Low Abbotside is a
civil parish in the
Richmondshire district of
North Yorkshire, England. It is a rural parish on the north side of
Wensleydale. There is no village in the parish. The population was estimated at 110 in 2012.
Governance
The parish lies within the
Richmond
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UK Parliament constituency. It also lies within the Upper Dales electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and the Addlebrough ward of Richmonshire District Council.
The civil parish shares a
grouped parish council with the civil parish of
Askrigg, known as Askrigg & Low Abbotside Parish Council.
History
Low Abbotside was historically a
township in the large
ancient parish
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of
Aysgarth in the
North Riding of Yorkshire
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From the Restoration it was used as ...
. The name derives from the land on the north side of Wensleydale held by the
abbot of
Jervaulx Abbey in the Middle Ages. The first site of the abbey, founded in 1145 as Fors Abbey (named from a waterfall on the Meer Beck) is in the parish, about 1 mile west of Askrigg. The abbey was moved from there to its present site in 1156.
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 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.
In 1866 the manor or township of Low Abbotside became a separate civil parish. The parish was enlarged in 1934, when part of Abbotside Common, previously shared with the parish of High Abbotside, was added to the parish.
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References
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Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
Wensleydale