Low Abbotside is a

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in the county of

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, England. It is a rural parish on the north side of

Wensleydale Wensleydale is a valley in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the Yorkshire Dales, which are part of the Pennines. The Dale (landform), dale is named after the village of Wensley, North Yorkshire, Wensley, formerly the valley's market tow ...

. There is no village in the parish. The population was estimated at 110 in 2012.

Governance

The parish lies within the

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UK Parliament constituency. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of

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, it is now administered by the unitary

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. The civil parish shares a

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with the civil parish of

Askrigg Askrigg is a small village and civil parish in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, part of the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village and its parish are located in Upper Wensleydale, west of Leyburn, and east of Hawes. ...

, known as Askrigg & Low Abbotside Parish Council.

History

Low Abbotside was historically a

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in the large

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Aysgarth Aysgarth is a village and civil parish in Wensleydale, in North Yorkshire, England. The village is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, about south-west of Richmond, North Yorkshire, Richmond and west of the county town of Northallerton. Hi ...

in the

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. The name derives from the land on the north side of Wensleydale held by the

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Jervaulx Abbey Jervaulx Abbey in East Witton in North Yorkshire, north-west of the city of Ripon, was one of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire, England, dedicated to St Mary in 1156. It is a Grade I listed building. The place name ''Jervaulx'' is fir ...

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 High Abbotside is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is a rural parish on the north side of upper Wensleydale, and includes the settlements of Hardraw, Sedbusk and several hamlets. Governance The parish is located wi ...

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.Vision of Britain website
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