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| Name | High Abbotside |
| Alt names | Abbotside Common | source: former parish (to 1934) | | Abbotside | source: shortened name | | Birkriggs | source: hamlet in parish | | Blades | source: hamlet in parish | | Camhouses | source: hamlet in parish | | Cotterdale | source: hamlet in parish | | Fossdale | source: hamlet in parish | | Helbeck-Lunds | source: hamlet in parish | | Hardraw | source: hamlet in parish | | Litherskew | source: hamlet in parish | | Lunds | source: hamlet in parish | | Shaw in High Abbotside | source: hamlet in parish | | Sedbusk | source: hamlet in parish | | Simonstone | source: hamlet in parish | | West End | source: hamlet in parish |
| Type | Township, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 54.329°N 2.217°W |
| Located in | North Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
| Also located in | North Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) | | Yorkshire, England |
| See also | Hang West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | wapentake in which it was located | | Aysgarth Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district of which it was a part 1894-1974 | | Abbotside Common, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | adjacent parish abolished and part merged in 1932 | | Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England | municipal district of which it has been a part since 1974 |
UNDER CONSTRUCTION 29 Mar 2022
| NOTE: Low Abbotside was a parish to the east of High Abbotside which came into being in 1932 and was merged with Askrigg in 1974.
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- the text in this article is based on an article in Wikipedia
High Abbotside is now a civil parish in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire, England. It is a rural parish on the north side of upper Wensleydale which covers 14,840 acres (just over 6,000 hectares) but only has a population of 210 according to the UK census of 2011.
Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, High Abbotside was in the Aysgarth Rural District of the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1894. Historically it was in the ecclesiastical parish of Aysgarth in the wapentake of Hang West. It became a civil parish in 1866 and gained 8,500 acres (approximately 3,440 hectares) on its eastern side when Abbotside Common, a parochial area, was abolished.
The majority of the parish boundary runs along the A684 road from just west of Bainbridge to where the River Ure turns northwards. The western boundary then follows the river north to the county boundary with Cumbria, formerly Westmorland. The northern boundary runs southeast across the top of both Great Shunner Fell and Abbotside Common. Noted settlements within the parish are Lunds, Blades, Litherskew, Fossdale, Simonstone, Cotterdale, West End, Hardraw, Simonstone, Sedbusk, Shaw, Helbeck-Lunds, Birkriggs, and Camhouses. Some of these are no longer in existence but had inhabitants during the 19th century.
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History
High Abbotside was historically a township in the large ancient parish of Aysgarth. The name derives from the land on the north side of Wensleydale held by the abbot of Jervaulx Abbey in the Middle Ages. The abbot's manor was formally known as the Manor of Wensleydale, at least from the 14th century, but was also known as Abbotside. After the dissolution of the monastaries in 1539, the abbot's lands were sold to a succession of owners, and in 1723 were acquired by the Wortley family, who divided Abbotside into the manors of High Abbotside and Low Abbotside.
Research Tips
- GENUKI on High Abbotside. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
- A Vision of Britain through Time on High Abbotside (or Abbotside).
- The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Aysgarth provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
Categories: North Riding of Yorkshire, England | High Abbotside, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Abbotside Common, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Hang West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Aysgarth Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England |
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