Pass ,1\ f\ Co-? o Book ._ JLj \ / l -W* A TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OP YORKSHIRE; CONTAINING THE NAMES OF ALL THE TOWNS, VILLAGES, HAMLETS, GENTLEMEN'S SEATS, $c. 3m tit Counts of ©orfe, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED UNDER THE HEADS OF THE NORTH, EAST, AND WEST RIDINGS J ALSO IN WHAT PARISH, TOWNSHIP, WAPENTAKE, DIVISION AND LIBERTY, THEY ARE SITUATED, With their respective Distances from two, three, or more MARKET, OR POST-TOWNS; Stating which Churches are Rectories, Vicarages, Curacies, or Chapelries ; Patrons of Livings, with their value in the King's Books ; also the value of all Livings under 1501. per annum, as returned to Parliament in 1810, and following years ; A Brief History of Places most remarkable for Antiquities; BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF EMINENT PERSONS, &c. 3EXiu£tratctr h){tfj a $cfo JHap ; ALSO THE MARKETS AND FAIRS, PRINCIPAL INNS, BANKERS, The Population of every Township, according to the Census taken in 1 82 1 / THE NAMES OF THE ACTING MAGISTRATES, DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS, And the several Officers of the County. SECOND EDITION. BY THOMAS LANGDALE. 0ort&Eflertott : PRINTED AND SOLD BY J. LANGDALE; AND SOLD BY T. LANGDALE, RIPON ; ALSO BY MESSRS. LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN; G. AND W. B. WHIT1AKER, 13, AVE- MARIA-LANE; JOHN RICHARDSON, ROYAL EXCHANGE ; F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON. WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON J AND THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS IN THE COUNTY OF YORK. 1822. EXPLANATORY PREFACE. In presenting a new edition of this Work to the Public, in consequence of additional matter, it becomes necessary for the Editor to give some introductory explanation of the present plan, and of the abbreviations made use of in the work, and of the additional information to be expected by the reader. The whole of the work has been re-written and carefully examined, and the greatest part of the County visited by the editor. — After the names of the places, are the following abbreviations, viz. : — ham. for hamlet, s. h. for single house, /. h. for farm house, scatt. hs. for scattered houses, p. h. for public house, cotts. for cottages, pointing out at once what the place is; and where the seat S(c. follows the name of the place, it implies only a single house. Wherever a Gentleman's Seat is adjoining to, or within a town or village, it is given after the wapentake ; all places not having any of the above abbreviations following, are to be considered as towns or villages. — Some few places are denominated townships or parishes, as Abbotside, High and Low, and Eilerburn, there being no villages of the names. but only certain districts so called. In giving the township, in which each hamlet or single house, &c. is situated, it may be proper to observe that they are given ac- cording as they pay Poor's Rates, with some few exceptions. — This part, which may be considered the most valuable, as additional matter, and what has never been attempted before, will be found of the greatest utility in all public offices. IV PREFACE. In the next part we have to notice the abbreviations, &c. respecting the value of church livings, which are as follow, viz. : — the value in the King's books, is marked (£) when discharged from the payment of first fruits; — p. r. is for parliamentary return; — the marks before the values returned to parliament, will be seen in note below.— All livings, except such as are stated to the contrary, are within the diocese of York. — The Patrons of the livings have been corrected by a correspondence with the resident clergy. The value in the King's books, whether Rectories or Vicarages. &c. is taken from Bacon's Thesaurus ; but wherever a difference was found in the return made to parliament, by the incumbent of that time, the latter has been taken, conceiving such return most likely to be correct at the present time. With respect to the authorities for historical and biographical notices, introduced by way of relieving the work from the dull, dry, tedium of detail, we have nothing to add, having made a point of giving the authorities at the end of each article, not solely for showing the source of information, but, that the reader, who might want a more enlarged account, may know where to refer to without much con- sultation, — such authorities only, as may be relied on, have invariably been selected with some trifling exceptions. The informations relative to public hospitals, &c. without authori- ties, have been furnished us by residents, comparing the same with the returns of such institutions made to parliament, in 1786. This (*) before the value, denotes that the statement is taken from the account of the names of the livings not exceeding the value of £150 per annum, certified to the Governors of Qneen Anne's Bounty, by the Archbishops and Bishops, and order- ed to be printed by the House of Lords, 7th June, 1810. This (f) before the value, denotes that the living has increased in value since the year 1810, which appears in comparison of the value returned in 1810, to the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, with that returned by the Bishops in 1815, to the Privy Council. This (j) before the value, denotes that the living has decreased in value since 1810, although it has received augmentation since that time. The authority for this is the same as in the preceeding case. PREFACE. V Certain liberties, for the sake of abbreviations, having been omitted in the text of this work, which appeared in the last edition ; it becomes necessary to inform the reader, that such liberties omitted, are Lang- barugh. Pickering-Lythe. Whitby -Strand, and A llertonshire, which are co-extensive with their respective wapentakes. The liberty of Richmondshire extends over the live wapentakes of Hang- East and West, Gilling-Kast and West, and Hallikeld, except where St. Peter, or any other similar liberty interferes, which is invariably noted. The Ainsty, which was, in the last Edition, separated from the three Ridings, is in this, embodied with the West-Riding, having the word (AinstyJ inserted after the name of each place, thereby ren- dering the references less. Having briefly explained the several abbreviations, &c. in the work, it now only remains for the Editor to return his most grateful thanks to the resident Clergy of the County, and other Gentlemen, for their communications, and to the Chief Constables and other public Officers, by whose assistance and information, this work has been rendered much more correct than it otherwise would have been. The voluntary contributions to this laborious work being few, the Editor cannot so far suffer himself to be guilty of ingratitude, as to pass them by un- noticed ; therefore to the author of a letter, signed <• Clericus" from the East-Riding, and to another, signed " An Antiquary," from Brampton, his best thanks are due, not alone for the matter, but also for the manner in which each was conveyed. And, to the very Rev. the Dean of Ripon he has to express his obligations, for the use of several papers belonging to his archdeaconry ; as well as for his readiness, at all times, in furnishing him with information, which might in the least tend to improve or render the work correct. He now consigns the Book to its fate, assuring the reader that neither time nor expense has been spared, in rendering the work as accurate as the nature of the subject will admit of. RIPON, NOV. I, 1822. YORKSHIRE Yorkshire*, in the time of the Ancient Britons, was inhabited by the Brigantes, whose territories included our present Counties of Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Westmorland, and Yorkshire. When the Emperor Constantine divided Britain into three parts, viz. Britannia Prima, Britannia Secunda, and Maxima Ccesariensis, this County was included in the last, and York was the Capital City of it. The Romans, in the construction of their Roads, evinced peculiar grandeur of design, patient labour, and persevering industry ; but at what time they were first formed is now impossible to ascertain. Dr. Stukeley supposes that Hermen-Street was the first, which he attri- butes to the time of Nero ; but Horsley, with far more probability, conjectures, that most of their roads were laid out by Agricola. A strong marked feature in the arrangement of all of them, is their con- tinuance in a straight line, from which they seldom deviated, unless, as in some cases, they were formed on part of a British Track- way, or some local impediment was found in the way, such as a morass, or a deep ravine, &c. Their principal roads were of great breadth, and paved with large stones ; but where these could not readily be procured, gravel, lime, and other materials were substituted, and raised high above the soil, in some places to the height of eight or ten feet, and their durability greatly assisted by good drains. Camden, on the authority of Ulpian and Frontinus, says that the Romans gave the great Roads the names of Vice Consulates, Pratorice, Militates, Publico, Cur sits Publici. They were unquestionably the public roads of those times, and distinguished from the common roads by being covered with better and more durable materials. They had, besides, minor or vicinal roads, leading from one station to another, which intersected the country in almost every direction. The four great military roads were distinguished from others at an early period, as the laws of Edward the Confessor comprehend regulations relative to the four great Highways, called Watling-Strete, Foss, Ikenield- Strete, and Ermine-Strete. From Tacitus we learn, that Agricola, anxious to communicate Roman customs to the Britons, instructed and assisted them " in building of houses, temples, courts, and market-places ; and by praising the industrious, and reproaching the in- dolent, he excited such an emulation among the Britons, that after they had constructed all those necessary edifices in their towns, they proceeded to build others merely for ornament and pleasure ; as Por- ticos, Galleries, Baths, Banqueting- Houses, &c."t ! — < i i , «- • Called Eoporwicscirb by the Saxons. f Vita Agric. Vlll YORKSHIRE. Many of the roads, after so many centuries have passed away, still, in numerous places, preserve their primeval form, though they have suffered much from the slow consuming hand of time, and the cupidity, not to say worse, of owners of lands, through which these roads passed. When the Saxons had settled themselves in this part of the Island, and divided it amongst their leaders into seven Kingdoms, Yorkshire was part of the Kingdom of Northumberland ; which being- divided into two parts, Deira, and Bemicia, this county was under the government of the King of Deira, who, after a succession of six Kings of ]3ernicia, in the space of 2? years, became master of the whole ; and continued until the West Saxons subdued the other six Kingdoms of the Saxons, and made the whole a Monarchy. Yorkshire is by far the largest county in the Kingdom, containing about 3,6'J8,3c3() acres of land, with a population of 1 , 1 73, 1 87 persons. It is J 30 miles long, from east to west, and 90 broad, from north to south, and 460 in circumference. It is bounded on the east by the Ger- man Ocean, on the south by Derby, Nottingham, and Lincolnshires; on the west by Lancashire, and a small part of Cheshire ; and on the north by the counties of Durham and Westmorland. The North-Riding is bounded by the river fees on the north, which separates it from the county of Durham ; the German Ocean on the east ; the East-Riding on the south-east; and by the Ainsty. and the West-Riding on the south; and the county of Westmorland on the west. It is divided into 12 wapentakes, containing 5 boroughs, viz* Richmond. Scarborough, Northallerton, Malton, and Thirsk. The Itast-Ridino is bounded on the east by the German Ocean; on the south by the H umber; on the west by the rivers Ouse and Der- went ; and on the north by the latter and the little river Hertford. It is divided into six wapentakes, and Hullshire, containing three bo- roughs, viz. Beverley, Hedon, and Hull. The West-Riding js bounded on the east by the Ainsty and the river Ouse, which separates it from the East-Riding ; on the south by parts of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire ; on the west by parts of Cheshire, Lancashire, and Westmorland ; and on the north by the North-Riding. It is divided into nine wapentakes, containing five boroughs, viz. Ripon, Ponteiract, Borough bridge, Aldborough. and Knaresbrough. The whole county contains thirteen boroughs and one city, which sends twenty-eight Members to Parliament, and two Knights of the Shire. The Ainsty*, accounted a twentieth part of the county at large, is a district on the west-side of York, under the jurisdiction of the Lord-Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs of the city, to which it was an- nexed the 27th of Henry VI. though before it was a wapentake of the West-iliding, and has ever since been called the county of the city of York. The whole district was anciently a forest, but dis-forested by Charters of Kino; Richard the 1st, and King John. - * Ainsty; from Ar.ciontey, to denote its Antiquity ; or more probably fror.i the German word, Anto-sen, implying a bound, or limit. — Camden. r i Anyu&Myi -oxft^t*ijji>, apansntown, in tne wapeniaKe onjrimng- East ; 3 miles from Northallerton, 5 from Bedale, 33 from York. — Pop. 266. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value £13/. 6s. Bd, p. r. *li'Zl. 16s. Bd. Patron, the King. A A TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF YORKSHIRE. NORTH-RIDING. ABBOTSIDE, HIGH and LOW, two townships on the north-side of the river Ure, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West, the former running from Askrigg, westward, to Hell-gill ; the latter from thence to Cam's-House. — Population, High, 641 — Low, 181. ACKLAM, a parish town, in the west-division of Langbarugh; (Acklam-Hall, the seat of Thomas Hustler, Esq.) 3 miles from Stockton, (Durham) 7 from Yarm and Stokesley, lOfromGuis- borough, 50 from York. — Pop. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. fl'ZOl. Patron, the Archbishop of York. ACRE-INGS, /. h. in the township of Newton-Mulgrave and parish ofLythe; 8 miles from Whitby, 1 4 from Stokesley. ADDLEBOROUGH-HILL, /. h. in the township of Bainbridge, and parish of Aysgarth ; 2 miles from Askrigg, 9 from Leyburn. AGGLETHORPE, in the township of Coverham with Agglethorpe, and parish of Coverham, wapentake of Hang- West, (Agglethorpe' Hall, the seat of Matthew William Chaytor, Esq.) 3 miles from Middleham, 4 from Leyburn. — Population included in Coverham. AIKBER or AKEBAR, in the parish of Fingall, wapentake of Hang- West; 4 miles from Leyburn, 5 from Middleham, 6 from Richmond. — Population 43. AINDERBY-MYERS, in the parish of Hornby, wapentake of Hang-East ; 3 miles from Catterick, 4 from Bedale, 8 from Rich- mond. — Population 79. *AINDERBY-QUERNHOW, in the parish of Pickhill, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 6 miles from Thirsk, 8 from Ripon and Bedale.— Population 99 AINDERBY-STEEPLE, a parish town, in the wapentake of Gilling- East ; 3 miles from Northallerton, 5 from Bedale, 33 from York. — Pop. 266. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value £13/. 6s, 8d. p. r. *H2i. 16s. 8c/. Patron, the King, A |MAA TABLE OF IPMPUTED DISTANCES OF HE TOWNS OF YORKSHIRE FROM LONDON, AND FROM EACH OTHER. Compiled for the Topraphical Dictionary of Yorkshire.— Edited and published by Thomas Langdale, Ripon. ,#i#J »*»***^^ 2 NORTH-RIDING. AINTHORPE, /. h. in the township and parish of Danby, east-divi- sion of Langbarugh ; 9 miles from Guisbrough. AIRSHOLME, ham. in the township of Linthorpe and parish of Ack- lam ; 4 miles from Stockton, (Dur.) 8 from Yarm. AIRYHOLME, /. h. in the parish of Hovingham, wapentake of Rydale ; 8 miles from Malton and Helmsley, 8| from Kirbymoor- side. — Population, including Howthorpe and Baxter-How, 2 /. h. 33, which being united form a township. AISENBY, in the parish of Topcliffe, wapentake ofHallikeld; 5| miles from Boroughbridge and Ripon, 6 from Thirsk. — Pop. 230. AISKEVV, in the parish of Bedale, wapentake of Hang-East ; | of a mile from Bedale, 7| from Northallerton. — Population 620. AISL AB Y, in the parish of Middle.ton, wapentake of Pickering Lythe, {the seat of Mrs Hayes.) 1| mile from Pickering, 6| from Kirbymoorside, 1 \ from Malton. — Population 147. AISLABY, in the parish of Whitby, east-division of Langbarugh ; (the seats of Mark Noble and John Benson, Esqrs.) 3 miles from Whitby. — Pop. 2o3. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 45/. Patron, John Boiilby, Esq. ALDBY-PARK, (the seat of Henry Barley, Esq.) in the township of Buttercrambe and parish of Bossall, 10 miles from Malton and York, 1 5 from Easingwold. Alclby which signifies in Saxon, an old habitation, is unquestionably the Roman DeVpehiio mentioned byPtolomy. It is situated on the banks of the Derwent where many remains of antiquities are frequently found ; — and upon the top of the hill, towards the river, appears the rubbish of an old castle. — Camden. It was at this cattle, at that time converted into a royal palace by the Northumbrians, that Edwin, earl of Northumberland nearly lost his life by an assassin. In the time of the Saxons, it was a royal village, now a single house. Drake, with some degree of probability, places this station at Stamford-bridge. — And, Young, in his History of Whitby, with some ingenuity attempts to fix it at Malton. ALDBQROUGH, in the parish of St. John Stan wick, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 7 miles from Richmond and Darlington, {Durham) — Population 544. This village is situated about half a mile from the Ermine- Street, now Leeming- Lan.e. " It has been, " says Cade, " a large Roman city, but by what name distin- guished has never been ascertained. " The vestiges still remaining very plainly indicate its great antiquity. — He again adds, "Aldburgh may date its decline from the new military way or road, being directed ad Tisamvinovium, and the vallum ; on which account we hear of no altars, inscriptions, or other memorials of any hind found there, to assist us in our inquiries." — Arcileol. ALDBURGH, ham. in the township of Burton-upon-Ure and parish of Masham ; {the seat of James Henry D" 1 Arcy Hutton, Esq.) 2 miles from Masham, 6 from Bedale, 9 from Ripon. ALDWARK, in the parish of Alne, wapentake of Bulmer, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 5 miles from Boroughbridge, 6 from Easingwold, 13 from York. — Population 163. This place carries evident marks of antiquity in its name ; and through it, by the ferry, the Roman road from Isvriom to Eboracvm passed ; then -went through the Forest of Galtres to JBeningbrough, and entered the city of York at Bootham- Bar. Drake. ALLERSTONE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering- Lythe; 4 1 miles from Pickering, 11 from Malton, 13| from Scar- NORTH-RIDING. 3 borough, 29 from York. — Population 401. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, in the deanry of" Rj^dale, Patron the Dean of York. ALLERTHORPE, in the township of Swainby with Alierthorpe, parish of Burneston. wapentake of Hallikeld ; 5 miles from Bedale, 8 from Tbirsfc raid Northallerton, 12 from Ripon. — Population, included in Swainby. Allerthorpe-Hall ? now occupied as a/.l was for gome time the residence of the celebrated Mrs EU~aherh Montague, whose letters, many of which are dated from this place, have been most favourably received by the literary world. Her father was Matthew Robinson, Esq. of West-Layton, and nearly allied to Dr. Robinson, who founded the Schools and Aims-House at Burneston. ALLERTONSHIRE, a wapentake, of which the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Durham is Lord and Chief-Bailiff. — The wapentake and liberty are co-extensive. It is situated about 25 miles north from York, from which point it extends over a narrow tract of country to the confines of the county of Durham, and forms a part of the rich vale of Mowbray — comprising: 33 townships, of which 11 are parishes, and one market-town- -Population, 1,783 houses, and 8,7 59 inhabitants. Two of the townships are situated on the borders of the West Riding, near Ripon ; a third five miles south of Thirsk ; and three others on the banks of the Tees. ALNE, a parish-town in the wapentake of Bulmer, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; (Alne-House, the residence of Stamp Brooksbahk, Esq.) 4 miles from Easingwold , 6 from Boroughbridge, 11 from York. — Pop. ?>86. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Bulmer, value £10/. Patron, William John Bethell, Esq. AMOTHERBY, in the parish of Appleton-le-Street, wapentake of Rydale ; 3 miles from Mai ton, 11 from Kirbymoorside, 15 from Helmsley. — Pop. 249. A Chapel of Ease to Appleton-le-Street. AMPLEFORTH, a parish-town, in the parishes ofAmpleforth and Oswaldkirk, wapentakes of Birdforth and Rydale, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 1 miles from Helmsley, 9 from Kirbymoor- side, 15 fromMalton, 22 from York. — Population 1 92.— St. Peter, 211, total 406. — The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Rydale, value £4Z. 6s. 5\d. Patron, the Prebendary of Ampleforth. AMPLEFORTH-OUT-HOUSES, a few houses between Ampleforth and Oswaldkirk, two, {one of which is the Roman catholic college) in the township of Ampleforth and parish of Oswaldkirk, and the rest in the township and parish of Ampleforth, wapentake of Ry- dale : 3 1 miles from Helmsley. Here is a college for Roman Catholics, established in 1802, by the members of the Catholic College of Dieulotfard, near Pont a Moussou, in Lorraine, their property there being confiscated by the fatal Revolution in France. In March 24, 1M)S, the Rev. Robert Nixon", H. D. F. A. S. presented a drawing of an Urn to the Antiquarian Society, found in a barrow here, formed by a circle of lar^e stones, about 10 feet in diameter; the Urn was at the depth of between 3 and 4 feet near the centre of the barrow. — Arch.eol. ANGRAM, ham. in the township of Muker and parish of Grinton, 6 miles from Askrigg, 12 from Reeth. 4 N0RTM-R1D1NG. ANGRAM-COTE, /. h. in the township of East-Witton-without, 5 miles from Middlehara and Masham. ANGRAM-GRANGE, a township, in the parish of Coxwold, wapentake of Birdforth, liberty of Ripon ; 5 miles from Easing- wold, 8 from Thirsk. — Containing 4 Houses and 29 Inhabitants. ANG ROVE-HALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Great- Ayton ; 2 miles from Stokesley. APPERSET, km. in the township of Bainbridge and parish of Hawes ; 2 miles from Hawes. APPLEGARTH, Sf. h. two in the township and parish of Rich- mond, and one in the township and parish of Marske; 4 miles from Richmond, 7 from Reeth. APPLETONS, EAST and WEST, a township in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Hang-East ; 2 miles from Catterick, 5 from Bedale. — Population 87. Here died in 1673, that facetious and eccentric genius, Drunken Barnaby, or Barnaby Harrington, but whose real name appears to have been Richard Braith- waite, a native of Burneshead, in the county of Westmorland, leaving behind him, says Wood, the character of a " well bred gentleman and a good neighbour. " He was author of many popular pieces, as well as of the Journal. — The following monumental inscription to his memory appears in Catterick Church. Juxta sitae sunt Richardi Braithwaite De Burneshead, in comitate Westmorelandae armigeri, et Maria?, ejus conjugis, Reliquiae. Ille quarto die Maii, anno, 1673, Denatus est ; haec undecimo Aprilis 1681. Supremum diem obiit. Horum filius Unicus, Strafford Braithwaite, Eques Auratus adversus Mauros Christiani Nominis hostes infestissimos, fortiter Dimicans occubuit. Cujus Cineres Tingi, in Mauritania Tingitana, Humantur. Requiescant in Pace. APPLETON-LE-MOOR, in the parish of Lastingham, wapentake ofRydale; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside, 10 from Helmsley, 14 from Malton.— Population 276. APPLETON-LE-STREET, a parish-town in the wapentake of Rydale; 4 miles from Malton, 9 from Kirbymoorside, 14 from Helmsley, 18 from York. — Pop. 173. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry ofRydale, value 71. Ss. §\d. Patron, the Rev. J. J. Cleaver. APPLETON-WISKE, in the parish of Great-Smeaton, west-divi- sion of Langbarugh ; 7 miles from Yarm, 8 from Northallerton. — Pop. 492. — Appleton is a Chapelry under Smeaton, in the deanry of Cleveland. ARDEN with ARDENSIDE, a township, in the parish of Hawnby, wapentake of Birdforth ; (Arden-Hall, the seat ofD 'Arcy Tancred, Esq.) 7 1 miles from Thirsk, 10 from Helmsley, 11 from North- allerton. — Population 139. Here Peter de Horton founded a Priory, about the year 1 150, for Nuns of fche Benedictine Order. — Dugdale. Not a vestige of it now remains. Ed. NORTH-RIDTNG. 5 ARKLESIDE, ham. in the township of Carlton-high-dale and parish of Coverham, wapentake of Hang- West ; 8 miles from Middleham. ARKENGARTHDALE, a parish, in the wapentake of Gilling- West; 3 miles from Reeth. 9 from Barnardcastle, (Durham) 11 from Leyburn, 13 from Richmond and Askrigg*, 18 from Brough, (Westm.) 56 from York. — Population 1,512. — The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. 62/. Patron, John Lowther, Esq. The present Church was erected through the henefaction of the late George Brown, Esq. the foundation stone of which was laid September 24, 1817, and an inscription to that effect is upon the Church. This parish, of small extent, is co-extensive with the township, and inhabited chiefly by miners. The lead mines here, appear to have been worked as early as the reign of King John. The. annual produce of the mines, carried on under the firm of the Arkengarthdale and Darwent Mining Company, was some few years ago, estimated at 2000 tons. It is a narrow dale on the north-side of Swaledale ARKLE-TOWN, ham. in the township and parish of Arkengarth- dale ; 3 miles from Reeth. ARNCLIFFE, or INGLEBY-ARNCLIFFE, a parish in the west- division of Langbarngh ; 8 miles from Northallerton and Stokesley, 13 from Thirsk, 36 from York— Population 331. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Cleveland, value f39/. Patron, Brian Abbs, Esq. Near the Church is ARNCLIFFE-HALL, the seat of Mrs Mauleverer. ARNGILL, /. h. in the township of Lunedale and parish of Ro- maldkirk; 5 miles from Barnardcastle, {Bur.) 8 from Gretabridge. ARRATHORNE, or ARROWTHORNE, in the parishes of Hornby and Patrick-Brompton, wapentake of Hang- West ; 5 miles from Richmond, 5\ fromLeyburn, 7 from Middleham. — Population 64. ARUNDEL-GRANGE, /. h. in the township of Carlton-high-dale, parish of Coverham ; 7 miles from Middleham. ASHGILL, /. h. in the township of Coverham with Agglethorpe, and parish of Coverham; 2 miles from Middleham. \SKE, a township, in the parish of Easby, wapentake of Gilling- West; (Aske-Hall, the seat of the Right Hon. Lord Dundas) 2 miles from Richmond, 5 from Catterick. — Population 109. The family of Dundas is descended from Gospatrick, Earl of Northumber- land, who, 1066, went into Scotland with King Malcolm Can-more, rather than, submit to the Conquerer. Kifig Malcolm 'gave him lands of Dunbar, and many other possessions in Scotland. Sir Lawrence Dundas, father of the late Lord, was created a baronet in 1762, and the late lord was elevated to the barony of Aske in 1794, who was succeded by the present lord in 1821. — Debrett's Peerage. Sir Lawrence Dundas purchased the Manor of Aske of the last Earl of Holderness, in 1760, or 1762, in which familv it has ever since remained. — Whitaker. ASKEW, HIGH and LOW, 2/. h. the former in the township of Lastinghani, the latter in that of Spaunton, and both in the parish of Lastingham ; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside. ASKR1GG, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West; 5 miles from Hawes, 11 from Reeth, 12 from Leyburn, 18 from Richmond, 22 from Sedbergh, 49 from York, 246 from London. Market, Thursday. — Fairs, May 11, and first Thursday in June, 6 NORTH-RIDING. for woollen cloth, &c. October 28 and 29, for horned cattle, sheep, &c. — Principal Inn, King's Arms. — Population 765. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Catteriek, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. f80/. Patron, the Vicar of Aysgarth. Askrigg is a small market-town, situated high on the hill, on the north-side of the river Ure, and adjoining the Moors. It has been a place of great antiquity, though now fallen into decay. In the neighbourhood are the water-falls of Mill- Gill, Whitfield- Gill, Hardraw-Scar, and Aysgarth- Force. ATLEY-HILL, /, k. in the township of South-Cowton and parish of Gilling ; 8 miles from Richmond, 9 from Northallerton. A YSDALE-GATE, /. k. in the township of Moorsholme and parish of Skelton ; 3 miles from Guisbrough. AYSGARTH, a parish-town in the wapentake of Hang-West ; 4 miles from Askrigg, 9 from Hawes, 7 from Leybum, 9 from Middleham, 52 from York. — Population 293. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Catteriek, diocese of Chester, value $19/.- 6s. Sd. p. r. 122/. lis. Patron, Trinity-college, Cambridge. Aysgarth is remarkable, as having near the church the finest water-fall in the county, called Aysgarth -Force. In this village was born about 1710, James Tunstall, a learned and amiable divine. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, of which he became fellow and principal tutor. In 1741, he was elected public orator of the University, afterwards chaplain to Archbishop Potter, created D. D. in 1744, and lastly, vicar of Rochdale. He died in 1772. — Bio- graphical Dictionary. AYTON, GREAT, a parish-town in the west-division of Lang- barugh; 2| miles from Stokesley, 5§ from Guisbrough, 10 from Stockton, (Dwr.) 45 from York.— Pop. 1,023. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Cleve- land, value, p. r. 70/. 10s. lOd. Patron, the Rev. Geo. Marwood. Here is a School-house, which, from an inscription over the door, appears to have been first built by the late Michael Postdate, yeoman, in the year 1704, and rebuilt in 1785, with a small endowment for the instruction of eight poor children within the township. Ayton is famous in story, by the Register- Office, written by the late Joseph Reed, of facetious memory ; and in this humbly village seminary, the immortal Captain Cook received his school education. AYTON, LITTLE, in the parish of Great- Ay ton, west-division of Langbarugh; 3 miles from Stokesley , 6 from Guisbrough, 12 from Yarm. — Population 68. AYTON, EAST, in the parish of Seamer, wapentake of Pickering- Lythe ; 5 miles from Scarborough, 13 from Pickering, 16 from Malton. — Pop. 333. A small bridge across the Derwent separates it from West- Ay ton. AYTON, WEST, in the parish of Hutton-Bushell, wapentake of Pickering-Lythe — Population 229. Here are the remains of an ancient Castle, which belonged to the Evers, and which was afterwards vested in the Clifford's Family. — Hinderwell. BAG BY, in the parish of Kirby-knowle, wapentake ofBirdforth; 4 miles from Thirsk, 8 from Easingwold. — Pop. including Faw- dington, 242. Here is a Chapel of ease to Kirby-knowle. NORTH-RIDING. 7 BALDERSBY, in the parish of Topcliffe, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 5| miles from Thirsk, 5| from Ripon, 9 from Bedale, — Pop. 241. BALKE, in the parish of Kirby-knowle, wapentake of Birdforth ; 4| miles from Thirsk. 8 from Easingwold. — Population 125. BAINBRIDGE, in the parish of Aysgartk, wapentake of Hang- West ; 1 \ mile from Askrigg, 4 from Hawes, 1 1 \ from Ley burn. — Population 872. This was formerly a Roman station called the Bracchium ; the fortifications of which are visible upon a hill, called Borough-Hill, at the junction of the Bain, a small stream that flows from Semmerwater and the Ure, close by the village. — A part of the 6th Legion was stationed here. Every night at 10 o'cloek, from Holyrood, Sept. 27, to Shrovetide^ a horn is blown, called the forest horn, of which tradition affirms, that it was intended as a signal to the benighted travel- lers, to direct Ids footsteps to the nearest points which could afford him shelter and accommodations. — Whitaker. This is a part of the old forest laws. — For an account of the Free School, see. Yores-bridge. BAINWOOD-READ, /. h. in the township of Spaunton and parish of Lastiugham ; 1 miles from Kirbymoorside. BARDEN, in the parish of West-Hawkswell, wapentake of Hang- West ; 3 miles from Leyburn, 5 from Richmond and Middleham. Population 106. in the same township and parish is BARDEN-DYKES, three farm houses, and BARDEN LANE, Public-House. BARFORTH, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 7 miles from Gretabridge, 8 from Darlington, (Dur.) 10 from Rich- mond. — Population 141. " Here," say.- Cade, ''was formerly a Roman station, near an ancient seat of the rudsai/s, of which family, I find Anibrose Pudsa//, Sheriff of Yorkshire, anno 1762." There is a large station above 61 acres. After giving a description of its form, &c. he further adds, " the common name, ascribed to the station, we are treating of at Barford, has long been called Old Richmond, for no other rea- son, I suppose, than its magnitude. " Again, " if any altars or inscriptions were found at the station near Barford, it is presumed they have been applied towards erecting an old church or chapel, dedicated to St. Lawrence, still remaining close by the place, but long disused, and the family seat of the Pudsays, which is of antiquity, no doubt, partook of the spoils. — Archjeol. Of the chapel alluded to, some remains are still extant. — Ed. BARMER-LODGE,/. h. in the township of Hutton-le-Hole and pa- rish of Lastingham ; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside. BARNABY-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Guis- brough : 2| miles from Guisbrough. BARNB Y, /. h. in the township of Buttercrambe and parish of Bos- sall ; 9 miles from Alalton, 1 1 from York. BARNB Y, EAST, in the parish of Ly the, east-division of Lang- barua b ■ 6 miles from Whitby, J 6 from Guisbrough. — Pop. 270, BARNB Y, WEST, in the township of East-Barnby and parish of Lythe; 6 \ miles from Whitby, \b\ from Guisbrough. BARNINGHAM, a parish-town in the wapentake of Gilling-West, (a seat of Mark MilLank, Esq.) 2 miles from Gretabridge, 6 from Barnard-Castle. (Durham) 10 from Richmond, 5l\ from York. — Pop. 333. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, intbedeanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value 19/. lis. Id. Patron, the King. — Here is an endowed School, founded by Ack- lam Milbank, Esq. date not known. f 8 NORTH-RIDING. BARTON, in the parishes of St. John Stanwick, and Gilling, wapen- take of Gilling-East ; 7 miles from Richmond and Darlington, (Dur.J Pop. 436. In this village are two Chapels, that of Stanwick i dedicated to St. Cuthbert, value, p. r. f46l. and that of Gilling to St. Mary, value, p. r. -f65l. the Vicars of each parish being Patrons.— The boundaries of these chapelries are very intricate, and not ascertained. BARTON-LE-STREET, a parish-town in the wapentake of Rydale, (the seat of Henri/ Cockerill Leatham, Esq.) 5| miles from Malton, 9 from Kirbymoorside, 1 2 from Helmsley, 1 9 from York. — Popu- lation 176. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in thedeanry of Rydale, value 14/. 8s. Q\d. Patroness, the Mar- chioness of Hertford. BARTON-LE-WILLOWS, in the parish of Crambe, wapentake of Bulmer ; 8 miles from Malton, 10| from York. — Pop. 188. BARUGH, GREAT, in the parish of Kirby-misperton, wapentake of Piekering-Lythe ; 6| miles from Pickering, 7 from Malton and Kirbymoorside. — Population, including Little-Barugh, 241. BARUGH, LITTLE, in the parish of Kirby-misperton, and being united with Great-Barugh, form the township of Barughs-Ambo ; 5 miles from Pickering, 7 from Malton and Kirbymoorside. BARUGH, ROOK, see Rook-Barugh. BATTERSBY, in the parish of Ingleby-Greenhow, west-division of Langbarugh ; 5 miles from Stokesley, 8 from Guisbrough, 13 from Yarm. — Population 87. BAXBY, in the township of Thornton-on-the-Hill with Baxby, parish of Coxwold, wapentake of Birdforth ; 6 miles from Easing- wold. — Population included in Thornton, (a Mill and f. h.) BAXTER-HOWE,/, h. in the township of Airyholme, Howthorpe, and Baxter-Howe, and parish of Hovingham; 1\ miles from Kirbymoorside, 8 from Malton. — Population included in Airyholme. BAYSDALE, in the township of Westerdale and parish of Stokes- ley, west-division of Langbarugh ; 7 miles from Guisbrough, 8 from Stokesley. Guido de Bouincourt founded a Priory here for Nuns of the Cistercian Order, to which JViUlam de Percy and others were benefactors, valued at the dissolution at 20/. Is. Ad. Dugdale. — 21/. 19s. lOd. Speed. The site of the priory, together with the several lands, was granted 36 Henry VIII. to Ralph Bulmer and John Thyn, to be held of the King in capite. After divers grants and alienations, it became the property of the Fotherleys of Castleton ; and about the year 1 729,. was purchased by Ann, daughter of William Peirson, Esq. of the middle temple, London ; but the said Ann dying unmarried and intestate, her brother, Bradshaw Peirson, Esq. succeeded to her estates. The buildings of the priory retaining little of their monastic appearance, are now converted into Farm-houses. Burton — Graves. BEADLAM, in the parish of Helmsley, wapentake of Rydale ; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside and Helmsley. — Population 1 43. BEALE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Thornton-Ie- street ; 4 miles from Thirsk, 6 from Northallerton. BEA RE-PARK, /. h. in the township of Carperby and parish of Aysgarth ; 4 miles from Askrigg, 7 from Lej^burn. This ancient house was long the residence of the oldest line of the Me.teaifc NORTH-HIDING. 9 (commonly styled Metcalfs of Nappci) where they had a park, but which had long been destroyed. — Whitaker. BED ALE, a Market and parish town, in the wapentake of Hang- East (the seat of Henry Peirse, Esq.) 6 miles from Masham, 7 from Catterick, 8 from Northallerton, 14 from Thirsk, 13 from Ripon, 10 from Middleham, 12 from Leyburn and Richmond, 17 from Boroughbridge, 34 from York, 222 from London. — Market, Tuesday.— Fairs, Easter and Whit-Tuesdays, for horned cattle and sheep; July 6 and 7, October 11 and 12, for horned cattle, sheep, and leather; Monday se'night before Christmas-day, for horned cattle, sheep, and pigs. — Principal Inns, Black Swan, and Royal-Oak. — Population 1,137. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Gregory, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value 89/. 45. 9|c/. Patrons, Henry Peirse and Thomas Stapylton, Esqrs. The Castle ofBedale, the residence arad most probably the workmanship of Brian Fitzalan, stood a little to the south-west of the Church-Steeple, from which it appears to have been detached only by a street. The foundations have been traced to a considerable extent from the gardens of Henry Peirse, Esq. the present owner of the site, into a field north-west from the chureli, but no vestiges now remain above the surface. Here is an hospital founded by Dr. Samways, in 1718, and an ancient grammar school; but neither the time nor the person by whom it was founded can be now ascertained. It is supposed to have existed before the dissolution, as a stipend of 71. lis. 4d. is paid annually, at the audit holden at Richmond, out of the land-revenues of the crown. BELLMAN-BANK, iu the township and parish of Guisbrough. It is remarkable for being the place where Alum was first produced in Bri- tain, about 1595. — The works were wrought for 15 years and upwards, when they were transferred to another spot, where it was continued for 15 years or more, after which it was totally abandoned. Young's Whitby. BELLERBY, in the parish of Spennythorne, wapentake of Hang- West ; 2 miles from Leyburn, 5 from Middleham, 6| from Rich- mond. — Populatiou 407. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 80/. Patron, the Rector of Spennythorne. BENINGBROUGH, in the parish of Newton-upon-Ouse, wapen- take of Bulmer; 7 miles from York and Easingwold, 11 from Borouohbridge. — Population 99. about \ a mile out of the village is BENINGBROUGH-HALL. the seat of Mrs Earle. BENKIL-GRANGE,(Me seat of the Rev. John J. Mo nson,) in the township and parish of Bedalft ; \ of a mile from Bedale. BERWICK or INGLEBY-BER WICK, in the parish of Stainton, west-division of Langbarugh ; 3 miles from Yarm, 6j from Stokes- ley. — Population 1 75. BICKLY,/. h. in the township and parish of Ebberston ; 9 miles from Scarborough. BILSDALE-MIDCABLE, or EAST-SIDE, a township, in the parish of Helmsley, wapentake of Rydale ; 8 miles from Helmsley and Stokesley, 14 from Thirsk. — Population 780. BILSDALE-KIRKHAM, another Township in the same parish and wapentake; 10 miles from Helmsley. — Population included in Bilsdale-Midcable. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 60/. 15s. Od. Patron, the Vicar of Helmsley. B 10 NORTH-RIDING. BILSDALE, WEST-SIDE, a township, in the parish of Hawnby, wapentake of Bird forth*, 8 miles from ■ Helmsley and Stokesley, 14 from Thirsk. — Population 127. The above three townships form what is called Bilsdale, a long narrow dale, BINSOE,' in the township and parish of West-Tanfield, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 3 miles from Masham, 6 from Bedale, 7 from Ripon. BIRCH, /. k. in the parish of Stonegrave ; 3| miles from Helmsley, 7 1 miles from Kirbymoorside. BIRDFORTH, in the parish of Coxwold, wapentake of Birdforth; 5 miles from Thirsk and Easingwoid. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Buhner, value, p. r. f84l. Patron, the Archbishop of York. — Pop. 42. BIRDFORTH, a wapentake, nearly in centre of this Riding, the southernmost part being about 1 5 miles north from York, and extends through the vale of Mowbray to near Yarm. It contains 44 Townships, of which 17 are parish-towns, and one Market town, containing 2,430 Inhabited Houses and 12,304 Inhabitants. BIRKBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Allertonshire ; 6 miles from Northallerton, 11 from Darlington, (Dur.) 38 from York. Pop. 90. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Cleveland, value £6Z. 13s. 4c/. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. BIRKDALE, ham. in the township of Muker and parish of Grin- ton ,- 16 miles ixom Reeth. BIRK-RIGGS, /. h. in the township of High-Abbotside and parish of Aysgarth; 2 §-' miles from Ha wes, 7 from Askrigg. BIRKS,/. A. in the township of East-Witton-without, and parish of fiast- Witton ; 5 miles from Middieham and Masham. BISHOPDALE, a township, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West ; 5 miles from Askrigg, 8 from Hawes, 9 from Leyburn.— Population 95. BLADES, 2 or 3 h. in the township of Melbecks and parish of Grinton;' 4 miles from Reeth. BLAKEHOW-HOUSE, p. h. in the township of Farndale-East-side, and parish of Lastingham ; 8 miles from Kirbymoorside, 15 from Stokesley. BLANSBY-PARK, ham. m the township and parish of Pick- ering ; 2 miles from Pickering". BLEAN, HIGH and LOW, (2/. k. in Raydale)in the township of Bainhridge and parish of Aysgarth; 4 miles from Askrigg. BLUE-ANCHOR, p. L m the township end parish of Middleton- Tyas ; 4 miles from Richmond, 41 from Catterick. BGLBY-HALL/. h. in the township of Low- Abbotside and parish of Aysgarth ; 1 mile from Askrigg, 4 from Hawes. BOLDRON, in the parish of Startforth, wapentake of Gilling-West; ' 3 miles from Greiabridge and Barnardcastle, (Dur.) Pop. 168. BOLT BY, in the parish of Feliskirk, wapentake of Birdforth; 5 miles from Thirsk, 8 from Helmsley. ' Here is a Chapel of Ease to NORTH-RIDING. 11 Feliskirk, dedicated to the Holy-Trinity, rebuilt in 1804. — Po. pulation 403. BOSTON or CASTLE-BOLTON, in the parish of Wensley, wapentake of Hang- West ; 5 miles from Leyharn, ? from Middle- ham, 1 1 from Hawes. — Population 278. The Church is a perpe- tual curacy, dedicated to St. Oswald, value, p. r. $<68l. Patron, the ■ Rector of Wensley. Here on the brow of a hill, and on the north-side of Wensleydale, stands frowning the remains of a Castle, which was built by Ricfiard-le-Scroge, chancellor of England, in the time of Richard IT. This Prince granted his license to Richard-le'-Scrop \ chevalier, to fo'ind a chantry of 6 chaplains in this Castle, and endowed it with the yearly rent of 106/. 13rf. Ad. In this Castle the Beautiful, but unfortunate, Mary Queea. of Scots was -conjimd ml56&. Her name, inscri- bed by herself, appeared, till lately, on a. pane of glass in the window of the room of her confinement. Although Lord Scrope, her gaoler, had given no reason to dispute his vigilence or fidelity, yet Qttee/i Elizabeth caused her to be removed to Tatbury- Castle, and committed her to the keeping of the Earl of Shrewsbury. Perhaps, as Lord Scrope was brother-in-law to the Duke of Norfolk, who formed a design of mounting the throne, by marrying Mary, might be the reason why Elizabeth changed her confinement. During the civil wars this Castle was long defended for the King, by Lord Scrope, and a party of the Richmondshire Militia, against the Parliamentary forces, but surrendered on honourable terms, November 5, 1645. Emanuel, Lord Scrope, who died without male issue, in the reign of Charles I. was the last of the family who inhabited this Castle. The building of this stately fabric, occupied eighteen years, and cost 12,000/. It is the property of Lord Bolton, (from whence the title is derived) having descended to that family by the marriage of one of his ancestors with a daughter of Emanuel Lord Scrope, Earl of Sunderland. It is much demolished with age, and the ruins of time, serving as a receptacle for bats, owls, and jackdaws. The situation commands an extensive prospect, interesting and picturesque, and forms a- scene, which set- description at defiance. — Camden— Dugdale — GaosE.'» BOLTON, EAST T, the former comprises 2f.L and the latter, one, both iri the township of Bolton and parish of Wensley ; 51 miles from Levbiirn. BOLTON-HALL," (the seat of the Hon. Thomas Orde Powlett,) in the township of Preston and parish of Wensley ; %\ miles from Ley burn. This mansion of the noble family of the Powle tftiilt by the Marqiris of Wmehehea, first Duke of Bolton, in 13/"o. — Grose. I c stands in nearly the centre Wensleydale. BOLTON-UPOX-SWALE, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Gilling-East; 3 miles from Catterick, 6 from Richmond, 10 from Northallerton. — Population 100. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in thedeanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. 5'Sl. 12s. \Qd. Patron, the Vicar of Catterick. Here is a handsome pyramid which marks the uuve of Henry Jenkins, die oldest Englishman upon i ofhimsee Elleridn. BOOZ, ham. in the township and parish of Arkengarthdale ; 3 miles from Reeth, 18 from Brough, (kVeslm.) BORKESGILL, f.h. in the township of C.irlton-high-dale and parish of Coverham ; 7| miles from Midd] . BORROWB Y, in the parish of Lythe, east-division of Langbarugh ,♦ 9 miles from Whitby, 12 from Guisbrough. — Population 64. BORROW BY, in the parish of Leak, wapentake of Allertonshire; 12 NORTH-RIDING. 5 miles from Northallerton and Thirsk. — Pop. 267. A part of this village is in the wapentake of Birdforth, and forms a township of itself, under the name of Geldable, (ad Geldam) — Pop. 128.. BOR WINS, Sf. h. in the township of Bainbridge and parish ot Aysgarth ; 2 miles from Hawes. BOSSALL, ham. and parish in the township of Buttercrambe with Bossall, wapentake of Buhner ; 1 miles from York, 8 from Malton, 13 from Easingwold. — Population 31. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Botolph, in the deanry of Buhner, value 12/. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. BOULBY, in the township and parish of Easiugton, east division of Langbarugh; 1 1 miles from Whitby and Guisbrough. A branch of the ancient family of the Confers resided here for many genera- tions, whose mansion is now converted into a farm-house ; over the door of which, on a square stone, is an escutcheon bearing the arms of that family. BOW-BANK, 3 or 4 h. in the township of Lunedaie and parish of Romaldkirk; 9 miles from Barnard castle, (Dur.) BOWES, a parish town in the wapentake of Gilling-West ; 4 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 6 from Gretabridge, 13 from Brough, (Westm.) 16 from Richmond, 60 from York.— Pop. 1,095. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Giles, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. fl08Z. 4s. 10 Mister Lascelles hath buiided a very praty house. ;; Sir Thomas Lascelles died here May, 1619. 14 NORTH-RIDING. BRIGNALL, a parish-town in the wapentake of Gilling-West ; 1 mile from Gretabridge, 4 from Barnardcastle, (Durham) 13 from Richmond, 55 from York. — Population 216. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry cf Richmond, diocese of Chester, value 8/. 12s. 6d. Patron, the King. BRISCOE,/, h. in the township and parish of Lythe ; 6 miles from Whitby. BRISCOE, EAST, in the township of Cotherstone, and parish of Romaldkirk ; 6 miles from Barnardcastle, (Durham.) BRISCOE, WEST, in the same township and parish ; 7| miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 13 from Gretabridge. BROAKES-GILL, /. L in the township of Hipswell, and parish of Catterick ; 1 \ mile from Richmond. BROATES, 2 h. in the township and parish of Pickering ; 2 miles from Pickering, 9 from Kirbymoorside. BROATES-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Salton. BROCKEN-GILL, / h. in the township of Coverham, with Aggle- thorpe. and parish of Coverham ; %\ miles from Middleham. BROMAKIN-GRANGE,/. h, in. the township of Exilby, Newton, and Leeming, and parish of Burneston ; 2 miles from Bedale. BROMPTON, a parish-town in the wapentake of Pickering- Lythe ; (the seat of Sir George Caley, Bart.) 8 miles from Scarborough, 10 from Pickering, 1 4 from M alton, 32 from York.— Pop. 516. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Rydale, value, +12/. p. r. 31/. Patron,*^ Sir Geo. Caley, Bart. Of this place the celebrated Monkish historian, John of Brompton was a native. He was a Cistercian Monk and Abbot of Jerveaux- Abbey in Richmondshire. The " Chronicon that goes under his name begins at the year 558, when Angus- tin, the monk came into England, and is carried on to the death of Richard the II. anno domini 1198. " But Seldom says, " that this chronicle does not belong to the person whose name it goes under, and that John of Brompton, the Abbot, did only procure it for his monastery of Jerveaux. " This historian has borrowed pretty freely from Roger Hoveden. His chronicle is printed in the " Decern Script. Hist. Ang. ' ; The family of the Cay leys, formerly from Norfolk, but who have resided here upwards of two centuries, is very ancient. William Cay- ley received the honour of knighthood, March 2, 1641 ; and for his services to King Charles I. and II. was created a baronet, April 20, 1661. The present Sir George is the sixth baronet. ^[ It would seem as if the Rev. J. Cayley, the present incumbent, was in- tituled, to some share in the right of presentation, being possessed of a third part of the Glebe-land, charged with the payment of a third part of the repairs of the Church, an annual payment to his Grace the Archbsihop of lork, and a part of the annual stipend to the Vicar. BROMPTON, in the parish of Northallerton, wapentake of Allerton- shire ; \\ mile from Northallerton, 13| from Yarm, 14| from Stokesley . — Pop. 1 ,223. The Church is a perpetual curacy, Patron, the Vicar of Northallerton. BROMPTON-G RANGES, 3 /. h. in the township of Brompton, and parish of Northallerton ; 2| miles from Northallerton. BROMPTON, EAST, in the township of Patrick-Brompton, arid parish of Bedale. . It is separated from Patrick-Brompton by a small brook. NORTH-RIDING. 15 BROMPTON, PATRICK, see Patrick-Brompfon. BROMPTON-UPON-SWALE, in the parish of Easby, wapentake of Gilling East ; 2 miles from Catterick, 3 from Richmond. — Pop. 388. BROOM FIELD, /. h. in the township of Romanby, and parish of Northallerton ; 1 mile from Northallerton. BROTTON. in the parish of Skelton, east division of Langbarugh ; 6 miles from Guisbrough, 15 from Whitby. It is an ancient Chapelry dependant on the church of Skelton, enjoying parochial rights.— Pop. 332. BROUGH, a township, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Hang-East, (Brough Hall, the seat of Sir Henry Maire Lawson, Bart.) 5 miles from Richmond, 7 from Bedale.— Pop. 90. Brough- Ball formerly belonged to the ancient family of Brough, from whom it had its name, and from them came into the present family by marriage. It has been built above 200 years, but considerably improved and altered to its present state, by the last Sir John Lawson, who added the wings. The family from whom this is descended, were for many generations seated at Burwell, in Northumberland. — Sir John, the first baronet, created July 6, 1665, was captain of horse in the army of Charles I. in whose service his elder brother Henry was slain. — Sir Henry, the present and 6th baronet succeeded his brother John, June 27, 1811. BROUGHTON, in the parish of Appleton-le-Street, wapentake of Rydale ; 1| mile from Malton, 12| from Kirbymoorside. — Popu- lation 94. BROUGHTON, GREAT, in the parish of Kirkby, west-division of Langbarugh; 3 miles from Slokesley, 9 from Guisbrough, 10 from Yarn). — Pop. J 17. BROUGHTON, LITTLE,/, h. in the township of Great-Broughton ; 2 miles from Stokesley. BROXA, in the parish of Hackness, wapentake of Whitby-Strand ; 7 miles from Scarborough, 15 \ from Whitby, 18 from Pickering. Population 1 .702. BULLAMOOR-HOUSES, 3 or 4 h. in the township and parish of Northallerton; 1| mile from Northallerton, 9 from Thirsk. BULMER, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buhner ; 6 miles from Malton, 13 from Easingwold, 14 from York. — Pop. 339. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Martin, in the deanry of Buhner, value 11/. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. Bnlmer was formerly the seat of the anrient family of the. Idels. BULMER, a wapentake, the most southerly in the Riding ; extends to the very walls of York, and is bounded on the east by the East- Riding, and on the west by the West-Riding. It comprises 65 townships, of which 33 are parish-towns, and one market-town, containing 2,800 inhabited houses, and 15,535 inhabitants. BUMPER-CASTLE, (a Shooting-Box) in the township of Bilsdale, West-side, and parish of Jlawnby ; 8 miles from Helmsley. BURNESTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hallikeld ; 3 J from Bedale, 9 from Masham, 9 \ miles from Ripon, 30 from York. — Pop. 288. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St Lambert, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value 37/. 6s. 8d. Patron, Gregory Elsley, Esq. 16. NORTH-RIDING* Here is an Hospital or Alms-house, and a Free-school, founded and endowed in 1681, by the late Rev. Dr. Robinson, vicar of Burneston. BURNISTON, in the parish of Scalby, wapentake of Pickering- Lythe; 4 miles from Scarborough, 17 from Whitby. Pop. 345. BURRELL, in the parish ofBedale, wapentake of Hang-East; 2 miles from Bedale, 7 from Masham. — Pop. 1 13. BURTERSET, ham. in the township of Hawes, and parish of Aysgarth ; 1 mile from Hawes, 4 from Askrigg. BURTON, in the township of Burton- with- Walden, and parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West, (the seat of William Purchas, Esq.) 5§ miles from Askrigg, 8§ from Leyburn. — Pop. including Walden, 478. BURTON-CONSTABLE, in the parish of Fingall, wapentake of Hang- West ; (Burton- Hall, the seat of the Rev. Christopher Wyville.) 5 miles from Leyburn and Middieham, 5\ from Rich- mond. — Pop. 204. Burton- Constable is surrounded by one of the largest parks in Richmond- shire, abounding with wood, and the house which is a modern magnificent fabric, with a portico to two fronts, to make room for which, a house, designed by Inigo Jones, is said to have been demolished by the presumption of an architect, in the owner's absenee, and contrary to his instructions. Whitaker. BURTON, HIGH, and ?2/.A. in the township of Burton- BURTON, LOW, HALL, 5 upon-Ure, and parish of Masham; the former 1 mile, and the latter | a mile from Masham. BURTON-HOUSE, and MILL, in the township of Burton-upon- Ure, and parish of Masham; § mile from Masham. BURTON, HUM, see Humberton. BURTON-UPON-URE, a township, in the parish of Masham, wa- pentake of Hang-East ; 2 miles from Masham, 5| from Bedale. — Pop. 170. BUSBY, GREAT, in the parish of Stokesley, west-division of Langbarugh; 3 miles from Stokesley, 10 from Yarm, 14 from Northallerton. — Pop. ] J 7. BUSBY, LITTLE, in the township of Great-Busby, and parish of Stokesley, west-division of Langbarugh ; (Busby-Hall, the seat of the Rev. George Marwood) 3\ miles from Stokesley, 10 from Yarm, 13 from Northallerton. The family of the Marwoods appear to have resided here since 1600, though originally from Nunthorpe. — Graves. In 1745, Busby-Hall was in the possession of Mrs Turner, widow of Cholmley Turner, Esq. who bequeathed it to the late William Marwood, Esq. BUSBY-STOOP, p. h. in the township of Sandhutton, and parish of Thirsk ; 3 miles from Thirsk, 8 from Ripon, 9 from Northal- lerton, 10 from Boroughbridge. Busby- Stoop, so called from a per- on of that name, being gibbetted here for the murder of Daniel Awtie, about 1702, whose daughter Busby had married. BUTCHER-HOUSES, ham. iu the townships of Kirklington and Ainderby-Quernhow, and parishes of Kirklington and Pickhili ; 7 miles from Ripon, 1\ from Thirsk, 8 from Bedale. BUTTERCRAMBE, in the parish of Bossall, wapentake of Bulmer ; 10 miles from York and Malton, 15 from Easingwold. - Pop. 235. BUTTER WICK, in the parish of Barton- le-Street, wapentake of NORTH-RIDIN'G. 17 Rydale; 7 miles from Kirbymoorside, 8 from Malton, 10 from Helmsley. — Pop. including Newsam. 50. BYLAND, in the parish of Coxwold, wapentake of Birdforth; 6 miles from Helmsley, 7 from Easingwold, 10 from Thirsk. — Popu- lation of By land and its Members, 372. Here are the remains of the magnificent Abbey of Byland, situated in a rich valley, separated from Bivaulx, by the hilly ridge of Hambleton. According to Di/gdale, this Abbey was founded in 1 134, by Roger de Mowbray, and valued at the dissolution at 238/. 9s. Ad. It had a noble cathedral and monastery, and was dedicated to the. blessed Virgin, and continued to the general dissolution. It was surrendered in 1540, by John Leeds, the last Abbot, and twenty-four Monks. The scite was granted to Sir Win. Pickering, Knight. — Willis. It would seem from Speed, that Roger de Mowbray originally founded this monastery at Hode, (Hood- Grange) in 1134, and at the instance of his mother, in 1 143, removed it to a part of her jointure near the river Rye, at Byland, opposite to the Abbey of Rivaulx, since called Old Byland, which place being thought inconvenient for Religious, four years afterwards they removed to Stoking, near Coxwold ; and at last fixed a little more easterly, near Whitaker, where it continued in a flourishing state till the general dissolution. It is now the property of Martin Stapylton, Esq. of Myton- Hall. BYLAND-MEMBRIS, a township, comprehending Byland, Wass, and Old stead. BYLAND, OLD, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth ; 4 miles from Helmsley, 9 from Thirsk. 25 from York. — Pop. 133. The Church is- a perpetual curacy, in thedeanry of Rydale, value, p. r. f44/. Patron, Sir George Wombwell, Bart. CALDBERGH, in the parish of Coverham, wapentake of Gilling- West ; 4 miles from Middleham, and Leyburn, 11 from Mas- ham.— Pop. 103. CALDWELL, in the parish of St. John Stanwiek, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 7 miles from Baruardcastte, (Durham) 9 from Rich- mond.—Pop. 188. This has been a very considerable place and of great antiquity, near the Ermi ne-street, leading to Gretabridge and Lavatrse, between which stations ano- ther road branched otf'in a direct line, and crossed the Tees at Thorngate, a street so called in Barnardcastle. — Arch&ol. " There appere," says Leland, " mines of buildingos at Cawdewelle village ;" again, " Cawdewell is so caullid from a little font or spring, by the ruines of the olde place, and so rennith into a beke halfe a quarter of a mile of." CALVERJ -HOUSES, ham. in the township of Muker, and parish of Grinton, wapentake of Gilling-West, (the seat of Major Met- calfe) ; 8 miles from Reeth. CAMP-HILL (the seat of William Rooks Leeds Serjeantson, Esq.) in the township of Carthorpe, and parish of Burneston ; 5 miles from Bedale, 7 from Masham, 7|fromRipon, 13 from Borough- bridge. CAMS-HOUSE,/, h. in the township of Low-Abbotside, and parish of Aysgarth; 2| miles from Hawes and Askrigg. CARKIN, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Gilling-West; 7 miles from Richmond, 8 from Darlington, (Dtir.) — Pop. 24. t 18 NORTH-RIDING. CARLTON, ham. in the township and parish of Stockton-on-the Forest, wapentake of Bulmer ; 4 miles from York. CARLTON, (in Cover dale) in the parish of Coverhara, wapen- take of Hang-West; 5 miles from Middleham, 6 from Leyburn. — Population 280. In this Dale was born, in 1487, Miles Coverdale, the learned Bishop of Exe- ter, to which See he was collated in 1551, on account of his extraordinary know- ledge in Divinity, and unblemished character. On the accession of Queen Mary henvas ejected from his see, and thrown into prison, out of which he was released at the earnest request of the King of Denmark, after two years confinement, and only banished the realm. At the accession of Elizabeth, he returned to England, but refused the Bishopric, and lived privately to the age of 81 years. He died in 1568, and was buried in Bartholomew's, behind the Exchange. He was the next translator of the Bible after Wickliife, which appeared in 1535. — It was dedicated to King Henry VIII. and was the first English Bible allowed by Royal Authority ; and the first translation of the whole Bible printed in our language. — Chalmers. CARLTON, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh; (the seat of Joshua Reeves, Esq.) 3 miles from Stokesley, 10 from Yarm, 13| from Northallerton, 40 from York. — Population 260. