Maps of Yorkshire
1. The Ainsty and part of the West Riding
| Part of the West Riding
of Yorkshire including the Ainsty |
| 1. York |
2. Selby |
3. Brocket Wood |
4. Appleton |
| 5. Acaster Selby |
6. Nun Appleton |
7. Bolton Percy |
8. Hornington |
| 9. Steeton |
10. Colton |
11. Tadcaster |
12. Newton Kyme |
| 13. Walton |
14. Wetherby |
15. Follifoot |
16. Knaresborough |
| 17. Scriven |
18. Harrogate |
19. Towton |
20. Moor Monkton |
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The Ainsty was a flat,
fertile wapentake
of about 100 square miles to the west and
south of the City of York nearly surrounded by the rivers
Nidd, Ouse and Wharfe (Palliser 1979 pp 7, 9; external map).
The Ainsty was under the jurisdiction of the City of York
and had closer links with the City than the rest of Yorkshire.
Its east side contained the parish of Bolton
Percy, which in earlier times included the townships of
Appleton, Bolton Percy proper and Steeton. At the south-east
tip of the parish the Wharfe joins the Ouse to flow on past
Selby and about 30 miles later passes Hull on out to the North
Sea.
2. Yorkshire and west
| Yorkshire |
| 1. Bolton Percy |
2. Brumpton Salden |
3. Goathland |
4. Hull |
| 5. Lofthouse
(Loftus) |
6. Masham |
7. Moulton |
8. Pickering |
| 9. Richmond |
10. Settle |
11. Whitby |
12. York |
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