The term was used in Australia as a division of some shire councils, similar to a ward in city, borough, town and many shire councils. See more

Yorkshire
The ancient county of Yorkshire had three ridings, North, West and East, originally each subdivided into wapentakes which were created by the … See more

Ridings existed in rural New Zealand in the late 19th and early to mid 20th century as part of larger county councils in the area. For example, The See more

The term is analogous to fourths of a county, in a fashion similar to the old British farthing. They have also been found in Iceland and Gloucestershire. J. R. R. Tolkien's … See more

The term was used in 19th-century Canada to refer to subdivisions of counties.
In Canadian politics, riding is a colloquial term for a See more

The Grand Jury (Ireland) Act 1836 empowered the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to divide Irish counties into ridings with separate assizes held in different towns. This was to allow See more

Ridings are originally Scandinavian institutions.
In Iceland the third part of a thing which corresponded roughly to an English county was called … See more