Skyrack

Skyrack Wapentake shown within the West Riding and Yorkshire

Skyrack is a wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is bounded by Claro to the north; by Barkston Ash to the east; by Agbrigg and Morley to the south; and by Staincliffe to the west. Including that part of the city of Leeds north of the River Aire, it had a population of 528,144 in 2011.

The name "Skyrack" is apparently derived from scir ac or "shire oak", which may suggest an oak tree used as a meeting place. An ancient oak, said to be the Shire Oak, stood to the north of St Michael's Church in Headingley until 1941.

The wapentake comprises the ancient parishes of:

• Aberford
• Adel
• Bardsey
• Barwick in Elmet
• Bingley
• Collingham
• Garforth
• Guiseley
• Harewood (except Dunkeswick and Weeton)^*
• Ilkley (Ilkley township)^†
• Kippax
• Leeds (part)^‡
• Otley (part)^§
• Swillington
• Thorner
• Whitkirk

^*: In Claro wapentake.
^†: Remainder in Claro wapentake.
^‡: Burley, Chapel Allerton, Headingley, Kirkstall, Leeds and Potter Newton townships. Remainder in Morley wapentake.
^§: Baildon, Bramhope, Burley in Whafedale, Esholt, Hawksworth, Menston, Otley, Pool. Remainder in Claro wapentake.