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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. | + | '''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]] ( | + | *[[Batley]] (Batley and Morley)<sup>*</sup> |
− | *[[Dewsbury]] ( | + | *[[Crofton]] |
+ | *[[Dewsbury]] (Dewsbury, Ossett and Soothill)<sup>*</sup> | ||
+ | *[[East Ardsley]] | ||
*[[Emley]] | *[[Emley]] | ||
− | *[[Featherstone]] ( | + | *[[Featherstone]] (Acton and Whitwood)<sup>†</sup> |
− | *[[Huddersfield]] | + | *[[Huddersfield]] |
*[[Kirkburton]] | *[[Kirkburton]] | ||
*[[Kirkheaton]] | *[[Kirkheaton]] | ||
+ | *[[Methley]] | ||
+ | *[[Mirfield]] | ||
*[[Normanton, Yorkshire|Normanton]] | *[[Normanton, Yorkshire|Normanton]] | ||
*[[Rothwell, Yorkshire|Rothwell]] | *[[Rothwell, Yorkshire|Rothwell]] | ||
− | *[[Rochdale]] (part) | + | *[[Rochdale]] (part)<sup>‡</sup> |
*[[Sandal Magna]] | *[[Sandal Magna]] | ||
*[[Thornhill, Yorkshire|Thornhill]] | *[[Thornhill, Yorkshire|Thornhill]] | ||
*[[Wakefield]] | *[[Wakefield]] | ||
− | *[[Warmfield | + | *[[Warmfield]] |
− | {{ | + | *[[West Ardsley]] |
+ | {{div col end}} | ||
+ | <sup>*</sup>: Remainder in Morley.<br /> | ||
+ | <sup>†</sup>: Remainder in Osgoldcross.<br /> | ||
+ | <sup>‡</sup>: Remainder in Lancashire. | ||
The Morley Division includes: | The Morley Division includes: | ||
− | {{ | + | {{div col|3}} |
− | *[[Batley]] ( | + | *[[Batley]] (Churwell and Gildersome)<sup>*</sup> |
*[[Birstall, Yorkshire|Birstall]] | *[[Birstall, Yorkshire|Birstall]] | ||
*[[Bradford]] | *[[Bradford]] | ||
*[[Calverley]] | *[[Calverley]] | ||
− | *[[Dewsbury]] ( | + | *[[Dewsbury]] (Clifton cum Hartshead)<sup>*</sup> |
− | *[[ | + | *[[Halifax]] |
− | {{ | + | *[[Leeds]] (Armley, Beeston, Bramley, Farnley, Holbeck, Hunslet and Worsley)<sup>†</sup> |
+ | {{div col end}} | ||
+ | <sup>*</sup>: Remainder in Agbrigg.<br /> | ||
+ | <sup>†</sup>: Remainder in Skyrack. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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+ | {{Yorkshire wapentakes}} | ||
[[Category:Wapentakes of the West Riding of Yorkshire]] | [[Category:Wapentakes of the West Riding 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:
- Almondbury
- Batley (Batley and Morley)*
- Crofton
- Dewsbury (Dewsbury, Ossett and Soothill)*
- East Ardsley
- Emley
- Featherstone (Acton and Whitwood)†
- Huddersfield
- Kirkburton
- Kirkheaton
- Methley
- Mirfield
- Normanton
- Rothwell
- Rochdale (part)‡
- Sandal Magna
- Thornhill
- Wakefield
- Warmfield
- West Ardsley
*: Remainder in Morley.
†: Remainder in Osgoldcross.
‡: Remainder in Lancashire.
The Morley Division includes:
*: Remainder in Agbrigg.
†: Remainder in Skyrack.
References
- ↑ Stephen Reynolds Clarke (1828). "The New Yorkshire Gazetteer, Or Topographical Dictionary". H. Teesdale & Company. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yaZfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3.
Wapentakes of Yorkshire
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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 |