Hello Janet On 31 March 2016 at 11:05, Janet Peacock <JanMPeacock@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > What do you mean, Peter, by 'after the Ridings disappeared'? If you look at any county map published after 1974 the word "Riding" does not appear. Whilst we might for sentimental reasons wish to retain the labels that existed when we were young there will come a time when there is nobody left in Yorkshire who was born before 1974, and unless the Ridings make a reappearance between now and then the label will pass into history. > They have not disappeared. > > As you point out, 'South Yorkshire' is classed as a metropolitan county &, > to many > people this causes frustration ---- not only from a genealogical point of > view, but in > modern day activities, too. As, of course, does the use of the much hated > 'Humberside' > which only exists for Police etc., though the Post Office still clings to it > 20 years after > its abolition! As local government structures become more complicated and haphazard I am starting to wonder whether the whole concept of counties as we used to know them will pass into history. Regards Peter