Place:Mappleton and Rowlston, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Name of parish	Mappleton and Rowlston
Type of place	township, civil parish
Ancient parish	Mappleton
Wapentake	Holderness
First Rural District	Skirlaugh Rural District (1894-1935)
Parish to which it transferred	Mappleton
Mappleton and Rowlston was originally one of three townships in the ecclesiastical and civil parish of Mappleton in the Holderness Wapentake of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The parish was split in 1866 with each of its townships becoming civil parishes in their own right. In 1894 Mappleton and Rowlston joined the Skirlaugh Rural District. In 1935 it ceased to be an independent civil parish and rejoined the parish of Mappleton. For further information after 1935, see Mappleton.

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Holderness

This is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common with the Netherlands than other parts of Yorkshire. To the north and west are the Yorkshire Wolds. The Prime Meridian passes through Holderness just to the east of Patrington.

From 1974 to 1996 Holderness lay within the Borough of Holderness in the short-lived county of Humberside. Holderness was the name of an ancient administrative area called a wapentake until the 19th century, when its functions were replaced by other local government bodies, particularly after the 1888 Local Government Act and the 1894 Local Government Act. The city of Kingston upon Hull lies in the southwest corner of Holderness and the town of Bridlington borders the northeast, but both are usually considered to be outside Holderness. The main towns include Beverley, Withernsea, Hornsea and Hedon. The Holderness Coast stretches from Flamborough Head to Spurn Head.
(Source: Wikipedia)