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Abbotside, High and Low, two townships in the parish of Aysgarth, N. R. Yorkshire. The former lies 2 miles NNW of Hawes, and the two are separated from each other by Whitfield Gill. Hawes is the nearest railway station, post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage of High Abbotside, 6289; population, 412, of Low Abbotside, 2066 ; population, 143. Much of both townships is high moorland and lofty fell, intersected by ravines and deep narrow vales, all within the upper basin of the river Ure. A remarkable waterfall, called Hardraw Force, occurs in one of the ravines, and a picturesque waterfall, called Whitfield Force, in another.
