Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LANGBAURGH (East and West)

LANGBAURGH (East and West), two wapentakes in N. R. Yorkshire; bounded, on the N, by the German ocean; on the E and the SE, by Whitby-Strand and Pickering-Lythe; on the S, by Ryedale and Birdford; on the W, by the river Tees and Allertonshire. East L. contains Easington and Guisbrough parishes, twelve other parishes, and parts of two others. Acres, 94,326. Pop. in 1851,10,671; in 1861,28,343. Houses, 5,689. West L. contains Ayton and Middlesborough parishes, eighteen other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 63,216. Pop. in 1851,16,643; in 1861,17,576. Houses, 3,737.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "two wapentakes"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: North Riding Riding       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Langbaurgh

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