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First edition (publ. Collins) South Riding is a novel by Winifred Holtby, published posthumously in 1936.. The book is set in the fictional South Riding of Yorkshire: the inspiration being the East Riding rather than the modern South Yorkshire; Holtby's mother, Alice, was the first alderwoman on the East Riding County Council. [1]
Winifred Holtby (23 June 1898 – 29 September 1935) was an English novelist and journalist, now best known for her novel South Riding, which was posthumously published in 1936. Biography [ edit ]
South Riding has several meanings: South Riding, a book from 1936 by Winifred Holtby, featuring a fictional South Riding of Yorkshire; South Riding, a film from 1938 based on the novel; South Riding, a thirteen-part ITV TV series from 1974 based on the novel; South Riding (2011 TV series), a three-part BBC TV miniseries from 2011 based on the novel
Ainderby Miers with Holtby is a civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It contains seven listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England . All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and ...
South Riding is a BBC serial in three parts from 2011, based on the 1936 novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby. It is directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and written by Andrew Davies. It stars Anna Maxwell Martin, David Morrissey, Peter Firth, Douglas Henshall, Penelope Wilton and John Henshaw.
South Riding is a 1938 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and produced by Alexander Korda, starring Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn and Ann Todd. [1] It was the film debut of a 14-year-old Glynis Johns. [2] It is based on the 1936 novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby. The BBC produced a TV adaptation in 2011. [3]
Murton is a small village and a civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England that is located on the outskirts of York.To the west there is the A64 and the village of Osbaldwick, to the south the A166 road to Bridlington, to the north the village of Stockton-on-the-Forest, and to the east the villages of Holtby and Warthill.
In the 1930s the novelist, Winifred Holtby, attended council meetings in the council chamber to obtain inspiration for her book South Riding [8] which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1936. [9] Following the abolition of East Riding County Council in 1974, the building became the offices of Humberside County Council. [1]