York itself has never been part of any Riding. It is the centre point of all the Ridings. More accurately it is called the Ainsty of York It is important to add East, West or North to the place name because there are similar place names in more than one Riding As an example there is Hessle in East Riding as well as West Riding. There is also Willerby and Scalby in East Riding as well as North Riding. I could list more. I tend to put East Yorkshire rather than East Riding of Yorkshire. It is what I have always done long before I did any family search and both have the same meaning Every place name should end in England, if that is where it is. UK covers other countries. By putting England. Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland gives you an idea where the place is. Putting UK alone doesn't help much. Place names followed by the county name does help but doesn't help those who are unfamiliar with the county locations. Whatever anyone decides to do they should make it the same for consistency. I have always been puzzled why Kingston Upon Hull is simply known as Hull whilst Kingston Upon Thames,which is in Surrey, is known as Kingston! Couldn't they have called it Thames? Victor On 31/03/2016 11:21 AM, gillian via wrote: > I tend to go with the record rather than the riding as many if not most of my paternal family are around York and so change area like a yoyo so as said previously it's York, Yorkshire > I look at the issue as how would my children interpret my findings if they ever decide to have an interest > Gillian Cattell > Off to York on Sunday ???? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 31 Mar 2016, at 09:31, Nivard Ovington via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> I would agree with Peter >> >> I record the place name as found in the period >> >> Some places simply didn't exist in the period of the event so why would >> I record it there >> >> I guess the addition of England or whatever country of origin, becomes >> more important if you are in another country, personally I only record >> the country if its in the original record or the person is in another >> country, such as the USA or Australia etc >> >> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >> >>> On 31/03/2016 08:25, Peter J Richardson via wrote: >>> Hello Kathryne, >>> >>> I try to record the information that was correct at the time that the event >>> was recorded. My great great great grandfather married there in 1816 and I >>> have recorded it as being Sculcoates, Yorkshire East Riding. If I had an >>> event to record after the Ridings disappeared that would mean that >>> Sculcoates would be recorded non-uniformally. >>> >>> Another example that occurs in my family is some of the areas of southern >>> Sheffield. Back in the 1840s they were in Derbyshire, then they became part >>> of Yorkshire West Riding, then the metropolitan country of South Yorkshire. >>> I would try to use the one that was relevant to the event being recorded. >>> >>> Regards >>> Peter >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message