South Riding

South Riding has several meanings:

  • South Riding (novel), a book from 1936 by Winifred Holtby, featuring a fictional South Riding of Yorkshire
  • South Riding (film), a film from 1938 based on the novel
  • South Riding (1974 TV series), a thirteen part ITV TV series from 1974 based on the novel
  • South Riding (2011 miniseries), a three part BBC TV miniseries from 2011 based on the novel
  • Tipperary South Riding, now called the South Tipperary, Republic of Ireland
  • The former South Riding of Lindsey in Lincolnshire, England
  • South Riding, Virginia, United States
  • South Riding, a bus company in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England in the early 1990s; bought by Yorkshire Traction

Famous quotes containing the words south and/or riding:

    “You can forget what I said about buying the gun. You’re a tenderfoot. Liberty Valance’s the toughest man south of the Picket Wire—next to me.”
    —Willis Goldbeck (1900–1979)

    “Wilmer Cook: Keep on riding me, they’re gonna be picking iron out of your liver.
    Sam Spade: The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.”
    —John Huston (1906–1987)