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. 52L 15s. Patron, Joshua Reeves, Esq. CARLTON, in the township and parish of Helmsley ; 2 miles from Helmsley, 7 from Kirbymoorside. CARLTON and CARLTON-HALL, (the seat of Samuel Barrett Moulton Barrett, Esq.) in the townships of Stanwick and Aldbrough, and parish of St. John Stanwick, wapentake of Giiling-West ; 7 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 8 from Richmond. CARLTON-HIGH-DALE, a township, in the parish of Coverham, wapentake of Hang- West ; 7 miles from Middleham.-Pop. 397. CARLTON-HUSTHWAITE, (the seat of Valentine Kitchingman, Esq.) in the parish of Husthwaite, wapentake of Birdforth ; 6 miles from Easingwold, 7 from Thirsk. — Pop. 1 53. Plere is a Chapel of ease to Husthwaite. CARLTON-MINIOTT, in the parish of Thirsk, wapentake of Birdforth, liberty of St. Peter ; 2 miles from Thirsk, 9 from Ripon.— Pop. 221.— St. Peter's, 169, total, 390. Carlton- Miniott with Sandhutton, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Bulmer, Patron, the Archbishop of York. CARPERBY, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West ; 4 miles from Askrigg, 7 from Leyburn. — Pop. 283. CARPLEY-GREEN, /. h. in the township of Bainbridge, and parish of Aysgarth ; 5 miles from Hawes. CARR-BRIDGE, /. h. in the township and parish of West-Roun- ton, wapentake of Allertonshire ; 7 miles from Yarm, 8 from Northallerton. CARR-END, (the seat of William Fotkergill, Esq.} in the township of Bainbridge, and parish of Aysgarth ; 3| miles from Askrigg. Here, in 1712, was born Dr. John Fotkergill, son of John and Margaret Fothergill, Quakers. — He received his education under the care of his grand- father, Thomas Hough, in Cheshire, and at Sedburgh, in this county. After hfe apprenticeship, he removed to London, in 1736, where he studied two years, and NORTH-RIDING. 19 then went to Edinburgh : he afterwards visited Leyden, France, and Germany, and in 1740, settled in London. Dr. Fothergill was a man of amiable manners, a skilful Physician, a great encourager of learning, and an excellent Botanist. His works consisting chiefly of medical pieces, have, been printed in 3 vols. 8vo. with his Life prefixed. He formed a Botanical Garden at Upton, in Essex, and liberally endowed the seminary for young Quakers at Ackworth. The fortune which he acquired, was computed at 80,000/. He died at his house in Harpur Street, Dec. 2o, 1780. — Letso.n'r Life, &c. CARR-If ALL, (the seat of Mrs Holt) m the township of Ruswarp, and parish of Whitby ; 3 miles from Whitby. CARTHORPE, in the parish of Burneston, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 4 \ miles from Bedale, 7 from Masham, 8| from Ripon.-Pop. 301. CASTLE-BANK, f.h. in the township of Helton, and parish of Wensley; 5\ miles from Ley burn. CASTLE-HOWARD, {the seat of the Earl of Carlisle) extraparochial, in the township of Hinders kelfe, and wapentake of Buhner ; 6 miles from Malton, 12 from Helmsley, 15 from York and Easing wo Id. Here was an old Castle called Hinder 'skclf Castle, built in the reign of Ed- ward III. which was burnt down ; and on the place where it stood, the Right Hon. Charles Howard, Earl of Carlisle, built the present noble and magnificent Seat, from a design of Sir John T'anbrugh, in the same style as Blenheim- House, and is esteemed one of the finest mansions in the county. It has a longer line of front than Blenheim-house, its exterior is magnificently grand, and the state apart- ments are particularly distinguished for their princely appearance. The fine collection of Paintings-, Statues, Antique Busts, &c. with which this noble man- sion is enriched, must afford the highest gratification to the admirers of the fine arts ; whilst the liberality of the noble proprietor entitles him to the praise and gratitude of the public, for allowing them to view this elegant repository of taste and refinement. The walls are adorned with numerous und excellent paintings, a detail of which would be too extensive for our insertion. The paintings of the three Maries by Annibaie Carracci, has always been considered as the great Trea- sure of Castle- Howard, which for colouring, composition, expression, and pathos, and for every quality that constitutes excellence in the art, cannot be surpassed. In the park is a stately obelisk, upwards of 100 feet high, in the centre of four fine avenues, on which is the following inscription : — Virtuti et fortunae Johanuis Mariburiae ducis, Patriae Europaeque defensoris, hoc Saxum, Admirationi ac fernee Sacrum Carolus comes Cnrliol. posuit Anno Domini, M.DCC.XIV. Near the north front of the house is an extensive sheet of water, which richly merits the more dignified appellation of a lake ; broad and beautiful, it spreads over an expanse of many acres; and not far from it is an elegant monument, erect- ed by the proprietor of this noble mansion, to commemorate the victories of our immortal Nelson: on three sides of it are inscribed in letters of gold, the names of Aboutcer, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar. The mausoleum, situated in the Park, is a circular edifice crowned with a dom^, and surrounded by a handsome colonade of doric pillars. Over the vault is an elegant circular chapel, 34 feet in diameter. The noble family of the Howards have often filled, since the time of Henry VI, the highest offices of the State, and always made an honourable figure in English History The present head of this illustrious family, Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Dacre, and Knight of the Garter, was born May 28, 1748. Heir apparent — George Viscount Morpeth, eldest son of the present Earl, and M. P. for Cumberland. CASTLETON, ham, in the township and parish of Danby, east- 20 NORTH-RIDING. division of Langbarugh; 9 miles from Guisbrough, 12 from Stokesley, 1 4 from Whitby. Castleton appears to have been so called, from an ancient castle which stood ]« ere ; and of which there are still some evident remains > but at what period this fortification, which seems to have been of a circular form, was erected, our ac- counts are silent. — Graves. It is now the principal place in Danby-Dale. CATGILL-HALL,/. h. in the township and parish of Danby-Wiske; 3 1 miles from Northallerton. CATTERICK. a post and parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- East; 5 miles from Richmond, 7 from Bedale, 13 from North- allerton, 15 from Darlington, (Bur.) and Gretabridge, 17 from Yarm, 21 from Bish6pauckland, (Dur.) 39 from York. — Pop. 561. The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, dedicated to St. Anne, value, 251. 2s. Id. Patron, the King. It is a place of great antiquity, and was unquestionably a Roman city. Here the Roman road, the great Ermine Street (which in Saxon signifies a military way) crossed the river. The first cohort of the Thracians was garrisoned here when Virus Lupus was Propraetor of Britain. Catterick is called Cattaractonium and Cateractan by Ptolemy, and Cataracta by Bede : the former of which confers no small honor on it, in his second book of geography, from thence taking an ob- servation of the posture cf the heavens, describing the 24th parallel through this place, and making it distant from the equator fifty-seven degrees. Cade supposes this place to have been honoured with ;,n academy for the study of the sciences, and that, he thinks, the high mountain mentioned by Camden and other authors, was the place set apart for astronomical observations. — Arch^ol. He considers Burgh to have been the quarter including the Mint; Thornbrough the station ; and the limits of the city from the village to the bridge. But whatever the Roman city was, it has now, as Camden observes, nothing great but the memory of what it once wa«, having b?en totally destroyed by the Danes ; and the modern Cat- terick is now only a village. " Keterick," says Leland, " is now a very poor town." Here is an hospital for 6 poor widows, and teaching poor children, found- ed and endowed in 1658, bv the Rev. Snydaie — present value. 48/. per annum. CATTERJCK-BRIDGE and INN, in the township of Brough, and parish of Catterick; 1 mile north from Catterick. Of this place Dr. IVhitaker observes, " that whereas Camden understands by the vicusjuxta Cataractam, a village near the Cataract, I should conceive that he means the village near the Roman Cataractonium, which was certainly by the present bridge ; and that the village meant by Bede is the modern town of Cat- terick, which, from the site of the church, I conceive to have been the Saxon town." Upon the south-end of this bridge was formerly a Chapel or Orator}-, where, as tradition tells us, Mass was said every day at eleven o'clock for the "benefit of Travellers. By whom or at what time it was founded is not said or known. At present it is used as a coal magazine for the adjacent Inn. — Grose. ' CATTO. /. h. in the township of Landmoth, and parish of Leak ; 4 miles from Northallerton, 6| from Thirsk. CATTON. in the parish of Topciiffe, wapentake of Birdforth; 5 miles from Thirsk, 8 from Ripon. — Pop. 99. CAWTHORNE, 2/. h. in the township of Cropton-with-Cawthorn^, parish of Middleton, wapentake ol Pickering-Lythe ; 4 miles from Pickering. CAWTON, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Rydale; 6 miles from Helmsley, 9 from Kirbymoorside. — Pop. 105. CAYTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering-Lythe ; 4 miles from Scarborough, 19 from Pickering. — Pop. including NORTH-RIDING. 21 Killerby and Deepdale 447. Here is a Chapel dedicated to St. Leonard. CHAPEL-HILL, /. h. in the township of East-Tanfield, and parish of Kirklington; 6 miles from Ripon, 7 from Bedale. From the name of this house, and a field adjoining, called to this day Chapel- garth, and the foundations of a building, we are led to suppose there has, at some distant period, been a Chapel of ease here. C1TTADILLA, p. h. in the township of Brompton-upon-Swale, and parish of Easby ; 2 miles from Catterick, 3 from Richmond, 1 1 from Northallerton. CLAXTON, in the parish of Bossall, wapentake of Bulmer ; 8 miles from York, li from Mai ton, 13 from Easingwold. — Pop. 135. CLEASBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Giliing-East; 5 miles from Darlington, (Dur) ] 1 from Richmond, 47 from York. — Pop. 147. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deamy of Richmond, diocese of Chester, Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. In this obscure village was born in 1650, Dr. John Robinson, a distinguished prelate and statesman. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford — In 1710 he was preferred to the bishopric of Bristol, and while in that situation plenipoten- tiary at the treaty of Utrecht; in 1714 translated to the see of London, which he held till April 1723, when he diexl at Fulham. At this place of his nativity, he built the Chapel, Parsonage house, and added a school. The latter is endowed with Hi acre* of land, valued at 20 or 22/. per annum, for teaching 6 boys. CLEAVES, /. //. in the township of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliff, and parish of Feliskirk ; 3| miles from Thirsk. CLEVELAND-PORT, formerly CARGOFLEET, in the town- ship and parish of Ormesby, west-division of Langbarugh ; 8| miles from Guisbrough, 9 from Stokesley and Stockton. From this small port, which is situated upon the River Tees, about two thirds of the produce of Cleveland are shipped and sent coastwise to London, Newcastle, and other markets. The trade carried on here averages nearly 1000/. per day throughout the year. — Graves. CLIFFE, in the parish of Manfield, wapentake of Gilling-West ; {the seat of Henry IFitham, Esq.) 5 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 10 from Richmond, 11 from Barnard castle. (Dur.) CLIFTON, in the parishes of St. Michael-Ie-Belfrey and St. Olave, York, wapentake of Bulmer. liberty of St. Peter, adjoins the north side of York.— Pop. 269.— St. Peters, 200, total, 469. CLIFTON, a township, in the parish of Thornton- Watlas, wapen- take of Hang-East. — Pop. 50. In this township and parish is CLIFTON-CASTLE, (the seat of Timothy Hutton, Esq.) 2 § miles from Masham, 4 \ from Bedale. In the reign of Edward II. Groffrey-le-Scrope, who had large possessions in these paits, obtained license to make a castle of his house at Clifton-upon-Ure, and also for free warren in all his demesne lands at Clifton, &c. — Dugd. Baron. This castle has long since cea>ed to exist, and the last remains were removed by the present proprietor in 1S02, to make room for the present elegant modern mansion. CLIFTON-LODGE, {the seat of John Clerveaux Ckaylor, Esq.) CLINTS, (the seat of Thomas Errington, Esq.) in the township and parish of Marske; 5 miles from Richmond and Reeth. 22 NORTH-RIDING. The time when this mansion was built we are not acquainted with, but from its appearance it is doubtless of great antiquity. It formerly belonged to the family of Willans, from whom it passed to the Bathursts, and from them to the late Sir Charles Turner, who sold it to Miles Stapleton, Esq. of whom the present proprietor purchased it. — Angus'views. CLOUGHTON, in the parish of Scalby, wapentake of Pickering- Lythe; 5 miles from Scarborough, 16 from Whitby. — Pop. 366. CLOUGHTON-NEWLANDS, a few /. h. in the township of Cloughton. CLO WJBECK, /. h. in the township and parish of Manfield ; 6 miles from Darlington, (Bur.) COAT-BANK-LODGE, (the seat of D'Oyley Saunders, Esq.) in the township and parish of Egton ; miles from Whitby. COATHAM, EAST, in the township and parish of Kirkleatham, east-division of Langbarugh ; \ a mile from Redcar, 6 miles from Guisbrough, 14 from Stokesley and Stockton, (Bur.) 24 from Whitby. It consists of one row of houses or half street, facing the sea, about a quarter of a mile long, and was formerly a small Fishing-Town. Few people now resort to it for the purpose of bathing, in consequence of its being a greater distance from the sea than Redcar. It has, however, one Inn for the reception of Company, some Lodging-houses, and two Bathing-machines. COATHAM, WEST, similarly situated as East-Coatham, only nearer the Tees. It is a small hamlet, consisting of a few farms. COBSHAW, /. h. in the township of Langthorne, and parish of Bed ale ; 2 miles from Bed ale. COCK-BUSH, /. h. in the township and parish of Arncliffe ; 8 miles from Northallerton and Stokesley. COCK-MILL, /. h. and Mill, in the township of Hausker-with- Stainsacre, and parish of Whitby ; 1 f mile from Whitby. COCKAN, comprising a few houses, in the township of Bransdale west-side, parish of Kirbymoorside, wapentake of Rydale ; 10 miles from Kirbymoorside. Here is a Chapel of ease. COGDEN-HALL, (the seat of Matthew Whiteloch, Esq.) in the township of Grinton-with- Whiteside, and parish of Grinton, 1| mile from Reeth, 7 from Leyburn. COLBURN, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Hang-East ; 3 miles from Richmond and Catterick. — Pop. 133. COLD-CAM, 2/. h. in the township of Byland-Membris, and parish of Low-Kiibum ; 6 miles from Helmsley, 8 from Thirsk. COLD-KIRKBY, see Kirkby-Cold. COLEBY, ham. in the township of Helmington, and parish of Stainton, west-division of Langbarugh ; 6 miles from Stokesley. COLDWELL, see Caldwell. COLTON or COULTON, in the parish of Hovingham, wapentake of Rydale; 7 miles from Helmsley, 9 from Kirbymoorside, 12 from Malton. — Pop. 1 1 2. COMBOOTS, ham. in the township and parish of Scalby ; 5 miles from Scarborough, 1 5 from Pickering and Whitby. COMMONDALE, a township, in the parish of Guisbrough, east- NORTH-RIDING. 23 division of Langbarugh ; 5 miles from Guisbrougb, 9 from Stokes- ley, 16 from Whitby.— Pop. 86. This is a narrow secluded Vale, forming the southern boundary of the parish ; at which place there was formerly an hermitage or cell to the priory of Guis- brough.— Graves. CONE YSTHORPE, in the parish of Barton, wapentake of Bulmer ; 5 miles from Malton, 14 from Easingwold, 16 from York. — Pop. 160. CORNBROUGH, a township, in the parish of Sheriff-Hutton, wa- pentake of Bulmer; 7 miles from Easingwold, 9| from York, 13 from Malton.— Pop. 63. CORN-PARK, in the township of Cotherston, and parish of Ro~ maldkirk ; 6| miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 9| from Richmond. COTCLIFFE, /. h. and Wood, (extraparochial,) in the township of Landmoth, wapentake and liberty of Allertonshire ; 4| miles from Northallerton, 6 from Thirsk. COTESCUE, (the seat of Mrs Smith,) in the townships of Coverham and Agglethorpe, and parish of Coverham ; 1 \ mile from Middle- ham, 3 from Ley burn. COTHERSTON, in the parish of Romaldkirk, wapentake of Gilling- West, liberty of Richmondshire ; 3 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dirr.} 6 from Gretabridge, 18 from Richmond. — Pop. 706. COTTERDALE, ham. in the township of High Abbotside, and parish of Aysgarth ; 4 miles from Hawes, 9 from Askrigg. COUNTERSIDE, ham. in the township of Bainbridge, and parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West, liberty of Richmondshire ; 3 miles from Askrigg, and Hawes. 15 from Leyburn. COVER BRIDGE, /. h. and Public-House, abridge over the cover, in the township of East-Witton, within, and parish of East-Witton; 2 miles from Middleham. CO VERHEAD, /. k. in the township of Carlton-high-dale, and parish of Coverham ; 1 1 miles from Middleham. COVERHAM, a parish in the wapentake of Hang- West, liberty of Richmondshire ; 2 miles from Middleham, 3 from Leyburn, 45 from York. — Pop. including Agglethorpe, 131, which being united, form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. tSO/. Patron, Sir James Graham, Bart. At a short distance from the church are the small remains of COVERHAM-ABBE Y, which stands on the north-side of the rapid brook of Cover, which gives name to the dale. This AWbey was built by Radulphus, son of Robert Fitz Ralph, for white Canons of the Prremonstrantensian order, about the year 1213, who endowed it with several lands and tenement?. He died in 1251, and was buried here. The house is stiled a Priory, by Leland, but Tanner ^ays it was an Abbey. By an. inscription in latin which is now placed over the door of xMrs Lister's house, which leads into the garden, it appears that this Monastery was either thoroughly repair- ed or rebuilt about the latter end of the reign of King Henry VII. It bears the date of 1501 , and states the Abbot " finished this house." In building some out- houses, were dug up, some years since, two statues larger than life, habited in the armour of knights-templars, in a cumbent posture, ornamented with foliage and animals, but in a very rude style. — Ljelaad— Dugdale— Gale— Ta.\>er. These 24 NORTH-RIDING. statues, in 1812, were placed on each side of the door leading into the garden of Mrs Lister, and which are said to be the figures of the founder of the abbey, and Robert Fitzrandolph, founder of Middleham-Castle. Its revenues at the time, of the dissolution, 1538, amonnted to 16(M. 18*. 3d. clear. It was sold in 1557, to Humphry Orme, for 419/. 15*. COWFOLD-HOUSE, /. h. in the townships of Exelby, Leeming, and Newton, and parish of Burneston; 2| miles from Bedale. COWLING, in the township of Burrell, and parish of Bedale, wa- pentake of Hang-East ; liberty of Riehmondshire ; 2 miles from Bedale; 5 from Masham, 10 from Richmond. COWSBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bird forth \ 7 miles from Thirsk, 9 from Northallerton, 30 from York. — Pop. 91. The Church, peculiar, is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, %5l. lis. 0\d. p. r. 651. Patron, Thomas Alston, Esq. Here is an Hospital for decayed Tennants, vested in the Alston family, but when or by whom founded is un- certain. Lord Crew is the supposed founder. COWTON, EAST, or LONG, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Giliing-East ; 8 miles from Northallerton and Richmond, 9 from Darlington, (Bar.) 40 from York.— Pop. 338. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, %M 6s. \0^d. Patrons, the Trustees of St. John's Hospital, Kirkby-Ravenswortb. CO WTON-G RANGE, /. h. in the township of Moulton, and parish of Middleton-Tyas ; 8 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Darling- ton. (Bar.) GO WTON, NORTH, in the parish of Gilting, wapentake of GilJing- East, liberty of Riehmondshire; 8 miles from Richmond, 8| from Northallerton, 10 from Darlington, (Dur.) — Pop. 270. COWTON, SOUTH, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Gilling- East / 8 miles from Northallerton and Richmond, 11 from Darlington, (Dur.) — Pop. 1 48. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, under Gilling, value, p. r. f33/. These three villages are nearly half a mile from each other. COXWOLD, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth; 5 miles from Easingwold, 8 from Helmsley, 9 from Thirsk, 18 from York. — Population 348. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedi- cated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Buhner, Patron, T. E. W. Belasyse, Esq. and Lady Charlotte his Wife. It is a small handsome light gothic building, with an octagonal tower, the in- side of which is decorated with several handsome marble monuments, particularly of the Fauconberg family. Near to the church is a Free-Grammar School, found- ed in 1603, by Sir John Harte, Knight, Citizen and Alderman of London. Here is also a neat Hospital founded in 1696 by Thomas, Earl of Fauconberg, for ten poor men ; who are provided with blue coats every two years, with an annual sti- pend, and hi. a year laid out in coals for their use ; also another Hospital for eight poor wometiy who each receive 405. and eight bushels of coals annually, and five yards of cloth every two year?. This was also founded by one of the Fauconberg family, but at what time is unknown. In 1760, the facetious Laurence Sterne was presented to this curacy by Lord Fauconberg. CRACKPOT, 2 or 3 lis. in the township, and parish of Grinton, wapentake of Hang- West \ 5 miles from Reeth. NORTH-RIDING. 25 " At Crackpot 'were dug up, in the year 1809, several pieces of iron armour* together with several battle axes (I presume) of the same metal ; and about a mile from this place is a valley, called the bloody vale, the scene unquestionably of a sanguinary combat at some remote period." — Whitaker. Crackpot is about 3 miles westward of,the encampment, called Maiden- Castle. Ibid. CRAGG, /. h. in the township of Lartington, and parish of Romaldkirk ; 5 miles from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 6 from Greta- bridge. CRAKE, (a part of the Bishopric of Durham) a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buhner ; 2 5 miles from Easingwold, 12 from Helmsley and York. — Pop. 538. It is a rectory within the arch- deaconry and peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, value, 10/. dedicated to St. Cuthbert, Patron, the Bishop of Durham, who is also Lord of the Manor. In 685, King Egfridus and Theodore Archbishop of Canterbury, gave to St. Cuthbert this village and several lands about it, that he might, going and return- ing from York, have a place to rest at ; who here built a monastery, not a vestige of which is now to be seen. Here are also the remains of an ancient castle, but by whom built we have not the least information, although Drake supposes it to have been a Castrum exploratorum of the Romans, and certainly no place could have been better chosen for that purpose. The little that retrains of this ancient structure is now used as a farm-house and out-offices. It was given by King Egbri'ght to the 5th Cuthbert. — Simeon Donelm. — Drake. CRAKEHALL, ham. in the township of Elmyre with Crakehail, and parish of Topeliffe, wapentake of Birdforth ; 6 miles from Thirsk, 8 from Ripon. — Pop. included in Elmyre. CRAKEHALL, in the parish of Bedale, wapentake of Hang-East; (the seat of Henry Percy Pulleine, Esq.) 2 miles from Bedale, 10 from Richmond. — Pop. 550. CRAKEHALL, LITTLE, in the township of Crakehail, and only separated from it by a small rivulet. CRAMBE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bulmer; 6| miles from Malton, 11| from York, 15 from Easingwold. — Pop. 152. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, +9/. is. Scl. p. r. *127/. 12s. idi Patron, the Arch- bishop of York. CRATHORNE, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh; 4 miles from Yarm, 8 from Stokesley, 12 from Northallerton, 38 from York. — Pop. 330. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saint's, value, 10/. 11.?. 10|g?. in the deanry of Cleveland, Patron, the Hon. Mrs Cockayne. Here is a Roman Catholic Chapel. It is the seat of Geyrge Cratlorne, Esq. lineally descended from a family that have been resident here ever since the conquest, and bore as a crest, a Crake or Craw. — Graves. CRAVEN-HOLME, /. h. in the township of Bainbridge, and parish of Aysgarlh; 1 1 mile from Askrigg, 4| from Hawes. CROFT, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling-East; (a seat of William Chaytor, Esq.) 4 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 10 from Richmond, 12 from Northallerton, 44 from York. — Pop. 388. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, value, 21 /. 8s. \d. D 2& NORTH-RIDING. in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, Patron, the King. In the church is an altar-tomb to one of the Milbanlcs, of Halnaby, and another to the Clavereux, ancestors of the C hay tors. Croft is situated upon the River Tees, over which it has a handsome bridge into the County of Durham. About half a mile west of the village is a mineral spring, to which, during the summer months, many people resort. Here is a good Inn and several new lodg- ing-houses built for the accommodation of visitors. A Treatise on these waters was published by Dr. Cayley a few years ago. In this village was bom about the year 1635, Dr. Thomas Burnett, a most ingenious and learned writer, the author of the "Theory of the Earth," &c. His early education he received at the Free Grammar-School of Northallerton, from whence he was removed in 1651, to ■Clare-hall, Cambridge, where he had Dr. Tillotson for his tutor, but afterwards removed to Christ's Coilege, where he was chosen Fellow, and took his degree of M. A. in 1658. In 1685 he was appointed Master of the Charter House ; ia which situation he opposed the attempt of James II. to place a Papist on the Foundation of that House. After the revolution he was made Chaplain to the King and Clerk of the Closet. He died in 1715.-— Chalmers. CRONKLEY, /. h. in the township of Lunedale, and parish of Romaldkirk ; 13 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) CROPTON, in the township of Cropton-with-Cawthorne, and parish of Middleton, wapentake of Pickering-Lythe ; 4 miles from Pickering, 5 from Kirbymoorside, 13 from Malton. — Pop. inclu- ding Cawthorne, 343. Here is a Chapel of ease to Middleton. " Within about 200 yards of this chapel," says Young in his History of Whitby, " is a round Fort, on a projecting point of the heights where the chapel and chapel-yard are situated. It looks like a very large tumulus, and measures 150 feet over, including the height of its sloping sides, and the depth of a trench that encircles its base. Its height may exceed 30 feet. The approaches towards it from the chapel, have been altered, an old Hall, the ruins of which are still discernible, having stood in that direction; from which the fort is called Hall- garth-hill,; but in the opposite direction, towards the valley, we find a double ditch of great strength, sweeping round the point of the hill, and another ditch round the foot of the hill, defending the approach from the plain. These camps or forts are decidedly British." This Hall or Castle, as Drake calls it, is within a quarter of a mile of several Roman camps, one of which is situated upon the Roman road running from Camulodunum to Dunsley, a road which he appears to have taken some pains to discover. CROSBY, a township, in the parish of Leak, wapentake of Aller- tonshire; 3 miles from Northallerton, 6| from Thirsk. — Pop. 39. CROSBY-COTE, 2f.h. in the township of Thornton- le-beans, and parish of Northallerton; 3 miles from Northallerton. CROSBY-HALL, (the seat of the tiev. William Dent) in the town- ship of Thornton-le-beans, and parish of North-Ottering ton ; 2£ miles from Northallerton, 7\ from Thirsk, CROSSETT, 2 or 3 /. h. in the township of Bilsdale-Midcable, and parish of Helmsley ; 8 miles from Kehnsley, 1 2 from Stokesley, , ..CROSS-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Burton-with-Walden, and ■&. ' parish of Ay sgarth ; KH miles from Ley burn. CROSS-BUTTS, /. /?. in the township of Ruswarp, and parish of Whitby; 2 miles from Whitby. CROSSTHWAITE,/. h. in the township of Holwick, and parish of Romaldkirk; 11 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) CUNDALL, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Hallikeld ; 4| miles from Boroughbridge, 7 from Thirsk, 8 from Ripon, 18 from NORTH-RIDING. 27 York. — Pop. including Leckby, 170. The Church, a mean ediiiee, situated about | of a mile north of the village, is a perpe- tual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary and All-Saints, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. 30/. Patron, Mrs Prest. In Bacon, it is stvled a vicarage in charge, valued at 3/. 6s. 80. D DALBY, a parish, in the wapentake of Bulmer ; 9 miles from Ea- singwold, 13 from Maltqn, 15 from York. — Pop. including Skewsby, 169. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, £5/. Is. 0\d. Patron, Mrs Ley- bourne. DALBY, 3f. h. in the township and parish of Thornton, wapentake of Pickering- Ly the ; 5 miles from Pickering. DALE-END, ham. in the township and parish of Danby, wapentake of Langbarugh ; 9^ miles from Guisbrough, 12| from Whitby. DALE-HOUSE, /. k. in the township of Borrowby, and parish of Lythe; 13 miles from Whitby and Guisbrough, DALE-HOUSE MILL, in the township and parish of Hinderwell ; 11 miles from Whitby, 13 from Guisbrough. DALE-TOWN, in the parish of Hawnby, wapentake of Birdforth; 6 miles from Helmsley, 9 from Thirsk. — Pop. 68. D ALTON, in the parish of Topeliffe, wapentake of Birdforth; 5 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Ripon. — Pop. 235. D ALTON, in the parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth, wapentake of Gil- ling- West: 6 mil's from Richmond, and Gretabridge, 9 from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) — Pop. 265. DALTON-UPON-TEES, in the parish of Croft, wapentake of Gil- ling-East. liberty of St. Peter; 5 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 10 from Richmond, 11 from Northallerton. — Pop. 167. DANBY, a parish, in the east-division of Langbarugh; 9 miles from Guisbrough, 12 from Whitby, 14 from Stokesley, 42 from York. — Pop. 1,373. The Church, a modern edifice, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. f90/. Patron, Lord Vis- count Downe. North of the Church, on the brow of a naked hill, of no great elevation, stands the remain? of Danby Castle, supposed to have been built soon after the conquest, by Robert de lirus; or more probably by William de Latimer, soon after the reign of Edward II. when Danby came to the Latimers by marriage with the daughter of Robert de Thweng, as the arms of Latimer appear in the armorial bearings on the North Wall. 'From the ruins, we are led to conjecture, that the building has been extensive ; but can form no just idea of its strength and ancient grandeur. A form-house and its offices now occupy a great part of it. — Graves, — oCamden. DANBY-BEACON, in the township and parish of Danby; 10| miles from Guisbrough and Whitby. DAN BY-HALL, ((he seat of Simon Thomas Scroope, Esq.) in the township and parish of Thornton-Steward ; 2 miles fromMiddleham, 4 1 from Ley burn. The Scropes of Danby have survived every other branch of that illustrious name.— Whitakjetv. 28 NORTH-RIDING. DANBY-HILL, (the seat of the Rev. William Cust) in the township and parish of Danby- VViske ; 3| miles from Northallerton, 8^ from Bedale, 13f from Richmond. DANBY, LITTLE, /. h. in the township of Yafforth, and parish of Danby-Wiske ; 3 miles from Northallerton. DANBY-LODGE, (the seat of Lord Downe) in the township and parish of Danby, east-division of Langbarugh ; 9 miles Guisbrough. This is a modern built house, and intended merely as a Shooting- Box. DANBY-WISKE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Giiling-East; 4 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Bedale, 13| from Richmond, 36 from York. — Pop. 348. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, 9/. Ss. il^d. Patron, the Rev. William Cust, the present rector. DANOTTA-HALL,/. L in the township and parish Kirby-Wiske; 4 1 miles from Thirsk. DEEPDALE, /. h. in the township of West-Harlsey, and parish of Osmotherley. DEEPDALE, /. h. and cot. in the township of Suffield-cum-Everley, and parish of Hackness ; 6 miles from Scarborough. DEEPDALE, %f. h. in the township and parish of Cayton, 2| miles from Scarborough. DEEPDALE-MILL, in the township of Lartington, and parish of Romaldkirk ; 1 mile from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) DEIGHTON, in the parish of Northallerton, wapentake of Aller- tonshire; 5 miles from Northallerton, 10 from Yarm, 11| from Darlington, (Dur.) — Pop. 134. Here is a Chapel of ease. DIDDERSLEY-GRANGE,/. h. in the township and parish of Mel- sonby ; 5 miles from Richmond, 7 from Darlington, (Dur.) Didderston or Didder sley -hill, by Bedc called Wilfarus Dun, is memorable for the dispersion of King Oswin's army, and the melancholy catastrophe that succeeded it at big ethingrum or Gathly. Opposite is another mount of a conical form, called Clack-hill. King Oswin's life atoned for his in-auspicious temerity, by ostensibly appearing to combat Oswin ; s army, so exceedingly superior to his own. — Archjeol, vol. x. p. 55. — Cade. DINSDALE, OVER, in the parish of Sockburn, (Dur.) wapentake of Allertonshire ; 6 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 7 from Yarm, 9 from Northallerton. — Pop. 66. DISHFORTH, in the parish of Topcliffe, wapentake of Hallikdd ; 4 miles from Boroughbrldge, 5 from Ripon, 7 from Thirsk. — Pop. 340. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. +43/. Patron, the Vicar of Topcliffe. DOE-PARK-HALL, or LEDGARD-HALL. (the seat of William Hutchinson, Esq.) in the township of Hunderthwaite, and parish of Romaldkirk ; 4 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) DOWNHOLME, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- West ; 4 miles from Reeth, 4| from Ley burn, 6 from Richmond. — Pop. including Walburn, 251. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 51. Ids. I0d. p. r. +8S/. Patron, T. Hutton, Esq. NORTH-RIDING. 29 DOWTH WAITE-DALE, or HALL, {the seat of William Shepherd, Esq.) in the township of Hutton-le-hole, and parish of Lastingkam ; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside, 9 from Helmsley. DROMANBY, GREAT, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkby, west-division of Langbarugh ; *Z\ miles from Stokesley, 10 from Guisbrou^h. D ROM AN BY, LITTLE, /. h. in the same township and parish; 3 miles from Stokesley. DRUID'S TEMPLE* in the township of Ilton-with-Pott, and parish of Masbam ; 4 miles from Masham. This place consists of a collection of singularly rude Stones, erected at the expence of William Danby, Esq. of Sainton, upon whose moors it is situated. DUNBOGS, /. h. in the township and parish of Lythe; 6 miles from Whitby. DUNCOMBE-FARK, Che seat of Charles Buncombe, Esq.) in the township of Rievalx, and parish of Helmsley ; \ a mile from Helmslej T . This noble seat of the Duncombe family was built from a design of Sir John Van- burgh. " The character of the building is Doric, the east front is rather heavy, but the west presents a good specimen of that order. Here is a noble terrace, terminated by two handsome circular temples, from which is a most beautiful prospect. Embossomed in ti-ees appears the noble tower of Helmsley castle, and near it, occasionally, peeps forth part of the town ; and deep beneath is seen a beautiful valley, with the river Rye winding among hanging woods. On entering the hall the spectator is struck with the general air of greatness it conveys ; here is a fine piece of sculpture called the Dog of Alcibiades, said to be the work of Myron ;" Dallawav in his description of statuary and sculpture, says " it was discovered at Monte Cagnuoto, and procured by Henry Constantine Jennings, Esq. who brought it to England, and from whom it was transferred to Mr Buncombe for a 1000 guineas. It ranks among the five famous dogs of antiquity." Here is also the famous statue called Discobulus, which, says Gilpin, " is esteemed the first statute in England. It exhibits on every side the justest proportions, and the most pleasing attitudes." " Notwithstanding the pi-ejudice and illiberal language often u-ed against the fame of Sir John Vanburgh as a builder, he certainly con- trived to give an air of grandeur to his structures, rarely to be met with. The saloon here (now library) may be adduced among others m proof of the assertion, it possessing, an uncommon air of magnificence." It is 87 feet long, and 20 broad, thrown into three divisions by ionic columns, and adorned with four antique sta- tutes of Apollo, Bacchus, Mars, and Mercury, also two good busts of Cicero and Horace. The paintings, which are by the first masters, and in the highest esti- mation, are very numerous — they have been collected with great judgment, and the easy access to the seeing of them, says Daves, is an honourable testimony of he liberal spirit of their present owner. In this splendid collection of paintings ire the sco :r_ r inu r of Christ, painted by old Palmer, in successful competition with Titian; the head of St. Paul by Leonardo de Vinci, esteemed the finest work of lhat great painter ; a ma;rniu<-ent Land-storm, by Nichola Pousin ; and a Candle- light Scene (old woman and girl) by Rubens, purchased, it is said, for 1500 guineas. The lovers of poetry will, we presume, feel no small gratification from the perusal of the following poetical description, (never before printed) by the late Rev. Dr. Drake, addressed to Thomas Duncombe, E-q. I'ossapere, ei solos nio bene vivere,r/uorum Conspicitur nitidis, fund ata pecunia, villis. — Horat. Attend my muse, inspire the artless strains, And leave awhile those favor 'd southern plains : 30 NORTH-RIDING. Indulge no more the Poet's rapt'rous theme, Where Thames meandring, rolls his silver stream ; Twicknam's cool grot, or Chiswick's shady bowers, Or where fam'd Windsor rears his royal towers ; Aid me to sing, in these more northern climes, Groves yet unknown, and scenes untold in rhymes J O ! lend me Denham's pleasing fire, and skill, Helmsley shall shine in song like Cooper's Hill ; Here art, and nature, join their friendly aid, Rise in Rotund, or stretch in sylvan shade. On stately columns see the fabric rise, And Babel-like insult th' impending skies; Tho' strong, yet light, tho' massive, yet not coarse, With all Palladio's ease, and Vanburgh's force,; Within whose walls immortal Shakespeare shines, In Garrick's* action, and in Hogarth's lines ; Th' expressive features speak the tortur'd breast, And all the savage tyrant stands confest : Where Saturn's statue bids the iron shade Point the swift minutes, as they rise and fade : View the long terrace stretch'd on either hand, At whose extremes the Roman Temples stand ; Here various objects in perspective rise, Burst on the sight, and strike the wond'ring eyes : Extensive groves, that rising by degrees, Form a grand Circus 'midst the sloping trees ; Whilst through the vale the serpentizing flood Falls in cascades, and murmurs through the wood : Scenes such as these, not Poussin could design, Nor Wotton's genius form with rule, or line ; Nature's chief master-piece ! whose every grace No muse could fancy, nor no pencil trace ; Such as in fabl'd tempe's fertile plains, Still shine in song, and live in classic strains. Mark where in ruins lies the east retreat Of motley Villiersf — once the rich, and great : He who'erst liv'd in Charles' careless Court, In hours of pleasure, and in scenes of sport ; Who from his Monarch stole each power to please, Lull'd in the softness of that age of ease ; With ev'ry vice, and virtue in excess, Still in extremes, in plenty, or distress: Here sunk in sorrow, and depriv'd of all, They saw him greatly live, and meanly fall. View from yon summit nobler scenes arise, Romantic scenes, that steal upon the eyes : Nature's wild efforts [—where each ruder part Must charm beyond the rigid rules of art : Projecting rocks that o'er the vale suspend, Along whose sides the waving woods extend ; Gloomy recess ! when in that darkling time, The monkish muse first halted into rhyme ; Here suckling Clio chose her silent seat, And dawning science fix'dher rude retreat: Now low in ruins lies the learned pile, I Whose gothic seats ill-omen'd birds defile. The celebrated picture of Garrick in Richard III, f George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. % Rievalx Abbey. NORTH-RIDING. 31 The murm'ring Rye that rolls his streams along, Here seems to mourn in sympathy of song; While the brown ivy curls its wreaths around, And hollow echo dies in solemn sound. Hail gen'rous youth ! on whom kind heav'n bestows These seats of solitude, and calm repose ; You, who have all Romania's villas known, Yet seen no spot more noble than your own. Long may the scenes thus wild, without a waste, Amuse your leisure, and employ your taste ; Bid art with nature dignify the place, To Gothic rudeness, join each attic grace : See at your word the new Creation spring, Which some more able Bard in distant times shall sing. JVomersley, Yorkshire, 1749. DUNSLEY, in the township of Newholme-with-Dunsley. and parish of Whitby; 3| miles from Whitby, 19 from Guisbrough. — Pop. included in Newholme. This is a small village situated on the bay of Dumim Sinus, of Ptolemy, and at the northern termination of a Roman road, now called by the country people Wade's Causey, which crossed the moors from York, and where it appears pro- bable there was a Roman station, which Young, in his history of Whitby, supposes " has stood on the eminence in the middle of the village, where Dunsley chapel was afterwards erected." This chapel was destroyed at the dissolution. E EARBY, or IRBY, /. h. in the township and parish of West- Roimton ; 6| miles from Northallerton. EARBY-LODGE, (the seat of William Hutchinson, Esq.) in the township of Newsham, and parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth ; 8 miles from Richmond. EARSWICK, in the parishes of Strensall and Huntington, wapen- take of Bulmer, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from York, 12 from Easingwold, 14 from Malton. — Pop. St. Pe- ter's, 113. EASB Y, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling-West ; (the seat of Robert Jaqurs, Esq.) 1 mile from Richmond, 4 from Catterick. — Pop. 105. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Agatha, in thff deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, 21. 13s. 4d. p. r. f78/. 8s. 2d. Patron, the King. Here is an hospital for four poor women, founded in 1732, by William Smith, then rector of Melsonby. A very singular discovery was made in this church about 1790, of an epitaph " pon the death of Richard Swale, gentleman," who died in 1533. It is written in four different languages, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and English : " The circumstances attending the discovery are not less curious than t!*e thing itself.'' Full particulars of which, and the inscriptions, may be met with in the Gent's. Magazine for April 1790— History of Richmond, 4to. — and Whitaker's Yorkshire. Near to the parish church arc the venerable re- mains of the Abbey of St. Agatha, commonly called Easby-Abbey, situated on the northern banks of the Swale. It was founded about the year 1152, for Pre- monstratensian Canons by Roaldus, constable of Richmond castle, and dedicated to St. Agatha, to which Roger de Mowbray, Alan Bygot, and others were bene- 32 NORTH-RIDING. factors. Richard le Scrope, of Bolton, in the time of Richard II. gave the Ab- bot and Convent 150/. per annum for the maintenance of ten Canons, over and above the number in the monastery, and two secular chaplains ; but Whitaker says he only meditated a donation, for which he obtained a licence that year. It was valued at the dissolution at 111/. 17s. 1 Id. — Dugdale. The last Abbot was Robei't Bampton, who surrendered it in 1535. The site with the possession of the monastery, was granted for 30 years to Lord Scrope, of Bolton, at an annual rent of 283/. 13^. lid. ; in 1557, it was sold by Philip and Mary to Ralph Gower, of of Richmond, for 660/. 3s. Ad. the tenure in- chief for Knight's service ; he dying, bequeathed the same to his son John, who being attainted of high treason, had all his estates confiscated to the Crown. In the reign of Elizabeth and James I. it was again in possession of the Scropes, of Bolton, and at length was purchased by Robert Jaques, Esq. for 45,000/. EASBY, in the parish of Stokesley, west-division of Langbarugh ; (Easby-Hall, the seat of Robert Champion, Esq.) 3| miles from Stokesley, 7 from Guisbrough. — Pop. 124. EAST-HOLME-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Thoraldby, and parish of Aysgarth ; 10 miles from Ley burn. EAST-FIELD, f. h. in the township of Mickleton, and parish of Romaldkirk ; 7 miles from Barnard castle, (Dur.) EASINGTON, a parish-town, in the east-division of Langbarugh ; 10 miles from Guisbrough, 12 from Whitby, 18 from Stokesley, 60 from York.— Pop. 507. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 14 J. 8s. 6d. Patron, the King. EASING WOLD, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Bulmer; 10 miles from Thirsk, 11 from Boroughbridge, 13 from York and Helmsley, 15 from Ripon, *20 from Malton, 212 from London. — Market, Friday. — Fairs, July 6, September 26, for cattle and sheep. — Principal Inns, Rose and Crown, and New- Inn. — Pop. 1,912. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All- Saints, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, $12. lis. Old Patron, the Bishop of Chester. EASTERSIDE, /. h. in the township of Bilsdale West-side, and parish of Hawnby, wapentake of Birdforth ; 7 miles from Helmsley. EAST-MOOR, ham. in the township and parish of Helmsley ; 4 miles from Helmsley, 8 from Kirbymoorside. EAST-RAW, in the township of Newholme-with-Dunsley, and parish of Whitby, wapentake of Whitby-Strand ; 2| miles from Whitby. EAST-THORPE, 3 h, in the township and parish of Appleton-le- Street, wapentake of Rydale ; (East-Thorpe-House, the residence of the Rev. — Gatcliffe) 3 miles from Malton. EASTWOOD, s. h. m the township and parish of Barningham ; 1 mile from Gretabridge, 4 from Barnard castle, (Dur.) EBBERTSON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering-Lythe; 6 miles from Pickering, 10| from Scarborough, 13 from Malton, 31 from York.— Pop. 505. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, in the deanry of Rydale, value, %5L 17s. 31c/. p. r. fSOL Patron r the Dean of York. NORTH-RIDING. 33 Here is a handsome rural seat of the Hotham family, constructed on the plan of a Roman villa. Oa the hill, north-east of the house, beyond the plantations, are some vestiges of a cave, called by the country people, El/win's or Elfrid's Hole, now almost filled up, over which was once placed, (as some old people now living can recollect) a stone, and afterwards a board, with an inscription to the following purport : — " Alfrid, King of Northumberland, was wounded in a bloody battle nigh this place, and was hid in a cave ; and from thence he was removed to Little Driffield, where he died." The battle, it is said, was fought on the west side of the village, now called the Bloody Field.— Young. EDGLEY\ f.k. in the township of Burton -with- Walden, and parish of Aysgarth ; 7 miles from Leyburn. EDSTONE, GREAT, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale ; 2 miles from Kirbymoorside, 8 from Pickering", 12 from Malton, 26 from York. — Pop. 156. The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of Rydale, value, +7/. 10s. p. r. fi40L Patron, George Dowker, Esq. Over the south door of the Church is a Saxon Dial with an inscription, simi- lar to that at Kirkdale, but not so perfect. — Young. EDSTONE, LITTLE. /. h. a township, in the parish ofSinnington, wapentake of Rydale ; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside, 7 frjm Pic- kering-, 8 from Helmsley, 10 from Malton. EGGLESTONE-ABBEY, in the township and parish of Rokeby, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 2 miles from Gretabridge and Bar- nardcastle, (Dur.) This Abbey, (which Dugdale and Leland by mistake call a Priory) is situ- ated upon the high cliffs of the Tees, almost opposite to Barnardcastle, was founded by Ralph de Multon, in the latter end of the reign of TIenry II. or beginning of that of Richard J. tor white Canons, and dedicated to St. Mary and St. John Bap- tist. It had revenues to the yearly value of 651. 5s. 6d. in the whole, and 37/. 7*'. 2d. clour, Tanner — 31/. 8s. 3d. Dugdale; and was granted 2nd Edward VI. to Robert Shelley. The ruins of the Church are in the form of a Cross, and are considerable ; a part of the house is entire, and now occupied as a farm-house ;-* It is now destitute of monuments, but in the time of Leland, stood " too fait tumbes of gray marble, in the greater was buried, as I learned, one Syre Rafo Bowes ; and in the lesser, one of the Rokebys." — Burton — Tanner — Grose. EGTON, a parish-town, in the east-division of Langbarugh ; 6 miles from Whitby, 14 from Pickering, 15 from Guisbrough, 54 from York. — Market, Tuesday before Palm-Sunday, and every Tuesday after May-day Fair, till Tuesday before old Midsnmmer-day, and another Market on Tuesday before old Michaelmas-day, for horses, cattle, sheep, &c. — Fairs, September 4, Tuesday before Novem- ber 2.'3, Tuesday before February 1 4, and Tuesday before May 1 3, for horned cattle, &c. a hiring for Servants, November 5. — Pop. 1.037. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Hilda, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. 30/. Patron, the Arch- bishop of York. It originally belonged to the Church of Lythe, from which it appears to have been severed previous to the year 1349, when the present one was consecrated by the Bishop of Damascus at Egton. The market, lor which charter was granted, l*2th of the reinu of William III. has now nearly fallen into disuse. EGTON-BANKS, 4 /. h. in the township and parish of Egton, 7 miles from Whitby. EGTON-BRIDGEj ham, in the township and parish of Egton, east- E Si NORTH-RIDING. division of Langbarugh ; (the seat of Richard Smith, Esq.) 7 miles from Whitby. EGTON-GRANGE, f.h. in the township and parish of Egton; 8 miles from Whitby. ELAM-HOUSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Kirklington; 8 miles from Ripon. ELLERBECK, in the parish of Osmotherley, wapentake of Aller- tonshire; 6 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Thirsk, 11 from Yarm and Stokesley. — Pop. .81. ELLERBURN, a parish, in the wapentake of Pickering-Ly the, ; 2 miles from Pickering, 9 from Malton, 19 from Whitby, 27 from York. — The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Hilda, value, •fll. As. 9\d. p. r. fl45Z. Patron, the Dean of York. Tn this parish are two townships, viz. Wilton and Farmanby, nearly one mile from the parish Church, there being no village of the name of Ellerburn. ELLERBY, in the parish of Lythe, east-division of the wapentake of Langbarugh ; 7 miles from Whitby, 15 from Guisbrough, 23 from Stokesley. — Pop. 80. ELLERTON, or ELLERTON- ABBEY, in the township M EI- lerton-with-Stainton, and parish of Downholme, wapentake of Hang- West; 3 miles from Reeth, 8 from Richmond. Here was a small Priory of Cistertian Nuns, founded, it is supposed, by Warnerus, Chief Steward to the. Earl of Richmond, in the time of Henry II. It was surrendered, 26th Henry VIII. by Johanna the last prioress, and was valued at \5L Ids. 6d. clear. — Burton. It was situated on the south banks of the Swale, a little below the Priory of Marriclc, very little of which now remains. The Shell pf.the Church is entire. ELLERTON-UPON-SWALE, in the parish of Catterick, wapen- take of Gilling-East; 1 mile from Catterick, 6 from Richmond, 10 from Northallerton. — Pop. 1 40. Ellerton is famous for being the birth-place of Henry Jenkins, who was born in 1500, and died in 1670, being then 169 years old." He remembered the battle of Flodden Field, being at that time 12 years of age, when he was sent to Northal - lerton with arrows for the army. In the church-yard of Bolton is a plam stone pillar, on which is the following inscription on one side of the pedestal. This monument was Erected by CONTRIBUTION In ye year 1743, to ye memory of HENRY JENKINS. On the other, HENRY JENKINS, aged 169; and in the Church is a Monument to his memory, with an inscription written by Dr. Thomas Chapman. ELLING STRING, in the parish of Masham, wapentake of Hang- East, liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from Masham, 6| from Mid- dleham, 9 from Richmond. — Pop. 204. ELLINGTON, HIGH, in the parish of Masham, wapentake of Hang-East ; 5 miles from Masham, 9 from Richmond.— Pop. 152. ELLINGTON, LOW, in the township of High-Ellington, and parish of Masham, wapentake of Hang- East, a part in the libert}* of St. Peter; 4 miles from Masham, 6| from Middleham. ELLINGTHORPE, % f.h. in the parish of Aldborough, (W. R.) NORTH-RIDING. %5 wapentake of Buhner; 3 miles From Borougbbridge, 7 from Ripon, 10 from Ensingwold. Adjoining the principal house is a Presbyte- rian-Chapel, liberally endowed by the family or ancestors of Lord Grantley. ELMYRE, in the township of Ehnyre-cum-Crakehall, in the parish of Topcliffe, wapentake of Birdforth; 5 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Ripon. — Pop. including Crakehall, 78. ELM -HO USE, (the seat of Thomas Other, Esq.) in the township of Redmire, and narish of Wensley ; 4 miles from Leyburn. ENTERCOMMON, HIGH, p. h. and toll-bar, in the township and parish of Great-Smeaton, wapentake of Gilling-East ; 8 miles from Northallerton, Darlington, and Yarm. ENTERCOMMON, LOW, /. h. in the same township and parish. EPPLEBY, in the parish of Gi Hi ng, wapentake of G iiiing- West ; 8 miles from Richmond and Darlington. — Pop. 157. ESKDALESIDE, a township, in the parish of Whitby, wapentake of Whitby-Strand ; 5 miles from Whitby, 17 from Pickering.—- Pop. 395. Here was formerly a Hermitage, but when or by whom it was founded, or at what time it ceased to be used as such, is not known : it would seem from Young's Whitby, that it had been converted into an Ordinary Chapel previous to 1226. The chapel which was called St. John's, is now in ruins, and in which state it appears to have been in 1774, when Grose took the view which he has inserted in, his Antiquities, (vol. vi.) and where may be found a full account of the murder of the Monk at Whitby, which he tells us, gave rise to the building of this chapel. — Young. ESKE YLITH, s. k. in the township and parish of Arkengar-hdale ; 4 miles from Reeth. ESKLITTS, s. h. in the township of Westerdale, and parish of Stokeslev ; \\ miles from Guisbrough, 12 from Stokesley. ESTON, in the parish of Ormesby, east-division of Langbarugh : 4 miles from Guisbrough, 8 from Stokesiey, 81 from Stockton, (Dur.J — -Pop. 272. The Chapel which is ancient, and situated a little distance from the village, is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 20/. Patron, the Dean of York Above the village is the promontory called Eston-Nab, where a Beacon was erected during the late wars, commanding a prospect both of sea and land, which for variety and extent, can be rarely equalled. — "On the summit of this pro- montary," says Graves in his History of Cleveland, " there is an ancient encamp- ment, conjectured to be of Saxon origin, consisting of a double circle of rough loose stones ; the inner rampart or entrenchment being 150 paces in circumference, the whole still perfect, except on the north, where a Miiall portion of the cm-le is cut off bv the abruptness of the rock, which on that side is nearlv perpendicu- lar. » EVERLEY, ham. in the township of Suffield-with-Everley. and parish of Hackness, wapentake of Whitby-Strand , 4 1 miles from Scarborough, 18 from Whitby. — Pop. included in Suffield. EWE or WETHER-COTE, /. h. in the township of Skiplam, and parish of Kirkdale ; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside. EXELBY, in the township of Exelby, Leeming, and Newton, and parish of Burneston, wapentake of Hallikeid ; 2 miles from Bedale, 8 from Masham, 9 from Northallerton. — Pop. including Leeming and Newton, 562. SB NORTH-RIDING. EXELBY-GRANGE, /. A. in the same township and parish ; 2| miles from Bedale. EYREHOLME, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Gilling- East; 4 \ miles from Darlington, (Dur.) \\ from Richmond, 12 from Northallerton. — Pop. 1 77. The Church is a perpetual curacy, underfilling-, dedicated to St. Mary, value, p. r. 63/. 10.9. 4c?. F FACEBY, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh ; (Faceby- Lodge, the residence of James Favell, Esq.) 4 miles from Stokesley, 9 from Yarm, 12 from Northallerton, 39 from York. — Pop. 1 78. The Church, which was formerly a donative benefice, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. 36/. \6s. Patrons, Trustees of the late George Sutton, Esq. The principal part of the township is within the parish of Whorlton. FADMGOR, in the parish of Kirbymoorside, wapentake of Ry dale ; 2 miles from Kirbymoorside, 7 from Helmsley, 16 from Maiton. — Pop. 1 62. FAGGER-GILL, 3 or 4 k. in the township and parish of Arken- garthdale ; 6 miles from Reeth. FALLING-FOSS, s. h. in the township and parish of Sneaton ; 7 miles from Whitby. FALSGRA VE, in the parish and borough of Scarborough, wapentake of Pickering-Lythe ; 1 mile from Scarborough. — Pop. 345. A fine stream of water is conveyed from this village in channels of hollowed stones, to the town of Scarborough. — Hindeiuvell. FAREHOLME, 2/. h. in the township of Morton-upon-Swale, and parish of A inderby -Steeple; 5 miles from Northallerton. FARLINGTON, a parish-town in the wapentake of Buhner; 6 miles from Easingwold, 10 from York. 13 from Malton.-Pop. 170, The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Leonard, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, f\S3L 12s. Patron, the Archbishop of York. FARMANB Y, in the parishes of Ellerburn and Thornton, wapentake of Pickering-Lythe ; 2| miles from Pickering, 9 from Maiton, 12 from Whitby.— Pop. 403. For a?i account of the hospital, see Thornton which adjoins this place. FARNDALE, EAST-SIDE, or HIGH-QUARTER, a township, in the parish of Lastingbam, wapentake of Rydale ; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside, 10 from Helmsley and Pickering. — Pop. 455. FARNDALE, WEST-SIDE, or LOW-QUARTER, a township, in the parish of Kirbymoorside, wapentake of Rydale; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside, 10 from Helmsley and Pickering. — Pop. 213. FAWCETTS, /. L in the township of Mickleby, and parish of Lythe ; 7| miles from "Whitby. FAWDINGTON, in the parish of Cundall, wapentake of Birdforth; 5 miles from Boroughbridge, 6 from Easingwold. — Pop. included in Bagby. Fawdington is in the constablery of Bagby, but a township of itself. NORTH-RIDING. 37 FEARBY, in the parish of Masham, wapentake of Hang- East; 2 miles from Masham, 8 from Richmond and Bedale — Pop. 214. FEETHAM, ham. in the township of Melbecks, and parish of Grin- ton ,• 3 miles from Reeth. FEETHAM-HOLME, ham. in the township of G rinton-with- Whitaside, and parish of Grinton ; 3 miles from Reeth. FELDOM, 4 /. h. in the township and parish of Marske ; 4 miles from Richmond. 8 from Reetb. FELISKIRK, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth; 3 miles from Thirsk, 11 from Helmsley, 13 from Easingwold, 26 from York. — Pop. 113. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Felix, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, 10/. Patron the Archbishop of York. FENCOTE, GREAT, in the township and parish of Kirkby-Flee- tham, wapentake of Hang- East; 4 miles from Bedale, 10 from Richmond. FENCOTE. LITTLE, in the same township and parish. FIELDS, LOW, 5 /. h. in the township and parish of Kirkby- Fleetham, wapentake of Hang-East ; 3 miles from Catterick, 6 from Bedale, 9 from Richmond. FIELD-HOUSE, (the seat of Christopher Richardson, Esq.) in the township of Ruswarp, and parish of Whitby ; 2 miles from Whitby. FILEY, a parish-town and township, in the wapentakes of Pickering- Lythe and Dickering (E. RJ ; 8 miles from Scarborough, 9 from Bridlington, 18 from Driffield, 39 from York. The Church, (which with a/, h. are the only parts in the North-Riding) is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Dic- kering, value, p. r. 120/. Patron, Humphrey Osbaldeston, Esq. Filey is a small fishing town, south-east of Scarborough. It is particularly celebrated for its excellent fish and lobsters. The sands, which sweep round a beautifully curved bay of four or five miles in extent, are bounded on the north by a remarkable ridge of rocks, projecting nearly half a mile into the sea, and distinguished by the name of Filey- Bridge, and thought to resemble the cele- brated Mole of Tangier in Africa. Their pouthorn limit is a stupendous range of chalk-cliff's, running onward to Flamborough Head. FINGALL, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- West ; 5 miles from Lej'burn and Middleham 7 from Bedale. — Pop. 126. