Hang East

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.

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

History

Its name derives from its meeting place of Hang Bank which was halfway between Hutton Hang and the village of Finghall. Hang is believed to derive from the Old English word Hangar which meant a wooded slope.[2] The place is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Hotun.[3] Both Hang East and Hang West, were originally one wapentake (Hang) until they were divided in the 13th century; this is why Hang East wapentake derives its name from a hill which was no longer in its area.[4] Hang East was divided up into nine parishes; Bedale, Catterick, Hornby, Kirkby Fleetham, Masham, Patrick Brompton, Scruton, Thornton Watlass and Well.[5]

It was bordered to the south by Claro Wapentake and to the east by Hallikeld[note 2] and Gilling East Wapentakes. To the north lay Richmond and Gilling West Wapentake with Hang West on its western edge.[6]

In 1831, the Wapentake was measured as covering 64,000 acres (26,000 ha)[7] and was 8 miles (13 km) across at its widest and was 15 miles (24 km) from north to south.[8] It was chiefly agricultural in nature and possessed two market towns; Bedale and Masham. Its land was described as being more fertile and low-lying than Hang West wapentake (to the west) which contained steeper valleys and higher peaks.[9] In modern times, the area that the Wapentake covered is divided between the Hambleton and Richmondshire districts of North Yorkshire.

Settlements

The table below lists the settlements within the Hang East Wapentake. These are as listed in Bulmer's North Riding[10] and White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory, of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire.[11]

(BP=Bedale Parish, CP=Catterick Parish, HP=Hornby Parish, KFP=Kirkby Fleetham Parish, MP=Masham Parish, PBP=Patrick Brompton Parish, SP=Scruton Parish, TWP=Thornton Watlass Parish, WP=Well Parish)

Name Parish Name Parish Name Parish
Ainderby Myers with Holtby[note 3][12] HP Great Crakehall BP Patrick Brompton[note 4] PBP
Aiskew BP Hackforth HP Rand Grange BP
Arrathorne PBP Healey-with-Sutton MP Rookwith TWP
Bedale BP High Ellington MP St Martin[note 5] CP
Brough CP Hipswell CP Scotton CP
Burrell-cum-Cowling[note 6] BP Hornby HP Scruton SP
Burton-upon-Ure MP Ilton-cum-Pott MP Snape WP
Catterick CP Killerby CP Swinton-with-Watermarsk[note 7] MP
Clifton-upon-Ure TWP Kirkby Fleetham KFP Thirn TWP
Colbourn[note 8] CP Langthorne BP Thornton Watlass TWP
East Appleton CP Little Crakehall BP Tunstall CP
Ellingstring MP Low Ellington MP Well WP
Fearby MP Masham MP West Appleton CP
Firby BP Newton-le-Willows PBP

Exelby with Leeming and Newton used to be in Hallikeld Wapentake, but was transferred to Hang East in the early 19th century, hence the sign on the road with Hang East instead of Hallikeld.[11] The HD on the sign stands for Highway District (Hang East Highway District took its name from the wapentake) and the Highways District maintained the roads in the former Wapentake area.[13]

Notes
  1. Sometimes referred to as East Hang.
  2. The spelling of this Wapentake varies between Halikeld and Hallikeld.
  3. Modern day spelling is Ainderby Miers
  4. Was known as Brompton Patrick; part of the parish was in the wapentake of Hang West.
  5. Was originally listed as being Hipswell and St Martin's Chapelry.
  6. Modern day spelling is Burrill.
  7. Sometimes listed as Swinton Wathermarske.
  8. Modern day spelling is Colburn.

References
  1. "East Hang Wap through time | Census tables with data for the Ancient District". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. Smith, A H (1928). The place-names of the North Riding of Yorkshire (PDF) (1 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 229. OCLC 906264189.
  3. Horsfall-Turner, J (1908). Yorkshire place names : as recorded in the Yorkshire Domesday Book, 1086. Idel[sic]: Horsfall-Turner. p. 59. OCLC 181784558.
  4. Smith, A H (1928). The place-names of the North Riding of Yorkshire (PDF). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 228–229. OCLC 847221166.
  5. "The wapentake of Hang East | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  6. White 1840, p. 601.
  7. The parliamentary gazetteer of England and Wales, adapt. 1845. p. 250. OCLC 563582350.
  8. White 1840, p. 573.
  9. Langdale, Thomas (1822). A topographical dictionary of Yorkshire : containing the names of all the towns, villages, hamlets, gentlemen's seats, &c. in the county of York. Northallerton: Langdale. p. 46. OCLC 963312803.
  10. "Genuki: NRY HISTORY CONTENTS: , Yorkshire". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  11. White 1840, p. 574.
  12. "99" (Map). Northallerton & Ripon. 1:50,000. landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319261972.
  13. Heywood, Richard. "The Mattison mileposts of the North Riding". www.yorkshire-milestones.co.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

Sources
  • White, William (1840). History, gazetteer, and directory, of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire. Sheffield: White. OCLC 319907952.
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