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| Pickering Lythe Dic (Domesday survey name) | |
|---|---|
| Wapentake | |
 Pickering Lythe is the very light green section on the coast, speared by Whitby Strand | |
| Area | |
| • Coordinates | 54°17′24″N 0°46′48″W / 54.290°N 0.780°W |
| Population | |
| • 1831 | 15,319 |
| History | |
| • Created | 1086 |
| Status | Defunct |
| • Type | Hundred (county division) |
Pickering Lythe was a wapentake within the North Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was recognised within the Domesday Book as Dic, an area covering the vale of Pickering and swathes of land east towards the North Yorkshire Coast.
History[edit]
The population of the wapentake was recorded in 1831 as being 15,319.[1]
Settlements[edit]
The wapentake contained 48 settlements within the following parishes; Allerston,Brompton, Cayton, Ebberston, Ellerburn, Hutton Bushel, Kirkby Misperton, Levisham, Middleton, Pickering, Scalby, Seamer, Sinnington, Thornton Dale, and Wykeham.[2][3]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Administrative unit Pickering Lythe Liberty/Wap/Liberty Ancient District". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "Genuki: NRY HISTORY CONTENTS: , Yorkshire". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ Page 1968, p. 418.
Sources[edit]
- Anderson, Olof S. (1934). The English hundred-names. Lunds University. OCLC 1119479095.
- Lyth, J. (1893). "Pickering Lythe Wapentake". Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. 8. Leeds: Yorkshire Archaeological Society. ISSN 0084-4276.
- Page, William (1968). The Victoria history of the county of York, North Riding. London: Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Research. ISBN 0712903100.
- Smith, A. H. (1979) [1928]. The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire. English Place Name Society. OCLC 19714705.
- Whellan, T. (1859). History and Topography of the City of York, and the North Riding of Yorkshire: embracing a general review of the early history of Great Britain, and a general history and description of the County of York, Volume 2. Beverley: John Green. OCLC 74378767.
- White, William (1840). History, gazetteer and directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire. Sheffield: Robert Leader. OCLC 1008476555.