Editing Allertonshire

{{Short description|Former administrative division of Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2022}}
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|Name=Allertonshire
|Status=wapentake, liberty
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'''Allertonshire''' or '''Allerton''' was a [[wapentake]] and [[liberty (division)|liberty]] in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], [[England]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Guide to Local Administrative Units of England Volume II : Northern England|publisher=Royal Historical Society|date=September 1991|page=767|isbn=0-86193-127-0}}</ref>

[[Northallerton]], current name of Allerton, was historically associated with the Bishopric of [[County Palatine of Durham|Durham]], being an ecclesiastical [[Royal Peculiar|peculiar]] and exclave until the 19th century.

The shire's central location in the [[North Riding]] (1889-1974) and its successor [[North Yorkshire]] (1974–present) allowed the town to become the administrative centre for both counties.

The contiguous part of the wapentake included the ancient parishes of:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64774 |title=The wapentake of Allerton or Allertonshire |editor-first=William|editor-last=Page |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1914 |work=A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1 |accessdate=5 September 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Birkby, North Yorkshire|Birkby]]
*[[Kirby Sigston]]
*[[Leake, North Yorkshire|Leake]]
*Northallerton
*[[Osmotherley, North Yorkshire|Osmotherley]]
*[[North Otterington]]
*[[Thornton-le-Street]]

The wapentake also included exclaves of:
*the [[extra parochial area]] of [[Hutton Conyers]]
*the parish of [[West Rounton]]
*the parish of [[Sessay]]
*the Yorkshire part of the parish of [[Sockburn]] (townships of [[Girsby]] and [[Over Dinsdale]])

The wapentake also included part of the parish of [[Kirklington, North Yorkshire|Kirklington]],<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Kirklington/Kirklington90.html GENUKI. Kirklington: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1890.]</ref> including the [[vill]] of [[Howgrave]].<ref name="vch">{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64770 |title=Parishes: Kirklington |editor-first=William|editor-last=Page|editor-link=William Henry Page |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1914 |work=[[Victoria County History]]: A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1 |accessdate=26 June 2013 }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Hallamshire]]
* [[Howdenshire]]
* [[Hullshire]]
* [[Winchcombeshire]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Wapentakes of the North Riding of Yorkshire]]


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