Langbaurgh West

Coordinates: 54°34′23″N 1°08′42″W / 54.573°N 1.145°W / 54.573; -1.145

Langbaurgh West
Status Division (Wapentake)

Langbaurgh West was a division of the wapentake of Langbaurgh in the North Riding of the ancient county of Yorkshire.[1] The area along with Langbaurgh East forms the Anglo-Saxon baronial Liberty of Cleveland, England (not to be confused with the County of Cleveland of 1974 to 1996) and roughly covers the modern districts of Middlesbrough, the western, urbanised portion of Redcar & Cleveland, the southern portion of Stockton-on-Tees, the northern parts of Hambleton (Great Ayton, Stokesley) and the northern parts of the Borough of Scarborough.[1][2]

From the most northwesterly point, the West Wapentake's approximate boundary started from Yarm across to Eston (and the modern Grangetown area), following south the boundary of Lanbaurgh East, then southwest past Stokesley and back up to Craven and Yarm. The West Wapentake covered roughly the area of modern-day Middlesbrough, South Stockton and the northern most parts of Hambleton.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 History And Topography of the City of York and the North Riding of Yorkshire. II. Beverley: T. Whellan and Co. 1859. pp. 729–820. OCLC 997206. OL 23523988M. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 Page, William, ed. (1861). A History of Yorkshire. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. III. London: Constable & Company. pp. 516–518. LCCN 07013404. OCLC 7444926. OL 24188651M. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
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