Langbaurgh Wapentake

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Langbaurgh is a wapentake of the North Riding of Yorkshire. It covers an area on the northern coast of the county, including Middlesbrough, Easby, Great Ayton, Guisborough, Marske-by-the-Sea, Maltby, Easington, Redcar, and Whitby. It has two divisions, the western and eastern.

The wapentake took its name from the hamlet of Langbaurgh, near Great Ayton.[1]

References

  1. William Page, ed (1923). Parishes: Great Ayton. Victoria County History. pp. 225-231. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol2/pp225-231. Retrieved 8 September 2015. 

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