List of wapentakes in Yorkshire

This is a list of wapentakes in Yorkshire. The wapentakes of Ewcross, Osgoldcross and Staincross, were believed to have their meeting places marked with a cross.^[1]

North Riding of Yorkshire

1. Gilling West^[2]
2. Hang West^[2]
3. Gilling East
4. Hang East^[2]
5. Allertonshire^[3]
6. Halikeld^[4]
7. Langbaurgh West^[3]

8. Birdforth^[3]
9. Bulmer^[5]
10. Ryedale^[6]
11. Langbaurgh East^[3]
12. Whitby Strand^[6]
13. Pickering Lythe^[6]

Ainsty and the City of York

As York acted as the capital of Yorkshire and it is right in the centre at the junction of the three ridings, it (along with the wapentake of Ainsty) had its own neutral area, which was not part of any of the three ridings.^[11]

References

1 2 3 Smith, A. H. (1961). The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire: Part I: Lower & Upper Strafforth and Staincross Wapentakes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 261. OCLC 1238302807.
1 2 3 Metcalfe, Peter; Gower, Ted (1992). Place-names of the Yorkshire Dales: origins and meanings. Harrogate: North Yorkshire Marketing. p. 86. ISBN 1-873214-03-0.
1 2 3 4 Smith 1979, p. xx.
↑ Smith 1979, p. xxviii.
↑ Smith 1979, p. xvi.
1 2 3 Smith 1979, p. xiii.
1 2 3 Smith 1970, p. xv.
1 2 3 Smith 1970, p. xiii.
1 2 3 4 Metcalfe, Peter; Gower, Ted (1992). Place-names of the Yorkshire Dales: origins and meanings. Harrogate: North Yorkshire Marketing. p. 87. ISBN 1-873214-03-0.
↑ Smith, A. H. (1961). The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire: Part I: Lower & Upper Strafforth and Staincross Wapentakes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 1. OCLC 1238302807.
↑ Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 99. ISBN 9781840337532.

Sources

Smith, A. H. (1970) [1937]. Place-names of East Riding of Yorkshire and York. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-04907-5.
Smith, A. H. (1979) [1928]. The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire. English Place Name Society. OCLC 19714705.

[AH-1] 1 2 3 Smith, A. H. (1961). The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire: Part I: Lower & Upper Strafforth and Staincross Wapentakes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 261. OCLC 1238302807.

[TM-2] 1 2 3 Metcalfe, Peter; Gower, Ted (1992). Place-names of the Yorkshire Dales: origins and meanings. Harrogate: North Yorkshire Marketing. p. 86. ISBN 1-873214-03-0.

[FOOTNOTESmith1979xx-3] 1 2 3 4 Smith 1979, p. xx.

[FOOTNOTESmith1979xxviii-4] Smith 1979, p. xxviii.

[FOOTNOTESmith1979xvi-5] Smith 1979, p. xvi.

[FOOTNOTESmith1979xiii-6] 1 2 3 Smith 1979, p. xiii.

[FOOTNOTESmith1970xv-7] 1 2 3 Smith 1970, p. xv.

[FOOTNOTESmith1970xiii-8] 1 2 3 Smith 1970, p. xiii.

[TM2-9] 1 2 3 4 Metcalfe, Peter; Gower, Ted (1992). Place-names of the Yorkshire Dales: origins and meanings. Harrogate: North Yorkshire Marketing. p. 87. ISBN 1-873214-03-0.

[10] Smith, A. H. (1961). The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire: Part I: Lower & Upper Strafforth and Staincross Wapentakes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 1. OCLC 1238302807.

[11] Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 99. ISBN 9781840337532.

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