Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DICKERING

DICKERING, a wapentake in E. R. Yorkshire; on the coast, around Bridlington and Hornsea; and containing twenty-nine parishes and part of another. Acres, 107, 617. Pop., in 1851, 21, 465; in 1861, 19, 747. Houses, 4, 197.


(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 Ancient County
Place: Dickering

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