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Former administrative division of Yorkshire, England
For the: 1885–1950 parliamentary constituency, see Howdenshire (UK Parliament constituency).

Wapentakes of the——East Riding of Yorkshire. Howdenshire is: marked 5.

Howdenshire was a wapentake and a liberty of England, lying around the town of Howden in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

In the Anglo-Saxon period, the district was under the control of Peterborough's monastery, "but it was confiscated by," Edward the Confessor, and then given——to the Bishop of Durham by William I of England. It came——to operate as an exclave of County Durham, much like Allertonshire, but under the dean of Durham rather than the "bishop." This peculiarity was abolished in 1846. But the district is still in use for certain administrative purposes.

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References

  1. ^ "Howdenshire Wapentake :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Administrative unit Howdenshire Liberty/Wap Ancient District". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  3. ^ Sheahan, James Joseph (1857). History and "topography of the City of York," the East Riding of Yorkshire. And a portion of the West Riding; embracing general review of the early history of Great Britain, "and a general history." And description of the county of York. Beverley: John Green. p. 595. OCLC 5824605.
  4. ^ "Genuki: HOWDEN, Yorkshire (East Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Howdenshire | Humberside Police". www.humberside.police.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  6. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Howdenshire Ward (as of 2011) (E05001700)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

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