36 Facts About East Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.

The current East Riding of Yorkshire came into existence in 1996 after the abolition of the County of Humberside.

The boundaries of the East Yorkshire Riding, the North Riding and the West Riding were historically treated as three separate areas for many cultural and legal purposes, such as having separate quarter sessions.

In 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, administrative counties were formed on the existing historic county boundaries in England, but in East Yorkshire, given the vast size of the county area, three administrative county councils were created, based on the historic boundaries of the three Ridings.

The East Yorkshire Riding County Council was the administrative local government and ceremonial county area established for the area ; it remained in place for eighty-six years until being removed for new administrative tiers of local government.

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The traditional geographic and historic cultural East Riding of Yorkshire covers a larger area than both the current ceremonial area and the intermittent and current local government administrative area councils.

Landscape consists of a crescent of low chalk hills, the East Yorkshire Wolds, surrounded by the low-lying fertile plains of Holderness and the Vale of York.

The East Yorkshire Wolds became a major focus for human settlement during the Neolithic period as they had a wide range of natural resources.

Traditional cultural and historic geographic county, the East Riding of Yorkshire borders the North Sea to the east of the county.

In terms of neighbouring local government administration, the East Riding of Yorkshire unitary authority adjoins North Yorkshire to the north, north-west and to the west, South Yorkshire metropolitan area to the south-west and Lincolnshire across the Humber Estuary to the south.

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council has been carrying out cliff erosion defences between Sewerby and Kilnsea since 1951.

East Yorkshire Riding generally has cool summers and relatively mild winters.

High Mowthorpe weather station is in the East Riding on the Yorkshire Wolds, but areas in Holderness which are lower and nearer to the sea have generally milder weather.

Unlike most counties in Great Britain, which were divided anciently into hundreds, East Yorkshire was divided first into three ridings and then into numerous wapentakes within each riding.

For statistical purposes in the 19th century an East Riding of Yorkshire registration county was designated, consisting of the entirety of the Poor Law Unions of Beverley, Bridlington, Driffield, Howden, Hull, Patrington, Pocklington, Sculcoates, Skirlaugh and York.

In 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, administrative counties were formed on the existing historic county boundaries in England, but in East Yorkshire, given the vast size of the county area, three administrative county councils were created, based on the historic boundaries of the three Ridings.

The East Yorkshire Riding County Council and the county borough of Kingston upon Hull remained in place for eighty-six years until being removed for new administrative tiers of local government.

In 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, the historic established Lieutenancy and the local government administrative county were disbanded, being replaced by the newly created Humberside County Council which included most of the East Yorkshire Riding and additional parts of the West Riding and parts of Lincolnshire.

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council unitary authority and the Kingston upon Hull City Council unitary authority were formed on 1 April 1996.

The ceremonial county, the area in which the Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire represents the Crown, was re-established the same day, covering the City of Kingston upon Hull as well as the East Riding of Yorkshire Council area as did predecessor authorities.

East Riding of Yorkshire is entirely parished; the City of Hull has no parishes.

Until 1 April 2009, the East Yorkshire Riding was the largest district and the largest unitary authority in England by area and the second largest non-metropolitan district in England by population.

East Riding of Yorkshire covers 240,768 hectares and has a population of 335,049, a density of 1.

East Yorkshire Riding has a larger than average number of residents aged 40 and above.

Areas of the East Yorkshire Riding show significant signs of affluence, including the Parliamentary constituency of Haltemprice and Howden which mainly consists of middle class suburbs, towns and villages.

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At the time of the 2001 UK census the population of the East Yorkshire Riding was 314,113 and its ethnic composition was 96.

Stamford Bridge is the site of the famous battle, and the East Yorkshire Wolds Way is a long-distance footpath that takes a winding route through the East Yorkshire Wolds to Filey.

The Middlesbrough Roman Catholic diocese covers the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire, together with the City of York.

Bus services are provided by several operators including First York, which provides services from the East Yorkshire Riding into York, Goole Town Service and services from Goole to Doncaster.

East Yorkshire Coastliner provides services from Bridlington to Malton, York and Leeds.

East Yorkshire Riding is characterised by a high employment rate and a relatively low unemployment level.

The East Yorkshire Riding has an above-average potential to generate renewable electricity for Local Authorities in the region due its large wind energy potential.

East Yorkshire Riding local education authority supports 150 schools: 131 primary schools and 19 secondary schools.

In 2009 primary school test results showed a slide down the national performance table for the East Yorkshire Riding authority, dropping eight places in the national league table to 28th after other education authorities improved more in the tests.

NHS East Riding of Yorkshire provides health services such as district nursing, health visiting, school nursing, intermediate care and therapy services.

An East Yorkshire Riding Mail was launched in March 2006 as a sister paper to this.