Austwick is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England, about 5 miles north-west of Settle. The village is on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Before local government reorganisation in 1974, Austwick parish was within Settle Rural District which was in the County of the West Riding of Yorkshire. According to the Austwick & Lawkland Tithe Map of 21 October 1851 the parish has an area of 8,201 acres of which around a quarter is uncut moorland. The highest point within the parish is at Lord's Seat on Simon Fell at 2,079 feet .
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