Description edited from Langdale's Yorkshire
Dictionary (1822) and Baine's Directory of the County of York (1823)
COUNTERSETT, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang West, and liberty of
Richmondshire; 3 miles SSW. of Askrigg, a small village pleasantly situated in
Raydale, at the NW. extremity of Simmer Water (Semerwater).
The only place of worship is a Friends' Meeting House, erected a few years
since by subscription.