Wapentakes of the West Riding. The East Division labelled 3 on the map, and the West Division is labelled 2.
The wapentake was named from a place called Staincliffe, now lost, in Bank Newton, not to be confused with Staincliffe near Dewsbury. Staincliffe was presumably where the wapentake originally met, although in the 12th century it met at Flasby.[1]
staincliffe, wapentake, staincliffe, also, known, staincliff, wapentake, west, riding, yorkshire, england, wapentakes, west, riding, east, division, labelled, west, division, labelled, wapentake, named, from, place, called, staincliffe, lost, bank, newton, con. Staincliffe also known as Staincliff was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire England Wapentakes of the West Riding The East Division labelled 3 on the map and the West Division is labelled 2 The wapentake was named from a place called Staincliffe now lost in Bank Newton not to be confused with Staincliffe near Dewsbury Staincliffe was presumably where the wapentake originally met although in the 12th century it met at Flasby 1 The wapentake was split into two divisions The East Division included the ancient parishes of Barnoldswick Bracewell Broughton Burnsall Carleton Gargrave Hebden Keighley Kettlewell Kildwick Linton Marton in Craven Skipton Thornton in Craven and parts of Arncliffe and Addingham The West Division included the parishes of Bolton by Bowland Giggleswick Gisburn Kirkby Malhamdale Long Preston Slaidburn and parts of Arncliffe Browsholme Mitton and Sawley Some parts of the Forest of Bowland attached to the Chapelry of Whitewell were part of the Lancashire parish of Whalley in neighbouring Blackburnshire Old Deanery of Craven editThe old Deanery of Craven was approximately equivalent to the Wapentake of Staincliff 2 References edit Smith A H 1961 The Place names of the West Riding of Yorkshire Vol 6 Cambridge University Press p 1 Thomas Dunham Whitaker 1805 The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven in the County of York London Nichols amp Son p 8External links edit Staincliffe and Ewcross Wap Vision of Britain Retrieved 18 April 2024 53 55 19 N 2 02 31 W 53 922 N 2 042 W 53 922 2 042 nbsp This North Yorkshire location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Staincliffe Wapentake amp oldid 1219592325, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
