Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Aske Hall Temple (geograph 3363955).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Aske Hall Temple |
Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 54.4257°N -1.7287°W |
Official Name: | Aske |
Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Post Town: | Richmond |
Postcode District: | DL10 |
Postcode Area: | DL |
Os Grid Reference: | NZ177034 |
Aske is a civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, about two miles north of Richmond.
According to the 2001 census it had a population of 122, falling to less than 100 at the 2011 Census. From this date population information is included in the parish of Whashton. The parish includes the Grade I listed Aske Hall at which hosts both stables and an ornamental lake.
In the early 1870s Aske was described as:
ASKE, a township in Easby parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles N of Richmond. Acres, 1,670. Real property, £1,537. Pop., 140. Houses, 20. Aske Hall is the seat of the Earl of Zetland; belonged formerly to the Darcys; and commands a fine prospect up and down the Swale.[1]