In most of England, the corresponding unit was the hundred, which was in principle, a grouping of a hundred households. Around a thousand years ago, it was important as a unit for gathering taxes and raising men for the 'citizen' army of the time, known as the Fyrd. The idea of the hundred goes back at least to the time of Tacitus but the version called the wapentake belongs to the Danish-influenced part of England. It therefore dates in that country, from the tenth or very early eleventh century.
In 1882, White's Directory for Lincolnshire (page 94) described the wapentakes as "now of little practical value". Their potential functions had been taken over piecemeal by other units such as electoral districts, Poor-Law unions and so on.
skirbeck, wapentake, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, confusing, unclear, readers, please, help, clarify, article, there, might, discussio. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article may be confusing or unclear to readers Please help clarify the article There might be a discussion about this on the talk page March 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Skirbeck Wapentake news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message Skirbeck Wapentake was an administrative unit in the Parts of Holland Lincolnshire England from the early eleventh century at the latest until the wapentakes were abolished by the Local Government Act of 1888 In most of England the corresponding unit was the hundred which was in principle a grouping of a hundred households Around a thousand years ago it was important as a unit for gathering taxes and raising men for the citizen army of the time known as the Fyrd The idea of the hundred goes back at least to the time of Tacitus but the version called the wapentake belongs to the Danish influenced part of England It therefore dates in that country from the tenth or very early eleventh century In 1882 White s Directory for Lincolnshire page 94 described the wapentakes as now of little practical value Their potential functions had been taken over piecemeal by other units such as electoral districts Poor Law unions and so on 53 00 11 N 0 03 54 E 53 003 N 0 065 E 53 003 0 065 This Lincolnshire location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Skirbeck Wapentake amp oldid 1084020041, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
