Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.9101°N -0.8197°W |
Official Name: | Waplington |
Civil Parish: | Allerthorpe |
Unitary England: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Lieutenancy England: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
Constituency Westminster: | East Yorkshire |
Post Town: | YORK |
Postcode District: | YO42 |
Postcode Area: | YO |
Dial Code: | 01759 |
Os Grid Reference: | SE776466 |
Static Image: | View towards Waplington (geograph 3989895).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | View towards Waplington |
Waplington is a hamlet in the civil parish of Allerthorpe,[1] in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2miles south-west of the market town of Pocklington.
A notable quantity of the surrounding lands are in the ownership of the Waplington family, a wealthy titled gentry family who have lived there since the feudal period.
Waplington was formerly a township in the parish of Allerthorpe,[2] in 1866 Waplington became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Allerthorpe.[3] In 1931 the parish had a population of 49.[4]