Place:Gilling West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameGilling West Wapentake
Alt namesWest Gilling Wapentakesource: alternate name
TypeHundred
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England
Also located inYorkshire, England    

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.

Gilling West Wapentake (#1 on the map) was located in the northeast corner of the North Riding of Yorkshire.

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List of Ancient Parishes

Ancient ParishParish StatusSubsidiary Places  Subsidiary Place Status
Arkengarthdale parish (ancient) none
Barningham parish (ancient) Hope township, civil parish
Barningham parish (ancient) Newsham township, civil parish
Barningham parish (ancient) Scargill township, civil parish
Bowes parish (ancient) Gilmonby township, civil parish
Brignall parish (ancient) none
Easby parish (ancient) Aske township, civil parish
Easby parish (ancient) Brompton on Swale township, civil parish
Easby parish (ancient) Skeeby township, civil parish
Forcett parish (ancient) Barforth township, civil parish
Forcett parish (ancient) Eppleby township, civil parish
Forcett parish (ancient) Forcett with Carkin township, civil parish
Gilling West (near Richmond) parish (ancient) Barton township, civil parish
Gilling West (near Richmond) parish (ancient) Eryholme chapelry, civil parish
Gilling West (near Richmond) parish (ancient) Forcett chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
Gilling West (near Richmond) parish (ancient) Newton Morrell township, civil parish
Grinton parish (ancient) Melbecks township, civil parish
Grinton parish (ancient) Muker township, civil parish
Grinton parish (ancient) Reeth township, civil parish
Kirkby Ravensworth parish (ancient) Dalton township, civil parish
Kirkby Ravensworth parish (ancient) Gayles township, civil parish
Kirkby Ravensworth parish (ancient) Kirby Hill township, civil parish
Kirkby Ravensworth parish (ancient) New Forest township, civil parish
Kirkby Ravensworth parish (ancient) Newsham township, civil parish
Kirkby Ravensworth parish (ancient) Ravensworth township, civil parish
Kirkby Ravensworth parish (ancient) Whashton township, civil parish
Manfield parish (ancient) Cliffe township, civil parish
Marrick parish (ancient) none
Marske parish (ancient) none
Melsonby parish (ancient) East Layton township, civil parish
Richmond parish (ancient) Stanwick St. John township, civil parish
Rokeby parish (ancient) Egglestone Abbey township, civil parish
Romaldkirk parish (ancient) Cotherstone township, civil parish
Romaldkirk parish (ancient) Holwick township, civil parish
Romaldkirk parish (ancient) Hunderthwaite township, civil parish
Romaldkirk parish (ancient) Lartington township, civil parish
Romaldkirk parish (ancient) Lunedale township, civil parish
Romaldkirk parish (ancient) Mickleton township, civil parish
Stanwick parish (ancient) Aldbrough township, civil parish
Stanwick parish (ancient) Barton township, civil parish
Stanwick parish (ancient) Caldwell township, civil parish
Stanwick parish (ancient) Cleasby chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
Stanwick parish (ancient) Stanwick St. John township, civil parish
Startforth parish (ancient) Arkengarthdale chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
Startforth parish (ancient) Boldron township, civil parish
Startforth parish (ancient) Egglestone Abbey township, civil parish
Wycliffe with Thorpe parish (ancient) none


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