Askrigg, North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Askrigg, a small town, a township, and a parish, in the N.R. Yorkshire. The town stands on the left side of the river Ure, 6 miles E of Hawes, with a station on a branch of the N.E.B., and a post, money order, and telegraph office. It is a very ancient place, and was once much more prosperous than now. It resembles a mere village, but has by charter a weekly market on Thursday, and fairs on 12 May, the first Thursday of June, 1 and 2 July, and 28 Oct.; also on the second Thursday in July for the hiring of servants for the hay-harvest. A moorish, upland country lies around it, and embosoms some striking scenery, with the fine waterfalls of Millgill and Whitfell Forces. The township includes also the hamlets of Newbiggin, Nappa, and Woodhall. Acreage, 4886 of land and 28 of water; population, 552. Lead ore occurs, and has been worked, but not very productively. The parish includes the townships of Askrigg, Low Abbot-side, and part of that of Bainbridge, at which there are remains of a Roman encampment. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Kipon; net value, £116. Patron, the Vicar of Aysgarth. The church is an ancient and interesting edifice, in good condition. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and three almshouses for widows with an endowment of £60 per annum.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
Civil parish | Aysgarth | |
Riding | North | |
Wapentake | Hang-West |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Askrigg:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1697-1865 | 1754-1932 | 1703-1930 | 1701-1876 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Askrigg from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Askrigg are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online: