Barkston Ash Wapentake

Wapentakes of the West Riding. Barkston Ash is labelled 10 on the map.

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

1. "Barkston Ash Wapentake Path" (PDF). church-fenton.net. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
2. The ancient parish of Tadcaster/Tadcaster90: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI.
3. "The Historical Gazetteer of England's Place-names". placenames.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

53.818°N 1.254°W / 53.818; -1.254