Dickering

File:Dickering Wapentake - Yorkshire.svg

Dickering Wapentake shown within the East Riding and Yorkshire

Dickering is a wapentake of the East Riding of Yorkshire consisting of the north-eastern part of the riding, including the towns of Bridlington and Filey. It is bordered by Holderness to the south, Buckrose to the west and Harthill to the south. It had a population of 56,567 in 2011.

Dickering consists of the ancient parishes of:

• Argam
• Bempton
• Bessingby
• Boynton
• Bridlington
• Burton Agnes
• Burton Fleming
• Carnaby
• Flamborough
• Folkton
• Foston on the Wolds
• Foxholes
• Ganton
• Garton on the Wolds
• Hunmanby
• Kilham
• Langtoft
• Lowthorpe
• Muston
• Nafferton
• Reighton
• Rudston
• Ruston Parva
• Thwing
• Willerby
• Wold Newton
• Filey (part)^*

^*: Mostly in Pickering Lythe (N. R.)

References

• Location map: 54°5’28"N, 0°22’59"W
• "Relationships / unit history of Dickering". A Vision of Britain Through Time. Great Britain Historical GIS Project. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10066244&c_id=10001043. Retrieved 22 July 2009.