English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Pickering Lythe Wapentake

Wapentake in the County of North Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Forms

  • Dic wapentac 1086 DB
  • Pikiringelit 1135–55 YCh
  • Pikeringelid, Pikeringelith 1158 YCh 1252 Ch
  • Pykeringlidh, Pykerynglyth c.1169–85 YCh 1485 Test
  • wap' (wapentacco) de Picheringe 1166 P 1301 LS
  • Pikringlith 1172–9 YCh
  • Pikaringalith 1176–9 YCh 1201 ChR