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.

Whitby Strand Wapentake

Wapentake in the County of North Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Forms

  • Wytebistrand 1200–22 Guis 1294 Ebor
  • Libertate de Whiteby 1231 Ass

Parishes in this Wapentake