Pickering Lythe

Pickering Lythe
Dic (Domesday survey name)
Wapentake
Pickering Lythe is the very light green section on the coast, speared by Whitby Strand
Area
  1831141,970 acres (57,450 ha)
  Coordinates54°17′24″N 0°46′48″W / 54.290°N 0.780°W / 54.290; -0.780
Population
  183115,319
History
  Created1086 (as Dic)
StatusDefunct
  TypeHundred (county division)

Pickering Lythe was one of twelve wapentakes within the historical county of the North Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was recognised within the Domesday Book as Dic, an area covering the Vale of Pickering, and swathes of land east towards the North Yorkshire coast.