- The
historical area of
Ewecross or
Ewcross is a
district in the West
Riding of Yorkshire, England. It
included the
parishes of Bentham, Clapham, Horton...
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these were as follows: In the end of
regular use, the
wapentakes were:
Ewcross Staincliffe West
Staincliffe East
Claro Lower Strafforth and
Tickhill Lower...
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Ewcross Staincliffe – West
Division Staincliffe – East
Division Claro –
Lower Division Strafforth and
Tickhill –
Lower Division Morley Skyrack – Upper...
- in, or near, to the
village of Staincross,
similar to the
wapentakes at
Ewcross and Osgoldcross. The name
derives from the Old
Norse of stein-kross, literally...
- Act 1867 re-defined the
constituency as the
wapentake of
Staincliffe and
Ewcross, Claro, Skyrack,
Barkston Ash, and Osgoldcross. The
Boundary Act 1868 again...
-
Craven in the
County of York, London:
Nichols & Son, p. 8 "Staincliffe and
Ewcross Wap".
Vision of Britain.
Retrieved 18
April 2024. 53°55′19″N 2°02′31″W...
- 'farm on
muddy soil'.
Horton in
Ribblesdale was
historically a part of
Ewcross wapentake in the West
Riding of Yorkshire. It
became a
parish town in the...
- West
Agbrigg and
Morley (Agbrigg and
Morley divisions),
Barkston Ash,
Ewcross,
Claro Lower and Upper, Morley, Osgoldcross,
Skyrack Lower and Upper, Staincliffe...
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possession for some time of at
least part of what
would become the
Wapentake of
Ewcross in the West
Riding of Yorkshire.
During the
Scottish occupation, Hugh de...
- Historically, the hamlet, and its parish, were both in the
Wapentake of
Ewcross and up
until 1974, they were in the West
Riding of Yorkshire. In 1892,...
