Allertonshire
Allertonshire or Allerton is a wapentake in the North Riding of Yorkshire and was formerly a liberty belonging to the Bishop of Durham.
The wapentake is named after Northallerton (historically "Allerton"), its chief town. The wapentake was once vested in the Bishop of Durham as a liberty, and remained an ecclesiastical peculiar belonging to Durham until the 19th century.
The contiguous part of the wapentake includes the ancient parishes of:[1]
The wapentake also incudes these detached parts:
- the extra parochial area of Hutton Conyers
- the parish of West Rounton
- the parish of Sessay
- the Yorkshire part of the parish of Sockburn (townships of Girsby and Over Dinsdale)
References
- ↑ William Page (editor) (1914). "The wapentake of Allerton or Allertonshire". A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. Institute of Historical Research. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64774. Retrieved 05 September 2011.