UK hero's history novel The Fourth Riding? (5,9)

I believe the answer is:

south yorkshire

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'the fourth riding?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'uk hero's history novel' is the wordplay.
'novel' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in a new or novel order).
'uk'+'heros'+'history'='ukheroshistory'
'ukheroshistory' anagrammed gives 'SOUTH YORKSHIRE'.

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(Another definition for south yorkshire that I've seen is " Region around Barnsley/Sheffield".)

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