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 18/. ISs. 4 d. Patron, the Rev. Christopher Wyville. FIRBY. in the parish of Bedale, wapentake of Hang-East; 1 mile from Bedale. 6 from Masham, 9 from Northallerton. — Pop. 76. FIRBY-GRANGE, ham. in the township of Firby, and parish of Bedale. wapentake of Hang-East ; 1 mile from Bedale. FISHER'S-LODGE, s. h. in the township and parish of Tanfield; 7 miles from Ripon, 5 from Masham. FLASK-INN, in the township and parish of Fylingdale ; 9 miles from Whitby, 1 1 from Scarborough. FLAWITH, in the parish of Alne, wapentake of Bulmer, liberty of St. Peter; 5 miles from Easingwold and Boroughbridge, 12 from York.— Pop. 94. 38 NORTH-RIDING. FLAXTON, in the parishes of Bossall and Foston, wapentake of Bulmer, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 9 miles from York, 9 § from Malton, 1 1 from Easingwold. — Pop. 299. Here is a Chapel to Bossall. FLEETHAM, in the parish of Kirkby-Fleetkam, in the wapentake of Hang- East; 5 miles from Bedale, 9 from Richmond. — Pop. 566. FLEETHAM, KIRKBY, a parish, in the wapentake of Hang- East ; (Kirkby-Hall, the seat of Mrs Lawrence) 5 miles from Bedale, 8 from Richmond. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 9/. 18s. 2d. p. r. *147/. 17*. 6d. Patron, the King. FLEENSOP, ham. in the township of Carlton-high-dale, and parish of Coverham, wapentake of Hang- West ; 7 miles from Middleham. FLUIDS HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of East-Witton- within, 3 miles from Middleham. FOOLRICE, ham. in the townships and parishes of Bransby and Whenby, wapentake of Bulmer; 7 miles from Easingwold, 12 from Malton, 1 4 from York. FORCETT, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Gilling-West ; (For cett- Hall, late the seat of Charles Mitchell, Esq.) 7 miles from Richmond, 8 from Darlington, (Dur.) 10 from Barnard castle, (Dur.) — Pop. 86. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated ta St. Cuthbert, value, p. r. 1*38/. Patron, the Vicar of Gilling. FOSSDALE /. h. in the township of High-Abbotside, and parish of Aysgarth • 1 \ mile from Hawes. FOSTON, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Bulmer ; 7| miles from Malton, 11 from York, 13 from Easingwold. — Pop. 91. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, 14/. Patron, the King. FOXBERR Y,/. h. in the township of Caldwell, and parish of St. John Stanwick ; 7 miles from Richmond. FOXHALL, p. h. in the township of Ravensworth, and parish of Kirkby -Ravensworth ; 6 miles from Richmond, 7 from Catterick. FOXTON, ham. in the township of Thimbleby, and parish of Sigston, wapentake of Allertonshire ; 5 miles from Northallerton. FOXTON, ham. in the township and parish of Crathorne, wapentake of Langbarugh ; 4 miles fom Yarm. FREEBURGH-HILL, in the township of Moorshohne, and parish of Skelton ; 4 miles from Skelton. Conjectured by some to have been a Druidical work. It is a detached moun- tain of a conical form, having a natural rock on its top now worked as a quarry. — Graves. FREMINGTON, in the township of Reetb, and parish of Grinton, wapentake of Gilling- West ; (A. D. Hall, the residence ofG. Leigh Heck, Esq.) 1 mile from Reeth, 9 from Richmond. Here is a School founded in 1643, by Mr Alderman James Hutchinson of York, and endowed by him with a salary of about 70/. per annum, arising from lands at Gate-Fulford and Fremington ; to be kept in repair by the master of the said School. NORTH-RIDING. 39 FRITH, 2 h. in the township of Maker, and parish of Grinton ; 7 miles from Askrigg, 14 from Reeth. FRYOP, GREAT and LTTTLE, 2 dales, in the township and parish of Danby, east-division of Langbarugh ; 1 1 miles from Guis- brougb, 1 5 from Stokesley . FRYTON, in the parish of Hovingham, wapentake of Rydale; 7§ miles from Malton, 9 from Helmsley and Kirbymoorside. — Pop. 62. FYLINGDALE, a dale, and parish, in the wapentake of Whitby- Strand ; 7 miles from Whitby, 14 from Scarborough, 16 from Pickering, 43 from York. — Pop. 61. The Church of Fyling is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Stephen, in the deanry of Cleve- land, value, p. r. +106/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. FYLING-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Fylingdale ; 7 miles from Whitby. This was formerly the seat of Sir Hugh Cholmley, which he sold to his kinsman, Sir John Hotham, in 1634, and in which family it now remains. G GAILES, in the parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth, wapentake of Gil- ling-West; 5 miles frOm Richmond, 7 from Gretabridge, 10 from Barnardcastle, (Dur.)— Pop. 218. GAL LOW-GREEN, s. h. in the township and parish of Sneaton ; 2 miles from Whitby. GAL LOW-HE ADS, /. h. in the township of Marton, and parish of Sinnington ; 3 miles from Pickering. GAMMERSGILL, ham. in the township of Carlton-high-dale, and parish of Coverham, wapentake of Hang- West; 6| miles from Middleham, 1\ from Leyburn, 9 from Kettlewell. GANTHORPE, in the parish of Terrington, wapentake of Bulmer ; {the seat of Mrs Forth) 6 miles from Malton, 10 from EasingwoW* lo from York.— Pop. 106. GARRISTON, in the parish of West-Hawkswell, wapentake of Hang- West ; 3 miles from Leyburn, 5 from Middleham, 6 from Richmond. — Pop. 52. GATHERLEY, HIGH and LOW, 2 /. k. in the township of JMoulton, and parish of Middleton-Tyas ; 5 miles from Richmond, 6 from Catterick. GATENBY, in the parish of Burneston, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 4| miles from-Bedale, 9 from Northallerton, 13 from Ripon. — Pop. 88. GAYLE, ham. in the township of Hawes, and parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West ; \ a mile from Hawes, h\ from Askrigg. About 200 yards east of this place are to be ?een the vestiges of a Roman encampment, supposed to have been an out-post to the Roman station on Borough- Hill, near Bainbridge. GA YLE-BANK, /. h. in the township and parish of Wensley ; 3 miles from Leyburn and Middleham. GEBDYKE, /. h. in the township and parish of Well j 1 mile from Masham. 5 from Bedale. 40 NORTH-RIDING. GERSHAM, /. h. in the township of Lunedale, and parish of Ro- maldkirk; 16 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 20 from Greta- bridge. GERRICK, ham. in the township of Great-Moorsholme, and parish of Skelton, east-division of Langbarugh. GILES-ALLEY, /. h. in the township of Coverhani-with-Aggle- thorpe, and parish of Coverham ; 2 miles from Middleham. GILES, ST. /. h. in the township of Brough, and parish of Catterick ; 3 miles from Catterick and Richmond. On the south side of the Swale, opposite to Brompton, " was the ancient Hospital of St. Giles, founded, it is supposed, by Henry Fitz Randolph, of Ravens- worth, in the beginning of the reign of Henry III. the master of which, held two bovates of land in Brompton. The annual payment of 81. which constituted the principal part of its revenues, at the reformation, was then confiscated to the Crown, and becoming afterwards a rent-charge upon the estate of Sir John Law- son, of Brough-Hall, it was purchased by him some years ago from the Crown. The hospital was for a long time after its dissolution, made use of as a farm-house, but wanting many repairs, it was pulled down, and every appearance of it is now obliterated. The site, and the estate belonging to it, is now the property of Sir Henry Maire Lawson, Bart." GILLAMOOR, in the parish of Kirbymoorside, wapentake of Ry- daie; 2 miles from Kirbymoorside, 8 from Helmsley, 16 from Malton. — Pop. 195. It is a Chapel of Ease to Kirbymoorside. GILLING, a parish-town in the wapentake of Giliing-West ; (the seat of the Rev. William Wharton.) 3 miles from Richmond, 5 from Catterick, 8| from Gretabridge, 47 from York. — Pop. 921. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Agatha, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, 23/. lis. 5\d. Patron, John Wharton, Esq. It was here that Oswyn, King of Deira, was murdered by Oswin of Bernicia, A. D. 651. To atone for this foul murder, Eanfleda, wife of Oswin, who was also related to Oswyn, founded the monastery oflngethlingum, so called by Bede, not a vestige of which is now to be seen. Gilling is remarkable also as having been the residence of the Saxon Edwin and his progenitors. The Castle, the seat of the Saxon Earls was situated upon a hill, nearly a mile to the south of the village, the vestiges of which were removed some time since. GILLING, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale; (Gilling- Castle, the seat of Charles Gregory Fairfax, Esq.) 5 miles from Helmsley, 8| from Easingwold, 10 from Kirbymoorside, 18 from York. — Pop. 168. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to the Holy-Cross, in the deanry of Rydale. value, 13/. 10s. Patrons, the Master, Fellows, and Scholars of Trinity College, Cambridge. The Castle here, which stands upon an eminence on the west side of the village, formerly belonged to the family of the Mowbrays, has now been long in the possession of the ancient family of the Fairfax's. — Camden. The most ancient part is the east end which is circular, and commands the vale below. Thos. Fairfax came into possession of Gilling-Castle and Estate, 7th of Henry VII. in consequence of his marriage with Elizabeth Etton.— Drake. In this Castle, " a singular record is extant of the gentry in this county in the beginning of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. In the upper part of the pannels of the wainscot of the great dining-room, are painted armorial trees, bearing the arms of each family in every wapentake in this county at that period, one wapentake occupying each pannel, all of which, together with the beautiful finishing, wainscotting, and can- ing of the whole room, are still in perfect preservation." — Strickland. NORTH-RIDING. 41 GIL LING -EAST, a wapentake, situate on the west-side of Aller- tonsbire, being separated from that wapentake by the River- Wiske ? and from the county of Durham, on the north, by the Tees. It is a low, warm, and fertile tract, without one Market-Town ; and contains 32 townships. 10 of which are parish-towns, 1,453 inhabited houses, and 7,200 inhabitants. GILLING-WEST, the western part of the ancient wapentake of Gilling, which contains a large part of that district called Rich- mondshire, its southern boundary is the Swale, and the northern the Tees, whilst it has Westmorland on the west. It is a moun- tainous district, and has only two Market-Towns, Richmond and Reeth. It contains 49 townships, 16 of which are parishes, 3,392 inhabited houses, and 1 7,735 inhabitants. Giiling-East, and West have unquestionably at some early period been one wapentake, but at what time separated does not appear to be known* GILMOjNB Y, in the parish of Bowes, wapentake of Gilling- West ; 4 miles from Barnardcastle, (Bar.) 7 from Gretabridge, 17 from Richmond. — Pop. 175. GIRLINGTON, /. ft. in the township of Thorpe, and parish of Wycliffe; 6 miles from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 9 vfrom Richmond. GIRSBY, in the parish of Sockburn, (Dur.) wapentake of Aller- tonshire; 6 miles from Yarm, 7 from Darlington, (Dur.) 10 from Northallerton. -Pop. 85. GLASEDALE, a township, in the parish of Danby, east-division of Lang'oarugh ; 9 miles from Whitby, 15 from Guisbrough, 19 from Stokesley. — Pop. 1.043. The Chapel here is a perpetual curacy, value, +38/. 16s. ]Qd. Patron, the Archbishop of York. Glase- dale is a fertile valley, watered by the Esk. GODELAND or GOADLAND, a township, in the parish of Pic- kering, wapeutake of Pickering-Lythe; 10 miles from Whitby, 1 1 from Pickering. — Pop. 335. Here is a Chapel of ease to Pickering. Here was a Hermitage granted by Henry I. 1117, to Osmund, a Priest, and a few Brethren, who took up their habitation there, but soon after transferred to the Abbey of Whitby. It was dedicated to St. Mary, and probably stood above a mile norrh-east of the present Godeiand Chapel, at a place called Abbot's House.—* Purtov. — Young. GOLDSBROUGH, in the township and parish of Ly the ; east-divi- sion of Langbaruffh; 6 miles from Whitby, 16 from Guisbrough. GOLDSBROUGH-FIELD-HOUSE, s. h. in the township and parish of Lythe ; 6 miles from Whitby. GOULTON, ham. in the township of Potto, and parish of Whorl- ton, west-division of Langbarugh ; 4 miles from Stokesley. . GOW 7 NLEYFOOT, ham. in the township of Healey-with-Sutton, and parish of Masham ; 4 miles from Masham. GRANGE, ham. in the township of Low-Abbotside, and parish of Aysgarth ; 1 mile from Askrigg, 4 from Hawes. In 1807, Christopher Alderson, Esq. of Homerton, Middlesex, a native of Askrigg, founded and tndowed here an Aims-House, for 6 poor widows, with 10£ per annum each. Not far from this place, " and close to Meerbeck," Dr. Whitaker informs us, " is the original site of Jervaulx- Abbey, since ite aban- F 42 NORTH-RIDING. donment, long kn6Wn by the name of Dale-Grange, and now by that of the Grange alone. The Abbey of Fors, or de Caritate, stood almost on the brink of the Meerbeck, about 100 yards south from the road leading from Askrigg to Bain- bridge. Some recent alterations having been made in a barn which occupies the spot, I discovered one round-headed light, a genuine remnant of the original building ; and there still remains in the wall a single tiefoil window, from which I infer that the Monks of Jervaulx, out of reverence to the place of their origin, maintained a small cell upon the site long after, and perhaps to the dissolution." GRANGE, 3/. h. in the township and parish of Oswaldkirk; %\ miles from Helmsley. QRA SING-NOOK, /. h. in the township and parish of Fingall; 6 miles from Leyburn. GRAYSTONES, /. h. in the township of Caldwell, and parish of St. John Stanwick ; 5 miles from Darlington, (Durham.) GREENGATES, /. k. in the township of Lunedale, and parish of Romaldkirk ; 1 miles from Barnardcastle, (Durham.) GREENHOWE, in the parish of Ingleby-Greenhowe, west-division of Langbarugh ; 5 miles from Stokesley, 1 1 from Guisbrough, 13 from Yarm. — Pop. 102. GREENS, 2f. h. in the township of Muker, and parish of Grinton ; 10 miles from Reeth. GRENDALE.— See Handale. GRETABRIDGE, two Inns, the George Inn, (Post-Office) on the north side of the river ; and the Moritt's Arras on the south, both Posting-houses, in the township and parish of Brignall, wapen- take of Gilling- West ; 3 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 1 2 from Richmond, 13 from Reeth, (moor road) 14 from Catterick-Bridge, 19 from Brough, (Westm.) Near to this place are vestiges of a Roman Camp, and old Coins are fre- quently found here. Not long since a Roman Altar was discovered, having a Roman Inscription upon it.— Camden. The encampment here alluded to, is immediately behind the George Inn. GRIMESCAR, a Mill and/, h. in the township and parish of Scru- ton ; 3 miles from Bedale, 6 from Northallerton. GRIMESTONE, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Rydale ; 6 miles from Helmsley, 10 from Kirbymoorside, 14 from Mai ton. Pop. 56. GRINKLE-PARK, (the seat of Robert Wharton Myddleton, Esq.) in the township and parish of Easington ; 1 1 miles from Guis- brough, 1 4 from Whitby. GRINTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- West ; 1 mile from Reeth, 7 from Leyburn, 10 from Richmond, 49 from York. Pop. 689. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, £12/. 5s. Id. p. r. 140/. Patron the King. This parish is situated at the head of Swaledale. GRINTON-CASTLE, (a shooting residence of the Rev. William Carr Fenton* now occupied by Col. Hillyard) in the township of Grinton, and parish of Grinton ; I § mile from Reeth. GRISTHORPE, in the parish of Filey, wapentake of Pickering- Lythe; 6 miles from Scarborough, 12 from Bridlington, 18 from Pickering. — Pop. %\Z. NORTH-RIDING. 43 GRISTHWAITE, 3 /. h. in the township and parish of Topcliffe. wapentake of Bird forth; 'Z\ miles from Thirsk, 9 from Ripon. GROW MOND-ABBEY, in the township and parish of Egton, east- division of Langbarugh ; 8 miles from Whitby, 19 fromGuisbrough, 21 from Stokesley. This was a Cell to the Abbey of Gramont, in France, 'given by Joan, wife of Robert de Turnham, and confirmed by King John, in the 15th year of his reign. At the general dissolution it was valued, according to Dugdale, at 12/. 2s. Sd. and according to Speed, at 14/. 2s. Sd. The site, 35 Henry VIII. was granted to Edward Wright, Esq. for the sum of 184/. 13s. 2d. subject to a yearly payment of ISs. lOd. The next year it came into the possession of Sir Richard Cholmley, Knight, and continued till 1668, and now belongs to Richard and Matthew Agar, and Mr John Linskill. From the ruins of the convent a spacious farm-house with out-offices, has been long ago erected, at the west-end of the Priory Church. Burtox . — Graves. It was situated on the northern banks of the River Esk. GROWMOND-BRIDGE, in the township and parish of Egton ; 8 miles from Whitb3 r . Near this place are the remains of an ancient Forge, where Iron has been manufactured, occupying a space about 100 feet square. — Young. GUISBROUGH. a market and parish-town, in the east-division of Langbarugh ; 8 miles from Stokesley and Redcar, 12 from Stock- ton, (Dur.) 14 from Yarm, 21 from Whitby, 24 from Kirbymoor- side, 5\ from York, 248 from London. — Market, Tuesday. — Fairs, the last Tuesdays in March and April ; Tuesday before Whitsun- tide ; third Tuesdays in August and Sept. ; second Tuesday in Nov. for horned cattle, horses, &c. last Tuesday in June for long wool, and last Tuesday in July for short wool. — Principal Lin, the Cock. — Pop. 1,912. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Nicholas, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. £100/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. Robert Chaloner, Esq. obtained the King's Letters Patent for these Fairs ami Mar ho in 1M4. The town is of considerable antiquity, and is supposed by Baxter to be the Urbs Caluvium of the Romans, although it does not appear that any Roman re- mains have been found here. In Doomsday-Book it is called Ghigesburg, and at that time contained three manors, one of which was an ancient demesne of the Crown : at an early period after the Conquest, these manors became united under the fee of Robert de Brus, Lord of Skelton, who, at the instance of Pope Calixtus II. and Thurstin Archbishop of York, in 1129, [Camden states the date to be 1119, making a difference of 10 years, and as Pope Calixtus II. by whose advice the Priory was built, died in 1124, it is more than probable that he is correct] founded here a rich and magnificent Priory for Canons regular of the order of St. Austin, and dedicated it to the Virgin Mary. — Chroxic Johaxnis Bromptox. Few monastic ruins can boast of the stately grandeur of this Priory. The large east window, which forms a part of its venerable remains, is a complete model of the finest gothic architecture, which makes one lament that more ol this beautiful etructure has not been preserved. " but all things have their end ; " Churches and cities (which have diseases like to men,) " Most have like death that we have." The founder died in 1141, and was buried in this monastery, as were many of his successors ; it was also the common burial place of most of the nobility of these parts. The yearly revenues of these Monks were estimated at 628/. 3s. Ad. Dugdale — and 612/. 6s. 6d. Speed. It was surrendered by Robert Puraglove alias Silvester, in 1540, who had a pen-ion of 166/. 13s. Ad. assigned him out of the revenues. The site was granted, 4th Edward VI. to Sir Thomas Chaloner, and is at present the property of his descendant, Robert Chaloner, Esq, In the 44 NORTH-RIDING. Cottonian Library there is a curious letter, from which it appears that ■' the Prior of Guisbrough kept a pompous house, in so much that the towne consyst- inge of 500 householders had no lande, but lyved all on the abbey" and that " a Steward of theirs was turned out of office, because he had aforehand bufroneh/ four hundred quarters of groyne to serve their house." Except the great east window, little remains of this once magnificent edifice, but a small gateway to- wards the west. The famous Walter Hemingford, a chronicler of much celebrity, whose work extends from 1066 to 1303, was an ecclesiastic in this priory. In those days every abbey had at least one person, whose office it was to instruct youth; and the .historians of this country are chiefly beholden to the Monks for their knowledge of former national events. In these houses the arts of painting, architecture, and printing, were likewise cultivated. Here were formerly the first Alum-works in England. The art was first brought by that learned natura- list, Sir Thomas Chaloner, from the Pope's Alum-works at Rome, for which his holiness fulminated an anathema against him, as well as against those he had se- duced. Here is a Grammar- School and Hospital, situated on the north side of the Church-yard, founded by Letters patent of Queen Elizabeth, dated 19th of June, 1561, granted to Robert Pursglove, clerk, the last Prior of Guisbrough, who endowed the same with his lands, &c. at Bolarn, in the parish of Gainforth, and with 68a. Or. 26p. in the parish of Smeaton, in this county. By a late divi- sion of the common fields at Bolam and some additional grants to this charity, its revenues have been greatly increased, — the lands being now 361 acres, and its present rental 375/. 15s. 1\d. per annum. The School-house adjoins the Hospi- tal on the east — The master's salary 50/. — Ten boys on the foundation. — There are six old men and women in the hospital, who have clothing and 5s. per week, with a small dwelling, and 11. 8s. per annum for coals. — Carlisle's Hist, of Gram. Schools. Mr G. Venables, an old inhabitant of the tower, London, died Aug. 1814, was made the honoured instrument of founding a noble edifice here, called Providence School, in which are constantly educated ninety poor children. To accomplish this great and important work, he travelled upwards of 20,000 miles at his own ex- expence;-— Gent. Magaz. Sept. 1814. GUELDABLE, properly GELDABLE,— See Borrowby in Aller- tonshire, of which this is a part. Its name implies that it paid Geldage or Danegeld. Geldum, Gildum, and Geldage are frequently mentioned in Doomsday . It was an annual tax of 2s. im- posed in the reign of King Ethelred, on every hide of arable land in the kingdom. GUNNERSIDE or GUNNERSETT, in the township of Melbecks, and parish of Grinton, wapentake of Gilling- West ; 6 miles from Reeth, 8 from Askrigg. H HABTON, GREAT, in the parish of Kirbymisperton, wapentake of Picked ng-Ly the ; 4 miles from Malton, 6 from Pickering, 9 from Kirbymoorside. — Pop. 136. HABTON, LITTLE, in the parish of Kirl^misperton, wapentake of Pickering-Ly the ; 4 miles from Maiton, 6 from Pickering, 9 from Kirbymoorside. — Pop. 50. HACK FORTH, in the parish of Hornby, wapentake of Hang-East, liberties of St. Peter and Richmondsbire ; 3 miles from Catterick, 4 from Bedale, 8 from Richmond — Pop. 134. Here was born about 1474, the celebrated Bishop Tunstall. He was a na- tural son of a Mr Tunstall, by a daughter of the Conyers family. He studied at Oxford, Cambridge, and at Padua, where he took the degree of Doctor of Laws, and was accounted the best Mathematician of his time. He was consecrated Bishop of London in 1522 ; and the year following made keeper of the Privy Seal. In 1527 he attended Cardinal Wolsey in his pompous embassy into France ; and in 1530 was translated to the bishopric of Durham, of which he was deprived in NORTH-RIDING. 45 the reign of Elizabeth, for denying her supremacy ; having previously been sent to the tower in lool, where he continued a prisoner till 1553. He died in the Palace at Lambeth, Nov. IS, 1559, when in the custody of Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury. He wrote " De Arte Supputandi" Lond. 1522, 4to. and o other works— Gen. Biog. Diet. — Nichols 7 Lit. Anecdotes. HACKNESS, a parish-town in the wapentake of Whitby -Strand. (the seat of Sir Richard Bejnpde Johnstone, Bart.) 4 miles from Scar- borough, 1 4 from Pickering, 1 7 from Whitby, 40 from York. Pop. 143. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Dickering, value, p. r. f88/. Patron, Sir Richard Beropde Johnstone, Bart. In 1088, Serlo, Prior of Whitby, built a cell for Monks, subordinate to Whit- by, and King William Rufus gi-anted them six caracutes of land in Hackness and North Field — Burton. There had previously been a cell here, built by Lady Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, in 680, for eight Nuns. HAGG, /. h. in the township and parish of Kirbj^moorside ; 2| miles from Kirbymoorside. HAGG-COTTAGE, in the township and parish of Grinton ; 2 miles from Reeth. HAGWORTH-HILL. /. h. in the township of Cotherstone, and parish of Romaldkirk ; 8 miles from Barnardcastle. (Dur.) HALFPENNY-HOUSE, s. k. in the township of Barden, and parish of West-Hawxwell ; 3| miles from Leyburn. HALIKELD, /. h. in the township of Winton, and parish of Sigs- ton ; 2.7 miles from Northallerton. HALLIKELD, a wapentake in Richmond shire, a narrow but rich tract of land, stretching from Leemingbeck south to Boroughbridge, having the Swale all the way for its eastern boundary. The Ermine- Street, now called Leeming-Lane, runs through the centre of this wapentake, which has not one market-town in it; but contains 29 townships, 8 of which are parishes, and 1,218 inhabited houses, 5,958 inhabitants. HALL-GATE, ham. in the township of New-Forest, and parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth ; 5 miles from Richmond. HALL-GATE-HOW, similarly situated. HALLWITH-HOUSE, /. k. in the township and parish of Spenni- thorne ; 2 miles from iMiddlehara, Z from Leyburn. H ALNAB Y-HALL, (the seat of John Peniston Milbanh, Esq.) in the township and parish of Croft, wapentake of Gilling-East ; 6 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 7 from Catterick, 71 from Richmond. HAMBLETON-HOUSE, in the township and parish of Cold-Kirby ; 7 miles from Thirsk and Helmsle}', 1 4 from Northallerton ; cele- brated as a training-ground for Race-Horses. HAMERS, s. h. in the township of Hartoft, and parish of Middleton ; 9 miles from Kirbymoorside. 10 from Pickering. HAMLEY-HAGG, /. h. } in the township of Appleton-le- HAMLEY-HOUSES, 2/. h. \d. p. r. 147/. Patron, Lord George Augustus Henry Cavendish. HAWKER,/, k. in the township of Killerby, and parish of Catterick.; 3 miles from Catterick, 6 from Bedale. HAWSKER, a township in the parish of Whitby, wapentake of Whitby-Strand ; 3 miles from Whitby, 18 from Scarborough. — Pop. including Stainsacre, 634, which united form a township. Here was formerly a Chapel to Whitby, dedicated to All-Saints ; an ancient cross 6| feet high, neatly carved on all sides, is almost the only thing remaining to point out the site. — Youjvg's Whitby. HAXBY, in the parish of Strensall, wapentake of Bulmer, liberty of St. Peter; 4 miles from York, 10 from Easingwold, 15 from Malton. — Pop. 4 J 7. HAZLEHEAD, a few houses, in the township and parish of Egton; 10 miles from Whitby, 1 1 from Pickering. A Roman-Road runs in front of this p'ace. HEALAUGH, or HELAGH, in the townships of Melbecks and Reeth, and parish of Grinton, wapentake of Giiling-West; 1 mile from Reeth. On a very lofty site, en the great projection of Hertay, on the south side of the Swale, opposite to the village of Healaugh, and commanding a very extensive view of Swaledale, is an encampment called Maiden Castle. It is as nearly circular as the nature of the ground will admit, and the ditches still continue deep and wide. On the east-side is an avenue, about 120 yards long, leading towards it, and formed by stones gathered from the adjoining common. Near the east-end of the avenue, but towards the north, is a large barrow of stones and gravel, which has been imperfectly opened, and of which tradition reports, that it yet contains an iron chest filled with money. About 300 yards south-west from the encampment is another oblong barrow, about 6 yards high, and further west are the remains of several cairns. — Whitaker. HE A LEY, in the parish of Masham, wapentake of Hang-East; 3 miles from Masham, 9 from Middleham. — Pop. including Sutton, 413, which being united, form a township. HEALEY-COTE, /. h. in the township of Healey-with-Sutton, and parish of Masham ; 31 miles from Masham. HEANING-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Thoraiby, and parish of Aysgarth ; 5\ miles from Askrigg, 9 from Leyburn. HEATH WAITE, ham. in the township and parish of Whoriton ; 6 miles from Stokesley, 1 1 from Northallerton. NORTH-RIDING. 49 HEDGEHOLM, /. h. in the township of Barforth ; 10 miles from Richmond. HELBECK-LUNDS or HELGILL-BECK, a brook that divides Yorkshire from Westmorland. — See Lunds. HELMING. /. h. in the township of Rookwith, and parish of Thorn- ton- Watlas ; 4 miles from Bedale. HELMSLEY, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Ry- dale; 6 miles from Kirbymoorside, 13 from Easingwdld, 14 from Thirsk. 16 from Stokesley and Malton, 20 from Northallerton, 23 from York, 221 from London. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, May 19, July 16, Oct. 1 and 2, Nov. 5 and 6. for horned cattle, sheep, linen and woollen cloth. ert, Earl of Holderness. It is a spacious structure, some parts of which are of Gothic Architecture, and others finished in the modern stile. The paintings are numerous, and many of them by the first masters. HORNBY, in the parish of G reat-Smeaton, wapentake of Allerton- shire ; 8 miles from Northallerton and Yarm, 10 from Darlington, (Dur.) — Pop. 238. In this township is HORNBY-GRANGE, (the seat of Henry Hew gill, Esq.) 7 miles from Northallerton. HORSEHOUSE, ham. in the township of Carlton-bigh-dale, and parish of Coverham, wapentake of Hang-West; 7i miles from 62 NORTH-RIDING. Middleliam, 8 from Leyburn and Kettlewell. The Church is a perpetual curacy, under Coverham, value, p. r. f-70/. HOWLANBS or E WE LANDS, /. h. in the township of Hurst, and parish of Marrick ; 3 miles from Reeth, 7 from Richmond. HOVINGHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale; (the seat of Edward Worstey, Esq.) 7 miles from Helmsley. 8 from Kirbymoorside, 9 from Maiton, 19 from York. — Pop. 649. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Rydale; value, p, r. f57l. Patron, the Earl of Carlisle. Young, in bis six months tour, thus describes Mr Worsley's house. " The approach is through a very large stone gateway, upon which is the following inscription ; Virtus in actione consistit. and as the building looks pretty much like the gable end of a large house, I mis- took it at first (with that inscription) for an hospital : The entrance is directly out of the street for coaches, through a narrow passage into a large riding-house, then through the anti-space of two stables, and so up to the house door. In the hall is an antique basso relievo of a Bacchanalian group : Two bronzes — Hercu- les squeezing Antceus ; and a Hercules and a Stag. ; likewise a very good portrait „of Bishop IVUliams. The chimney-piece is of white Sienna* Marble, with doric pillars, an instance of the bad effect oi pillars without bases even of that order. The pannels of the room are painted in fresco, Sarifice to Diana, &c.'* In the library, drawing, and dining-rooms, are several busts and small statues, draw- ings, and pictures. HOWE, in the parish of Pickhill, wapentake of Hallikeld; 5 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Ripon and Boroughbridge. — Pop. 32. HOWE, and HOWBRIDGE, 3 h. in the township and parish of Old- Maiton ; 2 miles from Maiton. 7 from Pickering:. HOWGRAVE, in the parish of Kirklington, wapentake of Halli- keld ; 6 miles from Ripon, 7| from Bedale. — Pop. included in Sutton. The singular situation of this place is as follows, it consists of only three farms, one in the township of Sutton, in the parish of Kirklington ; a second in. that of Holm, in the parish of Pickhill ; and a third in that of Nunwick, in the parish of Ripon.— The house in Nunwick has of late been converted into cottages. HOW-HILL, in the township of Newby, and parish of Seamer ; 3 miles from Stokesley. This is a remarkable tumulus, and on the side of the hill towards the south are evident marks of an intrenchment, probably Saxon, and in the plain below, it is reported that armour, swords, and human bones have frequently beeu found. HOWLSIKE, in the townships of Danby and Glandale, and parish of Danby, east-division of Langbarugh; 10 miles from Guisbrough and Whitby. HOWTHORPE, /. h; in the township of Airyholme, Howthorpe, and Baxter-Howe, and parish of Roving-ham, wapentake of Ry- dale ; 7 miles from Malton, 8| from Kirbymoorside and Helmsley. — Pop. included in Airyholme. Airyholme, Howthorpe, and Baxter- Howe, 3 farms, have a Constable and an Overseer of the Poor appointed annually. HUB Y, In the parish of Sutton-on- the- Forest, wapentake of Buhner; 4 miles from Easingwold, 9 from York. — Pop. 497. HUDSWELL, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Hang- West j 2 miles from Richmond, 9 from Leyburn. — Pop. 305. NORTH-RIDING. 53 The Church is a perpetual curacy, vaJue, p. r. -\-66l. Patron, the Vicar of Catterick. HUM-BURTON, or HUMBERTON, a township, in the parishes of Kirby-on-the-Moor and Aldborougb, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 7 from Ripon, 9 from Thirsk. — Pop. including a part of Milbv, 120. HUMERSTY, s. h. in the township and parish of Loftus ; 10 miles from G u i sbrough . HUNDERTH WAITS, in the parish of Romaldkirk, wapentake of Giliing-West ; 6 miles from Bamardcastie, (Bur.) 9 from Greta- bridge, 21 from Richmond. — Pop. 313. HUNTERS-HALL, /. h. in the township of Carlton-bigh-dale, -and parish of Coverham ; 10 miles frori? Middleham. HUNT-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Goadland, and parish of Pickering; 10 miles from Pickering, 1 3 from Whitby. HUNTINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buhner ; a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 3 miles from York, 13 from Ea- singwold, ]6 from Malton. — Pop. 346. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry ^>f Buhner, value, £o/. p. r. fl30/. Patrons, the Sub-chanters and Vicars-Choral, York. HUNTON, in the parishes of Patrick-Brompton and Hornby, wapentake of Hang- West, a part in the libert}* of St. Peter ; 6 miles from Ley burn, Middleham, and Richmond. — Pop. 49Si The Church is a perpetual curacy, (rebuilt in 1 794) dedicated to St. John, value, p. r. f63/. and annexed to Patrick-Brompton. HURST, in the parish of Marrick. wapentake of Gilling-West ; 3 miles from Reeth, 7 from Richmond. HURY, /. h. in the township of Hunderthwaite, and parish of Ro- nicddkirk ; 7 miles from Bamardcastie, (Dur.) HUSTHWAITE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth, liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from Easingwold, 5 from Thirsk, 17 from York. — Pop. 324. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Buhner, value, p. r. 91/. 4s. Patron, Thomas Edward Wynn Belasvse, Esq. and Lady Charlotte his wife. HUTTON, or H UTTON juxta RUDB Y, in the parish of Rudby, west- division of Langbarugh; 4| miles from Stokesley, 6 from Yarm, 12 from Northallerton. — Pop,. 919. HUTTON, or HUTTON juxta SESSAY, in the parish of Sessay, wa- pentake of Allertonshire; ;5 miles from Easingwold, 6 from Thirsk. Pop. 129. HUTTON-BONVILLE, a township, in the parish of BirTdry, wa- pentake of Aliertonsbire ; (Huiton-Hall, the seat of tfm. Batlie fVrightson, Esy.) 5 miles from Northallerton, 1 1 \ from Dar- lington, (Dur.) — Pop. 107. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Laurence, value, p. r. flO/. Patron, Henry Peirse, Esq. The mansion and estate of Hutton-JBonrille, recently purchased by Henry Peirse, Esq. and adjoins his other estates at Lazenby, &c. all once the property and residence of the ancient family of Conyers. The last Baronet of that family (Sir Thomas) died a few years ago in Chester-le-Street. HUTTON-BUSHELL, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Picker- 54 NORTH-RIDING. ! ing-Lythe ; (the seat of George Osbaldeston, Esq.) 6 miles from Scarborough, 12 from Pickering, 15 from Malton, 34 from York. Pop. 419. The Cbu.-ch is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Matthew, in the deanry of Rydale, value, 14/. lis. 6d. Patron, Earl Fitz- william. In the Church is a marble monument to the memory of Dr. Richard Osbal- deston, Bishop of London, who died in 1764* A great part of the manor-house was burnt to the ground, Jan. 4, 1809. HUTTON-CONYERS, a township, (but extraparochial) in the wa- pentake of Allertonshire ; 1 1 mile from Ripon, 6 from Borough- bridge. — Pop. 127. This place was anciently the residence of a branch of that ancient family, the Conyers , of isockburn, whose Hall appears to have been on the North side of the village in a held, now called the Ball Garth, the foundations of which shew themselves in every direction — it appears to have been moated round — The Mailories of Studley, having, by marriage, afterwards come into possession of this estate, it is now the property of Mrs. Lawrence. The following singular custom of holding the courts here, is extracted from "Blount's Ancient Tenures." "The lord holds his court the first day in the year, and to entitle the several townships of Hutton Conyers, Mel- merby, Baldersby, Rainton, Dishforth, and Hewick, to right of eslray for their sheep to certain limited boundaries on the common or moor of Hutton Conyers, the shepherd of each township attends the court, and does- fealty by bringing to the court a large apple- pye, and a twopenny sweet-cake, ex- cept the shepherd of Hewick, who compounds by paying sixteen pence for ale, (which is drunk as after mentioned) and a wooden spoon; each pye is cut in two, and divided by the bailiff, one half between the steward, bai- liff, and the tenant of the coney- warren, ( upon the Moor,) and the other half into six parts, and divided amongst the six shepherds of the before- mentioned six townships. In the pye, brought by the shepherd of Rainton, an inner one is made filled with prunes. The cakes are divided in the same manner. The bailiff of the manor provides furmety, and mustard, and de- livers to each shepherd a slice of cheese and a penny roll. The furmety, well mixed with mustard, is put into an earthen pot and placed in a hole in the ground, in a garth belonging to the bailiffs house, to which place the steward of the court, with the bailiff, tenant of the warren, and dx shep- herds, adjourn, with their respective wooden spoons. The bailiff provides spoons for the steward, the tenant of the warren, and himself. The steward first pays respect tp the furmety, by taking a large spoonful; the bailiff has the next honour, the tenant of the warren next, then the shepherd of Hutton-Conyers, and afterwards the other shepherds, by regular turns ; then each person is served with a glass of ale (paid for by the sixteen-pence brought by the Hewick shepherd ) and the health of the lord of the manor is drunk; then they adjourn back to the bailiffs house, and the further busi- nesses of the court is proceeded in". He further adds "each pye contains about a peck of flour, is about sixteen or eighteen inches diameter, and as large as will go into the mouth of an ordinary oven ; that the bailiff of the manor measures them with a rule, and takes the diameter, and if they are not of a sufficient capacity, he threatens to return them, and fine the town. If they are large enough, he divides them with a rule and compasses into four equal parts, of which the steward claims one, the warrener another, and the remainder is divided amongst the shepherds." The Moor having now been inclosed some years the custom is abolished. HUTTON-HALL, in the township of Hutton-Conyers ; 2 miles from Ripon. HUTTON-HANG, HIGH, /. h. in the township of Fingall, and parish of Bedale, wapentake of Hang- West ; 5 miles from Bedale, 6 from Leyburn. — Pop. 25. HUTTON-HANG, LOW, 4 cottages, similarly situated. NORTH-RIDING. 55 HUTTON-LE-HOLE, in the parish of Lastingham, wapen- take of Rydale ; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside, 7 from Pickering. — Pop. 304. HUTTON, HIGH and LOW, which being united, form the parish of Huttons-Ambo, wapentake of Buhner; (Hutton-Lodge. the rest dence of General JSVLeod) 3| miles from Mai ton, 15 from York, 18 from Easingwold. — Pop. 445. The Church, situated m High- Hutton, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St Magaret, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, p. r. f\06l. Patron, the Archbishop of York. HUTTON-LONGVILLIERS. or MAGNA, in the parish of Gil- ling, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 3 miles from Gretabridge, 9| from Richmond. — Pop. 248. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. t36/. Patron, the Vicar of Gilling. HUTTON. LITTLE, ham. in the township of Barforth, and parish of Gilling; 3 miles from Gretabridge. HUTTON-LOWCROSS, or LOCRASS, a township, in the parish of Guisbrough, east-division of Langbarugh ; 2 miles from Guis- brough, 8| from Stokesley. — Pop. 56. Here was a house or hospital, for lepers dedicated to St. Leonard, which was given to the Priory of Guisbrough, by William de Bernaldby; and the donation was confirmed by Peter, son of Peter de Brus. — Tanner. — Burton. Some mu- tilated arches of doors and windows in one of the farm-houses point out the situa- tion of this house. HUTTON-MULGRAVE, in the parish of Lythe, east-division of Langbarugh ; 6 miles from Whitby, 16 from Guisbrough, 22 from Stokesley.— Pop. 90. HUTTON, SAND, see Sandhutton, in the parish of Thirst HUTTON, SAND, see Sandhutton, in the parish of BossalL HUTTON, SHERIFF, see Sheriff hutton. IBORN-DALE, s. k. in the township of Ugglebarnby, and parish of Whitby ; 4 miles from Whitby. ILTON. or HILTON, in the parish of Masham, wapentake of Hang-East; 4 miles from Masham, 10 from Ripon, 13 from Rich- mond.— Pop. 266. 1NG-HEAD, /. h. in the township of Hurst, and parish of Marrick ; 7 miles from Richmond, 8 from Leyburn. INGLEBY. in the township and parish of Arncliffe, west-division of Langbarugh ; 8 miles from Northallerton, Yarm, and Stokeslej'. TNGLEBY-CROSS, ham. in the township and parish of Arncliffe. INGLEBY, or INGLEBY juxta GREENHOW, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh; 4£ miles from Stokesley, 8 from Guisbrough, 44 from York. — Pop. 158. The Church is a perpe- tual curacy, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. 68/. 195. 4d. Patron, Sir William Foulis, Bart. At a short distance from the village is INGLEBY-MANOR, (the seat of Sir William Foulis, Bart.) A descendant of Sir David Fouli*, Bart, who came into England with James I. was made a Knight in 1603, and created Bart, in 1619. "He 56 NORTH-RIDING. was a native of North Britain, and employed by James VI. of Scotland, in se- veral commissions to Queen Elizabeth. He received the honour of Knight- hood in 1603, and attending his royal master to Oxford. In 1609 he purchased of Ralph, Lord Eure, Lord President of the Council in Wales, the Manors of Ingleby and Battersby, the Manor-houses, the Parks, with the Rectorv and Church of Ingleby, and lands in Ingleby, Battersby, and Greenhow. — For further account, see Graves' Cleveland. In this house was born that eminent historir an and divine, Henry Foulis, the second son of Sir Henry Foulis, he was sent to Queen's College, Oxford, and was soon after e'ected Fellow ot Lincoln College, in 1659. He wrote " the History of Wicked Conspiracies," and " a History of the Romish Treasons and U-urpations." He died Dec. 24„ 1669, aged 33 or thereabouts, and was buried in the chancel of St. Michael's Church, Oxon. — ibid.— Wood in his Athenae Oxou, says " the products of his writings shew him to have been a true son of the Church of England." IRTON, or URiON, in the parish of Seamer, wapentake of Pic- kering-Lythe; 4 miles from Scarborough, 15 from Pickering", 19 from Malton.— Pop. 105. ISLEBECK, in the township of Carl ton- Miniott, and parish of Kirkby- Knowle, wapentake of Bird forth ; 4 miles from Thirsk. IVELETT, ham. in the township of Muker, and parish of Grinton ; 5 miles from Askrigg, 7 from Reeth. JEATOR-HOUSES, ham. in the township of Thimbleby, and parish of Sigston ,* 5 miles from Northallerton. 1\ from Thirsk. JERVEAUX-ABBEY, (a seat of the Earl of Ailesbury) in the township of East- Witton-without, and parish of East- Witton, wa- pentake of Hang- West ; 5 miles from Masham and Middleham, 7 from Leyburn and Bedale. " Gervalx Abbey," says Leland, "of white Monkes, ripa citeriori a ii miles beneth Middleham." Akarius Fitz Bardolph, in the time of King Stephen, gave to Peter de Quinciano, a Monk, and to other Monks of Savigny, certain lands at Fors and Worton, in Wensleydale, being part of his possessions ; where in 1 145, they began to lay foundations of a Monastery of their order, Cistertians, which was successively called the Abbey of Fors, Wensleydale, and Charity. The donations that had been made by Akarius and others, appear to have been confirmed by Alan, Earl of Richmond. — Serlo, then Abbot of Savigny, disapproved of the foundation, as made without his knohvedge and consent ; neither did he choose, though repeatedly solicited by Peter, to supply it with Monks from his Convent, on account of the great difficulties experienced by those he had before sent into England. He therefore, in a general chapter, proposed that it should be trans- ferred to the Abbey of Belland (Byland) which from its vicinity would be better able to lend the necessary assistance required in its yet infant state. — This being agreed to, twelve Monks, with Joker de Kingston for their Abbot, were sent them from that house. — After undergoing great hardships from the smallness of their endowment and sterility of their lands for some time, (during which they had re- ceived occasional relief from the Abbot of Byland) Conan, son to Alan, Earl of Richmond, greatly increased their revenues ; and, in 1156, removed their Mo- nastery to a pleasant and healthy valley in East- Witton, the present situation. This was done with the consent of Harveus, the son of Akarius, the founder ; who took care to reserve to himself the patronage of the Abbey, as well as the prayers of the Monks, usually offered up for the founder and his relations ; and that the bones of his lather and mother should he removed to an honourable place in the new Monastery. In this place the Monks erected a magnificent Church and Monastery, which, like most of the Cistertian order, was dedicated to St. Mary. — At the dissolution it #as valued at 455/. 10^'. 5d. Speed ; 2347. 18s. od. Dug- dale. The site in the 36th of Henry VIII. was granted to Matthew, Earl of Lenox, and Lady Margaret his wife. What little remains of this ancient struc- ture, had become nearly overgrown with rough wood and briars, and scarcely any trace of it, as a building, remained, except fome few arches, nearly level with the ground; when in 1805, the late Earl of Ailesbury, visited this place;; and among a great variety of improvements projected upon his estate, Avas much tfORTH-RIDING, , 57 ;/ J* pleased with an experiment that had heen made ijy his steward in digging down to the bottom of one of the arches, which proved to be the door of the Abbey Church, and led to a beautiful floor of tesselated pavement. His Lordship caused, the whole of this ruin to be explored and cleared out; which was done in 1806 and 1807, at a very considerable expense, as the base of the building was buried several feet below the surface ; when the Abbey-church and choir, with the cross ailes, — the high altar, and several tombs, — the chapter-house, with marble-piljars, formerly supporting the roof, were discovered ; also the Abbot's house, the garden, kitchen, refectory, cloisters, and dormitory. The restoration was under the skilful superintendance and direction of John Clarklge, Esq. who resides near the spot, that this object was so successfully accomplished. In order to preserve this ancient site, it has been enclosed by a sunk fence, in part, or by a wail ; and over the entrance, is the following inscription, viz. YOREV ALE-ABBEY, Founded Anno Domini 1141, Demolished Anno Domini 1537- These ancient Ruins were traced out and cleared by order of The Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of ' Ailesbury , Anno Domini 1S07. JOHN, ST. STANWICK, see Stanwiek. JOLBY,/. h. and Mill, in the township and parish of Croft ; 2 miles from Croft, 3 from Darlington. (Dur.) JULY-PARK-HOUSES, a few h. in the township and parish of Egton; 8 miles from Whitby, 15 from Pickering. " Here are the traces of an ancient large building, which had been moated round. " — Burton. It was the seat of Lord Mauley ; a church or chapel stood near it, and the field is still called Kirkfield. About 40 yards west, may be traced the remains of an ancient Roman Military Road, called Wade's Causeway. — Graves. KEARTON, in the township of Melbecks, and parish of Grinton, wa- pentake of Gilling-West ; S miles from Reeth, 7 from Askrigg. KELD, ham. in the township of Maker, and parish of Grinton; 9 miles from Askrigg, 13 from Reeth. On the site of the ancient Chapel, said to have been demolished in a riot of the inhabitants, previous to 1580, and which Bacon states to be in ruins, is now a dissenting Chapel of the independent connection. KELDHOLME, in the township and parish of Kirbymoorside; 1 mile from Kirbymoorside. In the time of King Henry I. a nunnery, for Monks of the cistercian order, was founded here by Robert de Stuteville, and dedicated to the Virgin. At the dissolution here was a Prioressand eight Nuns, who had a yearly revenue of 29/. 6s. Id. The site was granted to Ralph Earl of Westmorland.— Burtox. Not a vestige of this house is now remaining ; and on the site is erected an oil and flax mill. — In IS 13, when part of the foundations was cleared away, several tomb- stones and stone coffins were discovered. KELTON, /. h. in the township of Mickleton, and parish of Ro- maldkirk; 10 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) KEMPSVVIDDEN, /. h. in the township and parish of Kildale ; 7 miles from Guisbrough. KEPVVICK, in the parishes of Leak, Cowsby, and Over-Silton, wapentake of Birdforth ; 8 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Thirsk, 11 from Helmsley.— Pop. 107. II 58 NORTH-RIDING. KETTLENESS, in the township and parish of Lythe / east-division Of Langbarugh; 7 miles from Whitby, 15 from Guisbrough. Here is an extensive Alum Work, begun about 1728. It has been the pro- perty of Lord Mul grave, ever since 1767, and produces annually about 455 tons. KIDSTONES, /. hs. in the township of Bishopdale, and parish of Aysgarth ; 5 miles from Askrigg, 12§ from Leyburn. KILBURN, HIGH in the township and parish of Low-Kilbum, wapentake of Birdforth, liberty of Ripon ; 6 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Easino^wold, 8 from Helmsley. KILBURN, LOW, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth, liberty of Ripon ; 6 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Easingwold, 8 from Helmsley, 20 from York. — Pop. 530. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Buhner, value, p. r. f65L Patron, the Archbishop of York. KILDALE, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh ; (the seat of Robert Bell Livesey, Esq.) 6 miles from Stokesley and Guisbrougb, 14 from Yarm, 49 from York. — Pop. 209. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of Cleveland, value. +10/. 3s. Ad. p. r. 150/. Patron, Robert Bell Livesey, Esq. Here was formerly a Castle, which belonged to the Earls of Northumberland. — Camden. In the Park of Sir Arnold de Percy, within this parish, about the year 1312, the Friars of the Holy Cross began to build an oratory and other offices for' their settlement here ; but the place was interdicted by Archbishop Grenfield, till it should be made appear that this sort of mendicants was allowed by the Pope. — Tanner. No traces of the foundations appear at present. KILGRAM-BRIDGE, f.h. in the township of East- Witton-without, and parish of East-Witton ; 4 miles from IVJasham. KILLERBY, a township, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Hang-East ; (the seat of John Booth, Esq.) 1 1 mile from Catterick, 6 from Bedale, 6| from Richmond. — Pop. 48. In the 19th Edward I. Brian Fitz-Alan of Bedale, obtained license to make a Castle of his house at Kihcardeby. — Dugdale. The Castle which stood here, was in ruins in Leland's time, who says " Killarby Castil Ruine in Riga citer Swalee, about a ii mile south from Keterick." KILLERBY-HALL, /. k. in the township and parish of Cayton ; 4 miles from Scarborough. KILLERBY-GRANGE, /. h. in the same township and parish. KILMONT- WOOD, / h. m the township and parish of Bowes ; 3 miles from Gretabridge, 4 from Barnardcastle, (Bur.) KILTON, in the parish of Skelton, east-division of Langbarugh ; 7 miles from Guisbrougb, 15 from Stokesley. — Pop. 100. Formerly there was a Castle here which belonged to the ancient family of the Thwengs. — Camden. This edifice is now in so ruinous a state, as to render it im- possible to form any idea of its former strength and magnificence. — Graves. It is now the property of John Wharton, Esq. of Skelton- Castle. KILTON-THORPE, /. h. in the township of Kilton, and parish of Skelton; 6 miles from Guisbrougb. In this farm are two ancient Manors, which at the general survey were held by Torchil, under the names of Chiliune and Torp. KILVINGTON, NORTH, in the parish of Thornton-le-street, wa- pentake of A Uertonshire; 2 1 miles from Thirsk, 6 \ from North- allerton.— Pop. 68. NORTH-RIDING. 59 KILVINGTON, SOUTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth ; U mile from Thirsk, 8 from Northallerton, E4| from York. — Pop. 260. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Wilfrid, in the deanry of Buhner, value, 17/. 10V. \0d. Patron, Sidney-College, Cambridge. In this Church is a Baptismal Font, made about the time of Edward IV. on which is engraved the arms of the Scropes of Bolton and Upsal. The constant tradition of the neighbourhood has been, that it was removed to its present situa- tion from the chapel of Upsal Castle, in this parish.— For particulars of this Font, see Archeeoiogia, vol. XL. . KINGTHORPE, in the parish of Pickering', wapentake of Pick - ering-Lythe ; (the seat of John Fothergill, Esq.) 3 miles from • Pickering-, 12 from Malfon, 18 from Whitby. — Pop. 52. KIPLIX, a township, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Gilling-East ; (Ktplin-HaU, the seat of the Itight Hon. Earl Tur- comwl) 5 miles from Catterick, 7| from Northallerton, 8§ from Richmond.— Pop 100. The title of Earl Tyrcbnnei. George Carpenter, the first Lord, was created Baron Carpenter of Killaghy, in 1719 ; and George Carpenter the third Lord, and first Earl, advanced to the dignities of Viscount Carlingford, and Earl Tyr- connel, in 1761 - — Debrett. John Delaval Carpenter, the fourth and present Earl, torn Dec. 16, 1790, married the only daughter and heiress of the late Robert Crowe, Esq* of Kipl in. Here in 15S2, was born George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore. He was educated at Trinity-College, Oxford, after which he went abroad, and at his return entered into the service of Robert Cecil, Secretary of State to James I. In I60o he was created M. A. in 1617 he received the honour of Knighthood; and in 1619 he was appointed to be one of the principal Secretaries of State : In 16 - 2o he Mas created (by the name of Sir George Calvert, of Danby-wiske, in Yorkshire, Knight) Baron of Baltimore, in the county of Longford, in Ireland. He wrote " Carmen funebre in D. Hen. Untonum, and many other pieces." There arp some of his letters in the Harleian M. S. collection, and some in Hearne's collection; 4to. — Magwa Brit. KIRK BRIDGE, /. h. in the township and parish of St. John Stan- wick ; 8 miles from Richmond. KIRKBY, COLD, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth; J miles from Helmsley, 8 from Thirsk, 23 from York. — Pop. 185. The Church is a perpetual curacy, and peculiar, in the deanry of Rvdale ; value, p. r. toSL 5s. Patron, Thomas Duncombe, Escj. KIRKBY-ON-THE-MOOR, or KIRKBY-H1LL, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hallikeld ; 1 mile from Boroughbridge, 5 from Ripon, ii> from York. — Pop. 190. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry ot Boroughbridge, (fcocese of Chester, value, £7/. 13s. 6|rf. Patron, the King. KIRKBY-FLEETHAM, see. Fleetham, Kirkby. KIRKBY-HALL, (the seat of Mrs Lawrence) in the township of Fleetham. and parish of Kirkby-Fleetham ; 5 miles from Bedale, 8 from Richmond. KIRBY-XXOWLE. a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bird- forth ; 6 miles from Thirsk, 9 from Northallerton, 29 from York. — Pop. IMS. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Bui mer, value, 8/. '2s. \d. Patron, Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. KIRBY-MILLS, in the township and parish of Kirbymoorside, wapentake of Rydale ; 1 mile from Kirbymoorside. 60 NORTH-RIDING. KIRKBY-MISPERTON, or KIRKBY-OVERCARR, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Piekering-Ly the ; (the seat of the Rev, F. W, Blomberg) 4 miles from Pickering, 6 from Malton, 8 from Kirbymoorside, 24 from York.— Pop. 170. The Church is a rec- tory, dedicated to St. Lawrence, in the deanry of Rydaie, value, 251. ]s. 10 jd. Patron, Charles Duncombe, Esq. Here was born, in 1 703, the Rev. John Clarke, M. A. whose life has been given to the public by the late Dr. Zouch, under the title of " the Good School- master exemplified, in the character of the Rev. John Clarke, M. A." He was the son of an honest and industrious mechanic, who^e extreme anxiety to give him a liberal education deserves every encomium. The Rector of the parish, (Mr Peter Dubordieu, M. A.) quick to discern and willing to encourage merit, placed him in the school at Thornton, a village in the neighbourhood, whence he subse- quently obtained a small exhibition to assist him at the University. He died at Scarborough, in the house of his brother Mr Francis Clarke. He was buried at the Church of Kirkby-Misperton, Feb. 11, 1761, where an elegant Monument has been erected to his memory, at the expense of not less than 148 of the sons of the principal gentry in the county of York, as well as those of other counties, all his pu- pils. A plain marble tablet is also placed in each of the schools over which he presided, with inscriptions by Dr. Zouch. KIRBYMOORSIDE, a parish and market-town, in the wapentake of Rydaie; 6 miles from Helmsley, 8 from Pickering, 14 from Malton, 24 from Guisbrough, 26 from York, 228 from London. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, Wednesday in Whitsun-week, and September 18, for horned cattle, sheep and linen. — Principal Inn, White Horse. — Pop. 1,878. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Rydaie, value, $14/. 0*. lOd, Patron, the King. The church is an ancient edifice, in which " is a curious marble monument, with a brass plate, gilt, on which are carved figures of a Lady Brooke and her six sons and five daughters, all kneeling."— History of Whitby. Here died on the 15th of April, 1687, in a miserable house in the market-place, in extreme want and misery, the gay, the witty, and profligate George Vil Hers, second Duke of Buckingham, of that name. The house has since undergone considerable repairs, and is now in the possession of Mr Atkinson, His extensive possessions at Helmsley and Kirbymoorside passed into the Duncombe family. In the follow- ing description Pope seems to have taken a poetical license, or been misinformed, as there is no tradition of the house ever having been an /nw, and the floor of the jroom is of old deal, and shewn to the curious. In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaister and the walls of dung, On once a flock bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies— alas ! bow chang'd from him, That life of pleasure and that soul of whim ! Gallant and gay, in Cliefden's proud alcove, The bow'r of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay, at Council, in a ring Of mimicked Statesmen, and their merry King, No Wit to flatter, left of all his store 1 No fool to laugh at, which he valu'd more ; There, Victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. — Pope. Prom a letter to his intimate friend, Doctor Barrow, which the Duke wrote a few days before his death, it seems that he died in the utmost possible penitence, NORTH-RIDING. 61 t( afflicted," as lie says " with poverty, haunted with remorse, despised by my country, and, I fear, forsaken by my God." The parish register simply records his burial in the following manner: — *' 1687 — April 17th, Gorges Vilaus Lord, dooke of bookingam." KIRBY-WISKE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling-East ; 4 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Northallerton, 12 from Borough- bridge, 10 from Ripon, 27 from York. — Pop. 197. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. John Baptist, in the deanry of Rich- mond, diocese of Chester, value, 27/. 