Hang West

Hang West
Wapentake
Wapentakes of North Yorkshire. Hang West is labelled as number 2.
Subdivisions
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Hang West was a Wapentake (Hundred) in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

The Wapentake measured 25 miles (40 km) across (from west to east) and was 13 miles (21 km) from north to south. It was bordered on its eastern side by Hang East, the West Riding of Yorkshire on the southern side with Westmorland and the West Riding on the Western side.[1]

  1. ^ White, William (1840). History, gazetteer, and directory, of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire. Sheffield: William White. p. 601. OCLC 319907952.