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Claro (wapentake)
Claro was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was split into two divisions. The Upper Division included the parishes of Farnham, North Yorkshire, Farnham, Fewston, Hampsthwaite, Kirkby Malzeard and Pannal and parts of Aldborough, North Yorkshire, Aldborough, Knaresborough, Otley, Little Ouseburn, Ripley, North Yorkshire, Ripley, Ripon, Wetherby and Whixley, many of which formed exclaves. The Lower Division included the parishes of Allerton Mauleverer, Goldsborough, Harrogate, Goldsborough, Hunsingore, Kirk Deighton, Kirkby Overblow, Leathley, Spofforth with Stockeld, Weston, North Yorkshire, Weston and parts of Addingham, Aldborough, North Yorkshire, Aldborough, Harewood, West Yorkshire, Harewood, Ilkley, Kirk Hammerton, Otley, Ripley and Whixley. At the time of the Domesday Book the wapentake was known as Burghshire, named from its meeting place at Aldborough. In the 12th century the name was changed to Claro, from Claro Hill near Coneythorpe, presumably its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wapentakes Of The West Riding Of Yorkshire
A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and in Cumberland County, New South Wales, Cumberland County in the British Colony of New South Wales. It is still used in other places, including in Australia (in South Australia and the Northern Territory). Other terms for the hundred in English and other languages include ''#wapentake, wapentake'', ''herred'' (Danish and Bokmål, Bokmål Norwegian), ''herad'' (Nynorsk, Nynorsk Norwegian), ''härad'' or ''hundare'' (Swedish), ''Harde'' (German), ''hiird'' (North Frisian language, North Frisian), ''kihlakunta'' (Finnish), and ''cantref'' (Welsh). In Ireland, a similar subdivision of counties is referred to as a Barony (Ireland), barony, and a hundred is a subdivision of a particularly large townland (most townlands are not divided into hundreds). Etymology The origin of the division of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whixley
Whixley is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the A1(M) motorway and west of York. The ancient village of Whixley lies on Rudgate, the old Roman road along which the Roman “Hispania” Legion would have marched to nearby Isurium (Aldborough). Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. History To the Normans it was Cucheslaga (recorded as Cucheslage in the Domesday Book) but by the 14th century it was called Quixley after the Lord of the Manor. For many years Whixley was famous for cherries which were originally cultivated by the friars from the Priory of Knaresborough, and in later times were sold in London at Covent Garden. A great day of celebration was the annual Whixley Cherry Feast held on the first Sunday in August, The word Feast meant “festival” rather than the scoffing of huge amounts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Hammerton
Kirk Hammerton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the River Nidd and the A59 road, west of York. The village suffix refers to the ''Hamerton'' family who owned the land until the 16th century. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. History ''(H)ambretone'', a place-name reflected now in both Kirk Hammerton ("Hammerton with the church", from the Old Norse ''kirkja'' = "church") and Green Hammerton ("Hammerton with the green", from Middle English ''grene''), is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name seems to derive from the Old English plant-name ''hamor'' (whose meaning is not certain but might include hammer-sedge or pellitory of the wall) + ''tūn'' 'settlement, farm, estate'. The course of Rudgate, a Roman road, passes the village. The lands of the parish used to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilkley
Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, in Northern England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Ilkley civil parish includes the adjacent village of Ben Rhydding and is a ward within the City of Bradford. Approximately north of Bradford and north-west of Leeds, the town lies mainly on the south bank of the River Wharfe in Wharfedale, one of the Yorkshire Dales. Ilkley's spa town heritage and surrounding countryside make tourism an important local industry. The town centre is characterised by Victorian architecture, wide streets and floral displays. Ilkley Moor, to the south of the town, is the subject of a folk song, often described as the unofficial anthem of Yorkshire, "On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at". The song's words are written in Yorkshire dialect: its title translated is "On Ilkley Moor without a hat". History The earliest evidence of habitation in the Ilkley area is from flint arrowheads or microliths, dating to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harewood, West Yorkshire
Harewood ( ) is a village, civil parishes in England, civil parish, former Manorialism, manor and ecclesiastical parish, in West Yorkshire, England, today in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 3,734. Etymology The name of Harewood is first attested in the tenth-century Rushworth Gospels manuscript, in the form ''æt Harawuda'' ('at Harewood'); it is next attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, as ''Hareuuode''. Although consideration has been given to an origin involving the Old English word ''hār'' ('grey'), commentators agree that, as the name's present-day form suggests, the name comes from the Old English words ''hara'' ('hare') and ''wudu'' ('wood'). Thus it once meant 'wood characterised by hares'. Location Harewood sits in the Harewood (ward), Harewood electoral ward, ward of Leeds City Council and Elmet and Rothwell (UK Parliament constituency), Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency. The A61 road, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addingham
Addingham (formerly Haddincham , Odingehem 1086)Mills, A. D. (2003). ', Encyclopedia.com is a village and civil parish in the City of Bradford West Yorkshire, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the A65 road, A65, south-east of Skipton, west of Ilkley, north-west of Bradford and around north-west of Leeds. Historic counties of England, Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is located in the valley of the River Wharfe and is only from the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The name is thought to mean "homestead associated with a man called Adda", although in the ''Domesday Book'', the village was referred to as "Ediham", which may have referred to Earl Edwin of Bolton Abbey. The 2001 census numbered Addingham's population at 3,599, increasing to 3,730 at the 2011 Census. The area around Addingham is thought to have been populated from at least Bronze Age times, indicated by the 'cup and ring mark, cup and ring' carved stones that can be found on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weston, North Yorkshire
