The parish fell within the ancient Rushcliffe wapentake of Nottinghamshire. The borough was named after the ancient Langbaurgh wapentake of Yorkshire. In Yorkshire a Norse wapentake usually replaced several Anglo-Saxon hundreds. It is named after the historic Bassetlaw wapentake of Nottinghamshire. Deighton was in the same wapentake (Allerton) as Over Dinsdale. Doncaster has traditionally been a prosperous area within the wapentake of Stafford and Tickhill. It is part of the Wapentake of Langoe. It gave its name to the earlier Wirksworth wapentake or hundred. The district was named after the old Rushcliffe wapentake. In 1823 Aldbrough was a parish in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. Bassetlaw is named after the historic Anglo-Saxon Bassetlaw Wapentake of Nottinghamshire. In 1823 Kilnsea was a civil parish in the Wapentake and Liberty of Holderness. A meer was , in the Wirksworth Wapentake. The village was in the wapentake of Staincross. Pateley Bridge was once in the Lower Division of Claro Wapentake.