Wapentakes and Ridings
A wapentake was a sub-division of a Riding, equivalent to the southern counties' Hundred and became obsolete around the year 1900.
The West Riding was divided into three parts:
- Northern part: Skipton, Keighley, Shipley, Sowerby, and Elland
- Eastern part: Ripon, Otley, Barkston Ash, Osgoldcross, Pudsey, and Spen Valley
- Southern part: Batley, Normanton, Colne Valley, Holmfirth, Barnsley, Hallamshire, Rotherham, and Doncaster
WEST RIDING - Agbrigg & Morley (Bradford, Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds suburbs, Wakefield); Barkston Ash (Selby, Tadcaster); Claro (Ripon, Knaresborough); Ewcross (Dent, Ingleton, Sedbergh); Osgoldcross (Pontefract, Goole, Snaith); Skyrack (Leeds); Staincliffe (Keighley, Settle, Skipton, Stainburn); Staincross (Barnsley); Strafforth and Tickhill (Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield).
Strafforth and Tickhill
Parishes with Area in acres
- Adwick-le-Street 2938
- Adwick-upon-Dearne 1142
- Arksey 5133
- Armthorpe 2923
- Aston 3329
- Barnbrough 2125
- Barnby Dun 4179
- Blyth ( part) 3039
- Bolton-upon-Dearne 2323
- Braithwell 2962
- Brodsworth 3120
- Cantley 5590
- Clayton 1589
- Conisbrough 4558
- Crowle 1281
- Darfield ( part) 9047
- Dinnington 709
- Doncaster 8843
- Ecclesfield 49616
- Edlington 1757
- Finningley 3076
- Fishlake 8190
- Handsworth 3637 (Details on Treeton Website)
- Harthill 3565
- Hatfield 7423
- Hickleton 1060
- High Melton
- Hooton Pagnell 2628
- Hooton Roberts 1056
- Kirk Sandal 1637
- Laughton-en-le-Morthen 17386
- Maltby 4645
- Mare 1820
- Melton-on-the-Hill 1525
- Mexborough 2366
- Ravenfield 1235
- Rawmarsh 2578
- Rossington 3051
- Rotherham 13585
- Sheffield 19650
- South Kirby (part) 238
- Sprotborough 3966
- Stainton 2857
- Thorne 12408
- Thrybergh 1707
- Thurnscoe 1672
- Tickhill 6778
- Todwick 1807
- Treeton 3363
- Wadworth 3133
- Wallingwells 351
- Warmsworth 1074
- Wath-upon-Dearne 11045
- Whiston 3189
- Wickersley 1273
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