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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 in Ribblesdale and Sedbergh and parts of Thornton in Lonsdale. Ewcross was split from the Staincliffe and Ewcross wapentake in the nineteenth century.
In modern times the name has been used for one of the area deaneries under the
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 in Ribblesdale and Sedbergh and parts of Thornton in Lonsdale. Ewcross was split from the Staincliffe and Ewcross wapentake in the nineteenth century.
In modern times the name has been used for one of the area deaneries under the Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven
The Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven is an archdiaconal post in the Church of England. It was created in about 1088 within the See of York and was moved in 1541 to the See of Chester, in 1836 to the See of Ripon and after 2014 to the See of ...
in the Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
Diocese of Leeds. In 2017 it amalgamated with Bowland to become the Deanery of Bowland and Ewecross.
Since 1974 the area of the wapentake has been divided between the counties of North Yorkshire and Cumbria.
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Wapentakes of the West Riding of Yorkshire Ancient subdivisions of Yorkshire {{Cumbria-geo-stub