Hallikeld

Hallikeld[note 1] was a wapentake, an administrative division (or ancient district) analogous to a hundred,[2] in the historic county of the North Riding of Yorkshire.[5] This is thought to be taken from some fresh water springs in the Melmerby area, which were located within the wapentake.[6] Fields to the south of Melmerby are labelled as Hallikelds on Ordnance Survey mapping from 1909.At times, the wapentake was considered to be in the West Riding of Yorkshire,[10] despite being on the north bank of the River Ure, which was the historical dividing line between the West and North Ridings of Yorkshire.[14] The boundaries of the wapentakes were being constantly redrawn; in the early part of the 19th century, Hutton Conyers was in Hallikeld,[15] and Exelby, Leeming and Newton was transferred into the district at the same time.
wapentakehundredNorth Riding of YorkshireOld EnglishOld NorseMelmerbyOrdnance SurveySt LambertsBurnestonHang EastWest Riding of YorkshireRiver UreNorth Ridings of YorkshireGilling EastRiver SwaleHutton ConyersPoor Law UnionsAinderby QuernhowNorton-le-ClayAsenbyHowgravePickhill with RoxbyBaldersbyHumburton with MilbyRainton with NewbyKirby-on-the-MoorSinderbyCarthorpeKirklingtonSwainby with AllerthorpeCundall and LeckbyLangthorneSuttonDishforthLangthorpeTheakstoneEast TanfieldMarton-le-MoorExelby, Leeming and NewtonGatenbyMiddleton QuernhowWest TanfieldNorthallerton