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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
Howdenshire (#5 on map) was a wapentake and a liberty of England, lying around the town of Howden in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It had a detached part made up of Brantingham parish closer to Hull.
In the Saxon period, the district was under the control of Peterborough's monastery, but it was confiscated by Edward the Confessor, and then given to the Bishop of Durham by William I of England. It came to operate as an exclave of County Durham, much like Allertonshire, but under the dean of Durham rather than the bishop. This peculiarity was abolished in 1846, but the district is still in use for certain administrative purposes.
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List of Ancient Parishes
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Ancient Parish | Parish Status | Subsidiary Places | Subsidiary Place Status
| | Blacktoft | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | Scalby (near Howden) | township, civil parish
| | Brantingham | parish (ancient), civil parish | Blacktoft | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
| | Ellerker | township, civil parish
| | Eastrington | parish (ancient), civil parish | Bellasize | township, civil parish
| | Gilberdike | township, civil parish
| | Portington and Cavil | township, civil parish
| | Wallingfen | extra parochial area, civil parish
| | Howden | parish (ancient), civil parish | Asselby | township, civil parish
| | Balkholme | township, civil parish
| | Barmby on the Marsh | chapelry, civil parish
| | Belby | township, civil parish
| | Cotness | township, civil parish
| | Kilpin | township, civil parish
| | Knedlington | township, civil parish
| | Laxton | chapelry, civil parish
| | Metham | township, civil parish
| | Saltmarshe | township, civil parish
| | Skelton (near Howden) | township, civil parish
| | Thorpe (near Howden) | township, civil parish
| | Yokefleet | township, civil parish
| | Walkington | parish (ancient), civil parish | none |
| | Welton | parish (ancient), civil parish | Melton (near Hull) | chapelry, civil parish
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