16s. 5\d. Patron, the Duke of Northumberland. Near this village are traces of an ancient encampment and a tumulus in which human bones have been found. It is famous for being the birth-place of the ce- lebrated Roger Ascham, third son of John Ascham, steward to the ancient family of Scrope, born 1515, and died in 1568. He. was Greek Professor of St. John's College, Cambridge ; instructor in Latin and Greek to Prince Edward and Princess Elizabeth ; Latin Secretary to Queen Mary, and afterwards Latin Secretary and private Tutor to Queen Elizabeth, in the Greek tongue. — His principal works are Toxophilus, published in 1544, and the Schoolmaster, composed in 1563, and published after his death by his widow. — His works were published in 1 vol. 4to. 1761, by Bennett, with a Life and remarks upon him by Dr. Johnson. — Biog. Diet. — Life by Johnson. It also gave birth to Dr. Palliser, Archbishop Qf Cashill, and Dr. Hickes, Dean of Worcester, both men of eminent abilities. — Nichols. Dr. Hickes was born at a farm-house, called Ifoorhouse, in the village of Newsham, in this parish, June 20, 1640, and educated under Mr Thomas Smelt, in the Free Grammar- School at Northallerton. He was admitted Servitor of St. John's College, Oxford, thence removed to Magdalen College, and afterwards to Magdalen Hall ; and in 1664, was chosen Fellow af Lincoln College. He was made Chaplain to the Duke of Lauderdale, in 1676 ; who took him next year into Scotland, where he received the degree of D. D. from Sharpe, Archbishop of St. Andrews. He took the same degree at Oxford, and was promoted to a Prebend of Worcester, in March 1679- 80 ; made Chaplain to the King in 1681 ; and Dean of Worcester in August 1683. At the Revolution, refusing with others to take the oaths, was deprived of his deanry in February following. — He continued in possession, howexer, till May ; when reading in the Gazette that his deanry was granted to Mr William Talbot, (afterwards Bishop of Durham) he immediately drew up in his own hand-writing, a claim of right to it, directed to all the members of that Church, and in 1691 affixed it over the entrance into the choir. From this time he was under the ne- cessity of absconding, till May 18, 1699, when Lord Somers, out of respect to his literary character, obtained an order in Council directing tho Attorney- General to enter a Writ of Noli prosequi, to all proceedings against him. He was a man of universal learning, deeply read in the primitive Fathers of the Church, and par- ticularly skilful in the old northern languages and antiquities. His chief works are, Linguarum veterum Septentrionalium Thesaurus, folio ; and Grammatical An^lo-Saxoniea, 4to. He died in 1715 — See Nichols' Literary Anecdotes — Biog. Diet. — Zouck's Sketches of Biogr. — Mag. Brit. John Hickes, Dr. Hickes' brother, was also born here, but of different prin- ciples. He became a presbyterian, and was deprived of the living of Stoke, in Devonshire, in 1662, for non-conformity. In 1685, he joined the Duke of Mon- mouth's army, for which he was executed. — Calamv.— Palmer. KIRKBY, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugb ; 2\ miles from Stokesley, 10 from Guisbrough and Yarm, 41 from York. — Pop. J 68. The Church, devoid of taste, and rebuilt in 1816, is a rectory, dedicated to St. Augustine, in the deanry of Cleveland, value. 21/. 8.9. 6\d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. According to Torr* it consisted both of a rectory and a vicarage ; the patronage of the latter belongs to the Hector, and is valued at tSL 6s. 3d. 62 NORTH-RIDING. Not far from the Church, there is a Free-School, Math a house and garden for the use of the master, built in 1683, by Henry Edmunds, Esq. who endowed the same with lands here, that produce an annual income of about 40/. — GravesT* KIRKBY-BRIDGE, ham. in the township of Crakehall, and parish of Bedale, wapentake of Hang-East ; 2 miles from Bedale, 5 from Catterick, 9 from Leyburn. KIRKBY-RAVENSWGRTH, or KIRKBY-ON-THE-HILL, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling-West; 4i miles from Richmond, 7 from Catterick, 8 from Gretabridge, 48 from York. — Pop. 161. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Felix, in thedeanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester. It was formerly a rectory, valued at 251. 5s. 'Z\d. belonged to the Monastery of St. Mary's, at York, and was one of the rectories annexed to the see of Chester, in 1541, the 33rd. Henrv VIII. 7 7 u The present Church was built in 1397. — Near the church-yard is the Hos- pital or Alms-house, of St. John the Baptist, and School, founded by John Dakyn, L. L. D. (last Rector of the Church and Archdeacon of the East-Riding, and who had been concerned as Commissioner in the reign of Henry VIII. to take an account of the religious houses in Richmondshire) by a license granted to him for that purpose, dated Oct. 26th, in second and third of Philip and Mary, 1566. The original foundation of the Hospital or Alms-house consisted of two guardians, one preceptor, and four poor persons. — The revenue arises from certain lands and tenements near Richmond, and others in the parish of East-Cowton. It is now estimated, says Dr. Whitaker, at 1300/. per annum. KIRKDALE, a parish, in the wapentake of Rydale ; 2 miles from Kirbymoorside, 4| from Helmsley, 21 \ from York. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Rydale, value, p. r. f97l. Patron, the University of Oxford. The parish is very extensive, but there is no village bearing its name, yet it contains one of those curiosities rarely to be met with in this country, a Saxon inscription, at once recording the name of the founder, and the date of its erection, prior to the Norman Conquest, over an original Saxon Arch, within the porch of its Church, although no other part of the original is in existence. The Church is situated in a sequestered but beautiful spot, inveloped with woods, but there is nothing in the building worth notice, except the inscription, which is engraved on one entire free-stone, 7 feet 5 inches long, and 1 foot 10 inches high. The inscription was first discovered in 1771, by the Rev. William Dade, of Barmston, and in a letter from J. C. Brooke, Esq. to Mr Gough, read before the Society of Antiquaries in 1777, full particulars of which, with a view of the Church, and a facsimile of the inscription may be found in the 5th voi. of the Archaeologia . the fac simile is also given in Young's History of Whitbyl Kirkdale is not more remarkable for its Saxon inscription than for a Cave recently discovered, in which were some of those wonderful phcenomena not easily accounted for, viz. : — a large collection of Bones of animals hitherto un- known in this country, among which were several teeth, particularly of the Elephant and Hyena. KIRKLEATHAM, a parish-town, in the east-division of Lang- barugh ; (the seat of Henry Vansiitart, Esq.) %\ miles from Redcar, 4 1" miles from Guisbrough, 12 from Yarm and Stockton, (Dur.) 12| from Stokesley, 56 from York.— Pop. 686. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, +13/. 6s. 8d. p. r. f50/. Patron, Henry Vansittart, Esq. There are few situations in the north which arrest more forcibly the atten- tion of the traveller than Kirkleatham, where all the beauty, and elegance, in every branch of building are happily combined, and give it such an air of prince- ly grandeur rarely to be equalled. KORTH-RIDING. 63 The Church is a very handsome stone building, supported by Tuscan columns, and at the west end is a well -toned organ. Adjoining the east window of the Church is a mausoleum, erected by Cholmley Turner, Esq. in 1740, underneath which is the family-vault. Here is a very superb Hospital, and which reminds one of the expression used by King William on his visiting Greenwich, " There are in England, Cottages for Princes, and Palaces for Peasants." It is a large and commodious building, inclosing three sides of a square, the fourth orna- mented with large iron gates. This benevolent charity was founded in 16/6, by Sir William Turner, Knight, Lord Mayor of London in 1669, who, at his own particular desire, was buried among the poor of his hospital, and in the chancel of the Church is a monument to his memory. He endowed it with lands, said to be worth 15007. per annum, for the support of a master and mistress, ten boys and ten girls, ten old men and ten old women, &c. The latter are admitted at the age of 63, and have each a salary of til. per annum, a good dinner provided (or them every day, by the master and mistress of the hospital, and are well clothed. In the front of the building is a neat chapel, bnilt in a style of superior elegance. From the centre of it is suspended a large chandelier, richly gilt with gold and burnished ; and above the altar is a beantiful window of painted glass, much superior to any similar work in the kingdom. In the centre of it is represented the offerings of the Magi at the birth of our Saviour ; on one side a full length figure of Sir William Turner, the founder, in his robes as Lord Mayor of London ; and on the other, John Turner, Esq. Serjeant at Law. The Library occupies a spacious room within the hospital, id which there is a choice collection of scarce and valuable books, and in it are nume- rous natural and artificial curiosities.— One singularly curious is a representa- tion of St. George and, the Dragon, cut out of a piece of box and finely carved. Sir William Turner, also by his will bequeathed 5,000/. tor found- ing a Free Grammar-School here, which was erected in 1709 by Cholmley Turner, E-q. his nephew : it is a large and handsome quadrangular building near the hospital. The master's salary is 100/. and that of the usher, 50/. ; but the school has been discontinued many years. The. building contained apart- ments for the master and usher, as well as the school-room. The Lord or Lady of the manor of Kirkkatham, who is sole Governor or Governess of the hospital, is sole trustee of the school. At the entrance to the Hospital, a stately oak points out the spot where stood the cottage that gave birch to Tom Brown, the hero of Dettengen, which took place about 1715. He was born of obscure but honest parents, and served hi§ time as an apprentice to a shoemaker in Yarm. Early in life he served as a private in brigadier Bland's regiment of dragoons. This regiment being ordered for foreign service, Brown took his departure with the rest for Germany, and at the battle of Dittengen, so honourable to the allies, he signalised himself by such uncommon intrepidity and personal bravery so as to merit the applause and approbation, not only of his comrades and officers, but of the whole army. In the early part of the engagement he had two hor6es killed under him, and two fingers from his right hand w 7 ere severed by a sabre ; notwith- standing which, upon the loss of their standard, Brown rushed into the thickest of the fight, determined to regain it, which he effected by shooting the Gens d'arrues, who were in possession of it, and made his way back through the ranks of the enemy. In the performance of this daring exploit, he received eight cuts in his face, head, and neck, and two balls in his back, and in this mangled condition he rejoined his regiment with the standard he had retaken, and was hailed on his safe arrival with repeated huzzas from the whole of his troop, aud the rest of the army who were spectators of this gallant exploit. This rung through the whole kingdom; his health was drank in public-houses; — his head elevated on sign-posts; — and there was scarcely a village but had the walls of its cottages decorated with a portrait of Tom Brown. After his recovery he served some time in the horse-guards, and his intrepid heroism Mould have been rewarded by a commission, but the want of education, and a habit of drinking which he had contracted, prevented his advancement. Being at length unlit for service, he retired to the town of Yarm, on a pension of 30/ per annum, which he did not long enjoy, but died 64 NORTH-RIDING. and was buried there, January 19, 1746 ; and to perpetuate the remembrance of his undaunted courage, a sign was erected in that town, which remains to this day, representing our hero covered with wounds, and bearing the standard he had taken from the enemy. KIRKLEVINGTON, a parish-town, in the west-division of Lang- barugh; 2 miles from Yarm, 6 from Stokesley, and Tontine-Inn, 10 from Northallerton. 40 from York.— Pop. 282. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Martin, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. 30/. Patron the Archbishop of York. KIRKLINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hallikeld ; 6 miles from Thirsk and Bedale, 7 from Ripon, 1\ from Masham, 27 from York. — Pop. 337. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 25/. Is. Sjd. Patroness, Lady Ormond. The old Hall here of the ancient family of the "VVandesfords is still in exist- ence, and used as a farm-house. KNAYTON, in the parish of Leak, wapentake of Allertonshire ; 3| miles from Thirsk, 6 from Northallerton, 17 from Stokesley. — Pop. including Brawith, 377. KNEETON-HALL, and ? 2/. A. in the township and parish of Mid- KNEETON, UNDER, 5" dleton-Tyas ; 5 miles from Richmond, 7 from Darlington, (Dur.) Kneeton Hall, now reduced to a single/, h. appears to have been at some time of much more importance, and had a Chapel, vide Whitaker's Yorks. LACKENRY, ham. in the township and parish of Wilton, east-di- vision of Langbarugh ; \\ miles from Guisbrough. LAISTHORPE, /. h. in the township of East-Newton, and parish of Stonegrave, 3 miles from Helmsley, 7 from Kirbymoorside. LAITHKIRK, /. h. in the township of Lunedale, and parish of Ro- maldkirk ; 9 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) J 3 from Gretabridge. Here is a Chapel to Romaldkirk, valued at p. r. 22/. This chapel, according to Dr. Whitaker, appears to have originally been at Th02tigarth, which had probably been delapidated, when the family of the Fita- hughs gave a barn or laith for public worship, which denominates the present chapel Laithkirk. — The rector of Romaldkirk allows a stipend of 20£ per annum to the curate. — Bacon. LAMB-HILL,/, k. in the township of Burton-upon-Ure, and parish of Masham ; 2 miles from Masham, 6 from Bedale. LAMB-HILL, /. h. in the township and parish of Bowes ; 4 miles from Gretabridge, and Barnardcastle, (Dur.) LANDMOTH, a township, in the parish of Leak, wapentake of Allertonshire; 4 miles from Northallerton, 6| from Thirsk. — Pop. including Catto, 59. LANE-HEAD, in the township of Hutton-Longvilliers, and parish of Gilling, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 3 miles from Gretabridge, 9 from Richmond. LANE-HOUSE, /. k. in the township of East- Witton-without, and parish of East- Wilton ; 6 miles from Middleham. LANGBARUGH, 2/. k. (which gives name to the wapentake) in NORTH-RIDING. 65 the township and parish of Great- Ayton ; 3 miles from Stokesley, 5 from Guisbrough. LANGBARUG1X, a wapentake, which comprehends the whole of that district called Cleveland, bounded on the east and north-east by the German Ocean, on the west by Aliertonshire, and on the north-west by the River Tees. The Rev. George Marwood is Lord and Chief Bailiff. The wapentake and liberty are co-exten- sive. It contains three market-towns, Guisbrough, Stokesley, and Yarm, 83 townships, 31 of which are parishes, 6,298 inhabited houses, occupied bv 29,753 inhabitants. LANGTHORNE, in the parish of Bedale, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 3 miles from Eedale, 9 from Mashara. — Pop. 135. LANGTHORPE, in the parish of Kirkby-on-the-Moor, wapentake 1 of Hallikeld ; fa mile from Boroughb ridge, 5 § from Ripon, 7| from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 143. LANGTON, GREAT, or JLANGTON-UPON-SWALE, a parish, in the wapentake of Gilling-East ; 6 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Richmond, 38 from York. — -Pop. 116. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, £6/. 105. lOd. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. The few houses here that give name to the parish are situated so near the brink of the river Swale, that they are frequently in danger of being swept away. The church stands about r quarter of a mile from the village. LANGTON, LITTLE, a township, in the parish of Great-Langton, wapentake of Gilling-East ; 5 miles from Northallerton, 10 from Richmond. — Pop. 86. In this township is LANGTON-LODGE, (the seat of Francis Redfearn, Esq.) LANG WITH, /. h. in the township of Snape, and parish of Well; 3 miles from Bedale, 5 from Masham. LARPOOL-HALL, (the seat of Edmund Turton, Esq.) in the" township of Hawsker-with-Stainsacre, and parish of Whitby ; 1 mile? from Whitby. LARTINGTON, in the parish of Romaldkirk, wapentake of Gil- ling- West ; (the seat of Mrs Silvertop Maire) 2 miles from Bar- nardcastle, (Dur.) 6 from Gretabridge. — Pop. 243. At Lartington was formerly a chantry of our Lady, probably founded by the Fitz-hughes from whom the Maire family can trace their descent, although this manor appears, from Whitaker's Yorkshire, to have come to them by purchase* The chantry wa^ valued (37, Henry VI ff.) at 51. 6s. K/f. per annum. LASKILL, orLASKILL-PASTURE, in the township of Rivals, and parish of Helmsley, wapentake of Rydale ; 6 miles from Helmsley, 12 from Kirbymoorside. (scattered farms) LASTING HAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside, 6 from Pickering, 10 from Helmsley, 30 from York. — Pop. 225. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Rydale, value, %\~l. 7. 6d. Patron., the King. In 648, Edilwald, son of Oswald, Kingoi Northumbria, gave to Cedde, bishop" of the East-Saxons, a piece of ground, called Lesti/iguy, for building a monastery, He instituted here the same discipjine as at Lindisforn, where he had been edu- cated. In this monastery he died about the year 664. — Dludale, Tliis monas* 1 68 NORTH-RIDING. tery was destroyed in 870, restored in ] 078, and in 1088 the fraternity removed to York. Underneath the choir of the present church, and of the same dimensions, is a vaulted crypt, 13 paces by 8, the massy cylindrical columns of which, with their variously sculptured columns and arches, are all in great preservation, and exhibit excellent specimens of Saxon architecture. The entrance is through a trap-door from the west-end of the choir, and consists of a centre and two side ailes, lighted by a small window at the east-end of each aile, and being situated on the brow of a steep hill, admit light. The east-end is circular, resembling the crypt or bone-house at Ripon minster, which was built about the same time. LAYTON, EAST, in the parishes of Melsonby and St. John Stan- wick, wapentake of Gilling-West ; {the seat of Thomas Barker, Esq.) 6 miles from Richmond, 7 from Gretabridge, 8 from Catterick. — Pop. 137. LAYTON, WEST, in the parish of Gilling, wapentake of Gilling- West ; (the seat of Lord Rokeby) 6 miles from Richmond and Gre- tabridge. — Pop. 69. Morris Robinson, the present Baron Rokeby, of Armagh, and an English baronet, is descended from a long line of an illustrious family, the Robinsons of Rokeby and West-Layton, who have, at different time', filled various important offices in the state. They appear to have come into possession of the Layton estate in 1644, by marriage with a daughter of the Lay tons. — Richard Layton, a younger son of the Laytons, of West-Layton, was dean of York in Henry the 8th's time, and was one of the persons whose authority that monarch principally made use of in dissolving the monasteries. The first Lord Rokeby was Richard Robinson, created a baron in 1777, Sir Leonard Robinson being knighted by King William III. — Heir presumptive, Matthew Montague, Esq. his Lordship's brother. — Debrett. LAZENBY, ham. in the township and parish of Wilton, east-divi- sion of Langbarugh; 5 miles from Guisbrough, 10 from Stokesley. LAZENBY-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Northaller- ton ; 4 miles from Northallerton. LEAK, a parish and township, in the wapentake of Allertonshire ; 5 miles from Northallerton, 6 from Thirsk, 29 from York. — Pop. 11. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 16/. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. LEALHOLME, ham. in the township of Glaisdale, and parish of Danby, east-division of Langbarugh; 9 miles from Whitby, 13 from Guisbrough, 18 from Stokesley. LEALHOLME-HALL, /. h. in the township of Glaisdale, and parish of Danby ; 8| miles from Whitby. LEASE-CAR, /. A. in the township of Brompton, and parish of Northallerton ; 3 miles from Northallerton. LEASES, (the seat of Mrs Arden) in the township of Aiskew, and parish of Bed ale ; %\ miles from Bedale, 4| from Catterick, 6| from Northallerton. LEASEHEAD, /. h. in the township of Ugglebarnby, and parish of Whitby ; 7 miles from Whitby. LEBBERSTON, in the parish of Filey, wapentake of Pickering- Lythe ; 4 miles from Hunmanby, 5 from Scarborough. — Pop. 1 43. LECKBY, 3/. h. in the township and parish of Cundall, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 5 miles from Boroughbridge, 8 from Thirsk. LEEMING, in the township of Exilby, Leeming, and Newton, and parish of Burneeton, wapentake of Iiallikeld; 2 mile* from NORTH-RIDING. 67 Bedale, 6| from Catterick, 7 from Northallerton. — Pop. included in Exilby. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. John, value, p. r. 43/. 6s. 2d. Patron, the Vicar of Burneston. Leeming-Lane, hence the name of this village, is a Roman road, called the Ermine- Street. It is called Leeming-Lane from its stony composure, Lhe sig- nifying a way, and Mean, in British, a stone. — Stukeley's Itiner. Curios. LEEMING, LITTLE, /. h. in the township of Aiskew, and parish of Bedale ; 2 miles from Bedale. LEIGHTON, 'Zf. k. in the township of Healey-with-Sutton, and parish of Masham ; 5 miles from Masham, 10 from Middleham. LE YEN-BRIDGE, ham. in the townships of Ingleby-Berwick, and Hilton, and parishes of Stainton and Hilton, west-division of Langbarugh ; 4 miles fiom Stockton, (Dur.) LEYEN-GROYE, (the seat of the Dowager Lady Amherst) in the township of Skutterskelfe, and parish of Rudby ; 2 miles from Stokeselv, 6 from Yarm. LEYEN, HIGH, orNEW-TOVVN, see New-Town. LEYLNGTON, CASTLE, a township, in the parish of Kirkleving- ton, west-division of Langbarugh ; 3 \ miles from Yarm, 5 from Stokesley. — Pop. 14. Here is a large steep hill, called the Castle-Hill, from which Castle- Levington probably derives its name. It is situated on the banks of the Leven, is of a circular form, characteristic of a Danish fortification, but no vestiges of any building have ever been discovered.— Graves. LEYINGTON, KIRK, see Kirklevington. LEYISHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering-Ly the ; 6 miles from Pickering, \5 from Malton, 16 from Whitby, 33 from York. — Pop. 152. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Rydale, value, 11. 8s. \\d. p. r. fllOl. Patron, the Rev. Robert Skelton. LEYBURX, a market-town, in the parish of Wensley, wapentake of Hang- VY est; 2 miles from Middleham, 8 from Reeth, and Richmond, 10 from Masham, 12 from Askrigg and Bedale, 45 from York, 235 from London. — Market, Friday. — Fairs, second Fridays in February, May, October, and December, for horned cattle, sheep, &c— Bankers, Wensleydale-Bank, Messrs Huttoii, Other, & Simpson, draw on Messrs Sir Peter Pole, Thornton, 5, volunteered on board the Eagle, a sixty gun ship, commanded by Sir Hugh Pal- liser, who soon marked him as an able and diligent seaman. In 1759, he ob* tained a warrant as master of the Mercury, in which ship he was at the taking of Quebec. It was here, on the recommendation of Sir Hugh Palliser, that he was employed in the difficult and dangerous service of taking soundings in the river St. Lawrence, which he did in the night in front of the French fortified camp. After making innumerable discoveries in almost every part of the globe, and hav- ing enlarged the bounds of human knowledge in various ways, he fell by the hands of the savage people of Owhyhee, one of the Sandwich islands, February 14, 1779. Actuated by that ardent zeal, which knows no difficulty, and that dauntless spirit which fears no danger, he went on shore for the purpose of rescuing some of his crew from the danger of an unfortunate quarrel with the Indians, when he was shockingly murdered by some of the barbarians. Captain Cook left a widow and family ; on the former a pension of 200/. a year was settled by the king, and 25/. on each of the children. MARTON, a parish, in the wapentake of Bulraer, liberty of Ripon ; 5 miles from Easingwold, 1 1 from York, 14 from Malton. — Pop, including Moxby. 164. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, p. r. f52/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. Bertram de Bulmer, in the time of king Stephen, founded here a Monastery dedicated to St. Mary, for men and women of the order of St. Austin ; but the Nuns not long after, were removed to Molesby. It was valued at lol/. 5s. Ad. Dugdale. 183/. 2s. Ad. Speed. The little that remains of this house is only to Ik? found ill and near to a farm house, bearing the name of Marton-Abbey. In 34 Henry VIII. 1543, the site was granted to the Archbishop of Y r ork, in exchange for other lands. — Bvrtom* K 74 NORTH-RIDING. - MARTON-LE-MOOR, in the parishes of Topcliffe and Kirkby-on- the-Moor, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 4 from Ripon. — Pop. 201. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 58/. 1 7*. id. Patron, the Vicar of Topcliffe. MARTON-LORDSHIP, /. h. in the township of Marton-cum- Moxby; 5 miles from Easingwold, 12 from York. MASHAM, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- East, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 6 miles from Bedale, 10 from Ripon, Middleham, and Leyburn, 14 from Thirsk, 15 from Pateley bridge, 18 from Richmond, 33 from York, 222 from London. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, September 17, 18, and 1 9, for horned cattle, sheep, pedlary-ware, &c. — Principal Inn, King's Head. — Pop. 1,171. The Church, peculiar, is a vica- rage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 30/. in the patronage of Trinity College, Cam- bridge, under which Lord Grantly, as leassee, holds the impropriate rectory. William Danby, of Swinton, Esq. is lord of the manor of Mashamshire, which comprises the whole parish, except the township of Burton-upon-Ure. Masham formerly belonged to the family of the Scropes, whorhad a seat here ; to distinguish them from another family of the Scropes of Bolton, from whom they descended, they were styled in writing Scropes of Masham. Of this family was Jefferey, lord Scrope, twice chief justice of the King's Bench; he procured a charter of free warren for all his demesne lands in this town, 2 Edward III., also, for the present weekly market and fairs. He died possessed of this manor 15 of Richard II. leaving Stephen his son and heir. This manor and estates continued in this family till 7 of Henry VII., when Thomas, lord Scrope, dying without male issue, they were "carried into the family of Scropes of Bolton, by marriage of his daughter Alice with Henry, lord Scrope ; but afterwards came to the Danbys ; .Sir Christopher Danby marrying Mary, the sister of Thomas, lord Scrope. — .Mag. Brit. Archleol. MAUNBY, in the parish of Kirby-Wiske, wapentake of Gilling- East; (the seat of Thomas Stubbs Walker, Esq.) 6 miles from North- allerton and Thirsk. — Pop. 206. MAULEY-CROSS, in the township of Pickering, and parish of Middleton. This is' one of those ancient stone pillars in the form of a cross, the super- stitious use of which is of a very early date. It is situated upon the high rr.oors, and most probably erected by the family whose name it bears, who formerly resided at Mulgrave, near Whitby. MELBECKS, a township, in the parish of Grinton, wapentake of Gilling-West. — Pop. 1,726. It is a mountainous district, on the north-side of the Swale, near to Reeth. MELMERBY, in the parish of Wath, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 4| miles from Ripon, 7 from Thirsk, 7| from Bedale. — Pop. 258. .MELMERBY, in the parish of Coverham, wapentake of Hang- West; 4 miles from Middleham, 5 from Leyburn. — Pop. 112. MELSONB Y, a parish town, in the wapentake of Gilling-West ; 6 milesfrom Richmond, 6 from Gretabridge, 44 from York. — Pop. 440. The Church is a rectory dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value 10/. 2s. lie/, in the patron- age of University College, Oxford. NORTH-RIDING. 75 MELWATERS, /. h. in the township and parish of Bowes; 6\ miles from Barnardcastle, (Our.) 7 from Gretabridge. MICKLEBY^ in the parish of Lythe, east-division of Lan^banigh ; 7 miles from Whitby, 15 from Guisbrough, 21 from Stokesley. —Pop. 147. MICKLETON, in the parish of Romaldkirk, wapentake of Gilling- West ; 7 miles from Bamardcastle, (Dar.) 1 1 from Gretabridge, 22 from Richmond. — Pop. 356. MIDDLEHAM, a parish town in the wapentake of Hang- West ; 3 miles from Leyburn, 10 from Masham, Bedale, Reeth, and Richmond, 18 from Hawes, 1 5 from Kettlewell, 43 from York, and 232 from London.— Market, Monday>--Ffl»rs, Nov. 5 and 6 for horn cattle and sheep. — Principal Inn, White Swan. — Pop. 880. The Church is a rectory dedicated to St. Mary, value 15/. 9.5. 4|a 7 . Patron, the King. It is a deaary and royal peculiar. It is a small market town, situated about half a mile from the river Ure, in in a rich, fertile country., irregular and ill built, though Leland says it is a " praty market towne, and standeth on a rocky hill. " Robert Fitz-Ralph had all Wensleydale bestowed upon him, byConatus, earl of Britayne and Richmond, and built here a very strong castle. It was long afterwards the seat of the earl of Salisbury, son of Ralph Nevile, earl of Westmor- land, and father of the great earl of Warwick. It came to the Neviies by Mar}-, daughter of Ralph Fitz Randolph, who was married to Ralph de Nevile, one of the ancestors of the earl of Salisbury. " This cartel, " says Leland, "is the fairest castel in Richmountshire, next Bolton. V King Edward the IV. licensed . his brother, Richard, duke of Gloucester, to erect a college here of a dean, six chaplains, four clerks, and six choiristers, to celebrate divine service in the church, and to be Incorporated by the name of dean and chaplains of the college of Richard, duke of Gloucester, of Middleham ; yet before any buildings were erected, or provisions made for the support of the chaplains or choir, Richard left the work imperfect, be«ng prevented by the troubles in which he was involved, or by. death. In 1467 Edward the IV. was committed prisoner to this castle by the earl of Warwick, irom whence he had the good fortune to escape. Having been committed to the charge of archbishop Neville, and being indulged with the, privilege of hunting, and having probably bribed his keepers, he escaped on a fleet horse to York, thence to Lancaster, where he resumed the government. Richard the III. frequently resided here, and in this fortress, his only legitimate son, Edward, was born : and here the Either, " green in years, but old in craft and cruelty," says Dr. Whitaker, "amid the sports of the field, or the appearances of devotion, probably meditated some of these tragedies, which he afterwards performed." The Bastard Fauconbridge, according to Stow, was beheaded in this castle in 1741.— Camdex.— Dcgdale. The Dacres, earls of Ilolderness, have long held the constableship of the castle from the crown, and in consequence that olHce is vested in the duke of Leeds. — As it is, majestic in decay, Middleham castie is, says Dr. Whitaker, as an object, the noblest work of man in the county of Richmond. The views up and down Wensleydale, from the windows of this castle are delightful and pic- turesque. The rectory of this church was converted into a college by Richard, duke ol Gloucester, afterwards Richard III. but after his death, the design was given up, but the incumbent still retains the stile of dean, the probate of wills and certain ecclesiastical jurisdiction, &c. MIDDLESBURGH, in the parish of Acklarn, west-division of Langbarugh, part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 5 miles from Stockton, (Dar.) 10 from Stokesley, and 12 from Guisbrough.— 76 NORTH-RIDING. Pop. 40. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Hilda, value p. r. f75l. 6s. Od. Patron, Hustler, Esq. The chapel has long been in ruins ; the site of which, together with the chapel-yard uninclosed, is occasionally used as a burial-ground. Here was a cell subordinate to the abbey of Whitby. In 1120, Robert de Brus gave the church of St. Hilda, at Middlesburgh, with 2 curacates, and 2 oxgangs of land at Newham, to the monks of St. Peter and St. Hilda, at Whitby. By the valuation taken 26, Henry VIII. its revenues amounted to 2\l. 3s. Sd. per annum ; and its site was granted 1546 to Thomas Reeve, Esq.— Dugdale. — Bub- ton — Tanner. If the Dunum ^Estuarium of Ptolemy, be the estuary of the Tees, Middles- burgh, on the Yorkshire coast, says Cade, may have been the Roman town. MIDDLETON-UPON-LEVEN, in the parish of Rudby, west-divi- gion of Langbarugb ; 4 miles from Yarm, 5 from Stokesley. — Pop. 111. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Cuth- bert, value p. r. 43/. 13s. 6d. Patroness, Dowager Lady Amherst. MIDDLETON, a parish town, in the wapentake of Pickering- Lythe ; 1 mile from Pickering, 10 from Malton, 28 from York. — Pop. 247. The Church is a vicarage, in the deariry of Rydale, value +10/. 11 s. Sd. p. r. f&0/. Patrons. Rev. Arthur Clayley, Rev. Francis Wrangham, and T. Smith, Esq. MIDDLETON-QUERNHOW, in the parish of VVath, wapentake of Hailikeld, 5 miles from Ripon, 7 from Bedaie, 1\ from Thirsk and Boroughbridge. — Pop. 102. MIDDLETON-TYAS, a parish town, in the Wapentake of Gilling- East, 41 miles from Catterick, 6 from Richmond, 9 from Darling- ton, CDur.) 10 firom Gretabridge, 42 from York. — Pop. 569. The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value \5l. 10s. Od. Patron, the King. Middleton was once famous for its copper-mines, but they have not now been worked for nearly half a century. In the same township and parish is MIDDLETON-LODGE, (the seat of George Hartley, Esq.) JV1ILBY, in the township of Humberton, and'parishes of Kirkby-on- the-Moor and Aldborough, wapentake of Hailikeld; 1 mile from Boroughbridge, 7 from Ripon. The Roman military way passes through this village from Aldborough to Catterick. MITTON-HILL, s. k. in the township of Hawsker-with-Stainsacre ; 4 miles from Whitby. MOOR-COTE, /. k. in the township of EueiWitton-without, and parish of East-Witton; 5 miles from Masham, 6 from Middleham, MOOR-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Brignall; 2 miles from Gretabridge. MOOR-HOUSE, or CRANSWICK-MOOR-HOTJ'SE. /. k. in the township of Snape, and parish of Weil ; 2 miles from Masham. MOOR-HOUSES, in the township of Hinderskelf; 6 miles from Malton. MOOR-HOUSE, LITTLE, see Little Moor-House. MOOR-ROW,/. A. in the township and parish of St. John, Stan* wick ; 9 miles from Richmond. JMOORSOME, or MOORSOME GREAT, in the parish of Skelton, NORTH-RIDING. 77 east-division of Langbaru Newcastle, &c. - Grraves' Cleveland. NEWSAM, afewf. h. in the township of Elutterwick-eum-Newsam, and parish of Appleton-le-Street, wapentake of Rydale ; 4 miles from Malton.— Pop. included in Butterwick; NEWSHAM, in the parishes of Kirkby-Ravensworth and Barnirtg^ ham, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 4 miles from Gretabridge, 8 from Richmond, 11 from Catterick. — Pop. 511. NEWSHAM, in the parish of Kirby-Wiske, wapentake" of Bird* forth; 3 \ miles from Thirsk, 6| from Northallerton, 10 \ from Ripon. — Pop. including Breckenbrough, 1 73. This place gave birth to Dr. Geo. Hickes, whose greatgrandfather, was lord of the manor of Nunnington. In Thoresby's Leod. p. 136,- is a pedigree of the family. — For further account, see Kirby-fViske. NEW STEAD, ham. in the township of East-Witton-witkout, and parish of East-Witton, wapentake of Hang- West; 5 miles from Middleham, 6 from Masham, 6| from Ley burn. NEWSTEAD-GRANGE, /. h. in the township and parish o£ Thornton ; 5 miles from Pickering and Malton. NEWTON, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh; 4 miles from Slokesley and Guisbrough, 12 from Yarm, 47 from York. — Pop. 1 1 9. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the dean- ry of Cleveland, value, p. r. f46/. Patron, T. K. Staveley, Esq. NEWTON, a township, in the parish of Pickering, wapentake of Pickering- Lythe ; 4 miles from Pickering, 13 from Malton, 17 from Whitbv. — Pop. 212. It is a dale-town. NEWTON, 6t EAST-NEWTON, in the township of Newton-with- Laysthorpe, and parish of Stonegrave, wapentake of Rydale, liber- ty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from Helrasley, 6| from Kirbymoorside y 13 from Malton. — Pop. including Laysthorpe, 72. Of this place was the Rev. Thomas Comber, eldest son of Thomas Comber, esq. of East- Newton, and grandson of the pious and learned T)t. Comber, dean of Durham. Dr. Comber died at Buckworth, in 1778 ; and was baried at Stone- gjrive. — Nichols' Lit. Anecdotes. NEWTON*DALE, the west-side of this dale is in the township of Newton, and parish of Pickering; the east-side, in the township and parish of Leavisham ; 7 miles, from Pickering, H from Whitbv. 82 NORTH-RIDING* NEWTON-GRANGE, WEST, ham. in the township and parish of Oswaldkirk, wapentake of Rydale ; 3 miles from Helmsley. Here was born, July 24, 1585, that indefatigable collector, and eminent anti- quary, Roger Dodsworth, son of Matthew Dodsworth, registrar of York Cathe- dral, and chancellor to archbishop Matthews. He states himself to have been born in the house of Ralph Sandwith, esq. father of Eleanor, wife of M. Dods- worth, esq. his father. He died in August, 1654; and was buried -at RufFord, Lancashire. Anthony Wood says, " he was a man of wonderful industry, but less judgment ; always collecting, but never published any thing." And Mr - Gough adds, " one cannot approachthe borders of this county, without paying respect to the memory of the indefatigable collector of its antiquities, Roger Dodaworth, who undertook and executed a work, which, to the antiquaries of the present day, would have been the stone of Tydides." One hundred and twenty volumes of his own writing, besides original MSS. which he had obtained from several hands, making all together 162 vols, folio, now lodged in the Bodleian library, are last- ing memorials what this county owes to him, as the volumes of the Monasticon, (which, though published under his and Dugdale's names conjointly, weie both collected and written totally by him) will immortalize that extensive industry which has laid the whole kingdom under obligation. The patronage of general Fairfax preserved this treasure, and bequeathed it to the library where it is now lodged. Fairfax allowed Dodsworth a yearly salary to preserve the inscriptions in churches. — Gen. Biog. Diet. — Drake. NEWTON-HOUSE, (a seat of the Earl of Darlington) in the township of Exelby, Leeming, and Newton, and parish of Bur- neston ; 3 miles from Bedale, 8 from Catterick and Northallerton, 14 from Boroughbridge. NEWTON-HOUSE, (the seat of Moss, Esq.) in the township of Ugglebarnby, and parish of Whitby ; 7 miles from Whitby. This house was built by the late Jonas Brown, esq. On an obelisk near the house is a latin inscription, to commemorate his industry and perseverance, in converting wild moors into pleasure grounds. — Young's Whitby. NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, in the parish of Patrick-Brompton, wapentake of Hang -East; 3 miles from Bedale, 9 \ from Rich- mond. — Pop. 250. NEWTON-MURRELL, hi the parish of St. John Stanwick, wa- pentake of Gilling-East ; 6 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 9 from Richmond. — Pop. 3 1 . NEWTON-MULGRAVE, in the parish of Lythe, east-division of . Langbarugh; 8 miles from Whitby, 14 from Guisbrough, 21 from Stokesley.— Pop. 134. NEWTON, or SCAB-NEWTON, 2/. h. in the township of Exel- by, Leeming, and Newton, and parish of Burneston ; 4 miles from Bedale, 8 from Northallerton, 13 from Ripon. — Pop. included in Exelby. NEWTON-UPON-OUSE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bul- mer ; 6 miles from Easingwold, 9 from York and Boroughbridge. Pop. 495. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Bul- mer, value, p. r. f90/. Patroness, Mrs Margaret Earle. NEW-TOWN, or HIGH-LEVEN, ham. in the townships of Ingle- by- Berwick and Hilton, and parish of Stainton ; 21 miles from \%rm, 5 1 from Stokesley. NICHOLAS, ST./. h. in the township and parish of Richmond; \ a mile from Richmond. In this farm-house are to be seen, (particularly the balcony in front, along the NORTH-RIDING. 8-3 top of which runs a parapet of open stone fret-work, still very perfect, supported by stone pillars,) the remains of an ancient hospital dedicated to St. Nicholas, in which was only one chaplain in the patronage of the king, by reason of the honour of Richmond. The founder unknown. It ha/ving fallen very much into decay, both in buildings and revenues. The king, in 1448, granted it to William Ayscogh, one of the justices of the common pleas, who repaired it and added another chantry chaplain, on which consideration, and that he was become a se- cond founder; that prince, Henry VI. 26th, granting him the patronage. In this state it continued to the general dissolution of colleges and hospitals, when it be- came vested in the crown, and was valued at 10/. per ann. — Dugdale. — Magna Brit. It is now the property of the Right Hon. Lord Dundas. NORMANBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale ; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside and Pickering, 12 from Malton, 28 from York. — Pop. 191. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Ry- dale, value, +9/. 12s. 6rf. Patron, Richard Hill, Esq. At Normanby is a sulphur spaw, which affords 60 gallons an hour, winter and summer.— It is very strong of the sulphur and mineral spirit, but weak of the fixed parts. The Lixivium of its salt set by to chrystalize, affords about two parts nitre, and a third part common salt. — Dr. Short on mineral waters. NORMANBY, in the parish of Ormesby, east-division of Lang- barugh, (the seat of William Ward Jackson, Esq.) 4| miles from Guisbrough, 7 from Stokesley.— Pop. 122. NORMANBY, in the township and parish of Fylingdale, wapentake of Whitby- Strand ; 4 miles from Whitby, 1 7 from Scarborough. It is a straggling place. NORTHALLERTON, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Allertonshire ; 8 miles from Bedale, 9 from Thirsk, 1 3 from Catterick, [6 from Richmond, Darlington, (Dur.) Yarm, and Stokesley, 17 from Ripon, 19 from Boroughbridge, 20 from Helmsley, 32 from York, 226 from London, by Boron ghbridge; 231 by York. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, Feb. 14, for horses and horned cattle, &c. and a week preceding, for horses only ; May 5 and 6, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, leather, woollen-cloth, &c. Sept. 5 and 6, for horned cattle, sheep, leather, &c. October 3 and 4, for horned cattle, sheep, &c. second Wednesday in October for cheeses. — Principal Inns, Golden Lion, and King's Head. — Pop. 2,626. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All- Saints, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 17/. 10s. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church is a very ancient and elegant structure, and was built, according to Dr. Stukeley's opinion, by the Northumbrian Apostle Paulinus, about th© year 630. Tjie name of this place is in Doomesday book, written Alvertune an# Alreton, and probably derives its name from this spot, and the adjacent country^ abounding in alders, a tree of which one species is said to affect dry and elevated situations, and the other is a most faithful lover of watery and boggy places. — Crassisque paludibus Alni Nascuntur. Virgil. " It appears," says Mr Gale, " to have been a Saxon borough, and like many- others to have risen out of the ashes of some old Roman station, whose name we have lost," which he thinks the adjacent hamlet of Romanby, ( ilomanorum habi- tatio) sufficiently denotes ; and this is confirmed, he supposes, hy the ancient in- trenchments near the town, called the castle-hill?. On the we*>c side of the towif stood a castle, built .by Rufus, bishop of Durham; in the time of Henry I. — but in Leland's time there was not a vestige of the walls remaining. — The_bishop-o# Durham had here a palace, strong of building and well mottfef. as Leland siys, 84 NORTH-RIDING. which stood about 200 yards west of the church, but the late gothic proprietor* have not left one stone upon another. This palace, which had become ruinous in Lambard's time, seems to be the weather-beaten castle described by a singular traveller, Richard Frank, who re- presents it as demolished by age and ruins of time, and serving as a receptacle •for bats, buzzards, owls, and jackdaws, William de Alverton, in the 14th year of king Edward III. gave the Austin friars 8 acres of ground, in this town, to build them a church and habitation -thereon. — Tanner. On the east side of the town stood a house of Carmelites, founded by Thomas Hatfield, bishop of Durham, or according to some, by king Edward III. about the year 1364, dedicated to St. Mary. It was surrendered by Will. Wommefraye and nine brethren. The site was granted (7th of Edward VI.)' to Richard and H. Vavasour. — Tanner Here was a grammar and singing school, when in 1327, the Prior of Durham presented J. Podesay to be master of it. — The present school to which the dean and chapter of that church nominate a master, is undoubtedly by the same- It appears, however, to be of royal foundation. — Gale. Near this place, that is about a mile on the road to York, was an hospital,, dedicated to St. James, founded by Hugh Pudsey, bishop of Durham, or by Philip Poictou, his successor, in the reign of Richard 1,— Gale, Ilere is the Register-office for the North-Riding of this county, built in 1736 \ and the house of correction and court room, built not many years since, &c. where the general quarter sessions of the peace for the North -Riding are held, NORTH-COTE, f. h. in the township of Burton-upon-Ure, ant| parish of Masham; \ mile from Masham, 6 from Bedale. NORTH-FIELDS, Sf.h. in the township of Boldron, and parish of Startforth ; 2 miles from Barnard castle, (Dur.) NORTH-HOLME, fextraparochial) in the wapentake of Rydale ; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside, 5| from Helmsley. — Pop. 24. NORTH-INGS. 2f. h. in the township and parish of Sheriff- Hutton ; 8 miles from Ea'singwold. 1 1 from York. NORTQN-CON YERS, a township, in the parish of Wath, wapen- take of &ilertonshire; (the seat of Sir Bettingkam Reginald Graham, Bart, occupied by Mr Askwiih) 4 miles from Ripon, 9 from Bedale. and BorQu^hbridge.— -Pop. 87. This place had been the property of the venerable Richard Norton, who with three sons, engaged in 1569, in the religious rebellion of the earls of Northumber- land and Westmorland, against Queen Elizabeth. To inspire their followers with fit enthusiasm, they put into the hands of Norton, a flag, painted with the five wounds of our Saviour. It seems to have been a second Pilgrimage of Grace, like the insurrection under Aske. This was soon suppressed. Mr Norton and his sons were executed among multitudes of others, and his estate granted to a Musgrave, who disposed of it to an. ancestor of the present owner. From one of the younger Nortons, Sir Fletcher is said to derive his descent. — Pennant. The founder of this famjly was Sir Richard Graham, a borderer of the east Marches, near the banks of the Eske. He was made master of the horse, under the favourite duke of Buckingham. When Charles I., then Prince of Wales, took bis romantic journey to visit the Infanta, Sir Richard was one of his slender train. At the battle of Marston-moor he distinguished himself by acts of deter- mined bravery ; and closed his life in a faithful attachment to his master. When the day was irretrievably lost, and nothing remained but for every man to seek the best means of security, Sir Richard fled with 26 bleeding wounds upon him to his own house at Norton Conyers, about 15 miles from the field. Here he arrjved in the evening, and being spent with loss of blood and fatigue, he was carried into his £b.amber, •'where taking a last farewell of his disconsolate lady, he expired. Cromwell, who had ever expressed a peculiar inveteracy against this gen- tleman, and thought victory only half obtained, if he escaped, pursued him in person with a tpoop of horse. When, he arrived at Norton, his gallant enemy NORTH-RIDING. 85 was dead ; having scarce lived an hour after be was carried into his chamber ; and Cromwell found his wretched lady weepiug over the mangled corps of her husband, yet scarce cold. Such a sight, one would have imagined, might have given him — not indeed an emotion of pity, but at least a satiety of revenge ; oh the contrary, he still felt the vengeance of his soul unsatisfied ; and turning around to his troopers, who had stalked after him into the sacred recesses of sor- row, he gave the sign of havoc, and in a few moments the whole house was torn to pieces ; not even the bed was spared on which the mangled body was extended, and every thing was destroyed which the hand of rapine could not carry off. Sir R. B. Graham, the present bart. was born 1789, married in 1810, Hen- rietta, the third daughter of the late George Hatch, of West-Hatch.— Addison's Anecdotes. jNORTON-LE-CLAY, in the parish of Cundall, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 6 from Ripon. — Pop. 142. NOSTER FIELD, in the township and parish of West,Tanfield, wapentake of Hallikeld ; 4 miles from Masham, 61 from Bedale, 7 from Ripon. > T UN-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Thirableby, and parish of Osmotherley ; 8 miles from Northallerton. N'UNNINGTON, a parish-town, in the parishes of Nunnington and Stonegrave, wapentake of Rydale ; (a seat of Sir Bellingkam Reginald Graham, Bart, noiv occupied by a Farmer) 4 \ miles from Helmsley, 5 from Kirbymoorside, 12 from Malton, 20 from York. — Pop. 4 IS. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to AH- Saints, in the deanry of Rydale, value $\3l. 6s. 8d. Patron, the King. Sir R. Bcllingham Graham, Bart, is lord of the manor, whose ancestors pos- sessed a fine baronial mansion and residence here ; the late baronet died here in 1796. It was once the residence of the celebrated lord Preston, who made a-di* tinguislied figure in the time of the 2nd Charles and James; and was committed to the tower for plotting the r-eturn of the latter prince, in the reign of William III. In 1673, Reginald Graham founded and endowed a school here for a master and 6 poor persons — here is also an hospital containing 5 tenements, dependant on the bounty of Sir B. Graham, bart. NUNTHORPE, iri the parish of Great Ayton, west-division of Lang- barugh: (Sunthorpe-llall, the seat of Thomas Simpson, Esq.) 3§ miles from Stokesley, 6 from Guisbrough, 10 from Yarm.— Pop. 110. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, value, 367. Patrons, Thomas Simpson and William Richardson, Esqrs. In this chapel, situated within a few yards pf the manor house, there was a chantry founded in the time of king Edward III. It appears to have been origi- nally private, built and endowed by the lord of the manor, for the convenience of his tenants and domestics ; the patronage of which is still appendant to the manor. It does not enjoy rights of baptisms, marriages, or burials.— Graves. A small cistercian nunnery was founded here in the latter part of the reign of Henry II. by Ralph de Nevile; but afterwards removed to Basedale. After the suppression of the priory, 27th Henry VIII. the premises called Nunhouse Grange, were leased by the king to William Snowball, for 21 years, at the yearly rental of 61. 13*. 4d. and afterwards granted by king Henry VIII. in estate tail, to King's college, Cambridge. — Burto.v. NUTVVITH-COTE, /. h. in the township of Burton-upon-Ure, and parish of Masham ; 1 mile from Masham. o OAK-TREE-INX, (Leeming-Lane) in the township and parish of 86 ( NORTH-RIDING. Burneston ; 5 miles from Bedale, 10 from Thirsk and Northaller- ton. — Some few years ago a good Posting-House, now only a Public-House. OLA VE, ST. (St. Mary's- gate, York) a parish, in the wapentake of Bulmer ; in the suburbs of the north side of York, — Pop. 966. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value p. r. £50/. Patron, Lord Grantham. OLDBROUGH, see Aldbrough. OLDSTEAD, in the township of Byland-Membris, and parish of Low-Kilburn, wapentake of Birdforth ; (jOldstead-Grange, the seat pf Thomas Paul, Esq.) 6 miles from Helmsley, 7 from Easingwold. OLL1VEH, /. h. m the township of Aske, and parish of Easby; 1 mile from Richmond. ORAN, (the seat of Jonathan Walker, Esq.) in the township and parish of Catterick ; 1 \ mile from Catterick. ORG ATE, /. h. in the township and parish of Marske; 5 miles from Reeth, 7 from Richmond. ORMESBY, a parish town, in the west-division of Langbarugh ; {Ormesby- Hall, the seat of Sir William Pennyman, Bart.) 6 miles from Guisbrough, 7 from Stokesley and Stockton, (Dur.) 50 from York.; — Pop. 365. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the diocese of York, value, 6/. 18s. 6- 2 d. p. r. +140/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The family ^of the Pennymans it is said, came from Saxony, before the con- quest, and first settled in Kent. Sir William Pennyman of Mask, was the first baronet, so created by Charles I. but we don't find them settled at Ormesby till the latter part of the reign of queen Elizabeth, when it appears they were in possession of the manors and principal estates here. James Pennyman, esq in the time of Charles I. raised a troop of horse in support of the royal cause ; and to defray the sum of 700/. levied on him lor his loyalty by the sequestrators in the civil wars, he was obliged to dispose of a part of his estate at Ormesby, which was sold to Mr. Elwes, for 3,500/. It was re-pur- chased after divers alienations by the late Sir James Pennyman for 47,500/. — Graves. : . The hall is a modern mansion, built by Mrs Pennyman, daughter of arch- bishop Wake. It is situated on an eminence, and commands a pleasing prospect of the mouth of the Tees, and the Sea. OSBALDW1CK, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bulmer. liberty of St. Peter ; (the residence of Mr Hotham) 2 miles from York,' 15 from Easingwold, 18 from Malton.—- Pop. 1 76. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Thomas, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, %U. Patron, the Prebendary of Strensall. OSGOODBY, Sf.'k. in the township and parish of Thirkleby, liberty of Ripon ; 5 miles, from Thirsk, 8 from Easingwold. QSGODBY, in the parish of Cay ton, wapentake of Pickering- Lythe ; 3 miles from Scarborough, 15 from Bridlington. — Pop. 72. OSMOTHERLEY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Allerton- shire; 7 miles from Northallerton, 10 from Stokesley, ll^from Thirsk, 35 from York. Pop. 755. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, £8/. 10.9. p. r. f51/. Patron, the Bishop of Durham. The prebendaries of OsmOtherly being mentioned on the records in the time NORTH-RIDING. 87 of Edward I. some have thought this to have been a collegiate church ; but it seems rather to have beeu a rectory, divided into three distinct parts or portions, and it is so rated in the Lincoln taxation. But it was afterwards of three, sinecure portions, and a vicar endowed. Yet in the archbishop's certificate of all hospitals, 'colleges, &c. anno 37, Henry VIII. there is " the three prebends simpters within the parish church of Osmotherley, the yearly value 18/.-" — Tanxer. OSWALDKIRK, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale ; (Oswaldkirk-Hall, the residence of the Bev. Francis Simpson) 3| miles from Helmsley, 7| from Kirbymoorside, 13 from Malton, 19| from York. — Pop. 212. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Rydale ; value, 10/. 1*. Sd. Patron, the Rev. Thomas Comber, the present rector. OSYVALDKIRK-QUARTER, in the township of Ampieforth, and parish of Oswaldkirk, wapentake of Rydale — consists of 9 farm and cottage-houses, and lands intermixed through the township and parish of Ampieforth. OTTERINGTON, NORTH, a parish and township, in the wapen- take of Allertonshire ; 3 miles from Northallerton. 8 from Thirsk, • 14 from Ripon, 31 from York. — Pop. 44. The Church is a vica- rage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, £4/. p. r. 104/. in the Patronage of Christ-College, Oxford. OTTERINGTON, SOUTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth ; 5 miles from Northallerton, 6 from Thirsk, 1 4 from Ripon, 29 from York. — Pop. 201. The Church is a rectory, de- dicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Buhner, value, in two medietates of £7/. 1 4s. 4§c/. each, Patron, the Rev. Joshua Sampson, the present incumbent. OULSTON, in the parish of Coxwold, wapentake of Birdforth ; 3| miles from Easing wold, 1 1 from Thirsk. — Pop. 225. OVERTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buhner; 5 miles from York, 8 from Easingwold, 20 from Malton. — Pop. 59. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, +4/. 8s. ll|d. p. r. fl35/. Patroness. Mrs Earle. At Overton, the abbots of York had their chief country residence. The old house, says Drake was standing here of late years, in the parlour of which,in 1661, Dr. Hutton read the following inscription on the wood work, post tenebras lucem, &c The house called Hall, continued in the crown till the 5th of Eliza- beth, when it was sold to one John Herbert. But the site of the house, with the park at Beningbrough, &c. is now part of the possessions of John Bouchier, esq — Drake. OVINGTON, in the township of Thorpe, and parish of Wycliffe, wapentake of Gilling-West; 4 miles from Gretabridge, 6 from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 10 from Richmond. — Pop. 166". OXCLOSE-HOUSE,/. h. in the township and parish of West-Roun- ton ; 6 miles from Yarm, 9 from Northallerton. OXCLOSES^ Zf. h. in the township of Hutton-le-hole, and parish of Lastingham ; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside. OXNUP, HIGH and LOW, 3 /. h. each, in the township of Muker, and parish of Grinton, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 5 miles from Askrigg, 8 from Reeth. In 1764 died, in the 125th year of his age, George Kirton, of Oxnup-Hall, near Reeth, esq. a gentleman more remarkable for fox huntirig than the famous 88 NORTH-RIDING. Draper- He followed the chase till he was upwards of 80, and so great wa# hte desire for the diversion of hunting, that he regularly attended unkennelling the fox, in his single horse chaise till he was 100 years old. He made free with his bottle until within 10 vears of his death. — Annual Register, 1764. OXSKEW, or OXGUE, 2/. h. in the township and parish of Mar- rick; 5 miles from Reeth, 7 from Richmond. PARADISE, ham. in the township of Melbecks, and parish of Grin- ton; 4 miles from Reeth, 9 from Askrigg. PARK-GATE. f. h. in the township and parish of Fylingdales; 5 miles from Whitby. PARK-HALL, /. h. in the township of Melbecks, and parish of Grinton ; 2 miles from Reeth. Formerly the residence of the Duke of Wharton ; and where .at family had a park ; the hall was built by Thomas, Marquis of Wharton in 170 - - Whitaker, PARK-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Guisbrougjn^ 2 miles from Guisbrough. 9 from Stokesley. PARK-HOUSE, /. k. in the township Of Winton, and parish of Sigston ; 4 miles from Northallerton. PARK-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Kirkleatham ; 3 miles from Guisbrough. TASTURE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Thornton-- Watlas ; 3 miles from Bedale. PASTURE-HOUSE,/, h. in the township of Thornton-Je-beans, and y parish of North-Otterington ; 5 miles from Northallerton. JPATRICK-BROMPTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang-East ; (the seat of Gregory Elsley* Esq.) 3 miles from Be- dale, 9 from Richmond, 37 from York. — Pop. 1 58. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Patrick, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 34/. 13s. \\d. p. r. fill Patron, the Bishop of Chester. PEAK, in the township and parish of Seamer, wapentake of Pic- kering-Lythe ; (the seat of Sunderland Cook, Esq.) 8 miles from Whitby, 12 from Scarborough. Here has been a Roman fort ; where a stone was found in 1774, bearing an. inscription in good preservation, for which see — Young's Whitby ', The manufacture of alum is carried on here to a great extent ; the works of Beak and Stoupe Brow producing annually about 300 tons. They appear to have been first worked about 1616-18. — Ibid. PEN-HILL, in the parishes of West-Witton and Co? erham ; 4 miles from Middleham. It is a hill situated on the south-side of Wensleydale. PEEP-O'DAY, /. h. in the township and parish of Hustwaite ; 1| mile from Easingwold. PEPPER-HALL, (the seat of John Arden, Esq.) in the township of South-Co wton, and parish of Gilling ; 6 miles from Northaller- ton, 7 from Richmond, 11 from Darlington, (Bur.) PICKERING, (which gives name to the wapentake) a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering-Lythe ; 8 mjles from Kirl?ymoorside, 9 from Malton, 19 from Scarborough^ 21 from NORTH-RIDING. 89 Whitby, 27 from York, 226 from London.— Market, Monday, Fairs, Monday before February 14, Monday before May 13, September 25, Monday before November 23, for horned cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs.— Principal Inns, Black Swan, and White Swan. — Pop. 2,746. