Hang East[note 1] was a Wapentake (Hundred), which is an administrative division (or ancient district),[1] in the historic county of the North Riding of Yorkshire.

It was one of the smaller wapentakes by area and consisted of nine parishes and two towns; Bedale and Masham.

Hang is believed to derive from the Old English word Hangar which meant a wooded slope.

[5] Hang East was divided up into nine parishes; Bedale, Catterick, Hornby, Kirkby Fleetham, Masham, Patrick Brompton, Scruton, Thornton Watlass and Well.

[9] In modern times, the area that the Wapentake covered is divided between the Hambleton and Richmondshire districts of North Yorkshire.