ASKE is a scattered township, 2 miles north from the parish church. Aske, the seat of the Marquess of Zetland K.T., P.C. who is lord of the manor and sole landowner, is an elegant and extensive mansion of stone with two projecting wings in front, and a castellated tower on each side, and is situated in the centre of a large and beautiful park, which contains a lake, and is embosomed in noble woods and luxuriant plantations; from the front of the house Rosebery Topping and the surrounding country are well seen. The manor of Aske was anciently held by the family of that name, one of whom, Robert Aske, was the leader of the insurrection in 1536, called “the Pilgrimage of Grace,” and was hanged in chains on one of the towers of York in February, 153 6/7. The area of the township is 1,759 acres of land and 6 of water; rateable value, £1,729; the population in 1911 was 149.