{{Short description|Former administrative area of Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=July 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|right|Wapentakes of the West Riding, England. Ewecross is labelled 1 on the map.

The historical area<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tathamfells.me.uk/ewecross/index.htm |title=Historical Society |access-date=2012-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205125910/http://www.tathamfells.me.uk/ewecross/index.htm |archive-date=2011-02-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> of '''Ewecross''' or '''Ewcross''' is a district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.<ref>[http://ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/ewecross.html Genuki]</ref> It included the parishes of Bentham, Clapham, Horton in Ribblesdale and Sedbergh and parts of Thornton in Lonsdale.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Kelly |editor1-first=E.&nbsp;R. |title=Kelly's Directory of West Riding of Yorkshire, 1881. [Part 1: County Information & Places A-K] |date=1881 |publisher=Kelly |location=London|oclc=1131686820|page=7}}</ref> Ewcross was split from the Staincliffe and Ewcross wapentake in the nineteenth century covering an area which was {{convert|25|mi}} north to south (from Settle to Westmorland), and {{convert|11|mi}} west to east.<ref>{{cite book |last1=White |first1=William |title=History, gazetteer and directory of the West-Riding of Yorkshire, with the City of York and port of Hull |date=1837 |publisher=White |location=Sheffield |page=811|oclc= 319907954}}</ref>

In modern times the name has been used for one of the area deaneries under the Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven in the Anglican Diocese of Leeds. In 2017 it amalgamated with Bowland to become the Deanery of Bowland and Ewecross.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leeds.anglican.org/news/ripon-area-map-redrawn-two-deaneries-become-one|title=Ripon Area map redrawn as two deaneries become one &#124; the Diocese of Leeds, Church of England|access-date=15 August 2018|archive-date=29 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029171402/https://www.leeds.anglican.org/news/ripon-area-map-redrawn-two-deaneries-become-one|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Since 1974 the area of the wapentake has been divided between the counties of North Yorkshire and Cumbria.

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Category:Wapentakes of the West Riding of Yorkshire Category:Ancient subdivisions of Yorkshire Category:History of North Yorkshire

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