North Riding of Yorkshire
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The North Riding of Yorkshire is a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding. The riding's highest point is at Mickle Fell with 2,585 ft (788 metres).
| County of York, North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Flag of North Riding (2013) | |
 North Riding shown within England | |
| Area | |
| • 1911 | 1,359,600 acres (5,502 km2) |
| • 1961 | 1,376,607 acres (5,570.93 km2) |
| Population | |
| • 1901 | 286,036 |
| • 1971 | 329,410 |
| History | |
| • Created | Ancient (as a county in 1889) |
| • Abolished | 1974 |
| • Succeeded by | North Yorkshire Cleveland (1974-1996) County Durham |
| Status | Riding then Administrative county |
| Chapman code | NRY |
| Government | North Riding County Council (1889–1974) |
| • HQ | Northallerton |
 Coat of arms of North Riding County Council | |
From the Restoration it was used as a lieutenancy area, having been previously part of the Yorkshire lieutenancy. Each riding was treated as a county for many purposes, such as quarter sessions. An administrative county, based on the riding, was created with a county council in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888. In 1974 both the administrative county and the North Riding of Yorkshire lieutenancy were abolished, replaced in most of the riding by the non-metropolitan county and lieutenancy of North Yorkshire.