Pickering Lythe

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Pickering Lythe Wapentake shown within the North Riding and Yorkshire

Pickering Lythe is a wapentake of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Adjacent wapentakes are Whitby Strand to the north-east; Langbaurgh to the north; Ryedale to the west; and Buckrose and Dickering in the East Riding to the south. Pickering Lythe had a population of 87,635 in 2011.

The wapentake takes its name from the town of Pickering, which it contains.

It comprises the ancient parishes of:

*: Parly in Dickering wapentake (E. R.)
: In Ryedale.

Wapentakes of Yorkshire

East Riding: Buckrose • Dickering • Harthill • Holderness • Howdenshire • Ouse and Derwent • North Riding: Allertonshire • Birdforth • Bulmer • East Gilling • Hallikeld • Hang East • Hang West • Langbaurgh • Pickering Lythe • Ryedale • West Gilling • Whitby Strand • West Riding: Agbrigg and Morley (Agbrigg, Morley) • Ainsty • Barkston Ash • Claro • Osgoldcross • Skyrack • Staincliffe and Ewcross (Staincliffe, Ewcross) • Staincross • Strafforth and Tickhill