Langbaurgh West was a Wapentake, a division of the ancient county of Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

. The area along with Langbaurgh East

Langbaurgh East

Langbaurgh East was a wapentake of the defunct North Riding of Yorkshire, the eastern division of Langbaurgh. The name is presently in use as a local justice area , consisting of the eastern, mostly rural part of the borough of Redcar and Cleveland...

 forms the Anglo-Saxon

Anglo-Saxons

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 area of Cleveland, England

Cleveland, England

Cleveland is an area in the north east of England. Its name means literally "cliff-land", referring to its hilly southern areas, which rise to nearly...

 (not to be confused with the County of Cleveland of 1974 to 1996) and roughly covers the modern districts of Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

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, Redcar & Cleveland, the southern portion of Stockton-on-Tees

Stockton-on-Tees

Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in north east England. It is the major settlement in the unitary authority and borough of Stockton-on-Tees. For ceremonial purposes, the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire as it also incorporates a number of smaller towns including...

, the northern parts of Hambleton (Great Ayton, Stokesley) and the northern parts of the Borough of Scarborough

Scarborough (borough)

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From the most North-Westerly point, The West Wapentake's approximate boundary started from Yarm across to Eston

Eston

Eston is a town within the Unitary Authority of Redcar and Cleveland, England. Within the Middlesbrough agglomeration it falls inside the Greater Eston initiative...

 (and the modern Grangetown

Grangetown, North Yorkshire

Grangetown is a township in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the outskirts of Middlesbrough between the town and ICI Wilton. It is approximately 3.3 miles east of Middlesbrough centre and 4.4 miles from Redcar. Although...

area), following south the boundary of Lanbaurgh East, then South-west past Stokesley and back up to Craven and Yarm. The West Wapentake covered roughly the area of modern day Middlesbrough, South Stockton and the northern most parts of Hambleton.