Difference between revisions of "Allertonshire"

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*[[Pickhill]] ([[Holme, North Riding|Holme]] township)<sup>†</sup>
 
*[[Pickhill]] ([[Holme, North Riding|Holme]] township)<sup>†</sup>
 
*[[Thornton-le-Street]]
 
*[[Thornton-le-Street]]
*[[Sessay]]
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*[[Sessay]] (part)<sup>§</sup>
*[[Sockburn]] (townships of [[Girsby]] and [[Over Dinsdale]])<sup>§</sup>
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*[[Sockburn]] (townships of [[Girsby]] and [[Over Dinsdale]])<sup></sup>
 
*[[Wath]] (Norton Conyers township)<sup>†</sup>
 
*[[Wath]] (Norton Conyers township)<sup>†</sup>
 
*[[West Rounton]]  
 
*[[West Rounton]]  
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<sup>†</sup>: Remainder in [[Hallikeld]] wapentake.<br />
 
<sup>†</sup>: Remainder in [[Hallikeld]] wapentake.<br />
 
<sup>‡</sup>: In [[Birdforth Wapentake]].<br />
 
<sup>‡</sup>: In [[Birdforth Wapentake]].<br />
<sup>§</sup>: Remainder in [[County Durham]].<br />
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<sup>§</sup>: Part of Hutton Sessay in Birdforth wapentake.<br />
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<sup>‖</sup>: Remainder in [[County Durham]].<br />
  
 
{{Yorkshire wapentakes}}
 
{{Yorkshire wapentakes}}
 
[[Category:Wapentakes of the North Riding of Yorkshire]]
 
[[Category:Wapentakes of the North Riding of Yorkshire]]
 
[[Category:Pseudo-shires]]
 
[[Category:Pseudo-shires]]

Revision as of 13:16, 20 September 2019

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.

In 2011, Allertonshire had a population of 22,265.

The wapentake includes the ancient parishes of:

*: Remainder of Hornby in Langbaurgh Wapentake; Great Smeaton township in East Gilling.
: Remainder in Hallikeld wapentake.
: In Birdforth Wapentake.
§: Part of Hutton Sessay in Birdforth wapentake.
: Remainder in County Durham.

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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