Weston is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is north–west of Otley and near the River Wharfe which forms the boundary between North and West Yorkshire. The name is from Old English and means western enclosure, farmstead or village. The village is less than a mile north-east of Burley-in-Wharfedale across the River Wharfe, but there is no direct access across the river. Access to Weston village is by an unclassified road (Weston Lane) from Otley and from Askwith and Ilkley to the west. The village of Weston should not be confused with the nearby Weston Estate, a housing estate around Weston Lane between Weston and Newall, within Otley and West Yorkshire. The civil parish extends some north of the village to the River Washburn. Much of the northern part of the parish is an estate including commercial premises and farmland, also known as the Weston Estate. To the south of the village, Weston Hall is part of the Askwith Estate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spofforth With Stockeld
Spofforth with Stockeld is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, Spofforth with Stockeld parish had a population of 1,121, increasing to 1,169 at the 2011 census. The parish includes the ruins of Spofforth Castle and the Stockeld Park estate. Governance Spofforth with Stockeld parish is in the Harrogate Borough electoral ward of Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale. This ward stretches south-west to Huby and has a total population of 3,100 at the 2011 Census. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. See also *Spofforth, North Yorkshire Spofforth is a village in the civil parish of Spofforth with Stockeld, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located about north-west of Wetherby and south of Harrogate, on the River Crimple, a tributary of the River Nidd. Etymolo ... Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leathley
Leathley is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, the parish includes the townships of both Castley and Leathley. It is near the border with West Yorkshire and the River Wharfe, 1 mile north-east of Otley. The B6161 runs through the village, connecting Leathley with Killinghall in the North and Pool in Wharfedale, Pool-in-Wharfedale in the south. According to the 2011 census Leathley had a population of 181 people. In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Leathley as: :''a village, a township, and a parish in Otley district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an affluent of the river Wharfe, 3 miles NW of Arthing. ton r. station, and 3 NE of Otley; and is. a picturesque place.'' Later in the 1880s Leathley was described by John Bartholomew as: :''3 miles NE. of Otley – par., 2089 ac., pop. 237; township, 1565 ac., pop. 150; contains the seat of Leathley Hall'' Until 1974 it was part of the West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkby Overblow
Kirkby Overblow is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Wetherby and Harrogate and lies to the west of Sicklinghall and the east of Leeds Bradford International Airport. Its parish church is All Saints' Church, Kirkby Overblow. and a Church of England primary school affiliated with the church. In January 2023, ''The Daily Telegraph'', based on research by Savills, listed Kirkby Overblow as one of Britain's "54 poshest villages". History The first written reference to Kirkby Overblow appears in the Domesday Book, where it appears as ''Cherchebi''. The ''Kirkby'' part of the name is a common prefix, simply meaning a settlement by a church, while ''Overblow'' is a corruption of ''Oreblow'', a reference to the village's iron-smelting past. Kirkby Overblow was a large ancient parish, which included the townships of Kearby with Netherby (including the hamlets of Kearby and Netherby), Rigton (which later became North Rigton), Sicklin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Deighton
Kirk Deighton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated north-west of Wetherby and near the A1(M) motorway. The village was in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Wetherby Rural District, until 1974, and is now 0.5 mile north of the border between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. The civil parish extends east of the A1(M) and north to the River Nidd. It includes the hamlet of Ingmanthorpe, North Yorkshire, Ingmanthorpe, and Wetherby services, Wetherby Services on the motorway. The civil parish had a population of 484 in the 2011 Census. History Kirk Deighton and its church (All Saints' Church, Kirk Deighton, All Saints' Church) were mentioned in the Domesday Book. The name of the village derives from Kirk (meaning church) and ''Dĩc-tūn''; a town surrounded by a moat or ditch. At the 2011 Census of the United Kingdom, 2001 Census, the population of the village was 386, which by the 2011 Census had risen to 484. In 2015, North Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunsingore
Hunsingore is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the River Nidd and the A1(M) motorway, about west of York, and north east of Wetherby. History Hunsingore translates as "ofer or ridge of Hunsinge’s people". In the Domesday Book of 1086, the village is listed as Hulsingovre. The Goodricke family owned lots of land in the area and they lived in New House in Hunsingore rather than Ribston Hall. New House was believed to have been destroyed by Cromwell after the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644. Originally Hunsingore was in the Claro Wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Since the county boundary shake up of 1974, it has been in North Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The Old Corn Mill, a former water-powered corn mill, is on the River Nidd by the weir. The weir is still on the river, but the mill has been converted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
