88 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EAST .

Skirlaugh, , Sutton and Stoneferry, Swine, Thirtleby, Tunstall, Wawne or Waghen, vVaxholme, West Newton, Wyton. Wapentake (South Division). Burstwick-cum-Skeckling, Easing­ ton, Halsham, Hollym, Holmpton, Keyingham, Kilnsea, , Out Newton, Owthorne, , Paull or Paghill, Rimswell, Ryhill, Skeffiing, South Frodingham, Sunk Island, Thorngumbald, Welwick, Winestead, . Howdenshi're Wapentake, 34,089 acres. Asselby, Balkholme, Barnby-on-the­ Marsh, Belby, Bellasize, , Cotness, Eastrington, Gilberdike, , , Knedlington, Laxton, Melton, Metham, N8wport and Wallington, Port­ ington and Cavil, Saltmarshe, Scalby, Skelton, Thorpe, Walkington (part of), Welton, Yokefleet. 01~se and Derwent Wapentake, 55,::345 acres. Barlby, Brackenholme-with­ Woodall, Deighton, Dunnington, Elvington, Escrick, Gate Fulford, Grimston, Hemingbrough, Heslington St. Lawrence, Heslington St. Paul, Kelfield, Kexby, Langwith, Menthorpe-with-Bowthorpe, Naburn, North Duffield, Osgodby, Riccall, Skipwith, South Duffield, Stamford Bridge-with- Scoreby, Stillingfleet - with­ Moreby, Thorganby, Water Fulford, '.Vheldrake. Kingston-upon-Hull Borough and County. Drypool, Holy Trinity and St. Mary, Sculcoates, Southcoates, Sutton and Stoneferry (part of). PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS AND THE FRANCHISE. Previous to the year 1832, the East Riding had no parliamentary representation separate from the whole county; but by the Reform Bill of that year two members were allotted to each Riding; the boroughs of Aldborough, Boroughbridge, and were disfran­ chised, and those of Northallerton and Thirsk were deprived of one member. Bradford, Halifax, Leeds, and Sheffield were constituted parliamentary boroughs with two members each, and Huddersfield, Wakefield, and Whitby with one member each. The Ainsty of York was for parliamentary purposes united with the North Riding. The Reform Act of 1868 deprived Richmond and Malton of one representative each, and conferred the electoral dignity on Middlesbrough, to which was allotted one member, but made no change in the East Riding. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, the Riding is divided into three Electoral Divisions, viz., Buckrose, Holderness, and Howdenshire, each of which returns one member, and the representation of Hull was increased from two to three members. The Buckrose Division comprises the petty sessional divisions of Buckrose, Bainton, Beacon, and Dickering. Representative, Christopher Sykes, Esq., M.A., .J.P., D.L., Brantingham Thorpe, Brough, Yorks, and 2, Chesterfield Street, May­ fair, , W., and Carlton, White's, Boodle's, and Marlborough Clubs, London. The Holderness Division comprises the petty sessional divisions of North Holderness, Middle Holderness, South Bolderness, and North Hunsley Beacon, and the municipal boroughs of and Hull. Representative, Commander George Richard Bethell, R.N., Rise Park, Hull, and 43, Curzon Street, London, W., and Carlton and Naval and Military Clubs, London, S.W. The Howdenshire Division comprises the petty sessional divisions of Howden­ shire, Holme Beacon, South Hunsley Beacon, Wilton Beacon, and Ouse and Derwent (except so much as is included in the municipal borough of York by the H York Extension and Improvement Act"). Representative, Arthur Duncombe, Esq., M.A., J.P., D.L., South Cliff, Scarborough. COUNTY COUNCIL. This body was constituted in accordance with the pro­ visions of the Local Government Act of 1888, which decreed that in every administrative county, as defined by the Act, an elective body called a County Council shall be established, which shall be entrusted with the management of the administrative and financial business of the county, hitherto transacted by the magistrates at the Quarter Sessions. Under this Act, the Ridings of York­ shire form separate administrative counties. The East Riding is divided into forty-seven divisions, each of which elects one councillor, and the borough of Beverley four. The municipal boroughs of York and Hull are, by this Act, con­ stituted separate administrative counties under the title of County Boroughs.

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