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A TOPOGRAPHICAL
DICTIONARY
OF
YORKSHIRE
By THOMAS LANGDALE
1809
(MacFie -Calvert Trustees, Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes)
 

"AYSGARTH, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang-West, liberty of Richmondshire; 4 miles from Askrigg, 7 from Leyburn. ... (p.4)

 

BISHOP'S DALE, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang-West,; 3 miles from Hawes, 5 from Askrigg. Pop. 84.  (p.7)

BURTON, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang-West, liberty of Richmondshire; (the seat of William Purchase, Esq) 5½ miles from Askrigg, 6½ from Leyburn. - Pop. 446. (p.11

NEWBIGGIN, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang-West liberty of Richmondshire; 5 miles from Askrigg, 6 from Middleham, 6 from Leyburn. Pop. 121.  (p.51)

 

THORALBY, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang-West, liberty of Richmondshire; 4½ miles from Askrigg, 7½ from Leyburn. Population 313." (p.74)

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