Husband in danger back in times past in old region (9)
I believe the answer is:
yorkshire
'old region' is the definition.
(historic English county)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
(Other definitions for yorkshire that I've seen before include "Grit" , "Cricketing county" , "County (with small terrier?)" , "land in the North" , "Risky hero found in northern England, oddly" .)