barley bread; and vast tracts of waste
land, fit only for the production and
support of rabbits, have been brought
into a state of prosperous cultivation.

Wolfit, W. R. (8) a small hamlet
in the township and parish of Tickhill,
wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill,
2 miles S. W. from Tickhill.

WOLFSDALE, Or WOOLDALE, W. R.

(7) a township in the parish of Kirk
Burton, wapentake of Agbrigg, 6 miles
S. from Huddersfield; inhabitants, 3445.
This place, like some others, proba-
bly took its name from its abound-
ing in wolves in the time of the Anglo-
Saxons.

Wombleton, N. R. (2) a township
in the parish of Kirkdale, wapentake
of Rydale, 2 miles S. W. from Kirkby
Moorside; inhabitants, 287.

Wombwell, W. R. (8) a township
in the parish of Darfield, wapentake of
Strafforth and Tickhill, 4 miles S. E.
from Barnsley; inhabitants, 811; a
chapelry to Darfield.

Wombwell Wood Head, W. R.

(8) a hamlet in the preceding township.

Womergill Hall, N. R. (1). See

Lunedale.

Womersley, W. R. (8) a parish
and township in the wapentake of Os-
goldcross, 5 miles S. E. from Ponte-
fract; inhabitants, 316; a vicarage,
value 67. 11s. 5f 7.; patron, Lord
Hawke. Womersley Park, in this
pleasant village, is the seat of Lord
Hawke. The parish contains the
townships of Cridling Stubbs, Little
Smeaton, and Walden Stubbs. En-
tire population, 746.

Woodale, or Deepdale, N. R.
(4) a hamlet in the township of Carl-
ton High Dale, parish of Coverham,
wapentake of Hang West, 6 miles N. E.
from Kettlewell.

Woodale, High and Low, W. R.
(4) two small hamlets in the township
of Upper Stonebeck, parish of Kirkby
Malzeard, wapentake of Claro, 7 miles
N. E. from Kettlewell.

Woodale Houses, N. R. (2) a
hamlet in the township of Ugthorpe,
parish of Lythe, wapentake of Lang-
barugh, 9 miles W. from Whitby.

Wood End, N.R. (5). See Thorn-
ton le Street.

Wood End Lodge, N. R. (1) a
small hamlet in the township of Bain-
bridge, parish of Aysgarth, wapentake
of Hang West, 3f miles S. E. from
Hawes.

Wood Foot, W. R. (8) a small
hamlet in the township of Greasbo-
rough, parish of Rotherham, wapen-
take of Strafforth and Tickhill, 2 miles
N. from Rotherham.

Wood Hall, W. R. (8) a town-
ship with Hart Hill, in the parish of
Hart Hill, wapentake of Strafforth and
Tickhill, 8 miles S. from Rotherham ;
inhabitants, 650.

Wood Hall, E. R. (5) a township
with Brackenholme, in the parish of
Hemingborough, wapentake of Ouse
and Derwent, 6 miles E. from Selby,
inhabitants, 90. Here is the seat of
Cbas. Reeves, Esq.

Wood Hall, E. R. (6). See El-
lerby.

Wood Hall, N. R. (1) a hamlet
in the township of Askrigg, parish of
Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang West,
If mile E. from Askrigg. Here is the
seat of Christ. Alderson, Esq.

Wood Hall, W. R. (8) a hamlet in
the township and parish of Womers-
ley, wapentake of Osgoldcross, 5 miles
E. from Pontefract.

Wood Hall, W. R. (5) a hamlet
in the township of Sicklinghall, parish
of Kirkby Overblow, wapentake of
Claro, 2f miles S. W. from Wetherby.

Wood Hall, Middle, Nether,
and Over, W. R. (8) three small ham-
lets in the township and parish of Dar-
field, wapentake of Strafforth and Tick-
hill, 4 miles S. E. from Barnsley. At
Wood Hall Nether is the seat of John
Garland, Esq.

Wood Hall Hill, W. R. (5) a