Akebar History

AKEBAR, Aikbar, or Akeber is a township opposite Finghall, from which it is about 1 mile north. The land is the property of Hector Christie esq. of Jervaulx Abbey, who is also lord of the manor; it contains 777 acres, which are in four farms; rateable value, £737; the population in 1911 was 28.

Kelly's Directory of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire (1913)