Askern, Yorkshire, England. Further historical information.

ASKERN

ASKERN, or ASKRON, in the parish of Campsall, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles N. of Doncaster, 9 from Pontefract, 10 from Thorne, 11 from Ferrybridge, 12 from Selby, 17 from Wakefield and Barnsley. Pop. 159.

This village has of late years attracted considerable notice, on, account of its mineral water, and probably may, in a few years, vie with many of our fashionable watering places. An accuont of this water is given by Dr. Short in his treatise on Mineral Waters; and in 1818, a treatise on the water and description of the place was publisbed by Mr. Brewerton; a respectable surgeon at Bawtry. Hitherto people afflicted with rheumatism and scorbutic diseases have received the greatest benefit, as they rarely fail obtaining relief. The spring rises at the distance of only a few yards from a piece of water called Askern Pool, and is enclosed in a house, called the Spaw or Well House, a plain rustic building. The pool or lake covers about seven acres of ground, is well supplied with fish, and beautifully fringed on one side with young plantations, and bordered on the other by a walk of gravel for the accommodation of visitors. The village skirts the road, is rural but not romantic in its scenery; and its cots and its trees harmonising together, give it an interesting appearance. The Hotel is an elegant edifice, built on the side of a gentle sloping hill, converted into a shrubbery. There is another respectable Inn, the Swan, at the north end of the village, and several lodging houses for the accommodation of visitors. --Northern Star.