Sowerbyshire
Sowerbyshire (/ˈsoʊərbi-, ˈsaʊərbi-/[1]), formerly a small shire of northern England in Norman times, was the name given the region surrounding the West Yorkshire town of Sowerby. It was administered as a graveship (one of twelve subdivisions of the manor of Wakefield) during the 14th and 15th centuries; court leet for the subinfeudatory manors, such as Halifax and Wadsworth, met at Sowerby or Halifax from 1433, before 1430 it met at Wakefield.[2] The shire was designated a Royal Chase and may have once have been of strategic importance, Sowerby being the site of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle, unusual for this part of England.
References
External links
- Sowerby Website
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Yorkshire Portal
- City of Bradford
- City of Leeds
- City of Wakefield
- Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale
- Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees
(cities in italics)
- Baildon
- Batley
- Bingley
- Birstall
- Bradford
- Brighouse
- Castleford
- Cleckheaton
- Denholme
- Dewsbury
- Elland
- Farsley
- Featherstone
- Garforth
- Guiseley
- Halifax
- Hebden Bridge
- Heckmondwike
- Hemsworth
- Holmfirth
- Horbury
- Horsforth
- Huddersfield
- Ilkley
- Keighley
- Knottingley
- Leeds
- Liversedge
- Meltham
- Mirfield
- Morley
- Normanton
- Ossett
- Otley
- Pontefract
- Pudsey
- Queensbury
- Rothwell
- Shipley
- Silsden
- South Elmsall
- South Kirkby
- Sowerby Bridge
- Stanley
- Thornton
- Todmorden
- Wakefield
- Wetherby
- Yeadon
See also: List of civil parishes in West Yorkshire