Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ASKWITH

ASKWITH, a township in Weston parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the river Wharfe, 3 miles NW of Otley. It includes the hamlets of Upper and Lower Snowden. Acres, 3,180. Real property, £3,329. Pop., 338. Houses, 76.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Askwith Tn/CP       Weston CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Askwith

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