Barkston Ash was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, named after the meeting-place at the village of Barkston.[1] It included the parishes of Birkin, Bramham cum Oglethorpe, Brayton, Drax, Kirk Fenton, Ledsham, Monk Fryston, Saxton with Scarthingwell and Sherburn-in-Elmet and parts of Brotherton, Kirkby Wharfe, Ryther, Snaith and Tadcaster.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Barkston Ash Wapentake Path" (PDF). church-fenton.net. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ The ancient parish of Tadcaster/Tadcaster90: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI.
- ^ "The Historical Gazetteer of England's Place-names". placenames.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
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