A wapentake was a sub-division of a Riding, equivalent to the southern counties' "Hundred" and became obsolete around the year 1900. The West Riding - was divided into three parts: Northern part: Skipton, Keighley, Shipley, Sowerby, and Elland Eastern part: Ripon, Otley, Barkston Ash, Osgoldcross, Pudsey, and Spen Valley Southern part: Batley, Normanton, Colne Valley, Holmfirth, Barnsley, Hallamshire, Rotherham, and Doncaster