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The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the riding was an administrative county named County of York, West Riding. The lieutenancy at that time included the city of York and as such was named "West Riding of the County of York and the County of the City of York". [2]
Wapentakes of the West Riding, England. Ewecross is labelled 1 on the map. The historical area [1] of Ewecross or Ewcross is a district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. [2] It included the parishes of Bentham, Clapham, Horton in Ribblesdale and Sedbergh and parts of Thornton in Lonsdale. [3]
West Riding of Yorkshire locator map (historic counties) Date: 20 April 2013: Source: This file was derived from: English counties 1851 with ridings.svg: Author: English counties 1851 with ridings.svg: Dr Greg; derivative work:Hogweard; Permission (Reusing this file)
Royston is a suburban village within the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. Historically, the village formed part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, but was incorporated into the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley in 1974 and is now on the border with West Yorkshire.
Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the City of Wakefield district and had a population of 30,881 at the 2011 Census.
Claro was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was split into two divisions. It was split into two divisions. The Upper Division included the parishes of Farnham , Fewston , Hampsthwaite , Kirkby Malzeard and Pannal and parts of Aldborough , Knaresborough , Otley , Little Ouseburn , Ripley , Ripon , Wetherby and Whixley ...
The name 'Agbrigg' was afforded to the wapentake (a sub-division of a Riding - the term becoming obsolete from around 1900) [2] which had upper and lower divisions; the latter spanning parishes of Batley, Crofton, Dewsbury, Ardsley (East and West), Featherstone, Methley, Mirfield, Newland, Normanton, Rothwell, Sandal, Thornhill, Wakefield and ...
Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England.It is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines.In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture with the large Piece Hall square later built for trading wool in the town centre.