Allertonshire or Allerton was a

wapentake A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Southern Schleswig, Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek, ...

and

liberty Liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, or a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant (i.e. privilege). It is a synonym for the word freedom. In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...

in the

North Riding of Yorkshire The North Riding of Yorkshire is a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding. The riding's highest point is at Mickle Fell with 2,585 ft (788 metres). From the Restoration it was used ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

Northallerton Northallerton ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Mowbray and at the northern end of the Vale of York. It had a population of 16,832 in the 2011 census, an increa ...

, current name of Allerton, was historically associated with the Bishopric of

Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham *County Durham, an English county * Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States *Durham, North Carolina, a city in N ...

, being an ecclesiastical peculiar and exclave until the 19th century. The shires central location in the North Riding (1889-1974) and its successor

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by national parks, including most of the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. It is one of four co ...

(1974-present) allowed the town to become the administrative centre for both counties. The contiguous part of the wapentake included the ancient parishes of: * Birkby *

Kirby Sigston Kirby Sigston is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, approximately east of Northallerton. The village is situated on the Cod Beck river, and the wider parish contains the hamlet of Jeater Houses ...

* Leake *Northallerton * Osmotherley *

North Otterington North Otterington is a civil parish with no village centre on the east bank of the River Wiske, in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. North Yorkshire County Council estimated its population in 2011 to be 40 and 30 in 2015. Detai ...

Thornton-le-Street Thornton-le-Street is a village and parochial and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Thornton-le-Moor and Thornton-le-Street for District purposes. As the population remained ...

The wapentake also included exclaves of: *the extra parochial area of

Hutton Conyers Hutton Conyers is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the River Ure and north-east of Ripon. The parish extends from the River Ure to the A1(M) motorway, and includes the vil ...

*the parish of West Rounton *the parish of Sessay *the Yorkshire part of the parish of

Sockburn Sockburn is a village and former civil parish to the south of Darlington in County Durham, England. It is situated at the apex of a meander of the River Tees, known locally as the Sockburn Peninsula. Today, all that remains of the village is ...

(townships of

Girsby Girsby is a village and civil parish in Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. The village lies on high ground on the eastern bank of the River Tees. The population of the parish was estimated at 40 in 2010. The population as of the ...

and

Over Dinsdale Over Dinsdale is a small village and civil parish in the Local Government District of Hambleton in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the village (including Girsby) taken at the 2011 census was 151. The village straddles an ancient ...

) The wapentake also included part of the parish of Kirklington,GENUKI. Kirklington: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1890.
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vill Vill is a term used in English history to describe the basic rural land unit, roughly comparable to that of a parish, manor, village or tithing. Medieval developments The vill was the smallest territorial and administrative unit—a geographica ...

Howgrave Howgrave is a civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It is a very small parish, with an area of only and an estimated population in 2014 of only 10. There is no modern village in the parish. The site of the ...

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Wapentakes of the North Riding of Yorkshire Former counties of England {{Hambleton-geo-stub

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