Mossdale Moor Parochial Area (PA)

Abolished: After 1901

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

Notes

The divisions of the moorland in the Aysgarth area were poorly defined, and the census reports often list units for which they do not provide separate statistics. Mossdale Moor was listed as a separate unit by Youngs and by the 1891 census, the latter putting it in Askrigg sub-District. In 1901, what seems to be the same area was described as 'part of Widdaleside Allotment', still in Askrigg. In 1911, 1921 and 1931 Mossdale Moor was combined with Wether Fell and listed under Hawes, so the combined area is treated here as a new unit.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
MOSSDALE MOOR Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 585.
LAND COMMON TO THE TOWNSHIPS OF BAINBRIDGE AND HAWES PART OF WIDDALESIDE ALLOTMENT Alternate English     1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
YORKSHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 585.
AYSGARTH RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
NORTH RIDING Riding Division of Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 585.
ASKRIGG Registration sub-District     1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
AYSGARTH RD Local Government District 1894   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 585.

Boundary Map of Mossdale Moor Parochial Area (PA)

If the boundaries of the Parish-level Unit changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Mossdale Moor Parochial Area (PA) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10455480

Date accessed: 08th April 2026