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For a definition of "wapentake", see the article entitled Hundred (county division) in Wikipedia.
Wapentakes, the Old Norse form of the Anglo-Saxon "hundred", are dealt with in Section 1.4, but Sections 1.1 (Hundred courts) and 1.2 (Administrative functions) deal with the concept and purposes of wapentakes along with those of "hundreds" used in English counties further south.
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Ouse and Derwent (#1 on map) was a wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, England consisting of the westerly part of the county, between the River Ouse and the River Derwent. Established in medieval times, it ceased to have much significance in the 19th century when the wapentakes were superseded by other administrative divisions for most local government purposes.
The area of the wapentake (but none of its powers) was transferred to the new administrative county of North Yorkshire in 1974.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Ouse and Derwent Wapentake from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "OUSE and DERWENT, a wapentake in the W of [East Riding of] Yorkshire; bounded, on the S and the W, by the river Ouse, on the E, by the river Derwent; and containing Dunnington parish, ten other parishes, and parts of three others. Acres: 54,129. Population in 1851: 10,811; in 1861: 11,844. Houses: 2,350."
A Vision of Britain through Time mistakenly titles its Ouse and Derwent page "Ouse and Derwent West Riding".
Some parishes of the Ouse and Derwent Wapentake were formerly in the Ainsty Wapentake in the West Riding.
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Ancient parishes in the wapentake
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Ancient Parish | Parish Status | Subsidiary Places | Subsidiary Place Status
| | Acaster Malbis | township, parish (ancient), civil parish | Naburn | chapelry, civil parish
| | Catton | parish (ancient), civil parish | East Stamford Bridge | township, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | Full Sutton | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | High Catton | township, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | Kexby | township, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | Low Catton | township, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | West Stamford Bridge with Scoreby | township, civil parish
| | Dunnington | parish (ancient), civil parish | Grimston | township, civil parish
| | Elvington | parish (ancient), civil parish | none |
| | Escrick | parish (ancient), civil parish | Deighton | township, civil parish
| | Hemingbrough | parish (ancient), civil parish | Barlby | chapelry, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | Brackenholme with Woodhall | township, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | Cliffe cum Lund | township, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | Menthorpe cum Bowthorpe | township, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | Osgodby | township, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | South Duffield | township, civil parish
| | Heslington St. Paul | parish (ancient), civil parish | none |
| | Riccall | parish (ancient), civil parish | none |
| | Skipwith | parish (ancient), civil parish | Menthorpe cum Bowthorpe | township, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | North Duffield | township, civil parish
| | Stillingfleet | parish (ancient), civil parish | Acaster Selby | township, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | Kelfield | township, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | Stillingfleet | township, civil parish
| | Thorganby | parish (ancient), civil parish | none |
| | Wheldrake | parish (ancient), civil parish | Langwith | township, civil parish
| | York St. Lawrence | parish (ancient), civil parish | Heslington St. Lawrence | township, civil parish
| | York St. Olave Marygate | parish (ancient), civil parish | Clifton | township, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | Fulford | chapelry, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | Heworth | township, civil parish
| | | parish (ancient), civil parish | Rawcliffe | township, civil parish
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