Thoralby Township

 

The present-day township comprises 2,857 acres. The houses outside the main village are to the east, Spickles Farm and Riddings and to the west Gayle Ing, Barker, Cote Bottom, Blind Syke, Swinacote, Howsyke, Crooksby and Littleburn.

 

Bishopdale Township

 

The present-day township comprises 4,728 acres. There has been no village in the township since Croxby became depopulated in the Middle Ages, since when the township boundaries have changed, placing the remains of Croxby in Thoralby township. The scattered farms and houses that make up Bishopdale are Dale Head, Howgill, Kidstones, Longridge, New House, The Rookery (Coach House), Scar Top, Smelter, Myers Garth, Ribba Hall, Under Scar, The Old School House, Newhouse Gill and Dalefoot.

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Burton-cum-Walden Township

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The present-day township comprises 7,659 acres. It occupies the lower ends of the valleys of Bishopdale and Walden and includes the village of West Burton, including the Black Bull, Flanders Hall, Howraine, Sorrelsykes, Morpeth Gate, Edgley, Adam Bottoms, Brown Lea, and Eshington. The valley of Walden includes, Riddings, Cote, Whiterow, High and Low Dove Scar, Chapel Green (derelict), Nell Bank, Bridge End, Ashes, Grange Farm, Uncles House, Kentucky House, Walden Head, R'gill, Eat and West, Hill Top, Haw, Hargill, Cowstonegill, Cross and Forelands. Nellholme, Hestholme and Hestholme East, formerly a detached part of Thoralby township are now part of Burton-cum-Walden township.

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Newbiggin Township

 

The present-day township comprises 1,696 acres. The houses outside the main village are The Street Head Inn, Cross Lanes Farm, The Bunkhouse (formerly Cross Lanes School), East Lane House, West Lane House and Misty Field.

 

All four townships are in the Wapentake of Hang West, formerly in the North Riding of Yorkshire and now in the county of North Yorkshire. See diagram below.