A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HOLDERNESS, a wapentake in E. R. Yorkshire; bounded, on the N, by Dickering wapentake, -on the E, by the German ocean, -on the S and W, by the Humber and by Harthill wapentake; and cut into three divisions, middle, north, and south. The m. div. contains thirteen parishes, and parts of three others. Acres, 51, 252. Pop. in 1851, 8, 791. Houses, 1,807. The n. div. contains seventeen parishes, and parts of three others. Acres, 58, 539. Pop. in 1851, 9, 070. Houses, 1,864. The s. div. contains fourteen parishes, and part of another. Acres, 80, 471. Pop. in 1851, 7, 996. Houses, 1, 572. Pop. of the whole, in 1861, 26, 584. Houses, 5, 565.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a wapentake" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Holderness |
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