The Askwith Arms, Moorside Lane, Askwith, Otley, North Yorkshire

Askwith is a village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, with a population of approx 300. The village is located in Wharfedale, and is close to the border of West Yorkshire. Nearby towns are OtleyIlkley and Burley-in-Wharfedale

Baines lists the village as “Asquith” in 1822 and Lewis as “Askwith, or Asquith” in 1848.] It gave its name to the Asquith familyincluding the Edwardian Liberal Prime Minister H.H. Asquith.

Askwith

Otley               

Ilkley 

Burley in Wharfdale

Harrogate