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedi* cated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Rydale, value, £8/< 3s. 9d* p. r. 140/. Patron, the Dean of York. The town of Pickering, which is said by Fabian, to have been built 270 years before Christ, covers a large extent of ground, irregularly built* It sent members to parliament 23rd of Edward I. but was discontinued in the same reign. It belongs to the Duchy of Lancaster, and has a jurisdiction over* several adjacent villages. Richard Hill, Esq. of Thornton, is lord of the ma- nor, and also lord of the honour of Pickering- Lythe. The castle here, which has been of much importance to the town, is situated near the western extremity of it, and is thus described by Leland, " The castelle stondith in an end of the towne not far from the paroch chirch, on the brow of the hille, under which the broke rennith. In the first court of it, be a4 toures, of the which one is caullid Rosamonde's tour. In the ynner court be also 4 toures, whereof the keep is one. The castelle waulles and the toures be meatly welle. The loggings yn the ynner court that be of tembre be in ruing. In this inner court is a chappelle, and a cantuaire Prest. The castelle hath, of a good continuance with the towne and lordship, longid to the Lancaster bloode ; who* made the castelle, or who was owner of it afore the Lancasters, I could not lerne there. The castelle waulles now remaining seme to be of no very old buildings As I remember I hard say that Richard III. lay sumtyme at this castelle and sumtyme at Scardeburgh castelle." The form of the castle is irregular ; its building extremely ruinous* The keep stood on a mount, surrounded by a deep ditch, which crossed the outer court, over which was a bridge. The chapel was a small mean building ; some old pews are still remaining in it. — Part of the .ground within the wall of this castle is converted into a garden. — Grose. According to Hard.yng's Chronicle, King Richard II. was confined in thi£ castle, previous to his removal to Knaresbrough and Pontefract. By whom this castle was founded is not now known ; it appears from Doomes* .day book, that, in the time of King Edward the confessor, it belonged, with the manor, to Morcar, Earl of Northumberland. To whom it was given after the conquest is uncertain. King Henry III. in the 32nd year of his reign constituted- Lord William Dacre, high sheriff of the county, and assigned to him the custody of this castle. Towards the end of his reign, HenFy gave it with the lordship to* his son Edmund. He was succeeded by his son Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, who was beheaded at Pontefract in 1322, for entering into a conspiracy against Piers* Gavestone, the King's favourite,' and others. It afterwards passed to the Lady Blanche, wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Richmond. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth it was m the hands of the crown. — It has now for many years belonged to the family of thp present owner, Richard Hill, Esq. In the civil wars* in the reign of Charles I. it stood a siege against the forces of the parliament. — It has a- court for actions under 4l)6\ arising within the honour of Pickering.— Grose— « Camde.v — Magna Brit. PICKERING-LYTHE, a wapentake, situate north-east of York, of which Richard Hill of Thornton, Esq. is Lord and Chief Bailiff. It is bounded on the east by the Sea ; on the south by the Rivtf Derwent or East-Riding- ; on the west by the wapentake of Rydale; and on the north by those of Langbarugh and VVhitby-Strand, The wapentake and liberty are co-extensive. It is a mountainous district, and formerly had its Forest, and commonly styled th& liberty or Forest of Pickering- Lythe ; which was given by Henry III. to his son Edmund, Earl of Lancaster. it contains two* market- towns, Pickering and Scarborough ; 46 townships, 1$ of M 90 NORTH-RIDING. which are parishes, 4,736 inhabited houses, occupied by 23,763 inhabitants. PICKHILL, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Haliikeld; 7 miles from Bedale and Thirsk, 8 from Northallerton, 9 from Ripon, 31 from York. — Pop. including* Roxby, 334. The Church is a vica- rage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Richmond, value, £5/. 13s. 4c?. p. r. 85/. in the patronage of Trinity College, Cambridge. The nursery grounds of Mr Thompson here, which are very extensive, have been cultivated as such for above a century by his ancestors and himself. PICKHILL, /. h. in the township of Carlton-bigh-dale, and parish of Coverham $- 8§ miles from Middleham. PICKTON, in the parish of Kirklevington, west-division of- Langbarugh; 4 miles from Yarm, 8 from Stokesley, 9 from Northallerton. — Pop. 94. PINCHINGTHORPE, in the parish of Guisbrough, east-division of Langbarugh ; (the seat of James Lee, Esq.) 3 miles from Guis- brough, 5 from Stokesley. — Pop. 80. PLAINVILLE-FARM, {the seat of Charles Smith, Esq.) in the township and parish of Wigginton ; 5| miles from York. PLANTATION, or TOCKETS, a township, in the parish of Guis- brough ; east-division of Langbarugh ; 1 1 mile from Guisbrough. — Pop. 46. This place gave name to a family called Tocketts, who resided here for many generations, and only assumed the name of Plantation on its coming into the hands of the present family. There was an ancient chapel here, dedicated to St. James, founded by the Tockett's family.; not a vestige of which is now to be found. — G raves, PLANTATION, p. h. in the township of Dalton, and parish of Croft; 6 miles from Darlington, (Dur.) 10 from Northallerton. PLANTATION, or LILLY-JOCKS, s. h. in the township and parish of Arkengarthdale ; 3 miles from Reeth. PLUMTREE-HOUSE. /. h. in the township of Borrowby, and parish of Lythe ; 10 miles from Whitby. POCKLE Y, in the parish of Hehnsley, wapentake of Rydale ; Z miles from Helmsley, 5§ from Kirbymoorside. — Pop. 227. POND-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Thornton- Wat- las ; 4 miles from Bedale, 5 from Masham. POT-ING, ham. in the township of Melbecks, and parish of Grin- ton, wapentakes of Hang and Gilling-West; 5 miles from Reeth,. 8 from Ley burn. POT and POT-GRANGE, 2 /. h. in the township of Ilton-with- Pot, and parish of Masham ; 6 miles from Masham. POTTO or POTTO WE, in the parish of WhorltoD, west-division of Langbarugh; 6 miles from Stokesley, 8 from Yarm, 10 from Northallerton.— Pop. 207, PRESTON-UNDER-SCAR, in the parish of Wensley, wapentake of Hang- West; 3 miles from Ley burn, 4| from Middleham, 10 from Richmond. — Pop. 378. R RAINTON, in the parish of Topeliffe, wapentake of Haliikeld ;■ 4 J NORTH-RIDING. 9\ miles from Ripon, 5 from Boroughbridge, 6§ from Thirsk. — Pop. including Newby-Park, 331. RALPH'S CROSS, or VVESTERDALE-BEACON, in the township of Westerdale, and parish of Stokesley ; 12| miles from Guis- brougb. RAISDALE-GRA1N, a considerable part of Bilsdale, branching westward. RAND GRANGE, s. h. in the township of Crakehall, and parish of Bedale : \ mile from Bedale. RASH, 3 h. in the township of Muker, and parish of Grinton; 7 miles from Askrigg, 9 from Reeth. RASKELF, in the parish of Easingwold, wapentake of Bulmer ; 2 miles from Easingwold, 8 from Boroughbridge, 14 from York. — Pop. 440. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, value, p. r. 1 40/. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The windows of this church, exhibit in rich painted glass the arms of Neviie, LordDacre, Scropes of Masham and Bolton, &c. RAITHWAITE, (the. seat of Israel Hunter, Esq.) in the township of Newholme-with-Dunsley, and parish of Whitbv ; 3 miles from Whitby. RAVEN'S SEAT, s. L in the township of Muker, and parish of Grin- ton ; 12 miles from Askrigg, 15 from Reeth. RAVENSWORTH, in the parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth, wapen- take of Gilling-West ; 5 miles from Richmond, 7 from Greta- bridge. — Pop. 3 1 3. Here are the remains of a castle, which has Ions: been in ruins. Camden pays, " it belonged to the Barons called Fitzhugh, (descended from those Saxons who were Lords of this place before the conquest) who flourished till the time of Henry VII." In Leland's time it belonged to Lord Parre ; who says "The castle, excepting two or three towers, and a faire stable, with a conduct comiug to the haulle side, hath no thing memorable. It is three miles by north-west from Richmond, and thereby is a pratty village." From Whitaker's Yorkshire, it appears that this castle and estate were in the hands of the crown from 1571 to 1629, when by letters patent, they were granted to Edward Ditchheld, and other trustees. In 1677, they were in the possession of Sir Thomas Wharton, by whose daughter they passed to Root. Byerley, Esq. They were sold a few years since to Mr Humphrey Fletcher, of Minskip, the present owner. Here was born about 1738, Cuthbert Shaw, a poet of some celebrity. He was educated at the free-school of Scorton, where he became usher. In 1756 he published a poem called " Liberty." On leaving the north he joined a company of Commedians ; but he relinquished the stage in 1762, and became a professional writer. In 1766 he published the " Race" a satire, against mf.ny living poet* ; and in 1768, " a monody on the death of his wife," who, with her child, fell into an untimely grave by his debauchery. This wretched man, however, still continued to lampoon his superiors in a satire entitled " Corrup- tion;" and an elegy on the death of Mr Charles York. He died in 1771-— Eur op. Mag. RA VENTHORPE-MJ LL, and /. h. in the township of Boltby, and parish of Feliskirk; \\ miles from Thirsk. RAW. in the township and parish of Fylingdales, wapentake of Whitbv-Strand ; 5 miles from Whitbv. RAWCLIFFE, in the parishes of St Michael-le-Belfrey, and St. Olave, (York) wapentake of Bulmer, liberty of St. Peter ; 2| miles from York, 11 from Easingwold, 18 from AJalton.-— Pop. 57. 92 NORTH-RIDING, RAYBALE, a dale, comprising several hamlets, in the township of Bainbridge, and parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Gilling-West ; (Ray dale- House, a shooting-box of Henry Peirse, Esq.) 5 miles from Hawes, 6 from Askrigg. flEDCAR, in the parish of Marske, east-division of Langbarugh; 7 miies from Guisbrough, 15 from Stokesley and Stockton, (Dur.) 16 from Yarm, 22 from Whitby. — Pop, 673. Principal Inns, Red Lion, and Black Swan. Redcar i9 a considerable fishing town, which formerly consisted of a few miserable huts, inhabited only by fishermen and their families ; but it is now a place of fashionable resort during the summer months, and crowded by per- sons of the first distinction. JREDDINGS, in the township of Melbecks, and parish of Grinton ; 6 miles from Reeth. A few scattered houses. RED-HALL, /, h. in the township of Castle Levington, and parish of Kirk Levington ; 2 miles from Yarm. In 1600, this was the residence of George Meryton, D. D. chaplain to Queen Anne, Dean of Peterborough and York. He died in 1624. — Graves, REDHURST, or HURST, see Hurst in the parish of Marrick. REDMIRE, in the parish of Wensley, wapentake of Hang- West; 4 1 miles from Ley burn, 5{ from Middieham, 10 from Richmond. — Pop. 399. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St, Mary, value, £32Z. 2.9. Patron, the Rector of Wensley. REETH, in the parish of Grintor', wapentake of Gilling-West ; 8 miles from Leyburn, 10 from Richmond, 1.1 from Askrigg, 13 from Gretabridge 14 from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 17 from Brough, (Westm.) 54 from York, by Richmond, 245 from London. — Market, Friday. — Fairs Fridays before Good -Friday, old May-day, old Midsummer-da}^ St. Bartholomew, old Martinmas-day, St. Thomas 1 day, for woollen-cloth, pedlary-ware, &c— Principal Inn, Buck.-— Pop. 1,460. A free-school was erected here in 1877, the endowment of which was left by Mr Raw, a qnaker, with the proviso that the school should be built in sight of Marrick Abbey, and that part of the Swale where he used to bathe. RICHMOND, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Gil- ling- West; 5 miles from Catterick, 8 from Leyburn, 10 from Middieham, Croft, and Reeth, 12 from Darlington, (Dur.) by Croft* 14; 12 from Gretabridge and Bedale, 1 5 from Staindrop, (Dur.) 16 from Northallerton, 18 from Askrigg, 21 from Yarm, 44 from York, 234 from London. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, Saturday before Palm-Sunday, last Saturday in June, {Rake Fair) September 26, (Holyrood Day) for horned cattle, sheep, horses, woollen-cloth, &c. Bankers, Messrs. Stapleton, Robinson, \ RISEBRQUGH, see Thprnton-Risebrough.- NORTH-RIDING. 95 ROXBY, or ROAKSBY, in the parish of Pickhill, to which it adjoins and forms part of the township, and is united as such. ROBIN HOODS BAY. in the township and parish of Fylmgdale, wapentake of Whitby-Strand ; 7 miles from Whitby, 13 from Scarborough. In the north-west part of this hay is a fishing town of the same name, hoth Cf which are so named from being-the retreat of the famous outlaw Robin Hood, who flourished in the reign of Richard I. where he and his followers eluded the vigilance, of their pursuers, by having the command of small fishing boats, in which they put off to sea in case of danger.— Camden. On the heights above, are some butts for archers, which still go by his name. This place is frequently visited by strangers, attracted by the fame of the alum works in its neighbourhood, and the peculiarity of its grotesque appearance. The quantity of fish which is dried here, as well for home consumption as exportation, is surprising. ROKEBY, a parish, in the wapentake of Gillinjr-West ; (Kokehy* Park, the seat of John Bacon Sawrey Morritt, Esq.) 1 mile from Gretabridge, 3 from Burnardcastle, (Ditr.) 13 from Richmond, 54 from York. — Pop. including' Eggleston- Abbey, 222. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Rich- mond, diocese of Chester, value, +4/. 3s. 9d, p. r. tlOO/. Patron, the Knig. " Rokeby," says Pennant, " is an elegant house in the Italian style, built by Sir Thomas Robinson, Bart, well known in his day by the name of Long Tom, from a design of W. Wakefield. Esq. in 1724, diverted me a litle from my road. The front extends 96 feet ; it has a ru tic basement, and in the centre four columns and two pilasters support Corinthian ordonance The entrance is through a low vestibule on the ground floor, in which are several low apartments; more suitable to the warmer climate of Italy, than to our chilly vapory regions, When the sun should meet the fullest welcome. In the principal story is a galiery 67 feet long; in this, as well as throughout the house, is a profusion of statues, busts, sculp- tures, and most elegant sepulchral urns, collected from abroad ; and in a room, called the museum, are piled in disorder, multitudes of altars, inscriptions, -sculptors, &c. found either at the adjoining station and burying ground near Gretabridge, and at Bowes Castle, or brought here from the castle of Naworth, in Cumberland, and gathered from the neighbouring stations on the wall." Tour from Alston Mo-ir. To these curiosities, may be added some of the finest needle work in the kingdom, in which the paintings of the greatest masters are rivalled ; the threads are dis- posed in such a mode, that at a little distance, even human figures shew all the graees, the tints and beauties of the finest paintings. "■ — Hutchinson. " This little, parish," says Dr. Whitaker, " rich in natural scenery, adorned by modern elegance, distinguished by the site of a Roman station, and the remains of a religious house, but still more distinguished by a line of patriots and soldiers in its lords, has in latter days been the retirement and the theme cf great poets." — Mason and Scott. ROM ALDKJRK, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling-West; 6 miles from Barnardcastle, (Din:) 9 from Gretabridge, 20 from Richmond, 61 from York. — Pop. 377. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Roma Id, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, 58/. 14s. 2d. Patron, Lord Strathmore. In the north transept is the recumbent effigy of a cross legged knight, in link mail, his right hand on the hilt of his sword. This is supposed to be the tomb of Sir Fitzhugh, who died in 1304, most probably at Cotherston castle. The saint to which this church is dedicated, from Dr. Whitaker's account, appears to stand alone in this country ; nor is it known who this St. Ronald was, although there can be no doubt of his being a popular saint at the time of its erection, This parish extends in one direction at least 30 miles. 96 NORTH-RIDING. High up the Tees in this parish, but not till after the river has become wider r is one of the finest cataracts in the' island, whose roar is audible at a great dis- tance. Its character is that of Aysgarth, but more magnificent, the projec- tion dcepe?> the waters more entire, and equally precipitous. — Whitaker. ROMANS Y, in the parish of Northallerton-, wapentake of Allerton- shire; § a mile from Northallerton, 7| from Bedale, 9| from Thirsk.— Pop. 294. ROOK, BARUGH, %f. h. in the township and parish of Normanby, wapentake of Rydale; 4 miles from Kirbymoorside. BOOK WITH, in the parish ol'Thorton-W atlas, wapentake of Hang- East; 4 miles from Bedale and Masham. — Pop. 76. ROOMER, ham. m the township of Swinton, and parish of Masham, wapentake of Hang-East ; 2 miies from Masham, 8 from Ripon. ROSEBERRY-TOPPING, (a Hill) in the parish of Newton, west- division of Langbarugh ; 3 miles from Giiisbrough, 5 from Siokes- ley. — See Newton. ROSEJ3ALE, EAST-SIDE, in the parish of Middleton, wapentake of Pickering-Lythe; 7 miles from Kirbymoorside, 9 from Pic- kering, 18 from Whitby. — Pop. 339. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Lawrence, value, p. r. f56L 1 4s. QcL Patrons, the Inhabitants. This church is part of the ruins of a priory founded in the time of Richard Ij 1190, for Benedictines or Cistercians, by Robert de Stuteville, and dedicat- ed to St. Lawrence and St. Mary. The site was granted 30th Henry VIII. to Ralph . Nevile, Earl of Westmorland. About the time of the dissolution, a prioress and 8 or 9 religious belonged to this house, \Vhose yearly revenue was All. 13s. Sd. Speed, and 371. 12s. $d, Dugdale.— Buuxon. Of the ruins that remain is the square of the cloister,, which is almost entire ; the buildings having been converted into dwelling houses, 2 miles from Whitby. SEDBURY-HALL, (the residence of Colonel Tower) in the town- ship and parish of Gilling, wapentake of Giliing-West; ,4 mile£ from Richmond, 6 from Catterick, 10 from Gretabridge. Within the angle where the Ermine-street and High-street meet, is Sed- bury, .where, it is supposed, was a palace of King Qswins. — Archaeologia. The manor-house, with the estate at Sedbiiry, was, for many generations, the residence of the Boyntons, and probably built by them, " which from an ordi* nary tower-built house, has gradually increased to a large and magnificent mansion." f In 1650, James D'Arcy, 6th son of Conyers Lord D'Arcy, of Hornby- Castle* purchased Sedlmry, which passed by marriage, in 1733, to Si? Robert Hilpfd, NORTH-RIDTXG. 103 Bart, of Winstead, E. R. father of the late Sir Robert, who died in 1814, without issue, wheu it came to the present owner, James Hasey D'Arcy Button, Esq. SEDBUSK, ham. in the township of High-Abbotside, and parish of Aysgarth ; 1 mile from Hawes, 4 from Askrigg, 16 from Leyburn. SEMERWATER, (a small beautiful Lake) which covers about 105 acres of land, in the township of Bainbridge, and parish of Ays- garth ; 3 miles from Hawes. near to which is SEMERDALE-HOUSE, /. h. in the same township and parish. SESSA Y. a parish-town, in the wapentake of Allertonshire ; (Sessay- //«//, the seat of the Hon. and Rev. IVitliam Henry Dawnay) 5 miles from Easingwold, 6 from Thirsk, 18 from York. — Pop. 36 I. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of Buhner, value, 17/. 0s. 2di Patron, Lord Viscount Do wne. Here was born in 1686, John Jackson, an English divine, eldest son of the Rev. John Jackson, (first rector of this place and vicar of Rossington, W. R.) He was educated at Doncaster school, under the famous Dr. Bland, and at Jesus College, Cambridge. His best work is his Chronological Antiquities, 3 vols. 4to. 1/52. He died at Leicester in 1 763. — Nichols* Lit. Anecdotes. — Bio. Dictionary. SEXHOVV, 6 /. h. a township, in the parish of Rudby, west-division of Langbarngh ; 41 miles fiom Stokesley, 6 from "V arm. — Pop. 38. SHAW, 3 or 4/. h. in the township of Hurst, and parish of Marrick; .3 miles from Reeth, 7 from Richmond. SHAW, and SHAW-COTE, 2 f. h. in the township of Low- Abbotside, and parish of Aysgarth; 2| miles from Hawes, 3 from Askrigg. SHEPHKRDS-HiLL, ham, in the township and parish of Whorlton; 7 mile.s from Stokesley, 9 from Northallerton and Yarm. SHERFITT-HALL, /. h. in the township of Reeth, and parish of Grinton ,• .' J > miles from Reeth. SHERIFF--HUTTOX, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bulmer ; 8 miles from Easingwold, 10 from York and Malton. — Pop. 756. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Buhner, value, £10/. p. r. 1 140/. 18s. Patron, the Archbishop of York. Bertrand de Bulmer, in the reign of king Stephen, built here a neat castle, ■which was afterwards repaired by Ralph Nevile, first Earl of Westmorland, who died 1389. It continued in the possession of the noble family of the Nevile?, until the death of Richard Nevile, Earl of Warwick, who was elain at the battle of Barnett, when his lands being seized by Edward IV. this castle and the manor were given to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, the king's brother. Princess Elizabeth, heiress of the house of York, (afterwards married to king Henry VII.) was k?pt a prisoner here by Richard III. In the same castle was confined Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick, only son of George, DuRe of Clarence, elder brother of Richard III. This Earl of Warwick was publickly executed by Henry VII. 1499. — Gamdew, Drake, Hume, &c. The castle and manor became the property of Henry VII. and seem to have continued in the h^nds of the crown, until they were granted to Charles, Prince of Wales, afterwards Charles I. The late Lady Irwin, of Temple-Newsham, died seized of the same, and are now in possession of the Marquis of Hertford, in right of his wife, Isabella Anne, daughter of the late Lady Irwin, who took the title and sirnatne of Ingram, in 1807- The venerable ruins of this castle, consisting of seven stately toner?, (one of which contains two spacious rooms,) are situated upon an eminence, commanding very extensive prospects. John, the son of 10 I NORTH-RIDING. Ralph Nevile, Lord of Raby, obtained a charter in 1877, for a market on Monday, and a fair annually on the eve of the exaltation of the Holy Cross, (September 14, and two following davs,) which are now discontinued. SHERIFF -HUTTON-PARK, (the seat of George Lowther Thom- pson, Esq.) similarly situated. SHIPTON, in the parish of Overton, wapentake of Bulmer, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 6 niiies from York, 7 from Easing- woJd, 19 from Malton.— Pop. 377. A school was here endowed, by Mrs Ann Middleton, of York, with 40/. for the education of the children of the freeholders, on!y.-*-Her Will bears date, August 24, 1655. SHIPTON-SMITH Y, s. h. in the township of Overton-witb-Shipton, and parish of Overton, wapentake of Bulmer ; 6 miles from York. SIGSTON, or KIRKB Y-S1GSTON. a parish and township, in the wapentake of Allertonshire; Smiles from Northallerton, 8 from Thirsk, 13 from Yarm, 31 from York.— Pop. 131. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Lawrence, in the deanry of Cleve- land, value, 12/. 13s. 4c?. Patron, Sir Thomas Slingsby, Bart. Here was formerly a castle, surrounded by a deep moat, but when, or by whom built, we have no account. SIGSTON-SMITHY, ham. in the township and parish of Sigston; 3 1 miles from Northallerton. SILTON, HIGH, or OVER, in the parish of Cowesby, wapentake of Bird forth ; 8 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Thirsk. — Pop. 94. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 38/. Patron, Sir George Wombwell, Bart. As Leassee of the Tithes under Trinity College Cambridge. SILTON, LOW, or NETHER, in the parish of Leak, wapentake of Birdforth ; 7 miles from Northallerton, 8 from Thirsk, 13 from Stokesley. — Pop. 202. Here is a Chapel of ease to Leak. S1MONSTONE, in the township of High-Abbotside, and parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West ; (the seat of James Archi- bald Stuart Worthy, Esq.) 1 \ mile from Hawes, 5\ from Askrigg. SIMON'S, SAINT, CHAPEL or WELL, in the township of Little-Scrafton, and parish of Coverham, wapentake of Hang- West; 4 1 miles from Middleham. SINDERBY, in the parish of Pickhill, wapentake of Hallikeld; 6 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Ripon, 8 from Bedale. — Pop. 86. SINNINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering- Lythe ; (Sinnington-Lodge, the seat of Pudsay Dawson, Esq.) 4 miles from Pickering and Kirbymoorside, 10 from Helmsley, 27 from York. — Pop. 343. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Rydale, value, p. r. fSOl. Patron, Master of Hems- worth School, (W. R.) Here is a school for the children of Sinnington, for reading, writing, &c. which is a branch of the Thornton grammar-school, and was erected on account of the too great distance from Thornton. . SINNINGTON-GRANGE, 2f.h. in the township and parish of Sinnington ; 4 miles from Pickering, 5 from Kirbymoorside. SION-HILL, (ike seat of Joshua Crampon, Esq.) in the town- ship and parish of Kirby- Wiske ; 4 miles from Thirsk, 7§ Iron* Northallerton. NORTH-RIDING. 105 SKEEBY, ia the parish of Easby. wapentake of Calling- West ; 2 miles from Richmond, 4 from Catterick, 10 from Darlington, (Dur.)— Pop. 163. Here St. Osyth had a chantry, and from her is the name of the place derived, though strangely corrupted. — W$it4kbr. SKELGILL. f.h. in the township of Low-Abbotside, and parish of Aysgarth; 1 1 mile from Askrigg, 4 from Hawes. SKELT02S-COTE, /. h. in the township of Belief by, and parish of Spenny thorne ; 6 miles from Middleham. SKELDERSKEW-GRANGJE, ham. in the township of Common- dale, and parish of Guise rough ; 5 miles from Guisbrough. This Grange formerly belonged to the priory of B.isedale. SKELTON, a parish- town, (a part Jbeing in the parish of Overton) wapentake of Buiraer, and liberty of St. Peter ; (Skellon-Grcmge 9 the seat of Edward Place, Esq. Skelton-Cottage, Mrs Thompson, and Rose-Cottage* G. V. Drury, Esq.) 4 miles from York, 9 from Easingwold, 18 from Malton.— Pop. 18 r.— St. Peters, 86, total, 273. The Church, peculiar, is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deunry of Bulmer, value, $*>/. p. r. f L3p?r Patron, Joshua Hepworth, Esq. This Church is of considerable antiquity, and said to have been built with the stones that remained after the south cross of York minster had been finished by the archbishop, Walter Gray. Indeed the south door seems to resemble that of the cathedral ; alike adorned with curious marble pillars, tuoagh now almost dpmoli-hed. — Gent. SKELTOX, in the township and parish of Marske, wapentake of Gilling-YVest; .5 miles from Reeth, 6 from Richmond. SKELTON, a parish-town, in the east-division of Langbarugii ; (Skelton-Castle, the seat of John Wharton, Esq.) 31 miles from Gtiisbrough. 6 from Red car, 1 \\ from Stokesiey, 17 from Whitby 16 from Stockton, (Dur.) 55 from York. — Pop. 791 . The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. 79/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. Skelton Castle was built by Robert de Brus, a Norman Knight, who came into England with William the conqueror ; and who having possessed by conquest, and other titles of various acquisition, the manor and castle of Skelton, soon increased his I >iii\ .• in Yorkshire so much, that before the end of the con- queror's reiga, he became owner of no less thau 93 Lordships in this county, but the castle ofSkelton seems to have been his great baronial residence. From this noblemau the royal line of Scotland, and the Earl of Ailesbury are descended. — Duff date's Baronage. After being in possession of the Fauconbergs, the' Nevils, and the Omyers, it at length became the property of Law.son Trotter, Esq. who sold it to Joseph Hall, Esq. of Durham, in 172/ ; and from him it descended to John Hall Stevenson, Esq. grandfather of the present possessor. Few traces of the ancient edifice remain, considerable alterations having been made since 1794. The front of the present building is 270 feet in j It is situated on the brink oi a large sheet of wafer, in many places ie feet deep, which nearly surrounds the casile, except an opening to the south, Tt was'till 1785, the seat of J .. on, Esq. the Ei'gcniu.s of Sterne, whose festive board was frequented by many of the L'ierati of the age in which lie lived, and enlivened by none more than the celebrated JVJr$ter«e ? ^ r Hall was an excellent classical scholar, and the vigorous extent and versatility of his genius, shew him in a walk cf superior excellence . His poetry exhibits high powers of imagination, and he was weli acquainted with the Belles- Lettres of 1 Europe. Alter bis death, his works were published in 3 vols. l2mo. iie died in 17^5. O 106 NORTH-RIDING. In the time of Edward I. the Lords of Skelton had the privilege of a market here, which, however singular it may appear, was held weekly on Sunday j when the people, according fa. the custom of that age, generally assembled in the morning to attend divine worship, and in the afternoon transacted their busi- ness, and regaled themselves with oat-ale, the homely beverage of our ancestor*. This market continued to be thus held, till the 13th Edward II.— Graves. SKELTON-SAJITHY, s. h. in the township and parish of Skelton ; 4 miles from York. SKEWSB Y, in the parish of Dalby, wapentake of Bulmer ; 9 miles from Easingwold, 13 from Malton, 15 from York.— Pop. inclu. ded in Dalby. SKINN1NGRAVE, in the parish of Skelton, east-division of Langbarugh ; (the seat of John Easierby, Esq.) 7 miles from Guis- brough, 9 from Redcap, 1 4 from Whitby. — Pop. 60. SKIPLAM, in the parish of Eirkdale, wapentake of Rydale; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside, 4 from Helmsley, 17 from Malton^ — Pop. including Bransdale, West-side, 170. SKIPSTER-HAGG, /. h. in the township of Appleton-le-moors, and parish of Lastingham ; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside. SKIPTON, and SKIPTON-BRXDGE, in the parish of Topcliffe, wapentake of Birdforth ; (the residence of Thomas Barstow, Esq.) 4 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Ripon. — Pop. 1 10. SKUTTERSKELFE, in the parish of Rudby, west-division of Langbarugh; 2 miles from Stokesley, 6 from Yarm. — Pop. 32. SLEDDALE, in the township and parish of Guisbrough ; 3 miles from Guisbrough. A small dale, surrounded by moors. SLEDSHQW, in the township of Rosedale, West-side, and parish of Lastingham ; 7 miles from Kirbymoorside. A public-house on the moors. SLEETHOLME, /. h. in the township and parish of Bowes; 7 miles from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 8 from Gretabridge. SLEGILL, ham. in the township of Hipsweil, and parish of Cat- terick, wapentake of Hang-East ; it is separated from Richmond by the River Swale. SLEIGHTHOLME-DALE, ham. m the township of Fadmoor, and parish of Kirbymoorside : 3 miles from Kirbymoorside. SLEIGHTS, in the township of Eskdaleside, and parish of Whitby, wapentake of W hitby -Strand ; (Sleights-Hall, the seat of Mrs Bateman, and Esk-Hall, the seat of John Ccmpion Coates, Esq.) 4 miles from Whitby, i 7 from Pickering. The Chapel here (built about 17 62) is a perpetual curacy under Whitby, value, p. r. 931. 95. id. SLXNGSBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale ; 7 miles from Malton, 9 from Kirbymoorside and Helmsley, 23 from York.— Pop. 548. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All- Saints, in the deanry of Rydale, value, 12/. Is. \Q\d. Patron, the Earl of Carlisle. The ancient family of the Mowbrays had, for many generations, a cagrie here, the ruins of which are still visible. — Camdem. SMALL WAYS, 3 h. in the township of Newsham, and parish of Kirkby-Ravenswortb ; 2 miles from Gretabridge. NORTH-RIDING. 107 SMARBER, ham. in the township of Melbecks, and parish of Grinton; 5 miles from Reeth, 9 from Askrigg. SMEARHOLMES, s. h. in the township and parish of Burncston ; 4 miles from Bed ale. SMEATON, GREAT, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling- East; 7 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Darlington, (Dyr.) and Yarm, J 3 from Richmond, 39 from York. — Pop. 250. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese, of Chester, value, 13/. 13s. id. Patron, Henry Hewgiil, Esq. SMEATON, LITTLE, a township, in the parish of Birkby, wa- pentake of Allertonshire ; 6 miles from Northallerton, 10 from Yarm and Darlington, (Bur.J— Pop. 64. SMELTER, /. h. in the township of Bishopdale, and parish of Ays- garth ; 5 miles from Askrigg, \%\ from Leyburn. SNAINTON, in the parishes of Brompton and Ebberston, wapen- take of Pickering-Lythe ; (the seat of William Moorsom, Esq.) 7 1 miles from Pickering, 10 (rom Scarborough, 12 from Malton. — Pop. 603. The Chapel here is a perpetual curacy under Brompton, value, p. r. 33/. About a I of a mile west of the village is SNATNTON NEW-INN, a large Posting- House. SNAPE. in the parish of Well, wapentake of Hang-East ; (Snape- Hall, the residence of Miss Clarkes) 3 miles from JViasham, 3| from Bedale. — Pop. 599. In 1605, Thomas, Earl of Exeter, and Dorothy his wife, founded and en- dowed a house called Nevile's work house, for the maintenance and education of a master and mistress and eight poor girls of the townships of Well and Snape. In 1788, this house was changed into four free schools, for a boy and. a girl out of every house in each township, above the age of five, and nnder the age of thirteen. The master's salary SO/, mistress's, 16/. Snape Hall, in Leiatid's time, was " a goodly castel, in a valley belonging to the Lord Latimer^and i i or i i i parkes well wudded." SNAYSHOLME, ham. in the township of Hawes, and parish of Aj T sgarth; %\ miles from Hawes, 71 from Askrigg. SNEATON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Whitby-Strand ; 3 miles from Whitby, 18 from Pickering and Scarborough, 46 from York. — Pop. 25 ?. 'I he Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 13/. 2s. 6d. Patron, the King. SNEATON-CASTLE, (the seat of James Wilson, Esq.) in the town- ship of Rnswarp, and parish of Whitby ; 1 \ mile from Whitby. SNEATON-THORPE, afewf.h. in the township and parish of Sneaton ; 4 miles from Whitby. SNILESWORTH, a vale, in the townships of Arden and Bilsdale, West-side, and parish of Hawnby ; 10 miles from Helmsley, 11 from Northallerton. SOBER-GATE, in the township of Newby-Wiske, and parish of Kirby-Wiske ; 4 miles from Northallerton. SOBER-HILL, 2/. h. in the same township and parish ; 3| miles from Northallerton. SOBER, LOW, s. h. and extensive Nursery-Grounds, the property of Mr. Meek, in the township of Warlaby, and parish of Ainderby- Steeple ; 4 miles from Noi^halierton. 108 NORTH-RIDING. SOUR-LEYS, 2f.L in the township of Rivaulx, and parish of Helmsley; 3 \ miles from 'Iielmsley. SOUTH-FIELD, f. k. in the township of Weiburn, and parish of Kirbymoorside ; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside. SOUTH-HOLME, a township, in the parish of Hovingkam, wa^ pentakeof Rydaie ; 7 miles from Kirbymoorside, 8 from Helmsley, 9 from MaitOil; — Pop, 66. SO WERE Y, in the parish of Thirsk, wapentake of Bird forth ; (the seeds of Robert Bell Livesy, and Cornelius Cayley, Esqrs,) 1 mile from Thirsk, — Fop. 748. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 120/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. gOWERBY-UNBER-COTCLIFFE, a township, in the parish of jSigston, wapentake of Allertonshire ; 3 miles from Northallerton, 7 from Thirsk. — Pop. 53. Here was lately discovered, by some workmen throwing up a new road in Mr. Hirst's estate, part of the old Roman strata, leading from Thornton-le- street to Sockburn. — Ed. SOWERSETT. /! h. in the township of Carlton-kigh-daie, and parish of Coverham, 7| miles from .Middleham. SPAXHAM, f. L in the township of Seargill, c.nd parish of Barn- ingham ; 4 miles from Gretabridge. SPARROW-HALL, f. L in the township and parish of Sal ton ; 5 miles from Kirbymoorside. SPAUNTON, in the parish of Lastingham, wapentake of Rydaie ; 4 idles from Kirbymoorside, 6 from Pickering, 0g from Helmsley, 13 from Malton.— Pop. 109. SPAUNTON-LODGE, (a Shooting-box of Henry Barley, Esq.) in the township of Hutton-le-Kole, and parish of Lastingham ; 5 miles from Kirbymoorside. SPENNYTKQRNE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- West.; (the seats of Mrs Chat/tor, and Turner Straubenzie, Esq.) I mile from Middleham, 2 from Leybnrn, 9 from Richmond, 43 from York. — Pop. 249. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Cetterick, diocese of Chester, value, 20/. 10s. 5d. Patron, Marmaduke Wyville, Esq. Here was born in 1674, John Hutchinson, Esq. a man of considerable ability and learning. He received a private education which was liberal and excellent. Having great taste for natural history and mineralogy, he made large collections of fossils. In 1724, he published the first part of that curious work, his Moses's Principio, in which he ridiculed Dr. Woodward's natural history of the earth, and attempted to explore the doctrine of gravitation, established in Sir Isaac Newton's Frincipia ; and maintained in the second part of that work in opposi- tion to the Newtonian system, that a plenum is the principle of the scripture pbilosophj'. Long before his death he published a volume every year; and a correct and elegant edition of his works, including the M S S which he left, were published in 1748, intitled the Philosophical and Theological works of the late truly learned John Hutchinson, Esq. On Monday before his death, Dr. Mead urged him to be bled, saying pleasantly, " I will soon send you "to Moses, 5 ' meaning his studies, which Mr. H. understood in the literal sense, answered, " I believe Dr. you will," and he Was so much displeased, that he dismissed him for another physician, but he died a few days afterwards, in 1727. After his death, his followers were called Hutchinsonians, NORTH-BIDING. 109 SPITAL, in the township of Romanby, and parish of Northallerton ; 1 mile from Northallerton. Fo{ an account of 'the hospital, see Northalk SiPITAL-BRlDGE INN. in the township of Barton-le- Willows, and parish of Crambo; 7;. miles from Mai ion, I Of from York, 14 from Easin^wold. SPIT AL-HQ USE., in the township and parish of Eowes ; 7| miles frob' ... (tFestm.) 9 1 from Barnard castle, (Bur.) 11^ from Gretabridge. This house stands on the Roman military way, behind which Stainmore" rises ; the hills, and all around, i'crrr. a scene of barrenness and deformity. Here is a Roman camp, 300 yards square, with an intrench menf, supposed to have, been occupied by the 6th Legion, whose station was at York. Two gates on the north side are entire. The turnpike road leading from Bowes to Brough, was the Roman road. Rey-cross stands within the camp by the edge of the road, and seems to have been a Roman mile-stone, having a square tumulus fronting it on the opposite side of the way. — Gen. Roy's Military Antiquities. R-ilph de Multon founded here, before the year 1171, an hospital, called Rere-Cro?s Hospital, which was given to the Nunnery of Marrick, and continued parcel of their possessions till the dissolution. — Burton. It was granted 7th Edward VI. to William Buckton and Roger Marshall.— Mon. Anglia, — Gale's Appen. For a great number of years there was but one solitary Inn, Spital -house, to cheer the lonely traveller over the Stainmore's Wintry Waste, but withJu Gbete las* 20 vears another Inn has sprung up. SPITAL-HOUSE, NEW, in the township and parish of Bowes; SI miles from Brough, (Westm.) 10 from Gretabridge. SPRING-END, 2 h. in the township of Muker, and parish of Grin- ton ; 6 miies from Reeth and Askrigg. SPRING-HOUsJK, /. h. in the township and parish of Raskelf; 2 miles from fiasjngwold. SPROXTON, in the parish of Helmsley, wapentake of Rydale ; 1 mile from lielmsjey, 7 from Kirbymoorside, 16 from Maiton. — Pop. J 67. SPROXTON-COTE. /. h. in the township of Sproxton, and parish of Hehnslev : 2 miles from FTelmsIey. STADDLE-BRIDGE HOUSE, f.h. m the township and parish of East-Har!sey ; 7 miles from >»erthalierton, 9 from Stokesley. STAINS ACRE, in (fee township of Hawsker-with-Stainsacre, and parish of Whitby, wapentake of Whitby-Strand; (the seat of Jonathan Sanders.) 2 miles from Whitby, 19 from Scarborough. — Pep. included in Hawsker. N'SBY, 2 or 3f. h. in the township and parish of Stainton; 3 miles from Stockton, (Dur.) S.TA1NTON, a parish-town, in Vne west-division of Langbarugh ; (the residence of the Rev. John Gilpin) 4 miles from Stokesley and Stockton, (Dur.) 5 from Varm, 47 from York.— Pop. 356. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 51. 14s. 2d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. STAINTON, ham. in the township of JOiIf i rk>n-with-Staintoii, and parish of Downholme, wapentake of Hang- West • 5 miles from Leyburn, 7 from Middleham and Richmond. — Pop. included in Eilerton. JIO NORTH-RIDING.- STAINTON-DALE, a township, in the parish of Scalby, wapentake of Piokering-Lythe ; 8 miles from Scarborough, 13 from Whitby. — Pop. 294. In this dale was an hospital for knights hospitallers of St. John Baptist of Jerusalem, founded in the reign of King Stephen. Part of the dale, if not the whole, was the gift of one Henry, the son of Ralph. The grant was confirmed by the charter of Richard I. It was dissolved in 1540, and surrendered in 1541. The site of the chantry, where carved stones were lately found, is called Old Chapel; and the adjoining farm house, where the hospital has stood, is called Old Hull.— Younfs Whitby. STAINTON-G RANGE. /. k. in the township and parish of Stainton ; 4 miles from Stokesley. ■STAITHES, in the township and parish of Hinderwell, east-division of Langbarugk ; 10 miles from Redear, il from Whitby. 13 from Ouisbrpugfe Staithes is a considerahle fishing town, surrounded on all sides, except an opening to the sea, with immense hills and cliffs. In high tides, when accom- panied with strong northerly winds, the sea set so furiously in here, as to threaten destruction to the lower part of the town ; and it has, within a few years, swept away several houses. Fishing is the chief support of a great part of the inhabi- tants, for which purpose about fourteen five-men boats and fifty cobles are employed, and during the summer months, 150 tons of cod and ling are dried here every year ; and in the herring season fifteen five-men boats are fitted out at t his place for Yarmouth. STAKESBY. HIGH, in the township of Ruswarp, and parish of Whitby ; (the seat of John Blackburn, Esq.) 1 mile from Whitby. In the same township and parish is STAKESBY, LOW, (the seat of Abel Chapman, Esq.) \ a mile from Whitby. STALLING, or STALLION-BUSK, ham. in the township of of Bainbridge, and parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West ; 4 miles from Hawes, 5 from Askrigg, IS from Middieham. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 94/. Patron*- the Vicar of Aysgarth. STAMFORD-BRIDGE, in the parish of Gate-Helmsley, wapen- take of Buhner. — See East-Riding for further account. STANDARD-HILL, /. h. m the township of Brampton, and parish of Northallerton ; 3 miles from Northallerton. Here was fought in 1133, a bloody battle between the Scots, under the command of their king, David, and the English, commanded by Thurstan, Archbishop of York, (who, however, was left sick at Thirsk,) and many powerful northern barons. This has since been called the battle of the standard, from a long pole being erected upon a carriage, having on the top of it a silver crucifix, under which was suspended the banners of St. Peter, and St. Wilfred of Ripon, and above all, in a silver box was the consecrated wafer. — R. Haoll, J. H.AGU.L, X. SCRJPTORES. STANGHOW, in the parish of Skelton, east-division of Lang- barugh ; 4| miles from Guisbrough, 121 from Stokesley, 17 from Whitby. — Pop. included in Great-Moorsome. STANK-HALL, /. h. in the township of Winton, and parish of Sigston ; 2 1 miles from Northallerton. This was anciently the seat of the Lacelles, ancestors of the, present Earl o£ Harewood. Francis Lacelles died seized of Stank Hall, in 1624. His eldest Boti William resided here in 1612, and died in his father's life time. NORTH-RIDING, 111 STANWICK, ST. JOHN, a parish and township, in the wapen- take oi* Giliing-West; (the seat of Lord Prudhoe) 8 miles from Richmond, 9 from Darlington, (Dur.) 48 from York. — Pop. 59. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, 61. 13s. Ad. p. r. *10S/. lis. id. Patron, John Wharton, Esq. There is a singularity attending this church, of which it would be diffiailt to find a similar instance in England ; viz. there is neither glebe nor parsonage, nor site to build one on, even the freehold and right of herbage of the churchyard belongs to Lord Prudhoe, in right of his Kirkbridge estate; and the inhabitants of Stanwick have merely the right of burial. At Stanwick are the remains of some very extensive intrenchments called the Jack Dike Arches, the ramparts of which, in the field adjoining the church, cannot be less than five feet high. At no great distance from the parish church, is Stanwick Hall, for many generations the residence of the Smithsons, now of Lord Prudhoe ; Sir Hugh Smithson, the last of that name, having married the heiress of the house of Northumberland, by which marriage this estate came into that family. STAPLETGN, in the parishes of St. John Stanwick and Croft, wapentake of Giiling-East ; 2| miles from Darlington, (Dur.) II from Richmond. — Pop. 113. STAPE, 2 /. k. in the township of Pickering, and parish of Middle- ton ; 8 miles from Pickering. STARTFORTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Gilling- West ; (the seat of T. H. Hill, Esq.) 1 mile from Barnard castle, (Dur.) 3 from Gretabridge, 15 from Richmond, 56 from York. — Pop. 460. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, + 4/. Qs. \0d. p. r. *12S/. 195. Sd. Patron, Sir John Ramsden, Bart. STEARSBY, in the parish of Bransdby, wapentake of Buhner; 6 miles from Easing wold, 13 from Malton. — Pop. included in Bransdby. STEPNEY, in the township of Ruswarp, and parish of Whitby ; f of a mile from WhiCby, STILLTNGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buhner, liberty - of St. Peter ; (the seat of William Croft, Esq. and Stillington-Hall, the seat of Harry Croft, Esq.) 4 miles from Easingwold, 10 from York, 12 from Malton. — Pop. 698. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Nicholas, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, £4/. 155. 5d. Patron, the Prebendary of Stillington. STETTENHAM, in the parish of Sheriff-Hutton, wapentake of Bul- mer ; 9 miles from Malton and Easingwold, 12 from York. — Po- pulation 8 1 . The knightly family of Gower had anciently a seat here. Sir Allen Gower was sheriff for this county at the conquest, and from whom the present Marqtijs of Stafford, Earl Gower, Viscount Trentham, Baron Gower of Stettenham, is lineally descended. The present Baron Gower was created a Marquis in 17B6 The family of the Gowers has produced many persons of eminence, amongst whom, was the celebrated Sir John Gower, the poet, and cotemporary with Chaucer. STOCKTON-ON-THE-FOREST, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bulmer, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 4 miles from York, 11 from Easingwold, 14 from Malton,— Pop. 357. The Church, 1.12 NORTH-RIDING. peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Buhner, value, p. t. f]40L Patron, the Prebendary of Bugthorpe. STOKSSLEY, a market and parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh ; (the seat of the very Rev. ike Dean of Fork, and the Rev. Henry Hiiyard.) 8 miles from Guisbrough, 9 from Ton tine- Inn and Yarra, 10 from Stockton, (Bur.) 16 from North- allerton and Helmsley, 20 from Thirsk, 43 from York, 242 from London. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, Palm-sun-eve, Trinity Saturday, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, linen cloth, &c. first Saturday after Old Lamas-Day, for iinen cloth, Principal Inn, Black Swan. — Pop. 1897. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 30/. 6s. \0\d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. Stbkesley is a small and handsome town, but like Thirsk and Northaller- ton, the marketplace is disgraced in the centre, with old and wretched buildings . — HUTTON. STONEGILL-GATE, in the township of Glasedale, and parish of Danby ; 8 miles from Whitby. A few scattered houses. STONEGRAVE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Rydale; 5 miles from Helmsley, 7f from Kirbymoorside, IGf from Malton, ] 8 from York.— Pop. 1 77. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Rydale, value. 237. 6s. Sd. Patron, the King. In this church are three inscriptions, illustrative of the descendant of that learned divine Thomas Comber, D. T>. dean of Durham, whose son Thomas, resided at East Newton, in this parish. — The particulars may be met with in Nichols' Lit. Anecdotes. STONESDALE, EAST,/, h. in the township of Muker, and parish of Grin ton ; 1 3 \ miles from Reeth. STONESDALE, WEST, ham. in the township of Muker, and parish of Grinton*, 12 miles from Askrigg, 13 from Reeth. STONEY-CLOSE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Thirn, and parish of Thornton- Watlas ; 3 miles from Mashara, 4 from Bedale. STONE YKELD, s. k. in the township and parish of Bowes ; §§ miles from Barnard castle, {Dur.) 6 from Gretubridge. STORTHWAITE. 3 eels, m the township and parish of Egton; 8 miles from Whitby. STORTHWAITE-HALL, ham. in the township of Reeth, and parish of Grinton, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 2 miles from Reeth. STOUPE-8ROW, ham. in the township and parish of Eyiingdale, 8 miles from Whitby, 1 2 from Scarborough. STOUP-BROW-COTTAGE, (the seat of Sunderland Cook, Esq.) similarly situated. STREET-HOUSES, 3 /. h. in the township and parish of Loftus ; 9 miles from Guisbrough. STREET-HOUSE, f.h.m the township of Ainderby-Myers, and , parish of Hornby ; 3| miles from Catterick. STRENSALL, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Bulmer, liberty of St. Peter; 6 miles from York, 9 from Easingwold, 13 from Malton. — Pop. 378. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, £4/. 13s. id. Patron, the Prebendary of Strensail. NORTH-RlDlNGfi IIS STUDDOW, /. h. m tbe township of Burton-Constable, arid p^tish ofFingall; 2 1 miles from Ley burn. STURD Y-WOOD, f. h. in the township of Whaston, and parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth. SUETT-CARR. a few fi h~ in the township and parish of Sutton-on- the-Forest ; 6 miles from York, 8 from Easingwold. SUFFJELD, in the township of Suffield-witu-iiverley, and parrsbt of Hackness, wapentake of W hi toy-Strand ; 4 miles from Scar^ borough. 18 from Whitby, — Pop. including Everlev, 971 SUMMER-LODGE, f. hi in the township and parish of Grinton % | a mile from Reeth. SUNLE Y-HILL, /. h. in the township of Welburn, and parish of Kirkdale ; 3 miles from Kirbymoorside„ 6 from HetmUey. SUTTON, in the parish of Kirklington,' wapentake of Hallikekl; 5 1 miles from Ripon, 8 from Bedale, Thirsk, and Masham*-— Pop.- including Howgrave, J 22. SUTTON-Q.N-THE-FORP:ST, k pansMowtf, in the wapentake of Btilraer; (the seed of Lady Heir kind J 6 miles from Easingwold, 8| from York, 15 from Maiton. — Pop. 443. The Church is a vicar- age, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Banner, value, 1 1L 3s. id. Patron, the Archbishop of York: SUTTON-UNDER-'VVHITESTONECLIFF, in the parisli of Feliskirk, wapentake of Birdforth, liberty of Ripon ; (the seed of- Capt. Thrush, R. iV.)3| miles from Thrtrsk, 10£ from Heimsley, 14| from Ripon. — Pop. 325. This place appears to hava become part of the See of York in 1542, wheat the manors of Beverley, Southwell, house, called the Hehnitage, in TanSJeld wood, into a castle. Robert Marmion, the son of that John, and last of his line, gave the ca-tle and manor to his sister i\vice, on her marriage with Sir John Grey, of Ratherfield, on condition that thfir issue should assume the sirname of Marmion. Robert, their son, left an only daughter, Elizabeth, who marrying Henry, Lord Fitzhugh of Ravensworth, carried them once more into that fami- ly, from which they passed, in the 4th of Henry VIII. by the marriage of an heiress, into that of the Parrs. By the attainder of William Parr, Marquis of Northampton, they escheated to the crown, where they remained until the reign of James I. who granted tifierri, with other estates, to his favourite, Ed- ward, Lord Bruce of Kinross, in right of descent, from whom they are now enjoy- ed, by Charles Bruce Brudenell, Marquis of Ailesbury, who had a mansion in the parish, called Tanfield- Hat I, but which was pulled down in the year 1816-. Little now remains of Tanfvjld-Castle, except a lofty gateway, (a faithful drawing of which is given in Grose's Antiquities) divided only by a road, which runs through the village. Of the time of its demolition, little or nothing is known. Grose informs us, that tradition says, " when Tanfield-Castle was de- stroyed, the materials were purchased by several of the neighbouring gentry, and that the Earl of Exeter's house at Snape, and the seat of Wandisiords at Kirk- lington, were built with them." On a part of the site a new parsonage house has been erected, by the Rev. William Baines, the pre?ent rector. TELPHIT,/. h. in the township and parish of Ma*ske ; 7 miles from Richmond. TEMPLE, / k. in the township of Soulh-Cowton, and parish of Gilljng; 8 mi Irs from Northallerton, 9 from Richmond. TEMPLE-ROUSE, /. L in the township and parish of West- Wit- ton: 6 mi fes from Ley burn, 7 from Middleham. TERR1NGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buhner; 8 miles from Malton and Easingwold, 1 4 from York. — Pop. inclu- ding: Wigginthorpe, 617. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in thedeanry of Buhner, value, 23/. 18s. 6^/. Patron, the Rev. Robert Darley Waddilove, D. D. THACKBER-HOUSE, fih. in the township of Borrowby, and parish of Lvthe ; 10 miles from Whitby. THEAKSTONE, in the parish of Burneston, wapentake of Haili- keld ; (the seat of Edward Carter, Esq.) 3 miles from Bedale, 8 from Masham, 10 from Ripon. — Pop. 87. THEAKSTONE-GRANGE, /. h. in the township of Theakstone, and parish of Burneston ; 3| miles from Bedale. THIMBLEBY, in the parish of Osmotherley, wapentake of Aller- tonshire : 6 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Thirsk, 1 1 frbni Sfokeslev. — Pop. 200. About \ a mile above is THIMBLEBY-LODGE, (the seat of Richard IVilliam Christopher Peirse, Esq.) THIRKLEBY, HIGH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bivd- forth ; (Thirkleby-Hall, the seat of Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart.) 4 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Easirigwoid, 20 from York. — Pop. including Low-Thirkleby, 293, which together, form the town- J 16 N,OTtTH-RIDING, ship of Thirklebys-Ambo. The Church, (rebuilt by the }zte Sir Thomas Frankland, in 1722) is a vicarage, dedicated to All- Saints, in the deanry of Buimer, value, %%l. p. r. * 1 48/. 85. 3d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The family of the Franklands is of great antiquity, and probably came oyer with the conqueror. Their first settlement appears to have been at Ickeringill, in the parish of Skipton . In the early part of the year 1600, we find William Frankland, Esq. settled at Thirkleby,' He' was the first of the family that was advanced to the dignity of a baronet, in the year 1660. He married Arabella, daughter of Henry Belasyse, Esq. and grand-daughter of Thomas, Viscount Fauconberg. The present Baronet, the 6th, is lineally descended from Oliver Cromwell. He was brought up at Merton College, Oxford, and was High She- riff of this county in 1782. He married Dorothy, daughter of Sir William Smelt, by whom he had Henry, Robert, (Member of Parliament for Thirsk, ) Sarah, Amelia* and Mariane. THIRKLEBY, LO W, in the parish of Higb-Thirkleby. THIRLBY, in the parish of Feiiskirk, wapentake of Birdforth ; 5| miles from Tbirsk', 10 from Heimsiey. — Pop. 167. THIRN. in the parish of Thornton- Watlas, wapentake of Hang- East; 3 miles from Masbam, 41 from Beflale, 7 from x^iddleham. --rPop. 126, THIRS'K, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth; 9 miles from Northallerton, J from Easingwold, 1 1 from Borough- bridge (&.' Ripon, 12 from Tontine Inn, 14 from Masham, Bedale, & Heimsiey, 20 from Stokesiey and Yarm, 23 from York, 222 from London. — Market, jlotiday. — Fairs, Shrove- Monday, April 4 and 5, for horned cattle, sheep, leather, &c. Easter-Monday and VVhit- Monday, for woollen cloth, toys, &c. August 4 and 5, Oct. 28 and 29, for sheep horned cattle, and leather ; first Tuesday after Dec. 1 1, for horned cattle, leather, &c. — Principal Inns, Three-Tuns and Fleece. — Pop. 2,533. The Church," a handsome gothic edi- fice, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Buimer, value, p. r. 1*987. Patron, the Archbishop of York- It is generally supposed to have been built out of the ruins of the castle here, built by Roger de Mowbray. Thirsk is a borough by presription, and sent members to parliament, 23rd IJdvKard I. but made no other return till the last parliament ofEdwafd VI. The last contest, (there being only an account of two on record) was in 1672. The right of election is vested in the Burgage-holders of old Thirsk — number of votes, 50 — 49 of which are in the hands of Sir Thomas Frankland, Barf. who returns both Members.— The returning officer is the Bailiff. The election took place on St. James's Green, till 1818. Thirs^, which probably derives its name from the British words Tre, a town, and Is/c, a river or brook, is situated upon a small brook called Cod-becfc } or rather Cot-beck, from the British word Cottce, signifying woody, which separates the old from the new town. That part called the new town, stands near the site of an old castle, which formerly belonged to the powerful family of the Mowbrays. The moat and ramparts are still to be seen, at the west side of the town, but no vestige of the building remains. It was here that Koger de Mowbray began his rebellion against Henry II. and confederated with the King of Scotland, against his own sovereign ; the revolt however was sup- pressed, and this castle, -with many others, was demolished. In old Thirsk was an ancient chantry, dedicated to St. James, and founded by William de Mowbray, in the reign of Henry I. but'no appearance of its site isjrisible. - NORTH-RIDIXG. 117 THOLTHORP.E, in the parish of Alne, wapentake of Buhner, liberty of St. Peter; o miles from Easingwold and Borough- bridge, 13 from York. — Pop. 238. THOliALBY, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West; 41 miles from Askrigg, 7| from Ley burn, 9 from Mid* dleham.— Pop. 342. TrlORALDBY, /. h. in the township of Skutterskelfe, and parish of Stokesley ; 2 miles from Stokesley. THORESBY, in ihe township of Carperby, and parish of ^ysgarthr wapentake of Hang- West; 5\ miles from Ley burn, 6 from Middleham, Ilf from Richmond. Here was formerly a seat of the ancient family of Thoresby, and where it is said John Thoresby, Archbishop of York, was born ; he was grandson to Sir Hugh Thoresby of Thoresby, Knight, by Isabel, daughter of Sir Thomas le Grose of Suffolk, Knight. John Thoresby received his education chiefly at Oxford. He was made keeper of the great seal, by Edward IJJLin 1347, in which year he was created Bishop of St. Davids. From thence he was translated to Worcester, and in 1352 was elected to York. He died at Bishopthorpe, in 1373. It was in this Archbishop's time that the nice distinction was invented, of Primate of England and all England, between the sees of Canterbury and York. — Drake's Ebor. THORMANBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bulmer; 4 miles from Easing wold, 6 from Tfiirsk, 17 from York. — Pop. 118. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the .deanry of Bulmer, value, £$/. 2$.\\\d. Patrons, Lord Viscount Downe and Sir George Cay ley, Bart, alternately. THORNABY, in the parish of Stainton, west-division of Lang- barugh; 2 miles from Stockton, (Dur.) 4 from Yarm, 7\ from Stokesley, 12 from Guisbrough. — Pop. 197. The Chapel here is a perpetual curacy under Stainfon. TKORNBROUGH, in the township and parish of West- Tan Sold, wapentake of Haliikeld ; 6 miles from Masham and Ripon, 7 from Bedale. At Thornborouch, upon Thornborough Moor, (now enclosed) are three of those circular enclosures, which are attributed to the Danes and called camps. Th'ey lie in a line passing from north-west to south-east, about nine hundred yards distant from each other. The first thing observable is the outermost ring, which consists of a very small ditch ; about twenty-four paces from that is a mound of earth, not less than twelve or fourteen feet high, covered with sod, and sloping both outwardly and inwardly. At the foot of this, a terrace, fourteen paces broad, surrounds a very deep ditch, at least sixteen paces broad at top ; this encloses a circular area, smooth and even as could be formed, about one hundred and thirty-two yards in diameter. To this are two entrances exactly in the middle, and opposite to each other. These are cut through the dyke, and rill the ditch in that part to the. level of the area. One of these circles is very entire, the other has been injured by the plough ; the third, mentioned by Pennant, is now only to be discovered from the uneveuness of the field in which ' it has been situated. The perfe&t one must have been that which Pennant has so accurately described as above, and which was some years ago planted upon by the Earl of Ailesbury, by way of preserving it. It Is near Nostertield. These rings, Pennant calls Tilting Circles, and were used for the purpose of tilting or fighting duels in, a custom very prevalent among the northern nations. — See Pennant's Tour from Alston Moor to Harrogate. THORNBROUGH, /. k. in the township of Brougb, and parish of Catterick ; J \ mile from Catterick. 118 NO&TH-KIDING. Many Roman ooins have at different times been found here ; one of gold, with this inscription, " NERO IMP. CffiSAR," on the reverse, " JUPITER CUSTOS ; w and bases of old pillars, and brass pots full of Roman coins, mostly copper, but some of silver, have likewise been discovered here. — Camden. THOiiNBROUGH, 3/. h. a township, in the parish of South-Kil- vington * 3 miles from Thirsk, 8 from Northallerton .