Place:Azerley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameAzerley
Alt namesAserlasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 313
Aserlesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 313
Asserlesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 313
Haserlaisource: Domesday Book (1985) p 313
Cozenleysource: another name for parish
Galphaysource: village in parish
Mickleysource: hamlet in parish
TypeVillage, Civil parish
Coordinates54.152°N 1.61°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoKirkby Malzeard, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Claro Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandearly county division in which it was located
Ripon Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district 1894-1937
Ripon and Pateley Bridge Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district 1937-1974
Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Azerley (#2 on the right side of the map) is now a civil parish and a village within the Harrogate District of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Ripon. The population in the 2011 UK census was 340.

Braithwaite Hall, about a mile southwest of the village, is a Grade II listed building thought to date from the 16th century. It should not be confused with Braithwaite Hall near Coverham, a National Trust property.

Historically, Azerley was in the ancient and ecclesiastical parish of Kirkby Malzeard in the Lower division of the wapentake of Claro. From 1894 until 1937, Azerley was located in Ripon Rural District and from 1937 until 1974 in Ripon and Pateley Bridge Rural District. In 1974 the area became part of the Harrogate District of North Yorkshire.

The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portmouth Department of Geography).

"AZERLEY, or Cozenley, a township in Kirkby-Malzeard parish,[West Riding of] Yorkshire; on a head-stream of the river Ure, 4½ miles NW of Ripon. It includes the hamlets of Galphay and Mickley. Acres: 3,919. Real property: £3,901. Population: 606. Houses: 147.
Image:R_and_PB revised.png
Pateley Bridge Rural DistrictRipon Rural DistrictRipon Rural District (cont'd)
Map No.ParishMap No.ParishMap No.Parish
1 Bewerley 1 Aldfield15 Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains
2 Birstwith2 Azerley16 Littlethorpe
3 Bishop Thornton3 Bishop Monkton17 Markingfield Hall
4 Clint 4 Bishopton (until 1900)18 Markington with Wallerthwaite
5 Dacre 5 Bridge Hewick19 Newby with Mulwith
6 Fountains Earth 6 Clotherholme20 North Stainley with Sleningford
7 Hartwith cum Winsley7 Copt Hewick21 Nunwick cum Howgrave
8 High and Low Bishopside 8 Eavestone22 Sawley (near Ripon)
9 Menwith with Darley 9 Givendale (near Ripon)23 Sharow (near Ripon)
10 Stonebeck Down10 Grantley24 Skelding
11 Stonebeck Up11 Grewelthorpe25 Skelton on Ure
12 Thornthwaite with Padside12 Ingerthorpe (until 1937)26 Studley Roger
13 Thruscross13 Kirkby Malzeard27 Sutton Grange
14 Warsill14 Laverton28 Winksley

Research Tips

  • GENUKI on Azerley. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
  • The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Kirkby Malzeard provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time on Azerley.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time also provides links to maps of the West Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. Those listed here provide data for the part of the West Riding that transferred to North Yorkshire in 1974 plus the northern parts of Leeds and Bradford. These maps all blow up to a scale that will illustrate small villages and large farms or estates.
  • Ordnance Survey West Riding 1888. The "Sanitary Districts (which preceded the rural districts) for the whole of the West Riding.
  • Ordnance Survey Northern part of the West Riding 1900 The rural and urban districts, not long after their introduction. (rural districts of Sedbergh, Settle, Skipton, Pateley Bridge, Ripon, Knaresborough, Great Ouseburn, Clitheroe, Wharfedale, Wetherby, York, Bishopthorpe, Keighley, the northern part of Bradford, the northern part of Leeds, the northern part of Hunslet Urban District, the northern part of Tadcaster Rural District, the northern part of Selby Rural District). [Note: this map appears to be no longer available on the Vision of Britain website. This is unfortunate because the equivalent map from 1931-44 was redrawn after the 1938 reorganization of the rural districts in the northern part of the West Riding.]
  • Ordnance Survey Northern part of the West Riding 1944. The urban and rural districts of the northern part of the West Riding (mostly Settle, Skipton, Ripon and Pateley Bridge, and Nidderdale, with sections of Wharfedale and Wetherby) after the revisions of 1938.
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