Hang East

Hang East
Wapentake
Wapentakes of North Yorkshire. Hang East is a dark green colour on the top left.
Subdivisions
 • TypeNine parishes
Sign at the crossroads in Leeming Bar. This is on Roman Road, the original A1 road

Hang East[note 1] was a Wapentake (Hundred), which is an administrative division (or ancient district),[1] in the historic county of the North Riding of Yorkshire. It was one of the smaller wapentakes by area and consisted of nine parishes and two towns; Bedale and Masham.


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  1. ^ "East Hang Wap through time | Census tables with data for the Ancient District". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2018.