Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STRAFFORTH and TICKHILL

STRAFFORTH and TICKHILL, a wapentake in the S of W. R. Yorkshire; containing 52 parishes and 2 parts; and cut into two divisions, lower and upper. Acres, 116,033 and 130,718. Pop. in 1851, 25,238 and 61,875; in 1861, 108,509. Houses, 22,327.


(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: Strafforth and Tickhill

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