-—Fop. 27. THORNEY-BROW, ham. in- the township and parish of Fyling- dale; 8 miles from Whitby, VI from Scarborough. THORN-PARK, s. h. in the township of East-Ay ton, and parish of Seameir ; 5 miles from Scarborough. THORNS, ham. in the township of Muker, and parish of Grinfon ; 7 miles from Askrigg, 12 from Reeth. THORNTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering- Ly the; (the seat of Richard Hill, Esq.) 2 \ miles from Pickering, 9 from Malton, 1 6 1 from Scarborough, 27 from York. — Pop. 879. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Kydaie, value, 20/. Patron. Richard Hill, Esq. Here is an hospital, founded by Lady Viscount Lumley, in 1657 for 12 poor people, generally widows, each having a neat house of two apartments, with 10/. or upards, yearly. Lady Lumley also founded here at the same time, a Gram- mar-School, and endowed it with 30/. per annum, for a master " in holy orders" to teach in the school, and to read prayers in the Chapel. The amount of the eiv dowment is now 60/. a year, consisting of 10 acres of land at Thornton, and a stipulated salary of 45/. together with a house, garden, and school-house. THORNTON, ham. in the township and parish of Stainton ; 4 miles from Stockton, (Bar.) 4 \ from Yarm. THORNTON-BRIDGE, a township, in the parish of Brafferton ; wapentake of Haliikeld; 6' miles from Easingwold, 8 from Ripon. — Pop. 43. Here stood, till lately, a very ancient mansion of brick, lofty and spacious, successively the residence of the ancient families of Courtney, Nevile, and Strickland, of whom Sir Thomas Strickland was one of the Privy "Council to King James II. whose fortunes he followed into France, and died there— Hargrove. It is now, with some extensive farms adjoining, in the hands of the crown. About 6 or 7 years ago, a quantity of silver coins was found here, in remov- ing an old wall, chiefly of the reign of William and Mary, in 5s. and 2s. 6d. pieces. Mr Paley, the present tenant, sent them to government — value upwards of 40/. as old silver. Thornton-Bridge came to the Stricklands, by the marriage of Sir Walter Strickland, Knight, with Catharine, daughter of Sir Ralph Nevile, descended from a Sir Ralph, a son of Ralph Lord Raby." " The Stricklands forfeited Thornton-Bridge by being concerned in the rebellion of 1715." — Tunstal's Remarks. THORNTON-LE-BEANS, in the parish of North-Otterington, wapentake of A Uertonshire ; 3| miles from Northallerion, o| from Thirsk.— Pop. 247. THORNTON-LE-MOOR, in the parish of North-Otterington, wapentake of Birdforth ; (the seat of Thomas Beckett, Esq.) 5 miles from Northallerton and Thirsk, 8 \ from Bedale. — Pop. 294. On the north, side of this village are the remains of a chapel, built long be- fore 1652, when the moor-lahds were enclosed. THORNTON-LE-STREET, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Allertonshire; 3 miles from Thirsk, 6 from Northallerton, 26 from York. — Pop. 131. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to X0RTII-R1DING. 119 St. Leonard, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, ^4/. p. r. 78/. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Christ's Church, Oxford. ' Here the Rycknild street separated from the road leading to Catterick, and stretching in a direct line bv Sowerby crossed the Tees at Sockburn. — CiDE. THORNTON", f. h. in the township of Thornton-with-Baxby. and parish of Cox wold, wapentake of Birdforth ; 3 miles from Easing- wold. 10 from Thirsk. — Pop. including Baxbv, 70. THORNTON-RISEBROUGH, hi the parish" of Normanby, wa- pentake of Rydale ; 4 miles from Pickering", 5 from Kirbymoor- side.— Pop. 32. THORNTON-RUST, in the parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West ; 2 miles from Asfcrigg, 7 from Hawes, J 1 from Middleham.— Pop. 135. THORNTON-STEWARD, a parUh-town, in the wapentake of Hang- West; 6 miles from Ley burn, 7 from Bedale, 36 from York. — Pop. 265. The Church in a vicarage, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Catterick. diocese of Chester, value, £6/. 13s. J IK Patron, the Bishop of Chester. In 1S15, Mr. George Home, a native of this place, built a school house here, and endowed u with 10/. per annum, for ever. THORNTON-ON-THE-CLAY, in the parish of Foston, wapen- take of Bulmer ; 8 miles from Malton, 1 1 from York, 12 from Easinawold. — Pop. 173. THORNTON-W ATLAS, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- East ; (Thornton-Hall, the seat of Sir Edward Smith Dods- worth, Bart.) 3 miles from Bedale, 3| from xMasham, 37 from York. — Pop. 180. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. v, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 67. 10s. 10c/. Patron, AJark Milbank, Esq. About half way up the church steeple, a door on the right opens into a room with stone floor, four spaces square, in which is a fire-place and other conveniences. For what purpose this room has been nsed, the records of the church are silent. Probably as a watch tower, it having small windows in the sides. THORPE, in the township and parish of Fylingdale, wapentake of Whitby-Strand ; 6 miles from Whitby, la from Scarborough. THORPE, in the parish of Wyclifle, wapentake of Gi Hi ng- West; 2 miles from Gretabridge, 4 from Barnardcastle, (JDur.) 9 from Reeth, 1 1 from Richmond. THORPE-FIELD-HOUSES, 2f.L in the townships and parishes of Topcliffe and Thirsk ; 1 \ mile from Thirsk, 9| from Borough- bridge and Ripon. THORPE-PERROW, or THORPE-HALL, (the seat of Mark Milbank, Esq.) in the township of Snape, and parish of Well ; 2 miles from Bedale, 5 from Masham. THORPE-UNDER-STONE, in the parish of Catterick ; 4 miles from Richmond, 8i from Leyburn, 10| from Middleham. THRINTOFT, in the parish of Ainderby-Steeple, wapentake of Giiiing-East ; 3 miles from Northallerton, 5\ from Bedale, 14 from Richmond. — Pop. 165. 120 NORTH-RIDING. THROXENBY, or THROSTENTBY, in the parish of Seaiby, vr^ pancake of Pickering- Ly the ; 2 miles from Scarborough, i9 from Whitby. --Pop. 66. • THUNDERBUSH, $. h. m the township of Commondale, and parish of Kiidale ; 4 miles from Guisbrough. THURLSOE, /. h. in the tOvtnship and parish of Itackness ; 4\ miles from Scarborough. THWA1TE, ham. in the township of Maker, and parish of Grin- ton ; 6 miles from Askrigg, 9 from Reeth. TKWAITE-BRIBGE,/. h. in the township of High-Abbotside, and parish of Aysgarth; 4 miles from Hawes. THWAITE'S-HAJLL, /. h. in the township of Hunderthwaite, and parish of Romaldkirk ; 6 miles from Bamardcastle, (Duf.) THERNG-GARTH, /. k. in the township of Lunedale, and parish of Romaldkirk ; 1 miles from Bamardcastle, (Dur.) TITHE-HOUSE, /.■ h. in. the township and parish of Sinnington ; 2| miles from Kirbymoorside. TOCKETTS, see Plantation. TOLESB Y, ham. in the township and parish of Marlon, west-divi- sion of Langbarugh ; (Tohsby-HalU the seat of the late Thomas' Rudd y Esq.) 6 miles from Stokesley and Yarm. TOLLERTON, in the parish of Alne, wapentake of.Bulmer, liberty- of St. Peter; 4 miles from Easingwold, 7 from Borougbbridge, JO from York. — No Market. — Fair, August 15, for homed cattle and sheep. — Pop. 481. TONTINE-INN, in the township and parish of Arncliffe, west- division of Langbarugh ; 7 miles from Northallerton, 8 from Yarm, 9 from Stokesley, 12 from Thirsk. The foundation of this Inn, which was designed on an extensive and elegant plan, was laid on the 13th day of July, 1804, for the purpose of establishing a daily post between Thirsk, Guisbrough, Yarm, &c. for the accommoda- tion of the inhabitants of Cleveland, and which commenced on the 5th of Sep- tember following, was raised by subscription in the nature of a Tontine, called the Cleveland Tontine-Inn. — Graves' Cleveland. TOPCLIFFE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Birdforth, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from Thirsk, 7 from Bo- rougbbridge and Ripon, 12 from Northallerton, 24 from York. — No Market. — Fairs, July 17 and 18, for sheep, horses, horned cattle, &c— -Pop. 659. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Colomb, in thedeanry of Buhner, value, 19/. 19s. 2d. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. TopcHUe formerly denominated the Jordan of England, because, in the year 620, Agustin* aad Paul baptized in this river 10,000 men in one day, besides women and children. This took place somewhere between Topcliife and Hel- perby. Leland calls Topcliife " a pretty uplandish town" It is most remark- able for having been, in the olden time, the chief residence of the Percies, Earls of Northumberland. Their house was situated about half amiie south of the town,' the ruins of which are yet visible, and called " Maiden-bower." The following^ events appear to have taken place in this house and at Topcliffe. In 948, the states of Northumberland assembled here and took the oath of allegiance to King Edrcd, the west Saxon. In 1489, Henry, the 4th Earl of Northumberland, then Lord Lieutenant of the county, isras murdered in his mansion here, by ths NORTH-RIDING. 121 populace, whose minds were inflamed, in consequence of a heavy tax being levied by the parliament. Thomas Percy, the succeeding Earl, in 1569, took up arms against Queen Elizabeth, and was nearly taken in this house ; he was afterwards executed in 1572. In 1646, the Scotch army were quartered here and in the neighbourhood. Charles I. was a prisoner in this house, and a treaty was carried on for the sale of the King, between the Scots commissioners and a committee appointed by parliament, while he was kept a prisoner. It was agreed that the parliament should give 100,000^. which should be paid at Top- cliffe and the King delivered up, which was performed ; thus, it would seem, as if this was the only market in England for the sale of Kings.— Hutton. The Church was granted in 1206, by one of the Percy family to the See of York. Here is a free school well endowed, but by whom or when founded is not known. It is free for the parish, and the master's salary upwards of SOI. per annum. TOW THORPE, in the township of Huntington, and parishes of Strensall and Huntington, wapentake of Bulmer, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from York, 10 from Easingwold. — - Pop. 58. TRENHOLME, ham. in the township and parishof Whorlton; 8 miles from Stokesley, 1 from Yarm. TRINIAN, ST. s. h, in the township and parish of Easby; 1 mile from Richmond, 4 from Catterick. TRO UTS-DALE, a township, in the parish of Brompton, wapen- take of Pickering-Lythe ; 8 miles from Scarborough, 10 from Pickering, 1 7 from Whitby. — Pop. 45. TUNSTALL, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Hang-East; 2 miles from Catterick, 5 from Richmond, 7 from Bedale. — Pop. 253. TUNSTALL, ham. in the township of Nunthorpe, and parish of Great- Ayton; 3 miles from Stokesley, 8 from Stockton, (Dur.) TUPGILL, s. h. in the township of Coverham-with-Agglethorpe, and parish of Coverham ; 2 miles from Middleham. Training Ground for Race Horses. u UCKERBY, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Gilling-East; 4 1 miles from Catterick, 6 from Richmond. — Pop. 52. UGGLEBARNBY, in the parishof Whitby, wapentake of Whitby- Strand; 31 miles from Whitby, 17| from Pickering, 18| from Scarborough. — Pop. 428. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 48/. 2s. Patron, the Archbishop of York. UGTHORPE, in the parish of Lythe, east-division of Langbarugh; 7 miles from Whitby, 13 from Guisbrough, 18 from Stokesley.—- Pop. 275. UGTHORPE-RAILS and LODGE, 2/. h. in the township of Ugthorpe, and parish of Lythe; 8 miles from Whitby. ULSHAW-GRANGE and BRIDGE, ham. in the township and parish of East-Witton-within, wapentake of Hang-West*, 2 miles from INliddleham, 3 from Leyburn. UNION-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Pickhill •, 7 miles from Ripon and Bedale, 8 from Masham, 122 NORTH- RIDING. UNTHANK, /.. h. in the township of Holwick, and parish of Ro* maid kirk ; 9 miles from Gretabridge, 1 1 from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) UPLEATHAM, a parish-town, in tjie east-division of Langbarugh ; ( Upleatham-Hall, the seat of the Dowager Lady Dundas.J 3 miles from Guisbrough, 6 from Redcar, 14 from Stockton, 18 from Whitby, 54 from York.— Pop. 239, The Church, which stands at a little distance from the village, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. 651. Patron, the Archbishop of York. It was anciently a chapel Under Guisbrough, possessing parochial rights, till its augmentation by Queen Anne's bounty, when it became a perpetual curacy. Robert de Brus gave it to the priory there. UPSALL, EAST and WEST, 2 ham. in the township and parish of Ormesby ; 4 miles from Guisbrough, 6 from Stokesley. UPSALL, and UPSALL-CASTLE, in the parish of South-Kil- vington, wapentake of Birdforth ; 4 miles from Thirsk, 8 from Northallerton.— Pop. 1 18. The ancient family of Scropes had formerly a castle here; Sir Geoffrey le Scrope, Chief Justice of England in the reigns of Edward II. and Edward III. being Lord thereof. The last male branch of the Seropee who held this manor and castle, was the second Thomas, Lord Scrope, whose sister, Elizabeth, married Sir Ralph Fiizrandolph, and with her went the castle of Upsall. — ArchaoL vol. xvi* What little remains here, have been converted into a farm house and out-offices. In 1814 some remains of a round tower at the north-west corner were to be seen. It is now the property of Mr. Peters, bequeathed to him by the late Dr. Turton. UPSLAND, /. h. in the township and parish of Kirklington ; 7 miles from Ripon and Bedale, 8 from Masham. UPTON, 2f. h. in the township of Easington, and parish of Loftus, east-division of Lang-banish ; 8| miles from Guisbrough. URE," or YOREHEAD, the source of the river, in the parish of Ays. garth ; 10 miles from Hawes. See an account of its course under the head rivers and canals. VIEWLY-HILL, /. h. in the township and parish of Thornton-le- street ; 4 miles from Thirsk, 5\ from Northallerton. w WAIT WITH, s. L in the township of Hipswell, and parish of Cat* terick ; 2 miles from Richmond. W ALBURN, /. h. in the township of Downholme-with-Walburn, and parish of Downhol me; 3| miles from Leyburn, 5\ from Mid- dleham. 6 from Richmond.— -.Pop. included in Downhoime. W ALDEN, in the township of Burton- with- Walden, and parish of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West; 7 miles from Askrigg, 9 from Middleham. 11 from .Ley burn.— Pop. included in Burton. WALSGRAVE or FALSGRAVE.— See Falsgrave. WARNFGRD-CGTTAGE, in the township of Thoralby, and parish of Aysgarth ; 10 miles from Leyburn. WANLASS, 2f. £. in the township and parish of West-Witton; 3£ miles from Leyburn, 5 from Middleham. WARDERMARSK, in the township of Swinton, and parish of Masham, wapentake of Hang-East, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 2 miles from Masham, 4 from Bedale. NORTH-RIDING 123 WARLABY, in the parish of Ainderby-Steeple. wapentake of Gilling-East ; Z\ miles from Northallerton, 61 from Bedale.— Pep. 97. WARREN HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Ellington, am 1 , parish of Masham ; 3 miles from Masham. WARTHILL, a parish town in the wapentake of Buhner, a part in the liberty of St. Peter, {the scat of Benjamin Agar. Esq.) 5 miles from York, 12 from Easingwold, 14^ from Malton. — Pop. 38. St. Peter, 11 5, totall53. The Church, peculiar, rs a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Buhner, value $BL is. 8;/. p. r. fl20/. Patron, the Prebendary of Warthill. WASHFOLD, /. k. in the township of Hqfst, and parish of Marrick 1 ; 7 miles from Leyburn, 8 from Richmond. WASS, in the township of Byland-Membris, and parishes of Low- Kilburn and Coxwoid ; 6 miles from Kelmsley, 10 from Thirsk. * WATH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hailikeld; A\ miles from Ripon, 8 from Thirsk and Boroughbridge, 9 from Masham, 25 from York.— Pop, 186. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value 17/. 175. id. Patron, the Marquis of Ailesbury. Here is a school founded in 1690, by Peter Saniwaise, who endowed it with lands at Bellerby, value 70/. per annum. Five pounds per annum is also paid to the master by Trinity College, Cambridge, out of an estate at Middleton-Quern- how ; this college also pays a donation of 10/. per aunum. Here is also an alms house, built 169S, and endowed by the above Peter Samwaise, containing rooms for two poor persons, who receive 21. 14s. p°r annum, the interest of 60/. WATH, a township, in the parish of Hovingham, wapentake of Rydale; S miles from Malton and Helmslev, 8| from Kirbymoor- side.— Pop. 22, W ATLAS, see Thornton- Wat las. WAUPLEY, in the township and parish of Loftus; east-division of Langbarugh ; 10| miles from Guisbrough, 12 from Whitby. WAUPLEY NEW-INN, in the township and parish of Loftus; 9| mile? from Guisbrough, 11 1 from Whitby. WAYWORTH, /. h. in the township of Coin monJ ale, and parish of Kiidale : 5 miles from Guisbrough, 8 from Stokesley, WELBURN, in the parish and wapentake of Bulmer ; 5\ miles from Malton, 14 from Easingwold and York. — Pop. 352. WELBURN, in the parish of Kirkdale, wapentake of Rydale; (IVelburn-Hall, the seat of the late Rev. John Robinson) 1 \ mile from Kirbymoorside, \\ from Helmsley. — Pop. 112. WELBURY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of BirdfortTi ,• 7 miles from Northallerton, 9 from Yarm, 39 frora York. — Pop. 257. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Leonard, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 7/. 2s. \\d. Patron, the King. WELD ALE,/, h. in the township and parish of Ebberston ; 7 miles from Pickering, 11 from Scarborough, 13 from Malton. WELL, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang-East; (the seat of Richard 8trangways, Esq.) 3 miles from Masham, 4 from Bedale, 9 from Ripon, 31 from York.— Pop. 370. The Church 124 NORTH-RIDING. is a vicarage, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, $8/. 135. Id. p. r. 63/. ,6s. Patron, the Master of Well Hospital, Charles Chaplin, Esq. Ralph Nevile, Knight, Lord of Middleham, founded here, in 1342, an hospital, and established therein, one master, two priests, and twenty-four poor infirm people. — DucrDALE. WENSLEY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- West; If mile from Leyburn, 3 from Middieham, 46 from York.— Pop. 317. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to the Holy-Trinity, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, valae, 49/. 9*. 9^d. Patron, Lord Bolton. King- Richard II. licensed Richard le Scrope de Bolton, to erect the parish church here into a college, to consist of one master, and as many fellow chaplains and other ministers as he should think fit, and to endow it with 1507. per annum. — DUGDALE. WESTENBY, in the township and parish of Egton. WEST- FIELD, in the township of Mickleton, and parish of Ro- maldkirk ; 8 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) WEST-LEES, /. h. in the township and parish of Whorlton ; 5\ miles from Stokesley. WETRAIN, or WHEATRAIN, /. h. in the township -of Snape, and parish of Well ; 2 miles from Bedaie. WESTERDALE, in the parish of Stokesley, east-division of Lang- barugh; 10 miles from Guisbrough, 1 1 from Stokesley, 16 from Whitby. — Pop. 281. Here is a Chapel under Stokesley, With parochial rights, and served by a stipendiary curate. WEST-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Kildale: 4§ miles from Guisbrough, 7| from Stokesley. WHASHTON, in the parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 4 miles from Richmond, 8 from Gretabridge, 12 from Barnardcastle, (Bar.) — Pop. 140. WHASHTON-SPRING, /. h. in the township of Whashton, and parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth ; 3 miles from Richmond. WHAW, in the township and parish of Arkengarthdale, wapentake of Gilling-West ; 5 miles from Reeth. WHEAT-CROFT, 2/. h. in the township and parish of Scarborough ; 1 mile from Scarborough. WHENRY. a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buhner ; 7 miles from Easingwold, 12 from Malton, 13 from York. — Pop. 129. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Martin, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, %il. 8s. id. p. r. flZQL Patron, William Garforth, Esq. WHITBY, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Whitby - Strand ; (Whitby- Abbey, the seat of George Ckolmley, Esq.) within | a mile of Whitby are the following seats; Airy-Hill, Richard Moorsom, Esq. .'Meadow-Field* Henry Simpson, Esq. Field-House, Christopher Richardson,. Esq. 20 miles from Scarborough, 21 from Pickering and Guisbrough, 22 from Redcar, 28 from Stokesley, AS from York, 245 from London. — Market, Saturday.— Fairs, August 25, (St. ■ Hilda's-day^: and Martinmas-day, for pedlary- ware, &c. — Bankers, Messrs. Simpson, Chapman, & Co. draw on NORTH-RIDING. Ij£& Messrs. Barclay, Tritton, & Co. 5i, Lombard-Street; Messrs. J. & J. Sanders, draw on Messrs. Masterman, Peters, & Co. 2, White-hart Court, Lombard -Street ; Messrs. Richardson, Holt* & Co. draw on Messrs. Curtis, Robarts, & Co. 15, Lomfcard- Street.— Principal Inns. Angel, Golden-Lion, and KingVHead. — Pop. 8,697. The Church, a specimen of the early Norman architecture, which intervened between the Saxon and Gothic, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r. 501. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The opulent town of Whitby, anciently called Strenshall, or Streanshalle, owes its origin to a famous abbey, which was begun here in 657, for men and women of the Benedictine order, and endowed by Oswy, King- of Northumber- land, though the honour is generally given to St. Hilda, the first prioress, and dedicated to St. Peter. This abbey flourished till 867, when a party cf Danes landed at Dunsley- Bay, the Dumis Sinus of Ptolemy, plundered the country around ; and amongst other depredations, entirely destroyed the monastery, which laid in ruins till after the conquest; when William the Conqueror gave a large tract of land in the county to Hugh, Earl of Chester, who granted ail or most of it to William de Percy, who re-edified and restored the priory; in which state it remained till the reign of Henry I. when it was advanced to the dignity of an abbey lor Benedictine monks. — Bede— Gi lielm Malms— Burtox. In the 26th of Henry VIII. the yearly revenues of this house were estimated at 437/- 25. 9(L Dugdale, and 505/. 9s. \d. Speed. The site was granted to John, Earl of Warwick, by whom, in 1551, it was sold to John York, and by him to Sir Richard Cholmley, Knight, ancestor of the present proprietor. The situation is on a high clifie, washed by the ocean, and the remains of this once magnificent abbey show it to have been, when complete, a large and magnificent structure. The abbey appears, says Grose, " to have been built when the pointed arches were first introduced, and before the round ones were entirely left off." For au account of the legend of the murder of the Hermit of Eskeaaleside, bv^ome gentlemen hunting the wild boar, and the penance enjoined them.— See History cf / 17/ it by. The ammonite, or snake stones, with many other petrifactions have been found here ; the most remarkable on record are, a complete skeleton of a man, found by Mr. Berwick, about the year ,17-13. In 1/58, the petrified bones of a crocodile were taken out of the cliff, which were sent to the Royal Society. — J'ide Philos. Transactions, volume 50, purl 2. The petrified bones of a horse at the depth of 30 yards under grouud, sent cothe University of Aberdeen in 1762. —Cfiarlton's History of Whitby. Whitby, in 1540, according to Charlton's account; contained not more than 200 inhabitants; and during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, there does not appear to have been either ship or vessel belonging to this port, except fishing boats. In a commercial point of view, Whitby now exhibits much importance. In 1811, there were 211 ships belonging to this port, measuring 36,988 tons ; and the whole number of vessels built here from 1800 to 1816, appears to have been 331. The success of its whale fishery, in which many large ships are employed, has been of immense benefit not only to the owners, but to the inhabi- tants at large. In 1753, only two ves-els employed in this lucrative trade sailed from this port for Greenland. In some years since that time, from 20 to 25 ships have been fitted out for Greenland and Davis' Straits fisheries ; and within the last 14 years, upwards of 1,440 whales have been obtained. — Fvr mare minute account of this place, see Young's Hist, of Whitby. \Y HIT BY-STRAND, a wapentake, is bounded on the east by the German-Ocean, on the south and west by Piekering-JLythe, and On the north by Langbarugh and the Sea. — The liberty and wapen- take are co-extensive, of which George Cholrnley, Esq. of Hpw&h&ra, is Lord and Chief Bailiff. It contains only one market-town, 126 NORTH-RIDING. Whitby, which gives name to the wapentake, 13 townships, 4 of which are parishes, 2,671 inhabited houses, and 14,916 inhabitants. WHIT ASIDE, in the township and parish of Grinton; 3§ miles from Reeth, 7 from Leyburn. A few scattered houses. WHITFIELD-GILL, which divides the townships of Low-Abbot- side and Askrigg, wapentake of Hang- West, remarkable for its beautiful Waterfall, called " TVhitfield-Force." WHIT WELL, in the parish of Catterick, wapentake of Cilling- East ; 5 miles from Catterick, 8 from Richmond, 9 from Northal- lerton.— Pop. 99. WHIT WELL, extraparochial, in the wapentake of Buhner ; (WkiU well-House, the residence of the Rev. Danson Richardson Ciirrer) 6 miles from Malton, i2 from York. — Pop. 182. The inhabitants generally attend .Crambe church, they also marry, bury, and baptize there. In the pleasure grounds near Whitweil house, is a Well of remarkably clear water, from which the town derives its name. WHITCLIFFE-SCAR, in the township and parish of Richmond. WHITE-THORN-HOUSE, /. &. in the township and parish of Salton, WHITE-HOUSES, 2 -p. h. in the township and parish of Easing- wold ; 1 mile from Easingwold. WHORLTON, a parish-town, in the west-division of Langbarugh ; 5 miles from Stokesley, 11 from Northallerton and Yarm, 37 from York. — Pop. 583. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to the Hoiy-Cross, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, p. r, 52/. 9s, Patron, the Marquis of Ailesbury. Here are the ruins of a castle, which formerly belonged to the Barons Meinill ; Leland says, " this was the principal house of the Lord Menell ; which sence came to master Strangways in particion." Within the church, on the north side of the chancel, in an arch of the wall, is an ancient monument of Sir Nicholas de Meynill.— Graves. At what time this castle was rendered untenable is not know; in Camden's time it was old and ruinous. Nicholas de Meynill held the mra**f of Whorlton, in the township of Snainton, and parish of Brompton ; 10 miles from Pickering and Scarborough. WIGGINTHORPE, (the seat of William Garforth, Esq.) in the township of Terringion-with-Wigginthorpe, and parish of Ter- rington, wapentake of Bulmer ; 8 miles from Easingwold, 9 from Malton, 15 from York. — Pop. included in Terrington. WIGGINTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bulmer, liberty of St. Peter ; (the residence of the Rev. William Deattry,) 4 miles from York, 9 from Easingwold, 18 fromMalton. — Pop. 309. The Church, peculiar, is a rectory, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, 14/. 13s. 4d. Patron, the King. The ecclesiastical jurisdiction of this parish is in the peculiar of Alne and Tollerton ; the commis3ary of which institutes to the living. _ NORTH-RIDING. 127 WILDEN-G RANGE, 3 /. h. a township in the parish of Coxwoid, wapentake of Birdforth, liberty of Ripon ; 7 miles from Thirsk and Easingwoid, 8 from Helmsley. Pop. 29. WILTON, in the parish of Ellerburn, wapentake of Pickering- Lytbe; 4 miles from Pickering, 10 from Malton. — Pop. 203. WILTON, a parish-town, in tbe east-division of Langbarugb ; (Wilton-Castle, the seat of the Hon. John Lowther) 4 miles from Guisbrough, \Q\ from Stakesiey and Stockton, (Dur.) 54 from York. — Pop. 405. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of Cleveland. Patron, the Hon. John Lowther. The Church was anciently a chapelry within the parish of Kirkleatham, but the chapel seems not to have been dependant on that church. — Graves. The castle here belonged formerly to the ancient family of the Bulmers, and in which it continued till Sir John Bulmer, Knight, the last possessor of that family, engaging in the northern insurrection, called the Pilgrimage of Grace, was attainted for high treason, when this and other estates were forfeited to the crown. Till within these few years, there were some remains of its for- mer grandeur, but the tower being in a very ruinous state, it was taken down, and a new edifice, in the same style of building, erected on its site, by the present proprietor. Near the centre of the village, are the remains of St. Ellen's chapel, founded, according to Toir, by Sir William Bulmer, 23rd Henry VIII. for two priests to say mass for the soul9 of hirn and his wife, with stipends, one 4/. 10s. and the other 41. per annum, to be paid by the churchwardens of Kirk- leatham, out of lands for that purpose, and also for the support of four poor men and four poor women. — Graves. WINTERINGS, 2 or 3 /. h. in the township of Melbeeks, and parish of Grinton ; 6 miles from Reeth, S from Askrigg. WINTERLOVV-HILL, /. h. in the township of Colbum, and parish of Catterick ; 3 miles from Catterick and Richmond. WINTON, in the parish of Sigston, wapentake of Allertonshire; 3 miles from Northallerton, 13 from Stokesley. — Pop. 138. WISE-HILL, 2 /. h. in the township of Lunedale, and parish of Romaldkirk ; 1 2 miles from Barnardcastle, (Dur.) 1 5 from Gieta- bridge* WITTON, EAST, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- West; 2 miles from Middleham, 4 from Leyburn, 8 from Masham, 41 from York. — No Market. — Fairs, May 3, and November 20, ("established in 1819) for horned cattle, sheep, and horses, Novem- ber 23, for pedlary-ware. The Church, a handsome modern struc- ture, built by the Earl of Ailesbury, in 1809, is a vicarage, dedi- cated to St. Ella, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, 51. 3s. 6|rf. p. r. 11 W. Patron, the Marquis of Ailesbury. East-Witton is divided into two townships, called East-Witton parish within, and East-Witton parish without ; population of the former being 444, and the latter, 303. WITTON, WEST, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Hang- West ; 4 miles from Leyburn, 5 from Middleham, 12 from Rich- mond, 46 from York. — Pop. 519. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. 75/. Patron, Lord Bolton. The Church of West-Witton was early bestowed on the house of Jerveaux, but never appropriated. In an ancient taxation of the archdeaconry of Rich- 12f8 NORTH-RIDING. mond, S, D. it is classed among the chapels, and subject only to the payment of i i i s. for Peter pence. It was,however, dependant on no other church, and though now endowed as a perpetual curacy only, is strictly parochial. — Whitakek, WOODEN-CROFT, (an Academy) in the township of Hunderth- waite, and parish of Romaldkirk; 6 miles from Barnardcastle, (Bur J 9 from Gretabridge. WOODALE, or WOOD-DALE, ham. m the township of Carlton- high-dale, and parish of Coverham ; 9| miles from Middleham. WOOD ALE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Ugthorpe, and parish of Lythe; 9 miles from Whitby, 12 from Guisbrough. WOOD-HALL, in the township of Askrigg, and parish of Ays- garth ; (the seat of Christopher Alder son, Esq.) if mile from Askrigg, 12| from Middleham. 'WOOD-END, (the seat of Samuel Crompton, Esq.) in the township and parish of Thornton- le-Street ; 4 miles from Thirsk, 6 from Northallerton. WOOD-END-LODGE, ,/. h. in the township of Bainbridge, and parish of Aysgarth; '3| miles from Hawes. WOODLANDS, (the seat of Henry iValker Yeoman, Esq.) in the township of Aislaby, and parish of Whitby ; 4 miles from Whitby. WGOL-KNOWLE, /. h. in the township and parish of Hoving- hftffr; \S miles from Helmsley and Kirbymoorside. WOMBLETON, in the parish of Kirkdale, wapentake of Rydale, a part in the liberty of St, Peter ; %\ miles from Kirbymoorside, 4 from Helmsley, 14 from Malton. — Pop. 265; St. Peter, 22; total, 287. WOMMERGILL-HALL, (a Shooting-box of the Earl of Strath* more) in the township of Lunedale, and parish of Romaldkirk ; 14 miles from Barnard castle, (Bur.) 17 from Gretabridge. WORSALL, HIGH, in the parish of Northallerton, wapentake of Aifertonsfaire J* 4 miles from Yarm, 12 from Northallerton. — Pop, 154. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f 40/. Patron, the Vicar of Northallerton. WORSALL, LOW, or PEIRSEBURGH, in the parish of Kirk- lev ington,' west-division of Langbarugb ; 3 miles from Yarm, 13 from Northallerton.— Pop. 217. Here was an ancient fishery on the river Tees, which was given by Gilbert Hah sard to the abbey of Rivaulx ; this fishery with a cottage and parcel of ground adjoining, called Batt Ings, canie afterwards into the possession of Major Nor- ton, who sold the same 33rd Charles II. tp George Mar wood Esq.— Graves. WORTON, ham. in the township of Bainbridge, and parish of Ays- garth ; 1 mile from Askrigg, 5 from Hawes, 12 from Ley burn. WRELTON, in the parish of Middleton, wapentake of Pickering- Lythe ; 3 miles from Pickering, 5 from Kirbymoorside, 12 from Malton.— Pop. 193. WYCLIFFE, k parish, in the township of Thorpe, wapentake of Gilling-West; ( Wy cliff e- Hall, the seat of Mrs Constable, and the JRectory, the residence of the Rev. John Headlam)%\ miles from Greta- bridge, 5 from barnardcastle, (Bur.) 10 from Richmond, 53 from York. — The Church is a rectory, in the deaiiry of Richmond. fcORTH-RJDlXG. 129 diocese of Chester, value, 14/. 12a Id. Patron, Francis Constable, Esq. Here was bora in 1324, that celebrated English divine, John cle Wycliffe or Wickliffe, the first champion of protestanism. He bravely withstood the encroachments of the Mendicant orders, at length attacked the tenets of the church of Rome, and had the good fortune to die in peace, in 1384, leaving his bones for his adversaries to wreak their revenge on, twenty-eight years after, by taking them up and burning them to ashes, — Pennant. Leland says, that " John Wiclife, htereticus, was borne at Spreswell, a poore village a good myle from Richemont," probably Hipsweil, as there is no such place now as Spreswell in the neighbourhood. In the parsonage house is a fine portrait of Wickliffe, by Sir Antonio More, given by Dr. Zouch, when rector of this parish, to his successors, the rectors of Wycliffe, who are requested to preserve it as an heir-loom to the rectory house, Whitaker* On the 11th October, 1790, died at Wyclifle Hall, Marmaduke Tunstall, Esq. F. R. and A. S. S. In the privacy of an elegant retirement, he was a most munificent patron of learning, being ever ready to encourage and reward merit. His knowledge was uncommonly extensive. He corresponded with most of the learned men of his country, and with many foreigners of distinguished character in the republic of letters. Great as his literary abilities were, he possessed more valuable accomplishments ; a sweet affability of dispositiqn, an engaging urbanity of manners, an enlarged liberality of thought; he was all mildness and benevolence. His deeds of charity were many ; he was literally the poor man's friend. WYCOMB, 3 or 4 h. in the township and parish of Old-Malton, wapentake of Rydale ; 2| miles from New Malton. WYKEHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Pickering- Ly the; 7 miles from Scarborough, 1 1 from Pickering, 1 5 from Malton, 33 from York. — Pop. 582. The Church, a donative, is a rectory, (Bacon styles it a curacy, of the certified value of 20/.) dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Rydale. Patroness, the Hon. Mrs Langley. About | a mile from Wykekam, and in the same township and parish is WYKEHAM- ABBEY, (the seat of the Hon. Mrs Langley) Here Pain Fitz-osbert de Wickham, about the year 1153, built and endowed a priory of Cistercian Nuns, to the honour of the Virgin Mary and St. Helen, At the dissolution there were in it nine religions. Valued at 251. 17*. 6d. per annum.— Dugdale — Speed. Nothing remains of this venerable Gothic structure except part of its north-end wall and its chapel. — Hinderweel. Near to Wykeham is a fine large sheet of water, containing abundance of fish, over which is an iron bridge, erected by Richard Langley, Esq. in 1802. WYKEHAM-GRANGE, /. h. in the township and parish of Wyke- ham ; 8 miles from Scarborough, 1 1 from Pickering, YAFFORTH, in the parish of Danby-Wiske, wapentake of Gilling- East; 1| mile from Northallerton, 15 from Richmond. — Pop* 149. Here is a Chapel of ease to Danby. YARM, a market and parish-town, in the west-division of Lang-- barugh, (a small part in Allertonshire) (the Friarage^ the seat of Thomas Meynell, Esq.) 4 miles from Stockton, (Dur.) 8 from Tontine-Inn, 9 from Stokesley, 10 from Darlington, (Dur.) 14 from R 130 KORT'H-RlDING. Guisbrough, 16 from Northallerton, 20 from Thirsk, 21 fro Richmond, 43 from York, 242 from London. — Market, Tbur day. — Fairs, Thursday before April 6 : Holy-Thursday ; August 2, October 19 and 20, for homed cattle, horses, sheep, and cheeses. — Principal Inn, George and Dragon. — Pop. 1,504. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, in the deanry of Cleveland, value, 38/. 35. 6d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The Church is a neat modern structure, rebuilt in 1730 ; the east window, erected in 1796, is composed of stained glass, executed by the late Mr William Peckett of York ; the principal figure in this beautiful window, is a full length representation of Moses, delivering the Law from Mount- Sinai. Here was an hospital dedicated to Saint Nicholas, founded by one of the family of Brus, before the year 1185. It continued till the time of Henry VIII. when, it was valued at 5 J. per annum. Alan de Wilton was a benefactor to this hospital, end granted them lands at Hooton, (Hutton-juxta-Rudby,) and Mydleton, to hold at a yearly rent of two marks. — Dugdalb — Tanner. Here was also a house of Black Friars, 6aid to have been founded by Peter de Brus, who died in 1240. It was surrendered by Miles Wilcock, the Prior, in December, 1 539.— Wilms. A Free Grammar-School was founded at this place, by letters patent of Queen Elizabeth, bearing date July 7, 1688 ; and endowed by Thomas Conyers of Eggles- cliffe, Durham, Gent, with 91. 4s. payable out of his lands and houses at Yarm and Darlington. In addition to the original endowment, the late William Cha- loner, a native of this place, left in 1801, to the schoolmaster, for ever, the sum of 400^. 3 per cent, consuls, for educating, &c. eight poor children of the parish. He also left 30/. in trust to the Minister and Churchwardens for the repair of the Grammar School, which was expended in 1802.— Carlisle's Grammar Schools. The old bridge over the Tees at Yarm, having, in 1802 become dangerous to passengers, it was ordered to be taken down, and a new one to be erected upon or near its site, of one iron arch, which formed a segment circle of 180 feet span. The work was let by proposal for 8,000^. but in 1805, when nearly com- pleted, the abutments gave way, and it fell with a tremendous crash. Soon after- wards an elegant stone bridge was erected, which will most probably outlive any of the iron bridges in the kingdom. YEARBY, or YERBY, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkleatham, 3 miles from Redcar, 4 from Guisbrough. YEARSLEY, in the parish of Coxwold, wapentake of Birdforth; 4 miles from Easingwold, 8 from Helmsley, J 4 from Thirsk. — Pop. 170. YEARSLEJY-BURTON, /. h. in the township of Yearsley, and parish of Coxwold ; 5 miles from Easingwold. YOADWATH, in the township of Hutton-le-Hole, and parish of Lastingham *, 2 miles from Kirbymoorside. A Mill and two houses. YORE-MILL, and YORE'S-BRIDGE, in the township and parisn of Aysgarth, wapentake of Hang- West ; 4 miles from Askrigg, 7 from Leyburn, 8| from Middleham. In 1601, a Free Grammar School was founded and endowed here by An- thony Beeson, with a bouse situated at York. This school is open indefinitely to the children of the four small villages in its vicinity, free of expence, for the classics only. Yoresbridge school is pleasantly situated upon the banks of the river Ure, nearly in the centre of Wensleydale, so justly celebrated for the "beauty of its scenery, the fertility of its soil, and the salubrity of its air .^- Boys* 70 or *80, rarely under 50.— Carlisle's Grammar ScA?ote. NQRTH-RIDING. J3l YORK-GATE INN, in the township of Melmerby, and parish of Wath, wapentake of Hallikeld; 5 miles from Ripon, 6 from Thirsk, 7 from Boroughbridge, 9 from Bedale. The Magistrates for the wapentake hold their meetings here, and at the New-Inn, alternately. YOROSCOTE, /. h. in the township of Low- Abbotside, and parish of Aysgarth ; 1 mile from Askrigg, 6 from Hawes. YOULTON, in the parish of Alne, wapentake of Bulmer ; 5 milesr from Easingwold, 7 from Boroughbridge, 12 from York.— Pop. 56. 1*32 NORTH-RIDING. Lord Lieutenant and Gustos Rotulorum 9 GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK, DUKE OF LEEDS. Vice-Lieutenant, TURNER STRAUBEN^EE, Esq. Sfennithornk. ACTING MAGISTRATES. Right Hon. Lawrence Lord Dundas, Marske Hall, Guisbrough Right Hon. Earl Tyrconnel, Kiplin, Catterick Hon. and Rev. Thomas Lawrence Dandas, . Aske Hall, Richmond Hon. and Rev. Thomas Monson, Bedale Hon. Thomas Dundas, Marske Hall, Guisbrough Sir William Strickland, Bait Boynton, Bridlington Sir William Foulis, Bart Ingleby Manor, Stokesley The Rev. Dr. Markham, Stokesley The Rev. Dr. Waddilove, Ripon The Rev. Dr. Scott, Catterick Agar, Benjamin, Esq Brockfield, York Anderson, William John, Esq Swinethwaite, Bedale Atkinson, the Rev. Richard Mosley, Gilling, Richmond Aylmer, Arthur, Esq Walworth Castle, Darlington Barrett, Samuel B. M. Esq Carlton, Richmond Barstow, Thomas, Esq Skipton Bridge, Thirsk Bell, John, Esq Thirsk Bell, John, Esq . . . . ^. . . Scarborough Belasyse, Thomas Edward Wynn, Esq Newburgh Park, Easingwold Blanshard, Richard, Esq Northallerton Bowes, the Rev. Timothy F. F. Wold Cottage, Sledmere Bouyer, the Rev. Reynold Gideon, Northallerton Brewster, the Rev. John, Egglesciiife., Stockton Candler, Thomas, Esq ,.... West Ay ton, Mai ton Cayley, the Rev. Arthur, . Normanby, Kirbymoorside Cayley, Cornelius, Esq. Sowerby, Thirsk Chaloner, Robert, Esq Yor& Chaytor, William, Esq Croft, Darlington Ghaytor, John Clervaux, Esq Clifton Lodge, Bedale Collins, the Rev. Thomas, Barningham, Gretabridge Comber, the Rev. Thomas, Oswaldkirk, Helmsley Consett, Warcop, Esq Brawith Hall, Thirst Croft, Harry, Esq Stillington, York Crompton, Samuel, Esq. Wood End, Thirs/fc Currer, the Rev. Danson Richardson, Whitwell, York Coore, Foster L. Esq. Hawxwell, Ley burn. Dealtry, the Rev. William, . Wiggington, York Dent, the Rev. William, Crosby Hall, Northallerton Duncombe, Charles, Esq Dnncombe Park, Helmsley Buncombe, William, Esq , Duncombe Park, Helmsley Ellis, the Rev. John, Strensall, York Elsley, Gregory, Esq. Burneston, Boroughbridge Favell, James, Esq Faceby, Stokesley Flounders, Benjamin, Esq. Yarm Foulis, John Robinson, Esq Heslerton, Malton Fowle, the Rev. Thomas Hartland, North Otterington, Northallerton Fowler, David Burton, Esq Yarm Gilby, the Rev. John, Beverley Gilpin, the Rev. John ; Stainton, Stockton NORTH-RIDING. 133 Guise, the Rev. Powell C _ . Crake, Easingwold Harrison, John, Esq Guisbrough Hartley, George, Esq. . . * Middleton Tyas, Richmond Headlam, the Rev. John, Wyclifle, Gretabridge Hewgill, Henry, Esq Hornby Grange, Northallerton Hill, Richard, Esq Thornton, Pickering Hotham, William, E--q Highthorne, Easingwold Jackson, William Ward, Esq Normanby, Guisbrough Lau'son, Marmaduke, Esq Boroughbridge Mitchelson, Thomas, Esq Pickering Monson, the Rev. John J. T Bedale Moorsom, Richard, Esq Whitby Moorsom, William, E-q Scarborough Moorsom, Richard, Jun. Esq Whitby Morley, the Rev. Thomas Wilson, Kirklington, Boroughbridge Morley, Josias R. Esq Marrick Park, Richmond Morritt, John Bacon Sawrey, Esq Rokeby Park, Gretabridge Newton, the Rev. Thomas/ Coxwold, Easingwold Newton, the Rev. Benjamin, Wath, Ripon Peirse, Richard Wm. Christopher, Esq. .... Thimbleby Lodge, Tontine Inn Pulleine, Henry Percy, Esq Crakehall, Bedale Read, the Rev. Thomas Cutler Rudston, Sandhutton, York Readshaw, the Rev. Caleb, Richmond Richardson, Christopher, Esq Whitby Serjeantson, W. Rookes Leeds, Esq Camphill, Boroughbridge Sleigh, William. Esq Stockton on Tees Smith, the Rev. Sydney, Foston, York Smith, Charles, Esq .- . Plainville Farm, Yor& Stapyltou, Martin, Esq Myton Hall, Boroughbridge Straubenzee, Turner, Esq. ..., Spennithornej Bedale Strickland, George, Esq *«, Hildenley, Malton Sykes, the Rev. Christopher, Westow, Malton Thompson, George Lowther, Esq, Sheriff Hutton, Par£, York Trotter, John, Esq ... . . Staindrop, Darlington Yansittart, Heuiy, Esq Kirkieatbam, Guisbrough Wharton, John, E^q Skelton Castle, Guisbrough Wharton, James, Esq Mel burn Lodge, Pocklington Wharton, the Rev. William, Gilling, Richmond Williamson, the Rev. Thomas Pym, ....... Guisbrough Wilson, James, Esq Sneaton Castle, Whitby Wolley, the Rev. Godfrey, Hutton Bushel), Malton Woodall, John, Esq Scarborough Wyvill, Marmaduke, Esq Leyburn Wyvill, the Rev. .Edward. . . Fingall, Leybnru Yeoman, Henry Walker, Esq Woodlands,, Whitby DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS. Right Hon. Lawrence, Lord Dundas, [ Hon. Thomas Dundas, Marske Hall Majpske Hall Right Hon. Thomas P. Weddle, Lord Grantham, Newby Park Right Hon. Earl Tyrconnel, Kiplin Hall Right Hon. George Earl Pomfret Right Hon. Viscount Normanby, Mul- grave Castle Rigat Hon. Lord "3c!fon Hon, Frederick Robinson Hon. Thomas Orde Powlett, Bolton Hall Hon. Thomas William Fermor Sir George Cayley, Bart. Brompton Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. Thirkleby Sir F. Boynton, Bart. Burton Agnes Sir M. M. Sykes, Bart. Sledmere Arden, John, Esq. Pepper Hall Andergon, William John, Swinethwaite Agar, Benjamin, Esq. Brockfield Butte rwick, Matthew, E c q. Thirs/t Brcare, John, Esq. Middlcham 134 NORTH-RIDING, Bell, John, Esq. Thirst Barrett, Samuel B. M. Esq. Carlton. Barstow, Ttftimas, Esq. Skipton Bridge Belasyse, Thomas Edward Wyna, Esq. Newburgh Par/c Biarishard, Richard, Esq. Northallerton B«swick, George, Esq. Bethell, William, Esq. Barlow, F. W. jEsq. Middlethorpe Chaioner, Robert, Esq. York Cradock, Sheldon, Esq. Hartforth Chaytor, William, Esq. Croft Hall Chaytor, Matt. W. Esq. Spennithorne Consett, Warcop, Esq. Brawith Hall Cayley, Cornelius, Esq. Sowerby. Croft, Harry, Esq. Stillington Crompton, Samuel, Esq. Wood End Coore, Foster L. Esq. Hawxwell Carter, Edward, Esq. Theakstone Carter, Edward John Esq. ditto Duncombe, Charles, Esq. Duncombe Park Duncombe, William, Esq. ditto Denys, Peter, Esq. D'Oyly, Edward, Esq. Dawson, George, Esq. Thirsk. Elsley, Gregory, .Esq. Bnrne^ton, Earle, W. Esq. Beningbrough Hall Fawcett, John, 2&q. Pothergill, John, Esq. Kingthorpe Favell, James, E&q. Faceby Fowler, David B. Esq. Yarm Flounders, Benjamin, Esq. Yarm Foulis, J. R. Esq. Heslerton Garthforth, W. Esq. Wigginthorpe Graham, Sir B. R. Bart. Norton Con- yers Hickes, Fowler, Esq. Nether Silton Hill, Richard, Esq. Thornton Hartley, George, Esq. Middleton Tyas Hewgill, Henry, Esq. Hornby Grange Hutton, Timothy, Esq. Clifton Castle j Hammond, Anthony, Esq. Durham i Hutton, John, Esq. Marske. I Jackson, William Ward, Esq. Normanby Ince, James Pigot, Esq. Leatham, Henry C. Barton Esq. Leife, John, Esq. Sowerby Lister, Edward, Esq. Mitchelson, Thomas, Esq. Pickering Moorsom, Richard, Esq. Whitby Moorsom, Richard, Jun. Esq. ditto Movley, Josias R. Esq. Marrick Par* Morritt, J. B. S. Esq. Rokeby Par/t Milbank, Mark, Esq. Thorpe Perrow Nichol, Samuel, .Esq. Yor&. Peirse, R. W. C Esq. Thimblehy Lodge Pulleine, Henry Percy, Esq Crakehall Palmes, George, Esq. Naburn Preston, Darcey, Esq. Ruswarp Rigge, Fletcher, Esq. Northallerton Richardson, Christopher, Esq. Whitby Redfearn, Francis, Esq. Langton Lodge Rigge, Gray, Esq. Broughton Hall, Lancashire Robson, Thomas, Esq. Holtby Rudd, Bartholomew, Esq. Marton Rudyeard, Richard, Esq. Serjeantson, W. R. L. Esq. Camp Hill Stainforth, Richard Terrick, Esq. Straubenzee, T. Esq. Spennithorne Thompson, Geo. Lowther, Esq, Sheriff Hutton Par* Tindali, John, Esq. Scarborough Tindall, James, Mq. ditto Tnrton, Edmund, Esq. Larpool Hal! Wharton, John, Esq. Skelton Castle Wyvill,Marmaduke, Esq. Leyburn Wilson, James, Esq. Sneaton Castle Wombwell, George, Esq. Old Byland Woodall, John, .Esq. Scarborough Whitehead, William, Esq. jEasingwold Yeoman, Henry Walker, .Esq. Woodlands. Yorke, John, i2sq. Halton Place Lords and Chief Bailiffs of Liberties. His Grace the Dnke of Leeds, Hornby-Castle ; for Richmondshire. The Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Durham ; for Allertonshire* The Rev. George Marwood, Busby-Hall, Stokesley ; for Langbarugh, Richard Hill, Esq. Thornton; for Pickering-Lythe. George Cholmley, Esq. Howsham ; for Whitby-Strand. OFFICERS OF THE RIDING. Clerk of the Peace, Lupton Topham, Esq. Middleham. Deputy Clerk of the Peace, William Waile6, Gent. Northallerton. Deputy Sheriff, Thomas Paul, Gent. Malton. Clerk of Indictments, Mr. Thomas Wait, Northallerton. Crier of the Court, Mr. John Leefe, Malton. Treasurer, Valentine Kitchingman, Esq. Carlton Husthwaite. Clerk of General Meetings of Lieutenancy, Henry Hirst, Gent. NorthallertoR. NORTH-RIDING. J3o Governor of the House of Correction, Northallerton, Mr Thomas Shepherd. Under Gaoler, Mr Thomas Shepherd, Jim. Surveyor of Bridges, George Atkinson, Gent. Hagg Cottage, Richmond. Deputy, Mr Matthew Peacock, Rainton, Boroughbridge. Register-Office, Northallerton. Register, Matthew Butterwick, Esq. Thirsk. Deputy, John Sander* Walton, Gentleman, Northallerton. Henry Belcher, Whitby. George Brigham, Rudby. Samuel Cowling, York. Coroners. William Dinsdale, Aiskew. Thomas Harrison, Kirbymoorside Chief Constables. Allertonshire, James Langdale, Northallerton ; Christ. Hudson, Crosby. Birdforth, Thomas Scott, Oulston ; James Barker, Sowerby. Bulmer, John Plowman, Haxby ; William Ware, Skirpenbeck. Gilling-East, George Readman, Langton ; Thomas Meek, Crabtree House. Gilling- West, Thomas Lax, Ravens worth ; Samuel Spedding, Gilling. Hang-East, George Dryden, Aiskew; John Plews, Colburn. Hang- West, Thomas Place, Spennithome ; Ralph Lodge, New Houses. Hallikeld, Tristram Walker, Melmerby ; William Fall, Wath. Langbarugh, George Brigham, Rudby; Joseph Hickson, Guisbrongh. Pickering- Ly the, Peter Marshall, Wykeham ; Thomas Bointon, Pickering. Bydale, George Carter, Oswaldkirk ; John Reed, Stonegrave. Whitby- Strand, Thomas G. Dale, Whitby. Subdivision Clerks. Allertonshire, James Langdale, Northallerton. Birdforth, Charles B. Walker, Thirsk. Buhner, John Plowman, Haxby. Gilling-East, William Price, Scorton. Gilling- West , Thomas Bowman, Richmond. Hang-East, William Dinsdale* Aiskew, Bedale.. Hang- West, George Emerson, Leyburn. Haliikeld, Joseph Wright, Buraeston, Boroughbridge. Langbarugh- East, Henry Clarke, Guisbrongh. Langbarugh- West, William Powell, Stokesley. Pickering- Ly the East, John Stephenson, Scarborough. Pickering- Ly the West, Thomas Seavers, Pickering. Bydale, George Carter, Oswaldkirk, Helmsley. Whitby -Straiid, Thomas Watson and Thomas Stephenson, Whitby. The General Quarter Sessions Are held at Northallerton, on Tuesdays in the first whole week after Epiphany ;— Easter ;— St. Thomas the Martyr ;— and on the first Tuesday after the eleventh of October. Chairmen.— The Right Hon. Lawrence, Lord Dundas, at the Midsummer and Michaelmas Sessions; and the Rev. John Headlaro, M.A. at the Hpiphany and Easter Sesiior.s, EAST-RIDING, ACKLAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose, liberty of St. Peter; 6| miles from Mai ton, 9 from Pocklingtbn, 13 from York. — Pod. 3S9. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Btsckrose, value, 51. p. r. tl30/. Patron, the Chancellor of York Cathedral. ADDLETHORPE, see Eddlethorpe. A IKE, see Ayke. ALDBRGUGH, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Ho Idem ess ; 7 miles from Hornsea, 8 from Hedon. 12 from Hull, 52 from York. — Pop. including* Carlton and Fosham, 802, which being united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, in the cleaniy of Holderness, value, +13/. 15 s. Patron, the King. At A! a borough, is a Saxon inscription engraved on a circular stone, 15 f inches in diameter, fixed over a pillar on the south side of the nave, which runs round the margin of the stone. It commemorates the time of its erection; and ma)- be read in English, " Ulf commanded this church to be erected for the souls or' Hanum and Gunthard." See particular account of this inscrip'ion in the Archeologia, vol.6, in a letter from J. C. Brooke, E c q. to the Society of Antiquaries, on the authority of the Rev. Mr Dade of Barmstoh. The church, from repairs at various periods, has now a modern appearance. Mr Pegge, in vol. 7, of the same work, assigns very plausible reasons for its not being of Saxon erection ; he supposes, " that Ulf built a church, which in a few yea;s, and by some means now unknown, was destroyed, and lay in ruins in 10SU ; and when the present fabric was erected, the old stone, with its inscription, which had happily been preserved, was put up in the new structure and in the place it now* occupies." Of the old castle winch, with the Lordship, belonged to William le Gros, Earl of Albermarle, who was at the battle of the standard, in 1138, not a vestige is to be seen. Tradition say?, it stood northward of the church, but an enclosure which took place some years ago, has quite levelled the foundations; and the Well, which was within the castle and supplied it with water, is now near the high road. The Roman road from the Praetovium to the Gabrantovicorum SinuS Portuosus vel Salutaris of Ptolemy, runs through Aldborougb. — Arcfuvol.vol. 8. ALLERTHORPE, in the parish of Thornton, Wilton-Beacon division of Harthill, liberty of St. Peter; (the seat of Barnard Smyth, Esq.) 2 miles from Pocklington, 1\ from Market- Weigh- ton, 12 from York. — Pop. 132. Here is a Chapel of ease to Thornton, value, p. r. 76/. 6s. 3d. ANLABY, in the parishes of Kirk-Ella and Hessle, in Haflshire; (the seat of William f'oase, Esq.) 4| miles from Hull, 6i from South-Cave, 10 from Beverley. — Pop. 271. Anlaby formerly belonged to an ancient family of that name ; the heire-^ of that house carried it bv marriage into t!u? family of thy Lagards, in the ye.vr 1100. ARC AM, see Erg ham. S 138 EAST-RIDING. ARGLAM, 2 k. in the township and parish of Holme-on-Spalding- Moor, Holme-Beacon division of Harthill ; 7 miles from Market - Weighton. ARNOLD, in the parishes of Long-Riston and Swine, north-divi- sion of Holderness ; 7 miles from Beverley, 10| from Hull, 14| from Great-Driffield. — Pop. including Routon and North-Skir- laugh, 260, which being united form a township. ARRAM, ham. in the township and parish of Leckonfield, Hunsley- Beacon division of Harthill; 4| miles from Beverley, 13 from Great-Driffield. ARRAM HALL, /. k. in the township and parish of Atwicke, 3 miles from Hornsea. ARRAS, s. h. in the township and parish of Market- Weighton ; 2| miles from Market- Weighton, 7 from Beverley. ASSELB Y, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire ; 2 miles from Howden, 8 from Selby. — Pop. 254. Here Nigel Fossard had two extensive fisheries, which yielded on an average, 2,400 eels annually. ATWICKE, a parish-town, in the north-division of Holderness; 2\ miles from Hornsea, 13 from Driffield, 13| from Bridlington, 14 from Beverley, 42 from York. — Pop. 326. . The Church is ^, vicarage, dedicated to St. Lawrence, in the deanry of Holder- ness, value, %4l. 7s. \\d. p. r. f80Z. Patron, the King. AUBURN, /. h. in the township of Fraisthorpe, and parish of Carnaby ; 3| miles from Bridlington, 12 from Hornsea. AUGHTON, a parish-town, in Holme-Beacon division of Harthill ; 6 miles from Howden, 1\ from Selby, 13 from York. — Pop. 269> The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Harthill, value, +4Z. p. r. *85Z. 18s. 3d. Patron, ■ Flitcroft, Esq. This was the residence of Robert Aske, who headed the insurrection called the " Pilgrimage of Grace" in the reign of Henry VIII. There are no remains of the ancient mansion or castle ; but the site is marked by ditches or moats, one within another, with the interior vallum raised to a great height, which shews it to have been a place of considerable strength. AUGHTON-RUDDINGS, 2f.h. in the township and parish of Aughton ; 8 miles from Howden and Pocklington. AYKE, in the parishes of Lockington and St. John, Beverley, Bainton- Beacon division of Harthill ; 6 miles from Beverley, 8 from Driffield.— Pop. 98. B BABTHORPE, /. k. in the township of Brackenholme- with- Wood- hall, and parish of Hemingbrough ; 5 miles from Selby. Here the ancient family of the Babthorpes flourished for many centuries, and intermarried with the best families in this county. By Kirkby's inquest, here was one caracute of land held by Ralph Babthorpe, of the Bishop of Dur- ham, by Knight's service; where 12 caracutes made a Knight's fee. Sir Wm. Babthorpe, in the reign of James I. sold this estate to Richard Bowes, Esq. — Burton's Monast. A father and a son, both of this family, were slain in the battle of St. Albans, fighting for Henry VI. and lie buried there with this epi- taph :— EAST-RIDING. 139 Cum patre Radulpho Babthorpe jacet ecce Radulphus Filius, hoc duro mar more pressus humo : Henrici Sexti dapifor, pater armiger ejus ; Mors satis id docuit, iidus uterque fuit. The two Ralph Babthorps, father and his son, Together lie interred beneath this stone. One 'Squire, one Sew'r, to our Sixth Henry was ; Both died i' th' field, both in their master's cause. Camden. BAFFAM, /. h. in the township and parish of Kirby-Underdale, 8 miles from Pockling ton. BAINTON. (which gives name to the division) a parish-town, in Bainton-Beacon division of Harthill; 6 miles from Great-Driffield, 8 from Sledmere, 10 from Beverley and Pocklington, 18 from JVlalton, 23 from York. — Pop. 300. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Harthill, value, 35/. 1 As. 9\d. Patrons, the President and Scholars of St. John's College, Oxford. In the 2nd of Edward II. Peter de Manley was found to be seized of the manor of Bainton, and the advowson of the church by the service of finding two Knights and four Esquires, in the King's army for forty days, in time of war, and to provide a steward to do suit for him at the King's Court at York, from six weeks to six weeks. In the church is a monument of Peter de Mauley, a Knight Templar, temp. Henry III. The Vicar has 602 acres of land, nearly a sixth of the parish, in lieu of tithes and money payments of every description, except surplice fees and mortuaries. — Blount's Ancient Tenures. BALKHOLME, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Kowden- shire ; 2| miles from Howden, 12 from South-Cave, \'Z\ from Selby.— Pop. 105. BARLB Y, in the parish of Herningbrough, wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, liberty of Howdenshire ; 2 miles from Selby, 8 froai Howden, 13 from York. — Pop. 349. The Church is a perpetual curacy under Kemin^brousfh, value, p. r. f78l. BARMBY-ON-THE-MARSH, or DERWENT, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire ; 3| miles from Howden, 7 from Selby. — Pop. 525.— The Church is a perpetual curacy under Howden, value, p. r. 36/. 10s. BARMBY-ON-THE-MOOR, a parish-town, in Wilton-Beacon division of Harthill, liberty of St. Peter; 2 miles from Pockling- ton, 8 from Alarket-Weighton, 12 from York.— Pop. 400 The Church, peculiar, is dedicated to St. Catherine, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. 551. 4s . 6d. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. One vicar is ordained in this chapel and that of Fang- foss, each reckoned a separate parish, yet make but one vicarage, valued according to Bacon, at 51. 6s. Sd. BARMBY-xMOOR INN, (Posting- House) in the township and parish of Barmby-on-the-Moor ; %\ miles from Pocklington, 8 from Market- Weighton, 1 1 from York. BARMSTON, a parish-town, in the north-division of Holderness ; 6| miles from Bridlington, 11 from Great-Driffield, 17 from Beverley, 40 from York.— Pop. 205. The Churcb is a rectory, 140 EAST-HIDING. dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Hoiderness, value, 13/. 11 s. lOfrf. Patron. Sir Francis Boynton, Bart. In 1726, Sir Griffith Boynton founded an Aims-house here, for four old men, and endowed it with a sir all annual stipend for each. — The repairs and stipend were charged by Sir Griffith upon the manor of Hai^thorpe. The old Hall, anciently the residence of the Boynton family, is now occupied as a Farm-house. It is moated round. BARNHILL-HALL, /. h. in the township of Knedlington, and parish of Howden; 1 mile from Hovrden. BARROW, orBARF-eiLL, ham. in the township and parish of Lockington; Smiles from Beverley, 9 from Greai-Briffield. BARTHORPE-BOTTOMS, 2 or 3/. h. in the township and parish of Acklam, wapentake of Buckrose, liberty of St. Peter ; 8 miles from Maiton, 10 from Pocklington. BARTON-DALE, /. h. in the township and parish of Hunmanby ; 3 miles from Himmanby, 5 from Bridlington. Here was formerly a chapel to Hunmanby, when it was called Barkerdale. BASWICK, HIGH and LOW, 2f. h. in the township and parish of Leven ; 6 miles from Great-Driffield, 9 from Beverley. B AS WICK-STEER, a coal and lime-wharf, on the river Hull, in the township and parish of Brand sburton ; 10 miles from Great- Briiiieid and Beverley. BATTLEBURN, ham. in the township of Eastburn, and parish of Kirkburn; 31 miles from Great- Driffield, 11 from Beverle}\ BEEFORD, a parish-town, in the north-division of Hoiderness; 8 miles from Great-Driffieid, 10 from Bridlington, IS from Beverley, 37 from York. — Pop. 620. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Leonard, in the deanry of Hoiderness, value, 221. Patron, the Archbishop of York. At the time the enclosure of the lands with- in this township took place, a field containing 1 1 acres, was laid out, in lieu of certain balks, for the repairs of the church, its value thfiii 3/. 