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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HAWES, a small town, a township-chapelry, and a sub-district in Aysgarth parish, Askrigg district, N. R. Yorkshire. The town stands in Wensleydale, amid picturesque upland scenery, near Hardraw force, 6 miles WSW of Askrigg, and 16½ W by S of Leyburn r. stationA railway to Melmerby, 41 miles long, was authorised in 1865. The town is a tourists' centre, and has a post office ‡ under Bedale, a banking office, four inns, a church, four dissenting chapels, an endowed school with £20 ayear, and a national school. A weekly market is held on Tuesday; fairs are held on alternate Tuesdays during the Spring months, and on Whit-Tuesday and 28 Sept.; and much industry is carried on in the making of hosiery and caps.—The chapelry includes also the hamlets of Appersett, Bartersett, Widdale, Snaysholme, and Mossdale. Acres, 16, 872. Real property, £11, 955. Pop., 1, 727. Houses, 375. Lead ore, limestone, and excellent flag, roofing, and building stones are found. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150. Patron, the Vicar of Aysgarth.—The sub-district contains also the two townships of Abbotside. Acres, 33, 102. Pop., 2, 442. Houses, 523.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town, a township-chapelry, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Hawes Ch/CP Aysgarth RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Hawes |
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