnie Hilton

Born Adrian Hill in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hilton left school at 14 and worked in an aircraft factory at the beginning of the Second World War, before being called up into the Highland Light Infantry.

Ruston Parva

Leeds based band Kaiser Chiefs originally named themselves Runston Parva after the East Riding of Yorkshire village.

Sheila Mercier

After education at the French Convent, Hull and Hunmanby Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire, she trained for the stage at the Stratford-upon-Avon College of Drama.

The Circle, Kingston upon Hull

During the winter the Circle was a rugby union venue for Hull and East Riding RUFC, before its amalgamation with Ionians RUFC to form Hull Ionians, whom now play at Brantingham, East Riding of Yorkshire.

WEEL

Weel, a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Willerby

Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village and civil parish located on the western outskirts of the city of Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire

York East

Called the East Riding of York, it consisted of the Townships of Markham, Scarborough, the Village of Yorkville and the portion of the Township of York lying east of Yonge Street.