1 Qs. now 1 91. BEEFORD, or MOOR-GRANGE (the seat of Sir George Wood, Knt.) in the township and parish of Beeford ; 10 miles from Great Driffield, 1 1 from Bridlington BEER-HOUSES, see Dunswell. BEILBY, in the parish of Hayton, Holme-Beacon division of Hart- hill, liberty of St. Peter; 3 \ miles from Pocklington, 5 from Market- Weigh ton, 15 from York.— Pop. 239. Here is a Chapel to Hayton, dedicated to St. Giles. BEL BY, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire ; 1 \ mile from Howden, 10| from South-Cave. — Pop. 49. BELLASIZE, in the parish of Eastrington, wapentake of Howden- shire; 5 miles from Howden. 7 from South-Cave. — Pop. 197. BELL-HALL, {the seat of Heicby John Baines, Esq.) in the town- ship of Naburn, and parish of St. Dennis, York, wapentake of Ouse and Derwent ; 5 miles from York. BELTHORPE, in the township and parish of Bishop- Wilton, Wilton-Beacon division of Hartmll, liberty of St. Peter : 4 miles from Pocklington, 12 from York, 13 from Maiton. — Pop. included in Bishop- Wilton. EVST-RIDING. 141 BEMPTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; 3 miles from Bridlington, 7 from Hunmanby, 45 from York. — Pop. 23 1 . The Ch arch, a donative, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mich 3 deanry of Dickering, value, p. r. 4*5/. Patron, Hem Bra ley, Esq. BENNETLAND. ham. in toe township of Bellasize, and parish of Eastrington ; 5\ miles from Howden, 7 from South-Cave. BENNINGHOLJVIE, in the parish of Swine, middle-division of Holderness ; 8 miles from Beverley, 9 from Hull and Hedon. — Pop. 97. BENNINGHOLME-GRANGE, /. k. in the township of Benning- holme and parish of Swine, 7 miles from Beverley, 9 from Hull. BENTLEY, in.ihe parish of Rowley, Hunsley Beacon division of Harthill ; %\ miles from Beverlev, 7 from South-Cave, 8 from Hull, Pop. J5ESSONBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering", (Bessonby- House the seat of Harrington Hudson, Esq.) \\ mile from Bridlington, 10 from Great-DriiBeld. — Pop. 83. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to fet Magnus, in the deanry of Dickering 1 , value, p. r. f33/. Patron, Harrington Hudson, Esq. BESWICK. in the parish of Kilnwick, Bainton- Beacon division of Harthill; 6| miles from Beverley, arid Great-Driffield. — Pop, ] 92. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Harthill. Patron. John Benison, Esq. Beswick tfas formerly the residence of that celebrated Foxhunter William Draper, Esq. BEVERLEY, a market-town, in the several parishes of St. John, St. Mary, St. Nicholas, and St. Martin. Hunsley-Beacon division of Harthill, and liberty of Beverley ; 9 miles from Hull, 9| from South-Cave, 10 from Market- Weighton, 13 from Great-Drifiieid; 14 from Hornsea, 24 from Bridlington, 28 from Mai ton, 29 from York, from London by Lincoln 183, by York 227. — Market, Sarur- day. — Fairs. Thursday before Old Valentine-day, Holy Thursday, July 5, Wednesday before Sept. 25, November 5 for horned cattle, sheen, horses, &c. every other Wednesday for horned cattle and sheep. — B East-Riding Bank, Messrs. Bower and Co. draw on Messrs. Curries, Ralkes and Co. 29, Corn-bill ; Beverley Bank, Messrs. Machell and Co. draw on Messrs. Sir R. Carr Glynn and Co. 12, Birchin-Lane. — Principal Inns, the Tiger and Beverley Arms.— Pop. St Mary, 2918— St. Nicholas, 478— St. Martins, 2639— Total. 5035. The Church of St. John with St. Martin, pe- culiar, is a perpetuol curacy. Patron, the Corporation of Bever- ley. St. Mary, a vicarage, value, ] 4/. 2s. 8|rf. — Patron, the King. St. Nicholas, (united with St. Mary) a rectory, value, 51. Qs. \0d. The church of St. Nicholas has long been destroyed. Beverley was sometime called Deir Wold, or the Wood of the Deira?is; and subsequently Beverlae, the place or lake of Beaver?, an animal then abounding in the neighbourhood. It owes its rise to the piety of early times, for we find that St. John, Archbishop of York, a man of extraordinary acquirements and great sanctity, converted the parish church in this pi ace, into a monastery for 142 EAST-RIDING. Benedictine Monks. In the year 860, it was destroyed by the Danes, and lay in ruins three years before it was repaired. King Athelstan, after he had overcome the Scots, on his return came to Beverley, and built a new college of Secular Canons ; granted and confirmed to the church many great privileges and liberties ; also a sanctuary, the limits of which were marked by four crosses. Efiward the Confessor and William the Conqueror were both benefactors to it. Valued at the dissolution, at 1091. 8s. 8d. — Dugkdale. In 1710, the church being in a ruinous state, subscriptions were raised at the instigation of John Moyser, Esq. of this place, for the purpose of repairing and beautifying the same. In it are several handsome monuments of the Percies, Whartons, Hothams, &c. In 1664, the grave of St. John of Beverley, Archbishop of York, was discovered, with his bones and many relics. This church of St. John, usually styled the Minster, is now converted into a parish church to which that of St. Martin's is annexed ; and is, as Dr. Sfukely justly observes, " an extraordi- nary beauty, nothing inferior to York Minster, but somewhat less." The north gable end was, abeut the year ] 739, raised to its perpendiculai-, from which it had slipped three feet, by Mr. Thornton of York. The admirable machine for this purpose, was engraved in the same year and printed by Mr. Fourdrinier. Besides the Minster there is another church, dedicated to Saint Mary, first built in 1325, to which, in 1667 was annexed St. Nicholas, a large and hana'some structure. Here is an hospital for six poor persons, founded and endowed by William Temperon, in 1723; and another founded in 1636 by Fox Thwaites, for four poor widows, besides other charities. A grammar school of ancient date, but by whom or when founded is not known, with two fellowships, six scholarships, and three exhibitions to St. John's College, Cambridge. The school is open to the sons of burgesses, on the payment of 2/. per annum, for their instruction in the classics, and 21. 2s. for writing and arithmetic. The master's salary is 100/. per annum, with a dwelling house at a trilling quit-rent. Beverley sent Members to all the Parliaments of King Edward the I. but from that time not till the fifth of Queen Elizabeth, who in 1573, incorporated the town. The right of election is vested in the freemen of the town, who acquire this right by birth, servitude of seven years, or purchase. Number of voters, about 1400. Returning officer, the Mayor. The town is governed by a Mayor, 12 Aldermen, and 13 capital Burgesses, chosen annually on the'Monday before Michaelmas day, assisted by a Recorder and a Town Clerk. The barbarous custom ot baiting a bull on the day the Mayor is sworn into office, is still retained, and takes place in October. Here is the Register Office for this Riding, and the House of Correction and Court Room where the Quarter Sessions of the Peace are held. " The towne of Beverie," says Leland, " is large, and well.; buildid of wood." It is situated at no great distance from the foot of the Wolds, about a mile from the river Hull, and connected with it by a navigable canal made in 1727. The town is more than a mile in length, its principal street is spacious, and the houses remarkably cleanly in their appearance. The market-place contains about four acres, and is adorned with a beautiful cross, supported by freestone columns, each of an entire stone, erected at the expense of the late Plon. Sir Charles Hotham Bart, and Sir Michael Warton, Knight, then Members of Par- liament for the town. The following eminent men have been born here. John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and a martyr to the religion he profess- ed was born here, in 1459, and received his education in the grammar school of this place. He took his degree of B. A. at Cambridge, 1488, and 1491 that of M. A. He became confessor to Margaret, Countess of Richmond, mother -to Henry VII. who, by his advice, founded St. John's and Christ's Colleges, Cam- bridge. He was afterwards chosen Chancellor of the University ; and in 1504 was made Bishop of Rochester, from which he would never remove to a better See. He was a zealous opponent of the reformation, and of the King's divorce from Queen CatSiarine. He refused to acknowledge the King's supremacy, was therefore sent to the tower, where he continued till his trial and exeeution which took place, June 22, 1535. His head, along with that of Sir Thomas More, not Vnany days afterwards, was fixed on a pole upon London bridge. During his Confinement, the Pope made him a cardinal, on which account Henry exclaimed, EAST- RIDING. 143 " Paul may send him a hat, but I will take care that he have never a head to wear it on." He was a man of considerable learning, strict integrity, and fer- vent piety. He wrote a commentary on the penitential psalms; a* defence of the King's book against Luther, a funeral sermon for (he lady Margaret, tfce. — ■Biogj Diet. Zoock. John Alcock, an English Prelate, also received his education in the. grammar school of this place of his nativity. He was afterwards educated at Cambridge ; became Dean of Westminster, and Master of the Rolls, and in 1471, was preferred to the See of Rochester, from whence he was translated to Worcester, and finally to Ely. He endowed a school at King->ton-upon-Hul', bnilt the hall at the palace in Ely, and founded Jesus College, Cambridge. He died October 1, 1500, and was buried in the chapel at Hull, which he built. —Biog. Diet. John Green, Bishop of Lincoln, born in 1706 ; after receiving the rudi- ments of his education at the grammar School here, he took his degree ; oi Arts at St. John's College, Cambridge, with great credit as a classical scholar ; he engaged himself as usher to a school at Lichfield, before Dr. Johnson and Mr. Garrick had left that city. After obtaining several church preferments, he was raised to the See of Lincoln ; and died at Bath in 1779. This elegant scholar was one of the writers of the celebiated " Athenian Letters," published by the Earl of Hardwicke, in 1798, 2 vols. 4to.— Biog. Diet. Thus we find Beverley has yielded to the world three Bishops, two of Rochester, and one of Lincoln, and all educated at this school. — Magna Brit. Drake. Robert Ingram, a worthy English divine, a native of this place, was born in 1726—7, and educated at the grammar school here, from which he removed to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was author of " A View of the Great Events of the Seventh Plague," and other pieces. He died in 1S04. — Monthly Mag. Hngh Goes is said, by Herbert, to have printed at this place, so early as 1J09, a broadside, being the picture of a man on horseback. " Emprynted at Beverlev, in the Hisih-eate, by me Hewe Goes" BEVERLEY-PARKS, 2 or 3/. h. in the township of Woodman- sea, and parish of St. John, Beverley; \\ mile from Beverley, 7 \ from Hull. BEW HOLME, in the township of Bewholme-with-Nunkeeling, and parish of Nunkeeling; 61 miles from Hornsea, 10 from Greal- Driffield. — Pop. including- Nunkeeling, 243. BEWICK, in the township of East-Newton with Bewick, and parish of Aldbrough, middle-division of Holderness; 7 miles from Hornsea, 8| from Hedon, 13 from Hull. BILLINGS-HILL, (the seat of James Hopkinson, Esq.) in the township of Bewholme with Nunkeeling, and parish of Nun- keeling;; 7 miles from Hornsea, 10 from Beverley. BILTON, in the parish of Swine, middle-divi^on of Holderness; 4 miles from Hedon, 4-1 from Hull, 13 from Beverley. — Pop. 91. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter, value, p. r. 105/. 135. Patron, The Hon. and Rev. William Henry Dawnav. BINNINGTON, in the parish of Willerby, wapentake of Dick- ering ; 6 miles from Hunmanby, 9 from Scarborough. — Pop. 50. BIRDS ALL a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose ; (Bird- sail-Hall, the seat of the Hon. Lord Middleton,) 4 miles from Mal- ton, 8 from Sledmere, 16 from York. — Pop. 240. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Buck- rose, value, p. r. 191. Patron, the Marquis of Hertford. 144 EAST-RIDING. This Church was appropriated by Walter de Espec, to his prior}' at Kirk* ham. Her* was born Henry Burton., a puritan divine, in 1579, and educated at St. John's College, Cambridge ; but took his degree of B. D. at Oxford. He was afterwards clerk of the closet to Prince Henry, and to Prince Charles ; but was turned out for a libel against the bishops. Alter this he obtained the rect- ory of -St. Matthew, Friday-street; but got into trouble by his seditious sermons, was sentenced to pay a line of 5000/. to be pilloried, and then imprisoned for life in Lancaster gaol. The place of his conlinement was afterwards altered to the castle of Guernsey ; where he remained till 1840, when the parliament re- called him. He was also restored to his living ; and died in 1648. He wrote many pamphlets, chiefly controversial, and very abusive. — Biog. Diet. BISHOP- WILTON, (which gives name to the division; is a parish- town, in Wilton-Beacon division of Harthill, liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from Pocklington, 13 from York, 14 from xVlaiton. — Pop. including Belthorpe. 570. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, (Bacon styles it a vicarage discharged, dedicated to St. Edith, valued at 11. 3s. 6\d.) dedicated to Sfc'Michael, in the dean- ry of Rarthill, value, p. r. 114/. 10s. Patron, Sir Mark Master- man Sykes, Bart. " Bishop Neville formerly resided in this parish, which gave rise to the name of Bishop-Wilton. Here is a field moated round, where his palace stood, to this day, and the Neville's Arms are, on painted glass, in one of the windows of the church. BLACK TO FT, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Howdenshire ; 8 miles from Howdep, 9 from South-Cave, 28 from York.— Pop. 278. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deamy of Harthill, value, 38/. Patrons, the Bean and Chapter of Durham. Blacktoft is soineiimes distinguished by east aud west. A proposal was made at the latter end of the reign of Charles II. by the then Duke of Bolton, to the city of York, to get an Act of Parliament at his own charge for cutting a new river or canal from this place, on the Humber, in a direct line for York. An actual survey was taken, the charge of the ground the cut was to be made through, computed, &c. This treaty unfortunately broke off, otherwise, such a flow of tide must necessarily have come up, that we should now have had the pleasure of seeing ships of two or three hundred tons burthen lying at Ousbridge. — Drake's Ebor. BLANCH, /. k. in the township and parish of Warter ; 7 miles from Pocklington. BOLTON, in the parish of Bishop- Wilton, Wilton-Beacon division of Harthill, liberty of St. Peter; (Bolton-Hall, the seat of John Preston* Esq.) 3| miles from Pockiington, 10 from Market- Weighton and York.— Pop. 1 12. BON WICK, in the parish of Skipsea, north-division of Holderness ; 4 miles from Hornsea, 9 from Great-Driffield, 12 from Bridling- ton, 1 4 from Beverley. — Pop. 30. BOOTH, or BOOTH-FERRY, ham. in the township of Kned- iington, and parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire; 2 miles from Howden, 8 from Snaith, 10 from Selby, 12 from Thorny, 14 from Market- Weighton. A ferry across the Humber. BOREAS-HILL,/, h. in the township and parish of Paul, south- division of Holderness ; 2 miles from Hedon, 10 from Hull. BO USE A, ham. in the township and parish of KoIme-on-S£alding- Moor ; 7 miles from Market- Weighton, 8 from Howden. EAST-RIDIXG. 146 BOWTHORPE, 2 /. h, in the township of M enth orpe- with- Bow- thorpe, and parish of Hemingbrough, wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, and liberty of Howdenshire ; 5 miles from Selbyy 6 from Howden. — Pop. included in Menthorpe. BOYNTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering 3 * (Boynton- Hal I, the seat of Sir William Strickland, Bart.) 3 miles from Bridlington, 14 from Sledmere, 17 from Driffield, 28 from York. — Pop. 123. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the dean ry of Dickering, value, %1L i4s. 2d» p. r. fl40/. Patron Sir William Strickland, Bart. At .Boynton is a small collection of marble statues, by the late Sir George Strickland, among which are a Juno, 4 feet 10 inches high, carrying a FawA tinder her left arm, which is encircled in a wreath of fruit and fiWers suspended from the right shoulder ; in the right hand a bunch of flowers : it is in great" preservation, and the drapery excellent.— This fine statue was found in 1777 at the Torre tre teste, four miles from Rome, on the Free nestian^ way, laid on a tesselated pavement, probably the temple to which it belonged. A Head of M. Junius Brutus, large as life, and of perfect and excellent sculpture.— Del- la way. In the family of the Stricklands there have been several persons of considerable eminence ; and although the ancient family seat appears to have been at Strick- land-Hall, Westmorland, they have now resided at Boynton for upwards of 200 years.— The first Baronet was Sir Wra. Strickland, July 30, 1641, the son and heir of Walter Strickland, Esq. of Boynton. The second Bart. Sir Thomas Strickland, was a considerable person in Oliver CromwelPs time. His son and successor, the 3rd Bart, died in 1724. The 4th Bart. Sir William, was elected Member in the first Parliament of Geo I. for the city of Carlisle ; he died at Boynton i i 1735 ; and was succeeded by his son, Sir George Strickland, the 5th Bart. — he was High-Sheriff for the county in 1768: he died 1808; and was succeeded by his son, the present Sir Wra. Strickland, the 6th B&rt.-^Bet/iam's Baronet. At Boynton is preserved, the thigh-bone of the famous out-law, Little John, measuring 38 inches, taken out of his grave at Hathersage, Derbyshire, about 40 years ago.— Neale's Gents. Seats, — Article, Ccummi-Hall. BOYTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Foxholes; 10 miles from Bridlington, 12 from Scarborough. BRACKENDALE, /. h. in the township of Fraisthorpe, and parish of Carnaby ; 4\ miles from Bridlington, il| from Hornsea. BRACKEN-HILL, /. h. in the township of Garton, and parishes of Garton and Roos., 9 miles from Hedon. BRACKEN, 3/. h. and a townhip, in the parish of Kihwick-juxta Watton, in Buinton- Beacon division ; 1\ miles from Driffield^ 8 from Beverley.— Pop. 30. BRACKENHOLME, in the township of Backenholme-with-Wood- hall. and parish of Heraingbrough, liberty of Howdenshire^ wa- pentake of Ouse and Derwent: S miles from Selby, 6 from How- den, 14 from York.— Pop. including Woodhall, 90. BRAFFORDS, (the seat of Robert Osborne, Esq.) in the township- of Swanland. and parish of North-Ferriby ; 1\ miles from Hull. BRANDSBURTON, a parish-town, in the north-division of Hoi- derness ; 6 miles from Hornsea, 8 from Beverley, 1 J from Drif- field, 15 from Bridlington, 37 from York. — No Market. — Fairs % May 14. for horses, horned cattle and sheep ; every other Wed- nesday, for horned cattle and sheep: — Pop. -562. The Church is T 146 EAST-RIDIN&. a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Holderness, value, 241. 13s. id. Patron, St. John's College, Cambridge. I3HANTTNGHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ho wd en- shire; 2 miles from South-Cave, 9 from Beverley, 12 from Hull, 29 from York. — Pop. J 28. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of. Harthill, value, +12/. 9s, 2a?. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. — It was appro- priated, in i 458, by the Prior of Durham, to them for sustenation of eight Monks in their Monastery. BREIGHTON, in the parish of Bubwith, Holme-Beacon division of Harthill; 5 miles from Howden, 7 from Seiby, 14| from York. — Pop. including Gunby, 179, which being united, form a township. BRIDLINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; 9 1 miles from Hunmanby, 12 from Great- Driffield, 16 from Horn- sea, 17 from Sled mere, 18 from Scarborough, 23 from Beverley, 30 from Hull, 41 from York, from London by Lincoln 208, by Fork 238 1. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, Monday before Whitsun- tide, Oct, 21, for horned cattle, linen, &c. — Bankers, Messrs. Warding and Holtby, draw on Messrs. Sir John Lubbock and Co. Mansion-house-street. — Principal Inns* Green Dragon and Black Lion. — Pop. including the Quay, 4275. The Church is a per- petual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Dickering, value, p. r. f83/. 10s. Patrons, Sir Francis Wood, Knight, and the Rev. A. Cooke. Bridlington, situated within a mile of the pea, gives name to a commodious and beautiful Bay, which consists chiefly of one long street, upon the side of a srpall elevation ; its situation is both pleasant and salubrious. The chief feature in Bridlington, is the grand remains of its once magnificent Priory, of which the church is almost its only vestige. This Priory, Walter de Gant, early in the reign of Henry I. founded for black Canons, of the order of St. Austin, and dedi- cated it to the Virgin Mary, and gave them all bis estate in this town, and con- firmed to them all other lands, which his tenants who held of him, had given them, — valued at the dissolution at 547/. 6s. \]d. per ann. Dugdale, and 682/. \3s. 9d. Speed. Win. Wode or Wolde, the last Prior, was hanged at London in 1537, for high-treason, and the estates belonging to this priory confiscated. " This Priory," says Burton, " was pleasantly situated, being defended on the north and north-west by the walls, having a pleasant prospest towards the sea, on the east and south-east side ; but although the Canons reaped many ad- vantages from such a situation, they, nevertheless, some times auSered from the ' ships of the enemy, that entered this harbour ; wherefore, on a representation, thereof, King Richard II. in 1888, granted them his licence to inelose this Priory with walls, and houses built of stone and lime, the same to fortify for the time to come." No traces of the walls or fortifications are now visible, except an arched gateway. The lower part contains some dark rooms or dungeons, usedas places of confinement for petty delinquents. Above the arch is u large room employed, as a Town's-hall, and adjoining it a National-school for boys. The Church of the Priory appears by its venerable remains, to have been a magnificent fabric. It had two towers at the west-end, long since made level wi,th the nave. The east-end and the transept are gone, and what remains are only fragments of the ancient building. The west-end, which seems to have escaped the wanton rapacity of the commissioners of Henry VIII. yet displays much magnificence, and its architecture is of far more florid style than any other part. The date J 106, preserved on a stone placed very conspicuously over the a entrance, in supposed to mark t!he year #f its foundation. In 1813, a stone cof- £n was discovered, containing the bones, it is suppo8ed> from an inscription'iitt EAST-RIDING. 147 the margin of tbe stone, of Robert Brystwyk, the 25th Prior.— Bcrtox. — HlNDERWELL. The Register-book of this Priory is in the hands of Sir William tngflby, of Ripley, Bart. In 1643, Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles-I. landed at Burlington., from on board the Princess Royal of Great Britain, under convoy of Admiral Von Trump, from Helvoetsluys. The Queen had a narrow escape from the shot of Vice-Admiral Batter, who had drawn up his ships during the night opposite to where the Queen lay, and discharged upwards of 100 great shot, f Anlaby, Esq.- His great grandson, John Legard, Esq. was created a Baronet in 1660, and died at Ganton in 1678 1 his family have flourished here ever since. In the church there are several monuments and a vault belonging to this family, — Hist, of Scarborough. GANTON DALE INN, in the township and parish of Ganton ; 1 1 miles from Scarborough, 12 from Driffield, 14 from Bridlington. A posting-house on the road from Driffield to Scarborough. GANVVICK, or GANNOCK, /. h. in the township and parish of Hutton-Cranswick ; S| miles from Driffield. GARRABY, 3 h. in the parish of Kirby-Underdale, and wapentake of Buckrose ; (the seat of Sir Francis Lindly Wood, Hart.) 6 miles EAST-RIDING. 163 from Pocklington, 10 from Driffield, 11| from Slecknere, 13 from York.— Pop. included in Kirby- Underdale. GARRABY-NEW-INN, in the township and par.ish of Bishop- Wilton; 12 miles from York and Sled mere. GARTON-UPQN-THE-WOLDS, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering, a part in the liberty of St Peter ; 3 miles from Driffield, 5 from Siedmere, \5 from Bridlington, 16| from Maltpn, 29 from York. — Pop. 357. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Dickering, value, +5/. 6s. Sd. p. r. fllO/. Patron, the King. GARTQN, a parish-town, m the middle-division of Holderness-; 9 miles from Hedon, 9| from Hornsea, 13 from Hull, 20 from Beverley, 49 from York.— Pop. 160. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Holdeniess, value, £6/. Is. 0|rf. p. r; til it Is. %\d. Patron, the King. The family of the Lords Dunbar had formerly a seat here, called Garton Blue Hall, now converted into a farm Iiou.-e, GEM BUNG, in the parish of Foston, wapentake of Dickering? 6 miles from Driffieid, J 1 from Bridlington. — Pop. 87. GILBERDIKE, in the parish of Eastrington, wapentake of How- denshire ; 5 \ miles from Howden, 6| from South-Cave. — Pop. 640. GILRIDDING, /. h. in the township of Naburn, and parish of St. Dennis, York, wapentake of Ouse and Berwent; 4 miles from York, 91 from Pocklington. GIVENDALE, GREAT, a parish-town, in Wilton-Beacon divi- sion of Harthill, liberty of St. Peter ; 3 miles from Pockling- ton, 10 from Market- Weighton, 14 from York. — Pop. 60. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, in the deanry of Harthill, value, +4/. 1 8.?. Ad. Patron, the Dean of York. GIVENDALE, LITTLE, 2/. h. in the township and parish of Great-Givendale; 2\ miles from Pocklington. GOt)DMANKAM, a parish-town, in Holme-Beacon division of Harthill, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 1 f mile from Market- Weighton, 6 from Pocklington, 20 from York. — Pop. 240. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to Ail-Saints, in the deanry of Harthill, value, 12/115. Sd. Patron, the Rev. John Clark. Gocdmanham, a Saxon village, anciently written Godmondingaham, \v:s once the famous place of idol worship, which was destroyed by Coin, the high priest of the Pagan religion at York, when Edwin, King of Northumberland was converted to Christianity. The present church, built by Paulinus, which ex- hibits such exquisite specimens of the architecture prevalent in the Anglo-Saxon age--, " in all probability," says Drake. " stands on the very site of the ancient pagan temple ; the ground will well allow for it, being a line sloping dry hill." Particular account of this ancient place is to be met with in Drake, Cumde;% y and the Antiquarian Itinerary, vol. 1. in the latter, no less than five views, interior and exterior are given. Dr. Stukeley informs us, "that Paulinus built Goodmanham church, (of which he says, be took a drawing,) where the original font is, in whioh lie baptized the hfathen high priest, Coifi." Arohteflbgia. A particular account of this font is given in the Antiquarian Itinerary, but too long for our insertion ; we shall therefore content ourselves with observing that this account is at variance with Dr Stukeley 'a, and we think upon reasonable grounds. GOWTHORPE, /. h. in the township of Goulthorpe, and parish of 164 EAST-RIDING. Bishop- Wilton, Wilton-Beacon division of Harthill, liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from Pocklington. GOWTHORPE, .9. h. in the township and parish of Blacktoft ; 8 miles from Howclen, 9 from South-Cave. GOXHILL, a parish-town, in the north-division of Holderness ; 3 miles from Hornsea, 12 from Beverley, 14 from Driffield, 15 from Hull, 41 from York. — Pop. 70. The Church is a rectory, dedi- cated to St. Giles, in the deanry of Holderness, value, £8/. Pa- tron, the Rev. C. Constable. GRANGE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Humhleton ; 4 miles from Hedon, 9 from Hull. GRANSMOOR, or GRANSMERE, in the parish of Burton-Agnes, wapentake of Dickering ; 7 miles from Driffield, 8 from Bridling- ton. — Pop. 85. GREEN-OAK, ham. in the township of Bellasize, and parish of Eastrington ; 4 miles from Howden. GREEN WICK, s. h. in the township and parish of Bishop* Wilton ; 5 miles from Pocklington, 1 4 from York and Malton. GRIBTHORPE, in the parish of Bubwith, Holme-Beacon division of Harthill ; 5 miles from Howden. 9 from Market- Weighton. — Pop. including Willito ft, 1 46, which being united, form a township. GRIMSTON, (extraparochial) wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 2| miles from York, 10 from Pocklington, \5 from Selby, 15£ from Market- Weighton. — Pop. 72. GRIMSTON, in the parish of Garton and Roose, middle-division of Holderness ; (Grimston-Garth, the seat of Charles Grimston, Esq.) 10 miles from Hedon, 14 from Hull, 21 from Beverley. This mansion is a superb structure, of a castellated form, and although of modern erection, displays in its architecture much of the ancient style of baronial magnificence ; being one of the most elevated situations in Holderness, it is both a very conspicuous object, and eommands a variety of extensive and magnificent prospects.— Bigland. The family of Grimstons is one of the few in the county, that reside on the estate from which theyare denominated. This family is descended from Sylvester de Grimston, of Grimston, who attended William, Duke of Normandy, in his expedition to England as his standard bearer, and in that station, valiantly fonght at the battle of Hastings ; and in the year following, on the conqueror settling his household, he was appointed his chamberlain, and did homage for Grimston, Hoxton, Tonsted, and other lands, which he held of the Lord Roos, in Holderness, as of his honour of Roos ; he was succeeded at Grimston by his son Daniel. The present, Grimstons are descendants. — Collins' Peerage. GRIMSTON-HANGING, ham. in the township and parish of Kirby-Underdale, wapentake of Buckrose ; 8 miles from Pock- lington, 9 from Sled mere. GRIMSTON, NORTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buck- rose, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from Malton, 8 from Sledmere, 1 *| from Driffield, 20 from York.— Pop. 139. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Nicholas, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, £6/. 6s. 8d. Patron, the Prebendary of Langtoft. GRIMTJIORPJE, in the parish of Great-Givendale, Wilton-Beacon EAST- RIDING. I Go division of Karihill, and liberty of St. Peter; 3 mites from Pock- lington, 9 from Market- Weighton, 15 from York.— Pop. 2G. GR1NDALL, or GRIND ALE, in the parish of Bridlington, Wa- pentake of Dickering, and liberty of St. Peter : 4 miles from Bridlington, 4§ from Hunmanbv.— Pop. 107. Tbe Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 95/. Patron, John Grearae, Esq, GROVE-HILL, 2/. h. and a mill, in the township and parish of St. Nicholas, Beverley ; 1 mile from Beverley, 9 from Hull. Grovehill was originally a landing [lace for goods from the river Hull, and so used, it is said, during tire time of the Romans. It has lately been a ship- yard, and has become of no use as a landing place 6ince| the Beck was cut from, the river to Beverl?y. — Broadly. GUNBY, in the township of Breighton with Gunby, and parish of Bubwith, Holme-Beacon division of Hartbill ; 7 miles from Seiby and Howden. — Pop. included in Breighton. This place, formerly Guneby, was given by William tbe conqueror to his standard bearer, Gilbert Tyson ; it afterwards gave sirname to the family, from it called De Guneby, which resided here for many generations, in. the 13th and 14th centuries. Tl-ie old mansion house was taken down about SO years ago. H HAGTHORPE, /. li. in the township of Brackenholme- with- Wood- hall, and parish of Hemingbrough, and liberty of Kowdenshire ; 5 miles from Selby, 6| from Howden. HALLIT REE-HOLME, /. h. in the township of Hempholme, and parish of Leven ; 9 miles from Driifield. HALSHAM, a parish-town, in the south-division of Hoiderness; §| miles from Patrington, 7 from Hedon, 15 from Hull. 53 from York. — Pop. 315. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All- Saints, in the deanry of Hoiderness, value, 131. 6s. ScL p. r. 30/. Patron, Sir Thomas Constable. Bart. Sir John Constable, knight, in \. r >79, left by will, a rent charge for a free school, i from Thome, 16£ from Pocklington. 20 from Beverley and York, 25 from Hull; from London, by Thome, 181 ; by Lincoln, 199. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, second Tuesday in January, second Tuesday after July 11, for horned cattle and line ; October 2, and the six preceding days, for horses. — Bankers, Messrs. Schofield. Foster, and Co. draw on Messrs. Spooner, Atwood, and Co. 27, Gracechurch-strcet.— Principal Inn, Half Moon. — Pop. J72 ^AST-RIDING, 2,080. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, commonly styled a vicarage, in the deanry of Howden, value, p. r. tlSO/, Patron, the King, who pays an annual stipend of 33/. 6s. 8d. The town of Howden is of great antiquity, but it contains nothing remark- able, except its church ; which we find from Burton, in his account of the Monastery of Peterborough, with the town, belonged to that Monastery in the reign of Edward the Confessor ; but being wrested from it, and in the King's hands, William the Conqueror gave them to the Bishop of Durham, who soon after conferred the church on the Monks of Durham, but retained the manor. This church was at first a rectory, but Tan?jer say's, that Hugh, Prior of Dur- ham, obtained a bull from Pope Gregory IX. for appropriating this church .towards the maintenance of sixteen Monks; but upon further consideration, Robert, the Bishop of Durham, 1266 or 7, caused it to be divided into five pre- bends, for secular clerks, viz. Howden, Barneby, Skelton, Thorpe, and Salt- marsh, to thes? were added, in 1279, a sixth prebend, viz. Skipwith. There were also six vicars, he ides chantry priests, in this collegiate church, which was dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. It was dissolved by King Edward VI. in 1547. The church is in the form of across; east part quite in ruin ; its ' windows superb and elegant, arches pointed, columns adorned with flutings between; tracery of the side windows various. The tower, which is square, and finely proportioned, rises from the centre, was built about 1390, under the auspices of Walter Skirlaw, who built the chapter-house, which is one of the finest specimens of the pointed arch styie of that period now in England, but in ruins; nay, Mr Hutchinson in his History of Durham, says, " we have nothing in this island of such elegant work in stone, except at Melross-Abbey, and in point of symmetry and exact proportion, it excels any part of the Scotch-Abbey." The church, with all its chapels, lands, and appurtenances, appears to have been given by the Conqueror to William Karilepho, Bishop of Durham, who conferred the same on the Monks of Durham, for ever. The manor and its prir vi leges, the prelates retained, and they still belong to the See at Durham.— Man. Angl. Hist. Durham. The Bishops of Durham had a palace near the east-end of the church, which was once their favourite residence ; .and in which some of them exchanged their temporal for an eternal habitation, particularly Hu^h Pudsey, who died in 1195, Walter de Kirkbam in 15.60, and Walter de Skirlaw in 1405 Bishop Langley, the successor of Skirlaw, made great improvements in it, and built the west-gate, over which are his arm?, and some good rooms adjoining. It is now considerably reduced in size, and occupied as a farm-house. \ In the market-place stands a, large building, called the Moot-Hall, in which the Bishop of Durham, as Lord of the Manor, holds four Copyhold Courts in the year. This place gave birth to the celebrated historian John of Hoveden, who was chaplain to King Henry II. His history begins with the year 732, and comes down to the reign of King John. In 1291, King Edward I. is said to have caused diligent search tine Freres stode at the est ende of Trinite Chirch." The Maison-Dieu, for the relief of the poor, was built by Michael de la Pole, in 1384, for 13 poor men and as many women, to which he gave 20 acres of land and 20/. per ann. out of his land, in this place and Myton. Over the door, cut in stone, is this inscription : — Deo et Pauperibiis posuit D. Michael de la Pole, A.J). 1384. Magna Brit. There are, besides, several hospitals in this place, erected by private be- nefactors. That benevolent institution, the Female Penitentiary was opene4 hero in 1811. The great object of it is to employ, and ultimately to restore }o society, such women as have, by evil courses, rendered themselves obnoxious to society. Ever} r applicant is considered as on probation, and not fully admitted till she has conducted herself for two months in a satisfactory manner. This town gave birth to Thos. Johnson, M. D. the first Botanist of his time in England. He died in 1644. Doctor Fuller, who knew him well, wrote the fol- lowing epitaph to his memory '. — Hie, Johnsone,jaces, sed si Mors ccderet Her bis, Arte fugata iua cederet ilia tuis. Captain Edward Thompson was a native of this place, born in about 1735. He was the author of a variety of pieces; but the merits by which Gap t. Thompson will be best known, are hjs sea songs, especially those beautiful compositions be- ginning " Loose every sail to the breeze," " The topsails shiver in the wind,*' and " Behold upon the gallant wave."' He was appointed commander of the Grampus, and sent to the coast of Africa, where he died in 1786. In the market-place stands a fine equestrian statue of King William III. On the pedestal is this inscription :— " This statue was erected in 1734, to the . memory of King William, our great deliverer." The whale fishery constitutes a principal branch in the commercial concerns of Hull, which sends out to Greenland and Davis 5 Straits, a greater number of sliips.than any port in Britain., Hull sends two members to Parliament. — It first returned 33rd Edward I. but ceased sending till 12th Edward II. The right of election is in the Burgesses, of which there are about 1,400. The Sheriff is the returning Officer. — Oldjieid mi Boroughs. I1ULLSHIRE, of small extent, isbounded by the River-Huraber, and was constituted with the town of Hull, a County of istseff, by Henry VI. — It comprehends the parishes of Hull, Hessle, North Ferriby, Kirk-Ella, and all the site of the Priory of Haltempriee. east-riding, 17-5 HULL-BRIDGE, ham. (so called from a bridge over the river Hull) in the township of Ticktoii, and parish of St. John, Beverley ; 2 miles from Beveriey. HULL-BANK, ham. in the township and parish of Cottingbam : ((he seat of Benjamin Blades Haworth, Esq.) 3 miles from Hull. HUMBER-LITTLE, /. h. in the township and parish of Paul; 3 miles from Hedon. HUMBER-SIDE, or PATRINGTON-IIAVEN, ham. in the township and parish of Patrington ; 1 mile from Patrington. HUMBLETON, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holder- ness ; 5 miles from Hedon, 10 from Hull, 17 from Beverley, 48 from York. — Pop. 136. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Holderness, value, £10/. Is. Q\d. Pa- tron, the King. HUNMANBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; (the $eat of H. B. Osbaldeston, Esq.) 9j miles from Bridlington, from Scarborough, fby Gristhorpe and Muston 9 \ , and by Seamor and Flix- ton\U) 16 from Driffield, 20 from Malton, 38 from York, 210 from London. — No Market. — Fairs, May 6, and Oct. 29, for horned cattle and sheep. — Principal Inn, Swan. — Pop. 1 ,0 1 8. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Dickering, value, 20/. Is. 8d. Patron, Humphrey B. Osbaldeston, Esq. Here is an Alrns-house for six widows, endowment only small. A noble bequest was made in 1696, by a Mr Henry Cowton, for the benefit of the industri- iut poor, the annual produce of which at present is 40/. Hunmanby, although now only a large village, a few miles from the sea, had formerly a market on Tuesday, but long discontinued — a small cross is yet standing to point out the market-place. It is said to have been a Barony ; " for in King Edward Vs reign, by an inquisition taken at the death of Gilbert de Gant, it was found that he held the Lordship of Hundemanby , in this county, by Barony ; and likewise that upon the marriage of Gilbert his son, with Lora de Baliol, he settled it upon her for her dowry." — Ma ox a Bp.it. The site of what is called the Castle- Hill, adjoining the village, and where, we are told, " are still to be traced the foundations of an ancient fortress," is now planted with trees. The Mansion-house of Humphrey Osbaldeston, Esq. the present owner of the Manor, is adorned with modern embellishments, completely hid by high walls, from public view. A sumptuous marble monument, by Fisher, in the church, commemorates the Osbaldeston family. The church contains two or three other monu- ments remarkable only for their simplicity: And over the central arches of the church are emblazoned, in eleven distinct shields, the armorial bearings sub- scribed with the names of ancient Lords of the place. The vicarage -house, which adjoins the church, is occupied by the present incumbent, the Rev. Francis VVrangham. M. A. F. R. S. recently elevated to the Archdeaconry of Cleveland, North-Riding. At Hunmanby was born, in 1671, Richard Fiddes, an English divine. In 1694, he entered into Holy Orders, and soon after obtained the Rectory of Halaham, in Holderness ; but the air of the place proving unhealthy, he was de- prived of his speech, which he never perfectly recovered. In 1712, he removed to London, where he was under the necessity of commencing author, in order to procure for himself a comfortable subsistence. Unfortunately, he enlisted under the banners of party, and closely connected himself with Swift and Atterbury. At the recommendation of the former, the Earl of Oxford appointed him his Chaplain ; he was afterwards appointed Chaplain to the Garrison at Hull, of which he was deprived on the death of Queen Anne, and thrown back upon his 176 EAST-RIDING. former resources of the pen. He died at Putney in 1725, aged 54. His prin- cipal works are, the Life of Cardinal Wolsey ;• a Body of Divinity, folio, for which flie University conferred on him the degree of D. D. and for which Lintot paid him 250 guineas ; 52 Practical Sermons ; a Treatise on Morality, &c— Gen. Biographical Dict.~^-Nichois > Lit. Anecdotes. HUNSLEY, HIGH and LOW, 2 /. h. (which gives name to the division) in the township and parish of Rowley, Hunsley-Beacon division of Harthill ; 5 miles from South-Cave and Beverley. EUTTON-CRANSWICK, a parish-town, in Baintori-Beacon divi- sion of Harthill; 3| miles from Driffield, 10 from Beverley, 30 from York. — Pop. 917. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. f53l. Is. Patron, Lord Hotham. INGHOLMES, /. h. in the township and wish of Patrington; I mile from Patrington. K KAVlNGIIAM, a parish-town, in the south-division of Holderness; 5 miles from Patrington and Hedon, 13 from Hull, 51 from York. — Pop. 639. . The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Nicholas, in the deanry of Holderness, value, £12/. p. r. 421. Patron, the Archbishop of York. KAYINGHAM-MARSIT, 3 or 4/. h. in the township and parish of Kayingham; 6 miles from Hedon, 6 \ from Patrington. KEL FIELD, in the parish of Stillingfleet, wapentake of Ouse and Devwent; 6 miles from Selbv, 9 from York, 15 from Pockiington. Pop. 286. KELK, GREAT, in the parish of Foston, wapentake of Dickering ; 6 miles from Driffield, 10 from Bridlington. — Pop. 158. K ELK, LITTLE, (extraparochial) in the wapentake of Dickering ; 6 miles from Driffield, 9 from Bridlington. — Pop. ol. KELLYTHORPE, /. h. in the township of Emswell, and parish of Great-Driffield ; 2 miles from Great-Driffield. KENDALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Great-Driffield ; 2 miles from Great-Driffield. KENN YTHORPE, in the parish of Langton, wapentake of Buck- rose ; 3| miles from Maiton, 10 from Sledmere. — Pop. 83. KEXBY, in the parish of Low-Catton, wapentake of Ouse and Der- went; 6| miles from York, 7 from Pockiington, 12 i from Market- Weighton.— Pop. 149. KILDWICK, or KILN WICK-PERCY, a parish-town, in Wilton- Beacon division of Harthill; (the seat of Robert Denison, Esq.) 2 miles from Pockiington, 9 from Market- Weighton, 15 from York, Pop. 43. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Harthill, value, £4/. 16*, 3d. Patron, the Dean of York. EAST-RTDIXG. lit KlLHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering, a part in the liberty of St. Peter : 5 miles from Driffield, 7 from Sledmere, 8 from Kunmauby and Bridlington, 1 2 from Scarborough, 31 \ from York, 231 from London. — Fairs, August 21, and November 12, for horses, horned cattle, and sheep. — Principal Inn, Black- Bull. — Pop. 971. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Dickering, Value, %Ql. 135. 4d< p. r. *106/. 18s. 4d. Patron, the Dean of York. KILNSEA, a parish-town, in th& south-division of Holderness; § miles from Patrington, IS from Hedon. 64 from York. — Pop. including Spurn, 196. — The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Holderness, value, £6/. ISs. 6\d t p. r* f 98/. 5s. Od. Patron. George Lowther Thompson, Esq. In the Gentleman's Magazine for July, 1821, maybe seen a view of ar* ancient Cross, that stood here till the year 1818, when it was taken down and removed into the Park of Sir Thomas Constable, Bart, at Burton-Constable* on account of the encroachment of the sea. " This ancient Cross, according to Tra- dition, was originally erected at the town ot Ravenspur," (long since swallowed up by the sea) " to commemorate the landing of Henry of Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, afterwards King Henry IV. in the year 1399. The appearance of the two latter numeral figures formerly observed on the Cross, seems to support this conjecture. Ravenspur was also celebrated for the landing of Edwardy Duke of York, afterwards Kin^ Edward IV. in the year 1471." — Gen. Man KILLING WOLD-GROVE, f.h. in the township and parish of Bishop-Burton : 3 miles from Beverley. KILNWICK, OR, KILNNVICK-JUXTA-YVATTON, & parish- town, in Bainton-Beacon division of Harthill, (the seat of Charles Grimston, Esq.) 7 miles from Great-Driffield, S from Beverley, 29 from York. — Pop. 230. The Church is a perpetual curacy^ dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r, + 100/. Patron, Charles Grimston, Esq. KILPIN, in the parish of Hovvden ; wapentake of Howdenshire ;' % miles from Howden, \\\ from Selby, 12 from South-Cave.—* Pop. 318. KILPIN-PIKE, ham, in the township of Kilpiii, and parish of How* den ; 1 1 mile from Howden. KINGSFIELD, NORTH and SOUTH, 2 /. h. in the township of' Fraisthorpe, and parish of Carnaby ; 4 miles from Bridlington. KIPLIN-COATES-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Aliddleton ; 5 miles from Market- Weighton. In the year 1618, five noblemen, at the head Of \fhom was Lord Burlington^ 19 Baronets, and 25 gentlemen of the county subscribed 3601. to the establishment of annual horse races h^re.— They were held on the third Thursday iu March; and are occasionally continued. KIRBY-GRINDALYTH. a parish-town, in the wapentake o£ Buckrose; 2 miles from Sledmere, 9 from Malton, 23 from York* —Pop. including Mowthorpe, ITS. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, +8/, 9s. Id. p. r. fSOl. Patron, Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart, This Church was given by Walter Espec, to the Priory of Kirkhani. K1RBY-UNDERDALE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buck" rose ; 7 miles from Pocklington, 9 from Sledmere, 13 fro«* L ]?8 EAST-lUDfNG. York.— Pop. 335. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to AH- Saints, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, 61. 3s. 4d. Patron, thef King. KIRKBURN, a parish-town, in Bainton-Beacon division of Hart- hill; 4 miles from Great-Driffield, 11 from Beverley, 25 from York.— Pop. 119. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Alary, in the deanry of Harthill, value, £4/. 10s. Z\d. p. r. f75/. Patron, the King. KlRK-ELLA, a parish-town, in Huilshire ; (the residences of Mrs John Sykes and Mrs Williamson) 5\ miles from Hull, 7 from South-Cave, 34 from York. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Harthill, value, 4:13/. 2s. &\d. Patron, the Rev. Richard Sykes. — Pop. see Addenda. In the reign of Edward II. a great part of the lands in this pariah were in the hands of Lord Wake, of (Nottingham ; at present the ancient mercantile family of the Sykes have large possessions here ;— -and in the church is a hand- some monument to the memory of the late Joseph Sykes, Esq. who is supposed to have had more extensive dealings with the nobles and merchants of Sweden, than any other person in England. — Tickill. KIRjKHAM, (cxtraparochiajj in the wapentake of Buckrose; 6 miles from Malton, 12| from York.— It consists of 3 houses and 7 inhabitants. There has been no Church since the Abbey was dissolved.-— The inhabitants attend Westow church. Kirkham, which signifies the place of a Church, is situated in a delightful vale, on the eastern banks of the Dervvent. Here Walter de Espec and his wife, Adeline, in 1121-2, founded a Priory of Cannons regular, of the order of St. Austin, to the honour of the Holy Trinity J which he endowed with eevea Churches, and which were appropriated thereto. The reason assigned for his building this Priory, will be founded under the article Rievalx. At the disso- lution it was valued at 269/. 5s. 9d. Dugdale ; 300/. 15*. Gd. Speed; and was surrendered in 1539, by John de Kildwick, Prior, and seventeen Canons. In 32nd Henry VIII. it was granted to Sir Henry Knevet, Knight, and Ann, his wife ; but in the 3rd Edward VI. the Earl of Rutland held it " de regeineapite per servic. militar." to whom Queen Elizabeth, in the 5th year of her reign, gave license to alienate this manor, with those of Billesdale, Stiperlow, and Rievalx, to Edward Jackman, and Richard Lambert.— Burton. The principal part that remains of this Priory, consists of a beautiful Gateway, a fine Saxon Nor- man Doorway, and part of the Cloisters. KNAPTON, in the parish of Winteringham, wapentake of Buckrose ; 7 miles from Malton, 9 from tSledmere. — Pop. 206. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f45/, 1 0s. Patron, John TindalJ, Esq. KNEDLINGTON, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of How- denshire ; (the seat of Thomas Clarke, Esq.) 1 mile from Howden, 91 from Selby.— Pop. 118. In an old Hall, in this village, was born Dr, Terrick, Bishop of London. LANGTHORPE-HALL, /. h. in the township of Ellerby, and parish of Swine; 9 miles from Hedon and Hull. LANGTOFT, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering, liberty of St. Peter; 6 miles from Driffield and Sledmere, 12 from Brid- lington, 1 5%. from Scarborough, 30 from York. — Pop. 416. The EAST-RIDING. l?9 Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Dickering, value, £8/. Patron, the Dean of York. Peter Langtoft, an eminent Chronicler, so called from this place, was a Canon regular, of the order of St. Austin, at Bridlington, and wrote a Chroni.Oe of England in French vers?, in the time of Edward I. or II. which was after- wards translated in the latter of those reigns, by Robert of Brunne, and edited by Hearns in 1/25. He died in the beginning of the reign of Edward II. LANGTON, a parish -town, in the wapentake of Backrose ; (the seat of Mrs NorclijfeJ S\ miles from Malton. 9 from S led mere, 1 4i from Pockiington, 1 S from York. — Pop. 280. The Church is a rectory , dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, 17/. 4s. Id. Patron, the King. The Church was given by Burga, wife of Win. Vesey, to the Priory of Malton, thence it came to the Crown. LANG WITH, a township, in the parish of Wheld rake, liberty of St. Peter ; 7 miles from York. Contains of. h. and 39 inhabitants. LAXTOX, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire ; 3 miles from llowden, 12 from Selby, 13| from South-Cave. — Pop. 268. A perpetual curacy under Howden, value, p. r. 45/. LAYTHAM, in the parish of Aughton, Holme-Beacon division of Harthill •, 8 miles from Howden and Pockiington. — Pop. 125. LEAVENING, in the parish of Acklaro, wapentake of Buckrose, liberty of St. Peter; 5 miles from Malton, 91 from Pockiington. 1 1 from Sled mere. — Pop. 294. " LECKONFIELD, a parish town, in JlWsley- Beacon division of Harthill; 3 miles from Beverley, 10 from Market- Weighton and Driffield, 29 from York. — Pop. 302. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Catharine, in the deanry of Harthill, value *SL p. r. f66l. 7s. id. Patron, the Earl of Egremont. At this place, was once a celebrated Mansion of the ancient Earls of North- umberland, but of this, not a vestige now remains. Leland describes it as fol- lows : — " Leckinheld is a large house, and stondish within a great mote, yri one very spaci >us courte ; 3 parts of the house, saving the meane gate that is made of bricke, is al of tymhre. The 4 parte is fair, made of stone, and sum bricke. I saw in a little studying chaumbre there, callid Paradice, the genealogie of the Percys. The Park thereby is very fair and large, and meatly welle woddid Ther is a fair tour of bricke, for a logge yn the Park." In the year 1541, Henry VIII. in his progress to Hall, lodged at ' Leoonfield* Castle.' Besides the genealogy of the Percys in this house, as noticed by Le- land, it appears from the " Scarborough Guide," that there were a great raany " moral inscriptions in the chambers of this noble Mansion, chiefly collected by IT. Algernon Percy, fifch Earl of Northumberland." The following curious and ancient bill of fare lor the breakfast of a noble Earl and Countess, may not prove unacceptable to our readers: "First, for my Lord and Lady, a loaf of bread on trenchers ; two manchcts of the finest meal, weighing each six ounces ; a quart of beer; a quart of wine ; two pieces of salt fish ; six: baconed (i. e. smoked) herrings; four white herrings; or a dish of sproits," (i. e. sprats.) This wag during the holy fast of Lent. " On flesh-days, the bread as before; a quart of beer; a quart of wine; half a chine of mutcon, or a piece of beef boiled." This about the year 1430 (as appears from the house-book) was in use ntLecon- field. Nor was the geueral hour for meals among persons of condition, at that period, less remarkable. They breakfasted at seven, dined at fen, and supped at four: after which, between eight and nine o'clock in the evening, they had their ' liveries'— -that is to say, " for my Lord and Lady, buaari, as at breakfast ; a gallon of beer, and a quart of wine" (the wine hot, and mixed with spices) ; soon after which they went to bed !— Scarborough Guide, 180 EAST-RIDING. Leckonfield was formerly the lordship and estate of Peter de Bras; who gave it in marriage with his sister, to Henry Percy, upon condition, that he and his heirs should repair to Skelton-Castle, upon every Christmas-day, and lead the Lady of the Castle from her chamber to the chapel, to mass, and thence to her chamber again ; and, after dinner, to depart. — Hargrove. liELLEY, in the parish of Preston, middle-division of Holdemess ; 4 miles from Redon, 8 from Hull. — Pop. 119. LEPPINGTON, in the parish of Scrayingham, wapentake of Buck* rose ; 8 miles from Mai ton, 8 1 from Pocklington.— Pop. 129. It is a chapel of ease to Scrayinghain. LEVEN, a parish town, in the north-division of Holderness ; 6§ miles from Beverley, 71 from Hornsea, 14 from Hull, 16 from Bridlington, .36 from York. — Pop. 658. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Faith, in the deanry of Holderness, value 16/. 13s, 4d, Patron, Rev. G. Sampson. A canal was cut by the late Mr. Bethell of Rise, from the river Hull to this Village, which supplies the greatest part of north and middle Holderness with coals and lime. LINCOLN-FLATTS, s. A. in the township and parish of Seaton- Ross ; 7 miles from JViarket-Weighton, 1 1 from Selby. LINGCROFT, {the. seat of J. B. Walmsley, Esq.) in the township of Naburn, and parish of St. Dennis, York, wapentake of Ouse and Derwent ; 3 miles from York, 12 from Selby. LINTON, in the township and parish of Winteringham, wapentake of Buckrose; 4 miles from Sledmere, 10 from Malton, 12 from Driffield. LINTON, EAST,,/, h. in the township of Balkholme, and parish of Howden •, 3 miles from Howden. JLINTON-GRANGE, /. h. in the parish of Winteringham, wapen- take of Bpckrose; 3 miles from Sledmere. LINTON, WEST, ham. in the township of Balkholme, and parish of Howden ; 2| miles from Howden. LISSETT, in the parish of Beeford, north-division of Holderness ; 8 mites from Bridlington, 10 from Driffield, 15 from Beverley.—^ Pop. 95. Here is a Chapel to Beeford, dedicated to St. James, value, p. r. 1 00/. It has right of sepulture. LOCKINGTON, in the parishes of Lockington and Kilnwick juxta Watton, Bainton-Beacon division of Harthili ; 6| miles from Beverley, 81 from Driffield, 29 from York. — Pop. 491. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, m the deanry of Hart- hill, value, 20/. Matron, the Rev. Francis Lundy, the present rector. LOFTSOME AND LOFTSOME BRIDGE, in the township of Wressle-with-Loftsome, and parish of Wressle, Holme- Beacon division of Harthili; 4 miles from Howden, 6 from Selby. — Pop. included in Wressle. LONDESBROUGH, or LONDESBURGH, a parish-town in Holme-Beacon division of Harthili ; 2§ miles from Market- Weigh- ton, 5 from Pocklington, 18 from York.— Pop. 244. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Harthili, value 16/. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire, EAST-RIDING. 181 Here is an hospital founded and endowed by Richard, Earl of Burlington, and Eliza, his Countess, for six poor old men, and six poor old women, who have a house and garden each, and 100/. laid out for them in coals, &c. Londesburgh, according to Drake's opinion, is the ancient Dclgovitia* The Roman road from B rough is continued in a direct line to Londes burgh- Park. It is composed of materials very scarce in that country, and lies buried under a tine soil, about 15 inches.— Several Roman Coins of the middle and lessor brass have been found here ; and a great many repositories for their dead, have been discovered in digging in and about the town, the park, and the gardens. The bones were found to lie in pure clean chalk, seven, eight, or more bodies together, side by side, very fresh and entire, though in some, not above twenty or twenty two inches deep from the surface-. Londesburgh was for several generations, one of the seats of the ancient and noble family of Clifford, Sir Francis Clifford, of Londesburgh, was High Sheriff of this county in 1600, as were many of his ancestors. Sir Francis Clifford succeeded his brother George in the Earldom of Cumberland. His son Henry, was the fifth and last Earl of that family, whose daughter was married to the Earl of Cork, from whom is descended the present Duke of Devonshire, who possesses this estate.— Drake. About two years ago, this ancient Mansion was completely demolished, and the Park disforrested. Lady Clifford, widow of " Black-faced Clifford" was interred at Londesburgh, where she died in 1491. A fiat stone near the altar of the church, (the oldest memorial of that family now remaining^ commemorates the event.— If 'hi taker's Craven. This place is also remarkable on account of the following anecdote, relative to the family of the Cliffords. John, the twelfth Lord, being slain at Towtou, fighting for the Lancastrians, left two sons very young, who, with their mother, resided at LondestuTrgh : To save her children from the fury of the Yorkists, Lady Clifford sent Richard, the youngest, into the Netherlands, and placed Henry, the eldest, with a shepherd, who had married one of her maids; this young nobleman was soon after removed from Londesburgh, into the mountains of Cumberland, where he remained in the capacity of a shepherd, till he was 32 years old, having never learned to read ; when, in the first Parliament of Henry VII. he was restored, in blood and honour, to all his baronies, lands, and castles . LOXGBROUGH-LANE-HOUSE, in the township of Fitling, and parish of Humbleton; 8 miles from Hedon. LOWTHORPE, a parish town in the wapentake of Dickering; (Lowthorpe Hall, the seat of William Thomas St. Quinton, Esq.) iles from Great-Driffield, 9 from Bridlington, 34 from York. >. [40. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St; Martin, in the deanry of Dickering, value p. r. 67/. Patron, William Thoqaas St Quinton,' Esq. In 1333, this church was made collegiate, viz. a rector, and six chantry priests and three clerks. No institution to it since 1579. The sum of 15/. 16s. i- paid out of the Exchequer yearly, for serving this and Rusta Parva. JLU'ND, a parish town, in Bainton- Beacon divison oi" Harthill ; 7 miles from Beverley and Market- Weighton, 9 from Great-Driffield, 26 from York. — Pop. 3o7. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to Ail-Saints, in the deanry of Harthill, value +'6/. 6*5. Old Patron, Thomas Grimstone, Esq. The fairs formerly held at Lund every Thursday in Lent, are now discontinued, and one only held on the fourth Thursday in Lent, for pedlary and feasting. LLND, in the tow T nship of Long CliiFe-with-Lund, and parish of Hemmingbrough, wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, liberty of Howdenshire; 4 \ miles from Selby, 7| from Howden, 14 from York. — Pop. included in Long Cliffe. LUTTON, EAST AND VVEST, in the parish of Wavethorpe, wapentake of Huckrose, liberty of St Perter; 2 miles from Sled- 182 EAST-RIDING. mere, 10 from Malton. Pop. including West Lutton, 311, which being united, form the township of Luttons-Ambo. Here is a chapel of ease to Weaverthorpe. MAPFLETON, a parish town, in the north-divison of Holderness, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 3 miles from Hornsea, 1 i\ from Beverley, 15 from-Hnll. — Pop. including Rowlston, 187, which being united, form a township. