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The village is situated near Richmond on the banks of the River Swale, in a wooded part of Swaledale. The hamlet is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Asebi whose lands belonged to Count Alan of Brittany. He had granted the lordship of the manor to Thor at the time of the Norman Conquest, but it had passed to Enisant Mussard, Constable of Richmond Castle, by 1086. There were seven households and five ploughlands at a taxable value of six geld units
Location
12 miles (19 km) north west of Northallerton
The Church of St Agatha is a Grade I listed building of mainly Early English and has some fine wall paintings of biblical scenes.
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