Harthill Wapentake

Harthill Wapentake shown within the East Riding and Yorkshire

Harthill is a wapentake of the East Riding of Yorkshire consisting of the central part of the riding. Because of its large area it is sub-divided into four divisions—Bainton Beacon Division, Holme Beacon Division, Hunsley Beacon Division and Wilton Beacon Division. As a result of of its central position, Harthill has borders with every other wapentake in the East Riding: Buckrose and Dickering to the north, Holderness to the east, Howdenshire to the south-west and Ouse and Derwent to the west. Including the western parts of the city of Hull, it had a population of 313,729 in 2011, making it the most populous wapentake in the East Riding.

It comprises the ancient parishes of:

• Allerthorpe
• Aughton
• Bainton
• Barmby Moor
• Beverley St John, St Nicholas & St Martin
• Bishop Burton
• Bishop Wilton
• Brantingham (Thorpe Brantingham township)^*
• Bubwith
• Burnby
• Catton (except Kexby and Stamford Bridge West with Scoreby)^†
• Cherry Burton
• Cottingham
• Ellerton Priory
• Elloughton
• Everingham
• Fangfoss
• Full Sutton
• Goodmanham
• Great Driffield
• Great Givendale
• Harswell
• Hayton
• Hessle
• Holme upon Spalding Moor
• Hotham
• Huggate
• Hutton Cranswick
• Kilnwick
• Kilnwick Percy
• Kingston upon Hull Holy Trinity
• Kirkburn
• Kirk Ella
• Leconfield
• Lockington
• Londesborough
• Market Weighton
• Millington
• New Village (ex. par.)
• North Cave
• North Dalton
• North Ferriby
• North Newbald
• Nunburnholme
• Pocklington
• Rowley
• Sancton
• Scorborough
• Sculcoates
• Seaton Ross
• Skerne
• Skidby
• South Cave
• Sutton upon Derwent
• Thornton
• Walkington (part)^‡
• Warter
• Watton
• Wilberfoss
• Wressle

^*: Remainder in Howdenshire. Additionally, some areas are said to be common to Harthill and Howdenshire.
^†: In Ouse and Derwent wapentake.
^‡: Partly in Howdenshire.

References

• Location map: 53°49’44"N, -0°39’7"W
• "Relationships / unit history of Harthill". A Vision of Britain Through Time. Great Britain Historical GIS Project. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10167735. Retrieved 2009-07-23.