Place:Hallikeld Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Hallikeld Wapentake was located on the southern edge of the North Riding of Yorkshire and in a central position east to west. It was bounded on the west and northwest by Hang West Wapentake, on the northeast and east by Gilling East, Birdforth and Bulmer, on the south and west by the Upper Division of Claro Wapentake in the West Riding.

The ancient parishes of Hallikeld were not contiguous. Burneston (near Bedale), Kirklington, Pickhill, Wath (near Ripon), and West Tanfield were separated from Cundall and Kirby Hill (or Kirby on the Moors) by a section of Topcliffe (near Thirsk) parish which was in Birdforth Wapentake.

As the wapentakes were ancient divisions, the spelling of them has evolved and changed over time. Latterly it was spelt as Hallikeld, but has been historically recorded as Hallikell and Halikeld.

Portions of the wapentake were interchanged with Hang East and Birdforth wapentakes. At times, the wapentake was considered to be in the West Riding of Yorkshire, despite being on the north bank of the River Ure, which was the historical dividing line between the West and North Ridings of Yorkshire. In 1914, the wapentake included the seven parishes listed below. The River Ure formed its southern border and the River Swale formed its eastern and northern border. The wapentake was some 16 miles (26 km) long (from north to south) and at its widest, only 7 miles (11 km) across.

The boundaries of the wapentakes were being constantly redrawn; in the early part of the 19th century, Hutton Conyers was in Hallikeld Wapentake, and the parish of Exelby Leeming and Newton was transferred into the district at the same time.

In 1831, the number of houses in the wapentake was listed as 1,419 spread across 1,395 families. The population at that time was 6,424, which by 1885, had dropped to 5, 441.

Since 1974 and the nationwide reorganization of local administration, what was the North Riding of Yorkshire, on becoming North Yorkshire, extended below the River Ure into the regions now known as the Harrogate District and the Selby District which had previously been in the West Riding of Yorkshire.