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'''Agbrigg and Morley''' is a wapentake of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. It consists of two divisions, the Agbrigg Division and the Morley Division.
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'''Agbrigg and Morley''' is a wapentake of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. It is the most populous of the wapentakes, with a population of 1,470,208 in 2011. It consists of two divisions, the Agbrigg Division and the Morley Division, sometimes considered wapentakes in their own right.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yaZfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3|title=The New Yorkshire Gazetteer, Or Topographical Dictionary|author=Stephen Reynolds Clarke |publisher=H. Teesdale & Company|date=1828}}</ref>
  
 
The Agbrigg Division includes the ancient parishes of:
 
The Agbrigg Division includes the ancient parishes of:
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*[[Almondbury]]
 
*[[Almondbury]]
*[[Batley]] (part)
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*[[Batley]] (Batley and Morley)<sup>*</sup>
*[[Dewsbury]] (part)
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*[[Crofton]]
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*[[Dewsbury]] (Dewsbury, Ossett and Soothill)<sup>*</sup>
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*[[East Ardsley]]
 
*[[Emley]]
 
*[[Emley]]
*[[Featherstone]] (part)
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*[[Featherstone]] (Acton and Whitwood)<sup>†</sup>
*[[Huddersfield]] (part)
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*[[Huddersfield]]
 
*[[Kirkburton]]
 
*[[Kirkburton]]
 
*[[Kirkheaton]]
 
*[[Kirkheaton]]
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*[[Methley]]
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*[[Mirfield]]
 
*[[Normanton, Yorkshire|Normanton]]
 
*[[Normanton, Yorkshire|Normanton]]
 
*[[Rothwell, Yorkshire|Rothwell]]
 
*[[Rothwell, Yorkshire|Rothwell]]
*[[Rochdale]] (part)
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*[[Rochdale]] (part)<sup>‡</sup>
 
*[[Sandal Magna]]
 
*[[Sandal Magna]]
 
*[[Thornhill, Yorkshire|Thornhill]]
 
*[[Thornhill, Yorkshire|Thornhill]]
 
*[[Wakefield]]  
 
*[[Wakefield]]  
*[[Warmfield with Heath]]
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*[[Warmfield]]
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*[[West Ardsley]]
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<sup>*</sup>: Remainder in Morley.<br />
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<sup>†</sup>: Remainder in Osgoldcross.<br />
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<sup>‡</sup>: Remainder in Lancashire.
  
 
The Morley Division includes:
 
The Morley Division includes:
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*[[Batley]] (part)
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*[[Batley]] (Churwell and Gildersome)<sup>*</sup>
 
*[[Birstall, Yorkshire|Birstall]]
 
*[[Birstall, Yorkshire|Birstall]]
 
*[[Bradford]]
 
*[[Bradford]]
 
*[[Calverley]]
 
*[[Calverley]]
*[[Dewsbury]] (part)
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*[[Dewsbury]] (Clifton cum Hartshead)<sup>*</sup>
*[[Huddersfield]] (part)
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*[[Halifax]]
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*[[Leeds]] (Armley, Beeston, Bramley, Farnley, Holbeck, Hunslet and Worsley)<sup>†</sup>
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<sup>*</sup>: Remainder in Agbrigg.<br />
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<sup>†</sup>: Remainder in Skyrack.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
*Location map: {{wmap|53.781|-1.608}}
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{{Yorkshire wapentakes}}
 
[[Category:Wapentakes of the West Riding of Yorkshire]]
 
[[Category:Wapentakes of the West Riding of Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Wapentakes of Yorkshire]]
 
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Revision as of 10:28, 18 September 2019

Agbrigg and Morley is a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is the most populous of the wapentakes, with a population of 1,470,208 in 2011. It consists of two divisions, the Agbrigg Division and the Morley Division, sometimes considered wapentakes in their own right.[1]

The Agbrigg Division includes the ancient parishes of:

*: Remainder in Morley.
: Remainder in Osgoldcross.
: Remainder in Lancashire.

The Morley Division includes:

*: Remainder in Agbrigg.
: Remainder in Skyrack.

References

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Wapentakes of Yorkshire

East Riding: Buckrose • Dickering • Harthill • Holderness • Howdenshire • Ouse and Derwent • North Riding: Allertonshire • Birdforth • Bulmer • East Gilling • Hallikeld • Hang East • Hang West • Langbaurgh • Pickering Lythe • Ryedale • West Gilling • Whitby Strand • West Riding: Agbrigg and Morley (Agbrigg, Morley) • Ainsty • Barkston Ash • Claro • Osgoldcross • Skyrack • Staincliffe and Ewcross (Staincliffe, Ewcross) • Staincross • Strafforth and Tickhill