GENUKI: Aysgarth

The Ancient Parish of AYSGARTH

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"AYSGARTH, a parish in the wapentake of Hang West, and liberty of Richmondshire; 4 miles ESE. of Askrigg. This parish is very extensive, and contains three market towns, viz. Hawes, Askrigg, and Burton in Bishop's Dale, and is famous for its romantic situation on the banks of the river Ure. The church dedicated to St. Andrew, is a handsome edifice, and the living, which is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of Trinity College, Cambridge, is enjoyed by the Rev. John Brasse; the Rev. John Winn, is the curate. There is here a curious bridge called Yore, which rises thirty-two feet, and spans seventy-one; the concave of which is embellished with pendant petrifactions, and its airy battlements beautifully festooned with spreading ivy. The cataracts near this place, also claim the attention of every traveller; so much so, that the learned Dr. Pocock, whose search after the sublime and marvellous, brought him to Aysgarth, is said to have owned, with exultation, that these cataracts exceeded those so celebrated on the Nile. In addition to the parish church there are two meeting-houses, one for the Society of Friends, and another for the Methodists. Population, 293.

In this village was born about 1710, James Tunstall, a learned and amiable divine. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, of which he became fellow and principal tutor. In 1741, he was elected public orator of the University, afterwards chaplain to Archbishop Potter, created D.D. in 1744, and lastly, vicar of Rochdale. He died in 1772. -Biographical Dictionary."

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Addleborough Hill
Appersett
Askrigg
Bainbridge
Bear Park
Birk Riggs
Bishopdale
Borwins
Bowbridge Hill
Burtersett
Cams Houses
Carperby
Carpley Green
Carr End
Cotterdale
Countersett
Craven Holme
Cross House
Cubeck
East Holme House
Edgley
Fossdale

Gayle
Grange
Hardraw
Hawes
Heaning House
Hell Gill Beck
High Abbotside
High Blean
Kidstones
Litherskew
Littleburn House
Lunds
Marsett
Mossdale
Nappa Hall
Nappa Scar
New Houses
Newbiggin
Raydale
Rigg House
Sedbusk
Semerwater

Shaw And Shaw Cote
Simonstone
Smelter
Snaizholme
Stalling Busk
Thoralby
Thoresby
Thornton Rust
Thwaite Bridge
Urehead
Walden
Warnford Cottage
West Burton
West Gill
Widdale Fell
Wood End Lodge
Woodhall
Worton
Yore
Yore Bridge
Yorescott

Bibliography

A book about the Wensleydale Railway by Tony Eaton is available.

Census

Please see Christine Amsden's Census pages for the following Census transcriptions:
- Apperset: 1901
- Askrigg: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Aysgarth: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Bainbridge: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Bishopdale: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Burtersett: 1851, 1891
- Carperby: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Hawes: 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- High Abbotside: 1841, 1851, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Low Abbotside: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Newbiggin: 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901
- Thoralby: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Thornton Rust: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1891, 1901
- West Burton: 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Worton: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St. Andrew's Church, Aysgarth (view 1).
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
  - The Choir
  - The East Window
  - The font
  - The second font
- St. Andrew's Church, Aysgarth (view 2).
- The Methodist Church, Aysgarth.
- St Oswald's Church, Askrigg (view 1).
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
  - The East Window
  - The modern font
  - The second font
  - The third font
- St Oswald's Church, Askrigg (view 2).
- The former Methodist Church, Askrigg, now a private dwelling.
- St. Margaret's Church, Hawes.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - Internal view looking westwards down the nave
- The Methodist Church, Hawes, the final service at this church was on 26 April 2014.
- The former Methodist Church, Thoralby.
- The Friends Meeting House (Quaker), Bainbridge.
- The Methodist Church, Burtersett.
- The Church of St. Mary and St. John, Hardraw (view 1).
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - Internal view
  - The East Window
  - The Font
- The Church of St. Mary and St. John, Hardraw (view 2).
- St. Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- The Mission Room, Thornton Rust.
- The Wesleyan Chapel, Carperby, built in 1890, now a private dwelling.
- The Methodist Church, Marsett. (The Church's website is here.)
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- The Methodist Church, West Burton. (The Church's website is here.)
- The former Methodist Church, Widdale.
- The Friends Meeting House (Quaker), Countersett.

Church History

A transcript of Hawes Congregational Church History
A transcript of West Burton Congregational Church History
Transcript of the entry for Aysgarth in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Askrigg in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Hardrow in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Hawes in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Lunds in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Stallen Busk in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Thoraldby in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Askrigg.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Aysgarth.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Hardraw.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Hawes.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Lunds.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Stalling Busk.
The list of the Vicars of Askrigg in St. Oswald's Church, Askrigg.
The list of the Parsons of Aysgarth in St. Andrew's Church, Aysgarth.

Description and Travel

Here are several photographs around the Aysgarth area:
- The upper falls, at Aysgarth,
- view 2, a close-up, and
- view 3, with much more water in the river Ure.
- The Bridge over the Ure, Aysgarth Mill.
- Nappa Scar, above Askrigg.
Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of Hawes.

Directories

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North Riding.

Gazetteers

There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.

History

Between 1860 and 1890, the chapelry of Hawes (in this parish) became a parish in its own right. See Hawes Parish.

Maps

For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.

Memorial Inscriptions

The World Wars I and II memorials at the entrance to the Churchyard at Aysgarth.
The World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Oswald's Church, Askrigg.
The World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Oswald's Church, Askrigg.
The World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Oswald's Church, Askrigg.
The World War II Memorial plaque in St. Oswald's Church, Askrigg.
The Dinsdale memorial plaque in St. Mary's Church, Hardraw.
The World War I memorial plaqe in St. Mary's Church, Hardraw.
The World War II Roll of Honour in St. Mary's Church, Hardraw.
The World Wars I and II memorial in the Churchyard at Stalling Busk.
The World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk.
The World War I Roll of Honour in St. Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk.

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- Cleveland FHS

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