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Barkston Ash Wapentake
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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]
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