Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SKYRACK

SKYRACK, a wapentake in W. R. Yorkshire; bounded on the N, by the river Wharfe,-on the S by the river Aire; containing 13 parishes and parts of three others; and cut into two divisions, lower and upper. Acres, 37,723 and 55,686. Pop. in 1851, 13,209 and 44,244; in 1861, 60,225. Houses, 12,497.


(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: Skyrack

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