Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Askrigg

Askrigg, township with ry. sta., North-Riding Yorkshire, on river Ure, 10½ miles W. of Leyburn, 4907 ac. (28 water), pop. 624; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Thursday.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire Ancient County
Place: Askrigg

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