Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STAINCLIFFE AND EWCROSS

STAINCLIFFE AND EWCROSS, a wapentake on the NW side of W. R. Yorkshire; containing 25 parishes, and parts of 3 others; and cut into two divisions, E and W. Acres, 165,555 and 284,491. Pop. in 1851, 51,812 and 25,746; in 1861, 75,879. Houses, 15,823.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a wapentake"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Staincliffe and Ewcross

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