Place:Austwick, Yorkshire, England

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NameAustwick
Alt namesOusteuuicsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 313
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates54.101°N 2.355°W
Located inYorkshire, England
Also located inNorth Yorkshire, England    
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Austwick is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England, about north west of Settle. The village is on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Prior to local government reorganisation in 1974, Austwick parish was within Settle Rural District which was in the County of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

According to the Austwick & Lawkland Tithe Map of 21 October 1851 the parish has an area of of which around a quarter is uncut moorland. The highest point within the parish is at Lord's Seat on Simon Fell at .

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