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unusual facts about West Riding



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.

Sacred Heart Church, Hillsborough

The cost of construction of the church was £13,000 and £10,000 of that was donated by a Mrs. Wake, the widow of Philip Wake KSG, JP, magistrate for the West Riding.


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George Strickland

Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet (1782–1874), MP for Yorkshire 1831-1832, Yorkshire West Riding 1832-1841 and Preston 1841-1857

Halifax Minster

On Saturday the (31 March 2007) the stand of the 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) Regulation colours, taken out of service in 2002, in Osnabrück, Germany, at the Regiments Tercentenary parade, were laid up in the Parish church.

Hepton

Hepton Rural District, former rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England

John Ramsden

Sir John William Ramsden, 5th Baronet (1831–1914), MP for Taunton, Hythe, the West Riding of Yorkshire and Monmouth, Under-Secretary of State for War from 1857–1858

West Yorkshire Constabulary

The West Riding Constabulary had been originally set up in 1856, as required by the County and Borough Police Act 1856.