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Holder- ness, value p. r. f6Q/. Patron, the Archdeacon of the East Riding. Bac-on styles this church a vicarage discharged, value 41, \&s. Ad. JVJ ARFLEET, a parish town ; in the middle-division of Holderness ; 3 1 miles from Hedon, Si from Hull, 44 from York. — Pop. 127. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Holderness, value p. r. f70/. PatrOn, Rev. Thomas Watson. MARKET- WEIGHTON, a market and parish town, in Holme- Beacon division of Harthiil, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 6| miles from Pocklington, 8 from South-Cave, 9| from Beverley, 11| from Howden, 18 from Selby, 19 from York; from London, by Howden, 188 ; by York, 21 6 ^—Market, Wednesday.— Fairs, May 14, September 25, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, &c. — Principal Inns, Briggs 1 New Inn, King's Arms, and Half Moon. —Pop. 1 724. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Harthiil, value, $4/. 13s. 9d. p. r. f 133^. Patron, the Prebendary thereof. Market- Weighton, situaied at the western foot of the Wolds, on the road between Beverley and York, does not contain any thing particular either to interest the antiquary or the tourist ; although it had for a number of years attracted the notice of most antiquaries, as the Roman Delgovitia, till Drake, in his Eboracum, p. 31, assigned that station to Londeshrough, 27i miles north of Market- Weight on, where it has remained undisturbed ever since. The town has of late years improved in building; and a navigable canal brought from the Humber to within two miles of the place, has tended much towards the improve- ment of the trade of the town and neighbourhood. MARTON, in the- parish of Swine, middle-division of Holderness; 7 miles from Hedon, 91 from Hull, 12 from Beverley. — Pop. 129. MARTON, in the township of Sewerby-with-Marton," and parish of Bridlington, (Marfan- House, the seat of Ralph Creyke, Esq.) 2| miles from Bridlington. — Pop. included in Sewerby. MELBOURNE, or MELBURN, in the parish of Thornton, Holme-Beacon division of Harthiil ; (Melbourne- Houss, the seat of Sir Henry Maghull Mervin Vavasour, Bart.) 5 miles from Pock- lington, 9 from Market- Weighton, 12 from York. — Pop. 437. This fjamily of Vavasours appears to be a branch of the ancient family of that name, settled at Haslewood, soon after the conquest. The present Sir Herwy Maghull Mervia Vavasour was created a Baronet in J801. In the same township is MELBOURNE-LODGE, (the seat of General Wharton;) 6 mile^ from Pocklington. MELTON, in the parish of Welton, wapentake of Howdenshire; (the seats of Henry Sykes and Henry Thompson, Esqrs.) 5 miles from South-Cave. 9 from Beverley and Hull.— Pop. 1 18. EAST-RIDING. 183 Of this Place wns William de Melton, the forty-second Archbishop of York; He was elected Archbishop in 1315, and died at Cawood, in 1340.— Drake. MELTON-HILL, hi the township of Melton, and parish of Welton • (the seat of John Wilson, Esq.) 5\ miles from South-Gave, 9 J from Hull and Beverley. MELTOXBY, in the parish of Poekliagtan, Wilton-Beacon divi- sion of Harthiil ; 2 miles from Pocklington, 9 from Market- Weighton, 15 from York.— Pop. 78. MENN YTHORPE. or MENETHORPE, in the parish of Westow, wapentake of Buckrose ; 3§ miles from Malton, 12 from Sledmere. Pop. 131. MENTHORPE, in the township of Menthorpe-with-Bowthorpe, and parish of Hemmin°:broug-h, wapentake of Ouse and Derwent ; 5 miles from Selby and Howden, 14 from York. — Pop. including Bowthorpe, 49. METHAM, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire; (the scat of Philip Schol field, Esq.) 4| miles from Howden, 11 from South-Cave.— Pop. 45. This village was once the seat of the ancient family of the Methams. Sir Thomas Metham, an adherent of King Charles I. was slain at the battle of Mars- ton-Moor, fighting for the royal cause. Upon a moor near this place, a Roman pottery has been descovered, where a great quantity of cinders, broken urns, tfee. have been found. It is about a mile from the Roman military way. MEUX, in the parish of Wavra, middle-division of Holderness; 6 miles from Beverley, 7 from Hull, 13 from Hedon. — .Pop. 74. William le Gross, Earl of Albemarle, and Lord of Holderness, founded an Abbey here, and introduced a Convent of Monks, from the Monastery of Fountains, of whom Adam, was the first Abbot, in 1150. Valued at the disso- lution at 299/. 6s. Ad. — Dcgdale. No part of this Abbey is remaining, but the site is easily traced by the foundations of the buildings and extensive moats. A catalogue of the Abbots is given in the History of Hull, which was sent Mr. Tichill, by the Rev. W. Dade, and to which history we would refer the reader for an enlarged account. MIDDLETON, a parish-town, in Bainton-Beacon division of Hart- hill ; 81 miles from Beverley and Driffield, 9| from Pocklington, 23 from York.^-Pop. 441. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Harthiil, value, 15/. 3s. 4d. Patron, the Rev. John Blanchard. MILLINGTON, in the parish of Great-Givendale, Wilton-Beacon division of Harthiil, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 3 miles from Pocklington, 8 from Market- Weighton, 15 from York. — Pop. 282. The Chapel of Ease here is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 1 11. I is. Patron, the Dean of York. MOLESCROFT, in the parish of St. John, Beverley, liberty of Beverley, Hunslev-Beacon division of Harthiil ; 1 mile from Bever- ley, \2k from Driffield.— Pop. 98. The cross on the further side of Molescroft valley, was one of the boundaries of tke sanctuary of the founders of St. John, of Beverley. — Drake. MORE BY, (the seat of the Rev. Thomas Preston) in the township of Stillingfleet-with-Moreby, and parish of Stillingfleet, wapentake of Ouse and Derwent; 5| miles from York, 9£ from Selby. MOOR-GRANG E.— See Bedford-Grange. 184 EAST-RlDlNG. MOOR HOUSES, 3 /... h. in the township and parish of Burton- Agness;- 7 miles from Bridlington and Driffield. MOOR- HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Humbieton; 5 miles from Hedon. MOOR-TOWN, in the parish of Erandsburton, north-division of Holderness; 7 miles from Hornsea, 10 from Beverley, 13 from Bridlington. — Pop. 29. MOUNT-FARRAN, /. h. in the township and parish of Birdsall ; 4| , miles from Malton. MOWTHORPE, 2/. h. in the township and parish of Kirby^Grin- dalyth ; 3 miles from Sledmere A MUSTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering ; 1 \ mile from Hunmanby, 8 from Scarborough, 10 from Bridlington, 38 from York. — Pop. 350. The Church is a perpetual curacy $ dedi- cated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Dickering, Patron, Humphrey B. Osbaldeston, Esq. It was formerly a chapelry to Hunmanby, to which church, it still continues to pay a small sum towards the repairs of the mother-church ; and the inhabitants bury at Hun- manby.— Bacon stiles it a vicarage discharged, valued at 61. 10s. iv NABURN, in the parishes of Acaster-Malbis, and St. Dennis, York, wapentake of Ouseand Derwent; (the seat of George Palmes* Esq.) 4 miles from York, 11 from Selby, 15 from Pocklington. — Pop. 366. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Bulmer, Patrons, the King, and George Palmes, Esq. alternately. NAFFERTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; 2| miles from Great-Driffield, 9 from Bridlington, 15 from Beverley, 32| from York. — Pop. 917. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Dickering, value, f97L 19s. 8d Patron, the Archbishop of York. Bacon styles this a vicarage discharged, valued at 13/. 1 5s. id. This church was an ancient reetory, belonging to the patronage of the Percys, till Sir Henry Percy, Knight, gave it to the Abbot and Convent of Meaux, about 1304 ; a vicarage was then ordained for a perpetual vicar to serve the. church; to have cure of souls, ts in hi3 first Iter : and by Dr. Gate, to be a place, where justice was administered between merchant and merchant. Drake differs i/cra Camden, and considers the Prceiorium to have been merely a moveable encamp- ment, but where, is no-.r impossible to determine ; probably long sinco swallowed np by the sea. However, he that as it may, the inhabitants used to boast of their antiquity, and the former excellency of their harbour ; which is now only a small creek forming a kind of a haven for small craft within a mile from the H«ttc- ber; but there is no canal up to the town. From the church-yard and feom several parts of the vicinity, are delightful views of the Humber, and its fertile 5 bores as tar as Spurn point, and the opposite shores of Lincolnshire render the prospect more beautiful. The town may boast of a much handsomer church than nscst others in the neighbourhood. It is built in the form of a cross, and has a vpry lofty spire, whioh has long been a landmark for seamen on entering the Humber. This spire, about 190 feet high, was not many years ago repaired at a trifling expense, considering ifs height, by a very ingenious workman, who ereeted his scaffolding half way up the spire, by means of a chain on hooks. PA rillNGTON-HAVEN, see Humber- Side. PAUL, or PAG HILL, a parish-town, in the south-division of Bio'- 188 EAST-HIDING. derness; 3 miles from Hedon, 7 from Patrington, 10 from Hull, 48 from York. — Pop. 486. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew and St. Mary, in thedeanry of Holderness, value, $10/. 0s. 5d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. Paul, situated on the banks of the Hnmber, is remarkable for its dock yard, where ships of the line, of as high a rate as seventy-fonrs, are sometimes built. PAUL, HIGH, in the township and parish of Paul ; S| miles from Hedon, 6\ from Patrington, 10| from Hull. PAUL-HOLMES,/, h. in the township and parish of Paul ; 31 miles from Hedon. PLOUGH LAND, 2 f. k. in the township and parish of Welwiek ; 1 1 mile from Patrington. PLUCKHAM, /. h. in the township of Thixendale, and parish of Wharram-Percy ; 5 miles from Pocklington. POCKLINGTON, a market and parish-town, in Wilton-Beacon division of Harthill,a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 6£ miles from Market- WeightOn, 13 from York, 14 from Sledmere, 16 from Malton, 16| from Howden, 17 from Great-Driffield, 212 from Lon- don. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, March 7, May 6, August 5, and Nov. 8, for horned-cattle, horses, sheep, cloth. &c— Principal Inns, the Feathers, Buck, and Black Bull.— Pop. l;962. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Ilarthill, value, $10/. is. lO^p. r. 140/. Patron, the Dean of York. POCKLINGTON-NEW-INN, in the township and parish of Pock- lington; 1 \ mile from Pocklington, 5J- from Market- Weigh ton, 13 from York. A Posting-house, on the road from York to M arket- W ei ghton. POCKTHORPE, hanu in the township and parish of Nafferton ; (Pockthorpe-House, the seat of William Hall, Esq.) 4 miles from Driffield, 10 from Bridlington. PORTINGTQN, in the township of Cavile-with-Portington, and parish, of Eastrington, wapentake of Howdenshire ; 3 miles from Howden, 11 from South-Cave. — Pop. included in Cavile. la 1814, three small imperfect coins, and a Roman urn containing upwards of 100 other coins, all in high preservation, and- comprising, with the exception of two, coins of the several Emperors from Nero to Commodus, were found in a lane near Portington. PRESTON, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holderness, a part in the liberty of St Peter ; 1, mile Irom Hedon, 8 from Hull, 46 from York.— Pop. 828. The Church, peculiar, (styled Pres- ton-with-Hedon) is a "vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Holderness, value, %\%l. Patron, the Subdean of York. PRICKETT-HILL, /. h. in the township of Newsham-with-Brind, and parish of Wressle; 2 miles from Howden. RAYWELL. (the seat of Daniel Sykes, Esq.) in the township and parish of Cottingham ; 5 miles from South-Cave, 6 from Beverley, 7 from Hull*- EAST-JtIDING. 189 R AISTHORPE, /. h. in the parish of Wharram-Percy ; 5 miles from Siedmere, 9 from Malton. — Pop. including Burdaie, 47, which being- united, form a township. REIGHTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; (the seat of Arthur Strickland, Esq.) %\ miles from Hunmartby, 6rJ from Bridlington, 40 from York. — Pop. 217. The Church is a vicar- age, in the deanry of Dickering, value, $91. 10s. p. r. tl3-9/. Pa* tron, Sir Wm. Strickland, Bart. It was formerly a chapel to Hun- nianby, to which it still pays a small sum annually towards repairs, &c. RICCALL, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, •liberties of St. Peter and Howdenshire; (Riccall-HaU, the seat of Toft Richardson, Esq.) 5\ miles from Selby, 91 from York, 12 from Howden. — Pop. 599. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedi- cated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, £67. p. r. 50/. Patron, the Prebendary thereof. Iu the year 1066, the King 1 ef Norway, with a fleet of near 600 sail, came up the Hu ruber, and landed their forces at this place, and marched directly to York, which they took by storm. — Drake.. The church of Riccall is of great antiquity, the porch of which is not only a curious, but a fine piece of sculpture and architecture, and is equal, if not superior y to that celebrated one of St. Margaret's, Walmgate, York. The Prebendal Hall, occupied by Mr. Richard Wilson, is a very ancient building) some part being built after the manner of Bugden Palace. It is moated round. RIDGEMO'NT, /. h. in (he township of Burstwick, and parishes of Skecklingand Burton- Pidsea ; 5 miles from Hedon. RILLINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose; \\ miles from Malton, 8 from Sledmere, 22 from York. — Pop. 683. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, ^8/. 14s. §\d. p. r. fl30/. Patron, the King. RILLINGTON-MOOKS, a few f. h. in the township and parish of Rillington ; 7 miles from Malton. RIMSWELL, a township, in the parish of Owthorn, south-division of Holderness; 5 miles from Patrington, 1 1 from Hedon, 19 from Hull. — Pop. 129. A Church has been built here instead of that at Owthorn, which was washed down by the sea, in 1816. RINGBROUGH,/. h. in the townshipof Bewick-with-East-Newton, and parish of Aldbrough ; 10 miles from Hornsea and Patrington. RIPLINGHAM, in the township and parish of Rowley, Hunsley- Beacon division of Harthill ; 4 miles from Beverley, 8 from Hull, RISBY, 2 /. h. in the township and parish of Rowley ; 4 miles from Beverley, 6 from South-Cave. About 50 years ago, the mansion of the Ellerkers here, was accidentally destroyed by fire. The Park at Risby, one of the most beautiful in the Riding, i Bart. SEWER BY, in the township of Sewerby-cum-Marton, and parish of Bridlington, wapentake of Dickering; (S ewer by- House * the seat of John Greame, Esq.) i\ mile from Bridlington, \3\ from 1 Driffield.-^ Pop. 317. SHERBURNE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Bdckrose; % miles from Sledmere, 12 from Malton.-^-Pop. 496; The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Hilda, in the deanry of Buckrose ; value, i6L Os. '2\d. p. r. f 60/. Patron, Sir W^ Strickland* Bart SHIPTON. in the parish of Market- Weighton, Holme-Beacon dp vision of Harthill, a part in the liberty of St. Peter 5 2 miles from Market- Weighton, 4| from Pocklington. — Pop. 369. Here is a* Chapel of ease to Market- Weighton * value, p. r< %5l< 18$ SIGGLESTHORNE, a parish-town, in the north-division of KaU derness; 3| miles from Hornsea, 9| from Beverley \%\ from Hull, 14 from Driffield, 16 from Bridlington, 39 from York.-^ Pop. 163. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St* Lawrence, in the deanry of Holderness, value, 31 /. Is. 3d. Patron, the Kingv SKECKLING, in the township of Skeckling-cum-Burstwick, and parish of Skeckling, south-division of Holderness; 4 miles from Hedon, S from Patrington, 1 1 from Hull, 49 from York. The Church is a vicarage, (styled Burstwick-with-Skeckling) dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Holderness, value, 7L Patron, Executors of the late Right Hon. the Earl of Cardigan, There is no village of the name of Skefckling, it is merely the flame of 3 parish. SKEFFLING, a parish-town, in the south-division of HoldertfesS ; ; 3| miles from Patrington, 13| from Hedon, 22 from Hull, 60 from York. — Pop. 201. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Holderness, value, p. r. f63/. Pa- tron, the Rev. N. Holme. SKELTON, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire* 2 miles from Howden, 12 from Selby, 132 from South-Cave. — Pop. 221. SKERNE, a parish-town, in Bainton-Beacon division of Harthill; %\ miles from Driffield, 12 from Beverley, 31 from York. — Pop, 251. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. 55/. 10s. Patron, Richard Arkwright, Esq. SKIDBY, in the parish of Cottingham, Huns ley -Beacon division of Harthill; 4 miles from Beverley, 7 from Hull and South-Cave. Pop. 313. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St/ Michael, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. 20/. Patron, the Bishop of Chester, or his lessee, Mr Peploe. SK IPSE A, a parish-town, in the north-division of Holdemesst 5 miles from Hornsea, 10 from Bridlington, 10! from Driffield, 1£ 2b 194 EAST-RIDING. from Beverley, 40 from York. — Pop. 329. The Church is a vicar- age, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Holderness, value, " £9/. 1 6s. p. r. 52/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. At this place was an ancient castle, built by Drugo de Bruerer, a Fleming, the first Lord of Holderness after the conquest, who accompanied William into . England, and being skilful and courageous in arms, was rewarded with this ' estate, as well as the hand of his niece in marriage ; but, she being poisoned by him, be was obliged to fly for his life, and his estates given to Stephen, the son of Edo, Earl of Albemarle, in Normandy. No remains of the building ate now to be seen, but in the middle of the marsh, which separates Skipsea from Skipsea- Brough, is an artificial Mound of a circular form, and considerable height, on - the top of which may be traced, the foundations of an ancient castle or tower. — This mound still retains the name of Castle- Hill.— Cam den. — Magna Brit. — Archjsol. SKIPSEA-BROUGH, see Brougk. SKIP WITH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Onse and Derwent, liberty of Howdeushire ; {the seat of Mrs Jane Hudson) 5\ miles from Selby, 1\ from Howdeu, 9\ from York.— Pop. 315. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, +10/. 11 s. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. Here is a school founded and endowed by Dorothy Wilson, Spinster, by will, dated Jan. 20, 1710. The Rev.. Joseph Wilson, the late vicar, left 400/. to this school, the interest of which to be applied to the education of the poor of the parish. The present salary for the Master is 20/. arising out of lands at Skip- with Holmes, originally for 10, now 14 boys. SKIRLAUGH, NORTH, in the township of Arnold-with-Routon and North-Skirlaugh, and parish of Swine, north-division of Holderness; it adjoins and is a part of South-Skirlaugh. — Pop. in- cluded in Arnold. SKIRLAUGH, SOUTH, in the parish of Swine, middle-division of Holderness; 8 miles from Hedon, 9 from Hull and Beverley. — Pop. 211. Here is a Chapel to Swine, dedicated to St. Austin. The elegant chapel here, erected by Walter Skirlaugh, Bishop of Dnrham, the place of his nativity, is described by Britton in his Architectural Anti- quities, as one of the most perfect minor specimens of parochial architecture in the kingdom, and supposed to have been erected after Skirlaw was advanced to .. the See of Durham, A. D. 1388, and probably not before 1400. The base of the tower is surrounded with a series of a quartrefoil panels. Mr. Britton further adds, on the authority of Wood, that " it appears by a certain note (inter collect. Rog. Dodsworth) that Skirlaw was born at Skir- law or Skirley, in Yorkshire, and the son of a siever (riddle or sieve maker) there, but being very untoward, ran away from his father's house, and went to the. University, where, being received by some Scholar, he arrived at such learning, that he became noted for it, and through various preferments, was made Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, then of Wells, and at length of Durham. At which last place being settled, he sent his steward to inquire at Skirlaw, whether his father and mother (who had given him over for a lost son) were liv- ing; and having received notice that they were alive, sent for them, and sup- plied their wants. " SKIRLING TON, /. h. in the township and parish of Atwicke ; 3 miles from Hornsea. SKIRPENBECK, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose ; a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 6 miles from Pockiington, 10 from York.— Pop. 263. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, 14/. 7s. S\cL Patron, the King. EAST-RIDING. 19,5 SLEDMERE, a post and parish-town, in the wapentake of Buck- rose ; (a seat of Sir Mark Master man Sykes, Bart.) Smiles from Driffield, VI from Mai ton, 14 from Pocklingion, 17 from Brid- lington, 20 from Scarborough, 24 from York, 226 from London. — Principal Imu Triton Inn. — Pop. including Groom, 42o. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, +32/. \5s. Patron, Sir Mark Mas'.erman Sykes, Bart. It was originally a Chapel in the parish of Grindalyth, and appropriated with it to the Priory of Kirkham. Sledmere, situated in a spacious vale, in the centre of the Yorkshire Wolds, may be considered as the ornament of that bleak and hilly district, is noted for being. the residence of Sir Mark Maste.rman Sykes, Bart, whose father, the late Sir Christopher Sykes, Bavt. erected, from his own design, the present Mansion, which.hasbeen planned and executed in a superior style of elegance; butthe great- est boast and pride of its noble owner, is the Library, 100 feet in length, and which the Rev. F. Dibdin is pleasc-d to call "one of the finest rooms in the kingdom ; perhaps rather too splendidly got up for the purpose t^> which it is converted. Here repose all the Editiones Princeps of Sir Mark : and among them t^i first Livy upon vellum. Here too are seen his History and Topography and f'oyages, and Travels, mostly upon large paper, in beautiful condition and appropriate bindings : while, below stairs, in Sir Mark's own particular apartment, and by the side of a bookcase, which contains some of ihe rarest Old English Poetry, in our language, are to be found his beautiful Hollars, and matchless Fait/iornes,'' ■ — Bibliogr. Decani. III. p. 405. The ornamented appendages, the pavilions, hot houses, green houses, &e. add to the beauty of the scene : and a loity arched gateway erected over the pre- sent and ancient Roman road, from York to Bridlington, is seen at a great dis- tance from every quarter, and has a fine effect. Sir Mark succeeded his father, Sir Christopher Sykes, Bart. September, 1801, married, November 11, 1795, Henrietta, daughter of Henry Masterman, of Settrington, in Yorkshire, Esq. — Debrett. SMITHY-BRIGG, /. h. in the township of West- Newton, and parish of Swine; 7 miles from Hed on, 8| from Huil. SOUTHBURNE. in the parish of Kirkburn, Bainton-Beacondi vision of HarthilJ ; 4| miles from Driffield, 10| from Beverley. — Pop. 103. SOUTHCOATES, in the parish of Drypool, middle-division of Hoi- derness; 2 miles from Hull, 8 from Hed on. — Pop. 798. ■ >, SP ALDINGTON, in the parishes of Bobwith and Aughton, Holme- Beacon division of Harthill; i\ miles from Howden, lOfromSdby and Market- Weigh ton. — Pop. 361. The ancient mansion of the Vavasours is yet to be seen here.-. .Tt is a. fine old building, and, from its architecture, appears to have -been built -irfTout the time of Queen Elizabeth. SPEETON, in the parish of Bridlington, wapentake of Dickering-; 4 miles from Hunmanby, 5 from Bridlington. — Pop. 116. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 60/. Patron, Wm. J. Denison, Esq. SPITAL, /. h. in the township and parish of Fangfoss, Wilton- Beacon division of Harthill ; 3| miles from Pocklington. SPITAL-HOUSE, in the township of Staxton.and parish of Witterby •> 8 miles from Scarborough, 1 i from Bridlington. A few years ago, when removing some earth adjoining this house, a large quantity of human bones appeared. It formerly belonged to the Priory of Bridlington. 19? EAST-RIDING. SPRINGHEAD, in the township and parish of Cottingham, {the seat of Richard Tottie, Esq.) 3 miles from Hull, 8 from Beverley. flPROATLE Y, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holderness ; 4 miles from Hedon, 8 from Hull, 15 from Beverley, 46 from York. Pop. 357' The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Swithin, in the deanry of Holderness, value, 71. Qs. lOd. Patron, Francis Con- stable, Esq. Here is a sphool, endowed by Bridget Biggs, in 1739, for teaching 12 poor boys and 12 poor girls, and apprenticing or clothing them for service. — Annual produce, 64l:\9s r 8d, pPURNHEAD, in the township and parish of Kilnsea ; 1 J £ miles from Patrington, 21 1 from Hedon, 29 \ from Hull. Spurnhead, is a noted promontary, at the southernmost point of Holderness, and at the entrance of the Humber. It is the Ocellum Promontorium of Ptolemy, and where, if in the time of the Romans, a watch-tower was built, not only to overlook the mouth of the Humber, but as a guard to these coasts/' " The pre- sent name of Spurnhead, called in our old English Chronicles, Spure?ihead, is certainly derived from the Saxon verb, " Spurien," to look out, spy, or ex- plore." Here pow stands a light-house for the direction of mariners, built in the year 1677, by Mr. Justinian Angel, of London, who had a patent for it from King Charles II. and in 1684, a day mark was erected, i. e. a beacon with a barrel on the top of it. Not far distant from this point was the famous seaport of Ravenspur, celebrated in history for the landing of Henry IV. in 1399, and Edward IV. in 1471. Ravenspur has long since been swallowed up by the sea pr the Humber, the precise spot where it stood being unknown. — Drake.- - Ma(»iva. Brit. STADDLETHORPE, a few f h, in the township and parish of JBlacktoft; 7 miles from Howden, 8 from South-Cave. STAMFORD-BRIDGE, in the parishes of Low-Catton and Gate- Helmsley ; east part in Wilton-Beacon division of Harthill, and west in the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent; 7| miles from York and Pocklington, 16| from Sled mere, 18 from Selby, 23 from Driffield. — No Market.^ Fair, December 1, for horses, horned- cattle, sheep, hoots, shoes, &c. — Pop. east part 298, west, including Scoreby , J 5 1 —total ,449. Stamford Bridge, called by the Normans Pons belli or Battle Bridge, from one of the mos{ bloody battles, probably, at that time, ever known in England, petween King Harold II. and Harfager, King of Norway, in conjunction with Tosti, the banished Earl of Northumberland, who persuaded the Norwegian Monarch to undertake the conquest of England. This battle between two armies of 60,000 each, took place in September, 1066, only nine days before the land- ing of William the ponqjieror ; a detailed account of which is to be met with in Drake's Ebor.p. 83. Stamford Bridge is also noted as being, according to Drake, p. 33, the ancient Derventio, although Camden fixes it at Aldby ; both places are situated upon the river Derwent, and nearly at equal distance from York. The village of Stamford Bridge is situated on both sides of the Derwent. STANINGHOLME, in the township and parish of Watton; 8 miles from Driffield. STAXTON, in the parish of Willerhy, wapentake of Dickering ; 5 miles from Hunmanby, 7 from Scarborough, 12 from Bridlington. ^ Pop. 213, STEPNEY, 2 h. in the township of Cottingham, and parish of Scul^ coates ; 1 mile from Hull, 8 from Beverley. The house called Stepney Bouse, stands upon the boundary line of the townships of Cottingham and Sculcoates, EAST-RIDING, 197 STILLING FLEET, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ouse and Dei-went, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; (the seat of Joshua Ingham, Esq.) 7 miles from York, 8 from Selby and Tadcasfer, 15 from Pocklington. — Pop. including Moreby, 404. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in thedeanry of Bulrner, value, £9/. 7*. 6d. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of York. STOXE-FERRY, ham. in the township and parish of Sutton; 2 miles from Hull, 9 from Hedon. STORK-HILL, /. A. in the township of Sandholme-with-Storkhill, and parish of St. John, Beverley ; 1 \ mile from Beveriev. STORTHWOOD, or STORTHYVAITE, in the parish of Thornton, Holme-Beacon division of Harthill ; 7 miles from Pocklington, 10 from Market- Weig:hton and York.— Pop. 116. SUNDERLANVVICK, a township, in the parish of Hutfon-Crans- wick, Bainton-Beacon division of Harthill ; (the seat of Homer Reynard, Esq,) 2 miles from Driffield, J 1 from Beverley. — Pop. GO. SUNK-ISLAND, fextraparochial) in the south-division of Holder- ness; 8 miles from Hedon and Patrington, 16 from Hull. — Pop. 216. Sunk Island is a large tract of land in the Humber, of not less than 45J0 acres, in the hands of the crown, and is on lease. The lessees let it again to tho fanners. Sunk Island first began to make its appearance about the. reign of Charles I. when a few acres were left dry at low *vater ; but havinglncreasod every year in extent, it was embanked and converted into pasture land ; and as the water receded, leaving large quantities of land, further embankments be- came necessary, till the Island at length reached its present size. SUTTON, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holderness ; 2\ miles from Hull, 8 from Hedon and Beverley. — Pop. including \V r itham, Stoneferry, &c. 3,658. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Holdemess, value, p. r. £81/. Patron, Henry Broadley, Esq. The church of Snttop was anciently collegiate, and valued at \3L ISs. dd. hut dissolved long before Bacon's time, who says, " no such college now." It appears also to have at sometime been a chapel to Waghan ; Sir John Sutton, Patron, granted it for the sustenation of six chaplains to Bay Mass for the King and Queen and himself, his wife, and their souls, when dead : so all the tithes of this place were appropriated to that use. In the reiin o* Edward I. a house for Carmelites or White Iriars, was founded here. — Burton. SUTTON, /. h. and Mill, in the township and parish of Norton ; 1 mile from AJalton. SUTTOX, FULL, a parish-town, in Wilton-Beacon division of Harthill, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 5 miles from Pockling- ton, 10 from York, 12 from Alalton. — Pop. '125. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of Harthill, value, £10/. ]2s. &{d. p. r. -J130/. Patron, the Honourable John Simpson. This church is very ancient, and supposed to have formerly belonged to the Priory of Watton, near Beverley, and built as a chantry for some idle Monk. The arma of the Percy family are in some of the windows.— James liudd,' D. Jj. Iteetor. SLTTOX-UPOX-DFRWEXT, a parish-town, in Wilton-Beacon division of Harthill -, tj miles from York, 7 from Pocklington, 12 from Selby. — Pop. 4QU. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 198 EAST-RIDING. St. Michael, in the deanry of Harthiil;-, value, 14/. 145, Id. Patron, Sir Thomas Clerges, Bart. SWANLAND, in the parish of Ferriby, in Hullshire ; (the seat of Nicholas Sykes, Esq.) 6 miles from South-Cave, 7 from Hull. — Pop. see Addenda. - SWAYTHORPE, /. h. in the township and parish of Kilham. SWINE, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holderness ; 6| miles from Hull and Beverley, 8 from Hedon, 47 from York, by Wawn-Ferry. — Pop. 229. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Holderness, value, £8/. p. r. f5il. Patron, William Wilberfoss, Esq. Here was once a religious house, which at the time of the dissolution, con- tained a Prioress, and 14 or 15 Nuns of the Cistertian order. It was founded by Robert de Verli, in the reign of King Stephen, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was surrendered by Dorothy Knight, the last Prioress, who received a pension of 13/. 6s. Sd. per annum, each of the Nuns had pensions of from 3L 6s. 8d. to 21. per annum. The revenues of their house at this time, was according to Dugdale, 82/. 3s. 9d. and Speed, 134/. 6s. 9d. The site, &c was sold by Henry VIII. in 1540, to Sir Richard Gresham, Knight, and in the 38th year of his reign, the King sold to the same person the rectory of Swine, with all its appurtenances in Swine, Coniston, &c. — Burton. jP'f the Priory of Swine, there are no remains ; but in the church, which be- longed to it, are several monumental effigies, in a high state of preservation, with' inscriptions, probably belonging to the Darcy family. — Britton. SWINKELL, ./. h. in the township and parish of Watton ; 5 miles from Driffield. T TANSTON, or TANSTERNE, ham. in the township of West- Newton, and parish of Aldbrough ; 7 miles from Hedon. THE ARNE, in the parish of St. John, Beverley, Hunsley-Beacon division of Harthiil, liberty of Beverley ; 3 miles from Beverley. — Pop. see Addenda. THICK ETT, (the seat Joseph Dunnington. Esq.) in the township of Thorganby-with-Cottingwith, and parish of Thorganby ; 9 miles from York and Pocklington, 12fromSelby. AtThikehead, now Thicket, in the time of Richard I. a small Benedictine Nunnery was built here by Roger Fitz-Roger, to the honour of the Blessed Vir- gin. At the dissolution, 26th Henry VIII. its revenues amounted, according to Dugdale, to 20/. 18*, lOd. and Speed, 23/. 12*. M. la the 33rd Henry VIII. the King granted the site, &c. to John Aske, in whose family the patronage or foundership had been for some years \ it having descended to them from the Haves. — Burton. THIRKLEBY, a township, in the parish of Kirby-Grindalyth, wapentake of Buckrose-, 3 miles from Sledmere, 10 from Maiton. —Pop. 44. THIRKLEBY, or THIRTLEBY, in the parish of Swine, middle- division of Holderness ; 5 miles from Hedon, 7 from Hull, 10 from Beverley. — Pop. 61. THIXENDALE, in the parish of Wharram-Percy, wapentake of Buckrose ; 8 miles from Sledmere, 9 from Poeklington. — Pop. 184. John de Sezevaux, one of the Representatives for the city of York, 28th of Edward I. was of this place, and to whose name Drake, p. 355, annexes the EAST-RIDING. 199 following note. De Sezevauz, or de sexdecem vallibus, is the town on the fVolds, now called Thixendale ; corruptedly no doubt from sixteen dales, which the place is remarkable lor. THORALDBY, /. h. in the township and parish of Bugthorpe; 6 miles from Pocklington, 12 from York. THORGANBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent •, (the seat of John Dunnington Jefferson , Esq.) 8 miles from Selby, 10 from Howden, 12 from York. — Pop. including West-Cottingwith, 381, which being united form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Elen, in the deanrv of Bulmer, value, p. r. 35/. Joint Patrons, Mr Abbey, and Mr Halley. THORNGUMBALD, in the parish of Paul; southldivision of Holderness; 2| miles from Hedon, 1\ from Patrington, I0| from Hull. — Pop. 259. Here is a Chapel to Paul. THORNHOLME, or THURNHOLME, in the parish of Burton- Agnes, wapentake of Dickering ;_, 4 1 miles from Bridlington, 7$ ' from Driffield.— Pop. 94. THORNTON, a parish-town, in Wilton-Beacon division of Hart- hill ; 5 miles from Pocklington, 7 from Market- Weighton, 12 from York.— Pop. 198. The Church of Thomton-with-Aller- thorpe, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Harthill, value, £7/. 5s. lOd. Patron, the Dean of York. THORNTON-HOUSE and THORNTON-LAND. 2/. h. in the township of Scalby, and parish of Blacktoft ; the former 7 miles from Howden. and the latter 8 miles. THORPE, a township, in the parish of Howden, wapentake of Howdenshire ; 1 mile from Howden, 1 1 from Selby. — Pop. 53. THORPE, EAST, see East-Thorpe. THORPE-BASSETT, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose; 5 miles from Malton, 16 from Driffield, 17 from Scarborough, 22 from York. — Pop. 156. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, 12/. p. r. 144/. Joint Patrons, Richard Watson, Esq. Mr Rider, Mr Thomas Owston, and Mrs Inchbald. Here is a small school endowed with ]Ql. per annum, by the late Rector, the Rev. W. Graves. THORPE-BRANTINGHAM, in the township and parish of Brant- ingham, Hunsley-Beacon division of Harthill, liberty of Howden- shire ; (the seat of the Rev. Edward William Barnard) 2 miles from South-Cave, 9 from Hull, 12 from Beverley. — Pop. 174. THORPE-HALL, (the seat of the Hon. Major-Gen. Godfrey Bos- ville) in the township and parish of Rudston ; 4 miles from Brid- lington, 8 from Driffield and Hunmanby. THORPE-LE-STREET, in the parish of Nunbumholme, Holme- Beacon division of Harthill ; 3 miles from Market- Weighton, 4 from Pocklington. — Pop. 37. THORPE-LIDGET, 2 cots. i/i the township of Thorpe, and parish of Howden ; 1 mile from Howden.. 200 £AST~lUt>iNtr. TRANBY, (the seat of Mrs Barkworth) in the township of Hessle; and parish of Kirk-Ella ; 5 miles from Hull. THWING, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; 8 miles from Bridlington, 10 from Driffield, 13 from Scarborough, 33 from York. — Pop. including Octon, 314. The Church is a rectory, . dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Dickering, value, 8/^ 12s. id. It consists of two medieties, Thwing and Octon. Patron, the King. In Thwing, Archbishop Lamplugh, the 74th Archbishop of York, first drew breath. He was Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, afterwards Rector of Charlton, Oxfordshire, and Principal of St. Alban's Hall, August 12, 1664. He became not long after one of the King's Chaplains. He was translated to the See of York in 1688, when he was 74 years of age, and died at Bishopthorpe in 1691.— Darken- Biog. Dict. TIBTHORPE, in ihe parish of Kirkburn, Bainton-Beacon division of Harthill; 6| miles from Driffield, 12 from Beverley, 161 from Malton.— Pop. 221. TICKTON, in the parish of St. John, Beverley, Hunsley-Beacon division of Harthill; (the seat of Wm. West, Esq.) 2| miles from Beverley, 11 from Hull and Hornsea. TOLLINGHAM, s. h. in the township and parish of Holme-on- Spalding-Moor; 7 miles from Market- Weighton. TORMOND-HALL, (the seat of John Burton, Esq.) in the township of Long- ClifFe, and parish of Hemmingbrough ; 2] miles from Selby, 71 from Howden, 14 from York. TO WTHORPE, 2 /. h. a township, in the parish of Wharram- Percy, wapentake of Buckrose; 2 miles from Sledmere. — Pop. 61. TRESWICK, /. h. in the township and parish of Hay ton ; 3| miles from Market- Weighton and Pocklington. TUNSTALL, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holderness, liberty of St. Peter ; 6 miles from Patrington, 8 from Hedon, 15 from Hull. — Pop. 163. The Church, peculiar, is "a perpetual cu- racy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Holderness, value, p. r. f52l. 18s. Patron, Succentor Canonicorum Ebor. — Bacon styles it a vicarage disharged, of the clear value of 20/. TURMER-HALL, /. k. in the township of Gangstead, and parish of Swine ; 4 miles from Hedon, 5 from Hull. . u ULROME, in the parishes of Barms ton and Skipsea, north-division of Holderness; 6| miles from Hornsea, 9 from Bridlington, 12 from Driffield, 16 from Beverley.— Pop. 170. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Holderness, value, p. r. fl20/> Patron, Sir Francis Boynton, Bart. That part of Ulrome which is in the parish of Skip9ea, bury in that church, and pay towards the repairs of the same, one fourth. According to Bacon, it is a vicarage endowed and discharged, valued at 31. 19s. 2d. UNCLEBY, 3 or 4/. h. in the township and parish of Kirby-Under- dale, wapentake of Buckrose ; 8 miles from- Pocklington. UPTON, m the township of Drinkhoe, Upton, and Brougb, and EAST- RIDING. 201 parish of Skipsea, north-division of Holderness ; 6 miles from Hornsea, 10' from Bridlington. — Pop. included in Drinkhoe* w W ALDB Y, or WAULDB Y, in the parish of Elloughtdn, Hunsley- Beacon, division of Harthill ; 5 miles from South-Cave, 8 from Beverley, 9 from Hull. — Pop. 44. W ALKINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Howdenshire, Hunsley-Beacon division of Harthill; 2| miles from BeVerley, 7 from South-Cave, 1 1 from Hull. — Pop. Howden 324, Provost-Fee 209— total, 533. The Church is a rectory, dedicated io All-Saints, in the deanry of Harthill, value, 24/. 13s. id. Patron, the Rev. Daniel Ferguson, the present incumbent* This village conissts of* two parts, one of which is a copyhold manor, called IValkinglwm Provost Fee, belonging to Henry Gee Barnard, of Cave Castle, Esq. the olher part is copyhold within the Manor of Howden. WANSFORD, in the parish of Nafferton, wapentake of Dickering \ 4 miles from Driffield, 10| from Bridlington. — Pop. 344. WAPLINGTON, 3/. h. a township in the parish of Pocklington; 2 1 miles from Pocklington, 8 from Market- Weigh ton, 12 from York.— Pop. 19. VVARTER, a parish-town, in Bainton-Beacon division of Harthill ; 5 miles from Pocklington, 11 from Driffield, 12 from Beverley, 17| from York. — Pop. 428. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. $271. Patron, Lord Muncaster. Geoffrey Fitz-Pain, alias Trustbut, founded here an Augustine Priory, in 1132, and dedicated it to St. James. About the time of the dissolution it was the residence of a Prior and ten Canons ; and its revenues amounted to 143/. 7*. S^. according to Dugoale, and 221/. Ss. \Qd. — Speed. The site was granted 28th, and 32nd Henry VIII. to Thomas, Earl of Rutland.— Burton. WARTER-HALL, {the seat of Lord Muncaster) in the township and parish of Warter ; 4 miles from Pocklington. Lowther Augustus John Pennington, Lord Muncaster, born December 13th, 1S02, succeeded his father, Lowther, the late Lord, Julv29th, 1818. Creation, September 21st, 1783. Garnet de Pennington, ancestor of this noble family, t was seated at Muncas* ter in Cumberland, at the conquest. W ASS AND, in the township of Seaton-with-Wassand, and parish of Sigglesthorne, north-division of Holderness; (the seat of the Rev. Charles Constable) 2\ miles from Hornsea, 11 from Beverley, 13 from Driffield, 14 from Hull. — Pop. included in Seaton. The noted Mere or Lake of Hornsea comes within a quarter of a mile of this mansion, from the grounds of which it forms a striking and beautiful scene.— ike Hornsea. WA.TTON, a parish-town, in Bainton-Beacon division df Harthill ; (Watt on- Abbey, the residence of Digby Legard, Esq.) 5\ miles from Driffield, 7J from Beverley, 12 from Market- Weighton, 31 from York. — Pop. 307. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedi- cated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. £40/. Patron, Richard Bethell, Esq. At Watton, (olim Fetadun) was a Nunnery about the y< ar 6S6, but by 2c 202 EAST-RIDING. whom founded, or how it was demolished, does not appear ; but probably by the Danes. About the year 1150, Eustace Fitz-John founded a Priory of Gil be r- tine Nuns, of the order of Sempringham, dedicated it to the Virgin Mary, in a place almost surrounded by water, called Watton, for the sustenation of thirteen Canons, perpetually to serve the Nuns therein, in divine and terrene matters. Fifty-three Nuns were here consecrated at once, by William de Melton, Arch- bishop of York, in 1326. Before the dissolution, the revenues of this Monastery were valued at 360/. 16s. lOd. — Dugdale, and 453/. 7s. 8d.— Speed. It was surrendered Dec. 9, 1540, and 3rd of Edward VI. the site was granted to John, Earl of Warwick.— Burtox. It now belongs to the family of the Bethells of Rise, who use every ex- ertion to preserve the little that remains of the buildings. WAWN, orWAGHEN, a parish-town, in the middle-division of Holderne&s, liberty of St. Peter ; 5 miles from Hull and Beverley, 12 from Hedon, 34 from York. — Pop. 251. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Holderness, value, p. r. f 39/. Patron. Sir William Smyth, Bart. WAXHOLM E, a township, in the parish of Owthorn, middle-divi- sion of Holderness; 6 miles from Patrington, 10 from Hedon, 13 from Hull.— Pop. 72. WEADLAND, f. h. in the township of Hempholme, and parish of Leven ; 7 miles from Driffield, 10 from Beverley. WEA VERTHORPE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose ; 4 miles from Sledmere, 12 from Malton, 28 from York. — Pop. 334. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, 9/. 6s. 0\d. p. r. 150/. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. WEEL, in the parish of St. John, Beverley, Hunsley-Beacon divi- sion of Harthill, liberty of Beverley; 1| mile from Beverley, 8 from Hull, 1 5 from Hedon. — Pop. see Addenda. WEETON, in the township and parish of YVelwiek. south-division of Holderness; 2| miles from Patrington. 12f from Hedon. WEIGHTON, MARKET, see Market- Weighton. WEIGHTON, LITTLE, in the township and parish of Rowley; 4 miles from South-Cave, 5 from Beverley. WELHAM, ham. in the township and parish of Norton ; (the seat of Robert Boiver* Esq.) I mile from Malton, 1 1 from Sledmere. WELHAW-BRIDGE, ham. in the township and parish of Holme- on-Spalding-Moor ; 5 miles from Howden. WELTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Howdenshire ; (the seats of Robert Raikes and John Carrick, Esqrs.) 4 miles from South-Cave, 9 from Beverley, 10 from Hull, 32 from York. — Pop. 576. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Harthill, value, 25/. Patron, the King. WELWICK, a parish-town, in the south-division of Holderness; 2 miles from Patrington, 12 from Hedon, 58 from York. — Pop. 410. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Holderness, value, £6/. 13s. Ad. p. r. 80/. Patron, the King. In this Church is an old monument, supposed to belong to the family of Albemarle. It is said that Le Gros, a branch of that stock, died on his passage to Germany, and was brought here to be interred. EAST-RIDING. 203 WELWICKTHORPE. ham. in the township and parish of Wei-, wick, south-division of Holderness; i mile from Patringtpn, WEST ALL, s. h. in the township of Bewick- with- £asi- Newton, and parish of Aldurough; 9 miles from Hedon, 14 from Hull. WESTOVV, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose ; (the seat of Tat ton Sykcs, E*q.) 6 miles from Malton, 12 from Sled mere, 14 from York. — Pop. 423. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, %U. 186. id. Patron, the Archbishop of York. WETWANG, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose, liberty of St. Peter; 4 miles from Siedmere, 6 from Driffield, 13 from Malton, 22 from York. — Pop. 422. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Buckrose, value. +9/. 7s. 8hd. Patron, the Prebendary thereof. WHARRAM-G RANGE,/, h. in the township and parish of Whar- ram-le-Street ; 6 miles from Malton and Siedmere. WHARRAM-LK-STREET, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buckrose; 5§ miles from Siedmere, 6| from Malton, 20 from York, 21 1 from Beverley. — Pop. 127. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Buckrose, value. f:6/. p. r. 70/. Patron. Lord Middleton. WHARRAM-PERCY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Buck- rose; 5 miles from Siedmere, 7 from Malton, 20 from York.— Pop. 44. The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of Buckrose, value, £11/. i'3*. p. r. 52/. Patrons, Lady Inglefield and Mrs Tsted. sisters and co-heiresses of the late Sir Charles Buck, Esq. WHELDRAKE, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Ouse and Denrent ; 8 miles from Y r ork, 10 from Pocklington, 12 from Selby. — Pop. 638. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St Helen, in the deanry of Bulmer, value, 25/. 17s. 'S l 2 d. Patron, the Archbishop of Y ork. WHITE WALL-CORNER, ham. in the township and parish of Norton : 1 mile from Malton. This Hamlet being situated on the edge of the Wolds, excellent conveniences are made for the training of Race Horses. WHOLESEA, s. h, in the township and parish of HoIme-on-Spald- ing-Moor: 6 miles from Market- Weighton, 8 from Howden. WILBERFOSS, a parish-town, in Wilton- Beacon division of Hart- hill ; 5 miles from Pocklington, 8 from York, J I from Market- Weighton. — Pop. 385. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedi- #ated to St. John Baptist, in the deanry of Harthill, value, p. r. f 42/. Patrons, four Feoffees in right of lands laying in the parish. Here in \\~>3, Ilelias de Catton, (banded a Nunnery for Benedictines, which was endowed by his son Alan, with divers lands. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Not a vestige of this Nunnery is now to be seen. Valued at the dissolution at 21/. 16.?. JO*/.— Deo da lh. — Burtox. Wilberfoss is remarkable for having been the ancient seat of the family of WUberfbss, which is said to have taken its name from the place, and to have flourished here ever pine the Conquest; till William Wilberfoss, Esq. who was born A. D. 1710, sold the family estate and the mansion. William Wilherforce, 204 EAST-lUDINfr. E?q, M, P,. celebrated for his senatorial abilities and philanthropy, is a de- scendant of this ancient family. \V ILFEHQLME, in the township of Beswick, and parish of Kiln^ wick-juxta-Watton; 9 miles from Driffield, 10 from Beverley ; formerly a Common, now inclosed on the banks df the River Hull, from which river there is a Landing Place and an Inn, for the convenience of the neighbouring townships. WILLERBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Dickering; 6 miles from Hunmanby,. 7 from Scarborough, 13 from Bridlington, 32 from York. — Pop. 34. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Dickering, value, $91. 0s. 7| spare the town, and eirber affrighted, or melted him into compliance, thus saved the lives of the unarmed inhabitants, and the place became a garrison for the King. — Fan fax's Memoirs. — fVhitaker^s Loidis et Elmete. ADVY ICK-IN-THE-STREET, a parish-town, in the lower-division ofStrafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Don- caster, 6 (torn Rotherham, 10 from Pontefract, 12 from Barosley. ora York. — Pop. 346. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Laurence, ip the deanry of Doncaster, value, 41. 13*. Ad. Patron, J. Keiierton, i!sq. ADWICK-UP(XN-DJ£ARN, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Straffbrth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 6 miles from Rother- i, 8 from Doncaster, 35 from York. — Pop. 168. r lhe Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, f40/. Patron, Lord Mam 214 WEST-RIDING. AGBRIGG, ham. (which gives name to the division) in the township and parish of Warmfield ; 1 5 mile from Wakefield. AGBRIGG and MORLEY, a wapentake, bounded on the east by Osgoldcross, on the south by Staincross and Cheshire, on the west by Lancashire, and on the north by Skyrack and part of Staincliffe ; it is divided into two divisions, Agbrigg and Morley, which may be almost considered now as two distinct wapentakes. It contains 5 market-towns, Halifax, Huddersfield, Bewsbury, Wakefield, and Bradford :— In Agbrigg-division, 19 parishes, 68 townships, 18,600 inhabited houses, and 154^091 inhabitants. — Morley, 4 parishes, 53 townships, 35,509 inhabited houses, and 176,475 inhabitants — Total, Population in the wapentake, 54,109 inhabited houses, and 330,566 inhabitants. The Fee of this wapentake was the property of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, who dying without issue male, his large estates were divided between his daugh- ters, of whom Blanch being married to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, fourth eon of King Edward III. had the bailiwick of this hundred assigned for her pro- perty with many other estates. — Magna Brit. AGDEN, s. k. in the township of Bashalleves, and parish of Mitton, liberty of Staincliife ; 5 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) AIKTON, in the parish of Featherston, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (Aikton-Hall, the seat of Sir Edmund Mark Whine, Bart.) 3 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield. -Pop. 72. Sir Edmund Mark Winne, the seventh Baronet of this family, was born September 16th, 1762 ; succeeded his cousin, Sir Rowland, October 14th, 1805.— Creation, 1660. AIRM YN, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from ffowden, 7 from Snaith, 8 from Thorne. Pop. 750. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Pontelraet, value, p. r. 33/. 12s. 9d. Patron, Henry Yarburgh, Esq. A1RMYN, LITTLE, in the township of Newland, and parish of Drax, wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; 3| miles from Howden, 6£ from Snaith. AIRTON, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale, west-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; 6 miles from Settle, 8 from Skipton, 12 fromKettlewell.— Pop. 187. AISMUNDERBY, a part of the township of Aismimderby-with- Bondgate, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Ripon ; | of a mile from Ripon. — Pop. including Bondgate, 551, which being united, form a township. AKEHOLME, or ACOMB, /. h. in the township of Blaxton, and parish of Finningley, {Notts.) soke of Doncaster ; 6f miles from Bawtry, 7 from Thorne. AKETON, scattered houses, in the township of Follyfoot, and parish of Spofforth ; 3| miles from Knaresbrough, 4 from Wetherby. ALDBOROUGH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 1 mile from Boroughbridge, 7 from Knaresbrough and Ripon, 16 from York.— Pop. 484. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated .to St. Andre w, in tl^e WEST-RIDING. 215 deamy of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, £9/. 3 9s. 5a. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of York. This was the Iseur of the Ancient Britons, and the Isurium of the Romans, of which scarcely a vestige of its former grandeur remains. And this once celebrated city, which has ever since the days of Leland, arrested the attention and engaged the particnlarnotice of British antiquaries, is now sunk into a small village, and in danger of losing the remains of its ancient grandeur. Romaa coins are frequently dug up, chiefly of Constantine and Carausins Maximian, Dioclesian, Valerian, Severus, Pertinax, and also of Faustina and Julia. In. 766, it was attacked with great fury by the Danes who murdered a great parto the inhabitants, and burnt the city to the ground. — Camden. — Higden's Polychrm, Though we have no account from history of its origin, yet we have incon- testible evidence of its great antiquity ; and that it was the metropolis of the Brigantes is a fact that can never be called in question. Many British princes resided here, and as it flourished many ages prior to York, it is probable that it was the seat of government. Venutius who opposed the brave Cara«tacus resided here in the year 50. — Tacitus The brave Agricola, whose wisdom beamed a double lustre on triumphant Rome, after having subdued the Brigantes about the year 70, resided at York, and made it his head quarters, which shews that Isurium had sunk in the esti- mation of the Romans, while York was rising into eminence. In the time of the Romans it was defended by a strong wall, a small part of which is still visible, though even in Lelctnd's time the ruins were slender, who observes, " Vestigia qusedam, sed tenuaria." The most fatal blow given to this once celebrated city, was the turning of the road, which went through it, by removing the bridge over the Ure to where it now stands at Boroughbridge, which happened during the reign of the Con- queror. In the house famed for curiosities, may be seen a Roman pavement in great preservation, about 18 inches below the surface, first discovered in 1731, and in the same room .are many other ancient remains, particularly a votive stone found in 1776, coins, &c It sends two Members to Parliament; the first retnrn of which was in 1542. ALDERMANSHEAD, /. h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone ; 2 miles from Penistone. ALDFIELD. in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, libertj of Ripon: 4 miles from Ripon, 8 from Pateley -bridge, 10 from Boroughbridge. — Pop. 133. The Church is a perpetual curacy with Studley, dedicated to St. Laurence, in the deanry of Ripon, value, p. r. f7il. Patroness, Mrs Lawrence. This village is situated about a mile above the venerable ruins of Fountains' Abbey, on the banks of the SkeLl, and is celebrated for its valuable mineral springs, which are situated on the south side of the vale beneath, richly clothed with wood. This Spaw is resorted to during the summer months by immense numbers of people, and only wants accommodation to render it a fashionable watering place ; few places abounding with more natural and picturesque scenery. The spaw was first discovered in 1698, and its waters analised in 1805 — 6, by the late Mr. W. Brunton, when the contents were found to be as follows, viz. carbonate of lime, 123, — grains; carbonate of magnesia, 35, — grains; sulphate of magnesia, 5, — grains; muriate of soda, 208, — grains; muriate of magnesia, 96,— grains ; total 325. — Gosef/us contents, carbonic acid gas, 6 ; azotic gas, 4; sulphurate hydrogen gas, 21 ; total 31 cubic inches. ALDWARKE-HALL, (the residence of Samuel Walker, Esq.)'m the parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Wakefield; 2 miles from Rotherham, 10 from Don- caster.— Pop. including Wheatcroft, 35, which being united, form a township. 216 WEST-RIDING. Akiwarke, the ancient seat of the Clarelles, FitzwilKams, and Foljanlbe** lies remote from the parish of EecIesfieM ; being separate.: from it by the parishes or Rawmarsh and Rotherham. In this house was boni William Fitzwilham, an eminent naval commander, and Earl of Southampton, in the sixteenth century. He was the second son of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, Knight, of Aidwarke Hall. He died at Newcastle, in 1542, when on an expedition to Scotland. Of the per- sonal character of this great man, it is said that there was not a serviceable man under his command whose name he knew not ; not a week passed hut he puid his ships *, and not a prize bat his seamen shared in as well as himself. — Biog\ Diet, ALCOM-DEN", ham. in the township of Wadvvortb, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 9 miles from Colne, (Lane.) ALLERTON, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Bradford, 7 from Halifax-— Pop. 1,488. ALLERTON-BYWATER, in the parish of Kippax, lower-division of Skirack, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Pontefract, 9 from Leeds and Wakefield.— Pop. 329. ALLERTON, CHAPEL, in the parish and borough of Leeds, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract ; 2| miles from Leeds, 5\ from Hare wood, 9 from Wetherby, 11 from Otley. — Pop. 1,678. The Church is a perpetual curacy. Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. Rohert Parker, of Browsholme, says Thoresby, huilt an hospital here for ten widows, to whom he has given SQL per annum, for nearly twenty years past, and designed to augment the endowment at his death very considerably. Whether this design was put into executioner not, we have not learned. ALLERTON-GLEDHOW, see Gltdkow. ALLERTON-GRANGE, in the township of Chapel-AIlerton, and parish of Leeds; 3 1 miles from Leeds. ' This place formerly belonged to the Abbot and Convent of Kirkstall. The family of the Killingbecks which is of considerable antiquity in these parts, were tenants to ithefore the dissolution. — Thoresby. ALLERTON-LEE, ham. in the township of Allerton, and parish of Bradford \ 3| miles from Bradford, 6| from Halifax. ALLERTON-MAULEVERER, a parish-town, in the upper-divi- sion of Claro ; (the seat of the Right Hon. W. Lord Stourton) 4| miles from Knaresbrough, 5 from Wetherby, 7 from Borough- bridge, 13| from York. — Pop. including Hopperton, 276, which being united, form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Martin, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. $28/. Patron. Lord Stourton. Allerton Mauleverer, was for many ages the seat of a family of that name, the founder of which was William Mauleverer, who came over with the Conqueror. His name is found in the list of gentlemen hung up for ages in Battle Abbey, and- is in Graftmi, Holinshead, yal. In February, 1805, this superb mansion, pleasure ground, park, &c WEST-RIDING* 217 together with the estate particularly annexed to them, were sold at Garraway's Coffee House to Lord Stourton for 163,800/. — Hutton. At this place was a Priory of Benedictines, founded by Richard Mauleverer,- in the reign of Henry II. to which Priory he gave the church of St. Martin, of this place, with one caracute of land, &c At the dissolution its revenues were settled by Henry VI. on King's College, Cambridge. — Burton. — DugdaLe. Charles Philip Stourton, Lord Stourton, born August 22nd, 1752, succeed- ed his father, October 3rd, 1781, married June 15th, 1775, Mary, the second daughter and co-heir of the late Lord Langdale. Heir apparent, William, son of the present Lord. Creation, May 13th, 1448. — Debrett. ALMHOLME, iii the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, and parish of Arksey, lower division of Spofforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 5\ miles from Doncaster, 8 from Thorne. ALMONDBURY, a parish-town, in Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (Thorpe-Ville, the seat of John Dobson, Esq.) 2 miles from Huddersfield, 10 from Halifax, 10| from Penistone, 11 from Wakefield, 41 from York. — Pop. 5,679. The Church is a. vicarage, dedicated to Ail-Saints, in the deanry of* Pontefract, value, 20/. 7s. ] \d. Patrons, the Trustees of the Free Grammar School of CJitheroe, (Lane.) Here is a free grammar school founded by patent of King James T. and now* endowed with about 120/. peranntim. Here is supposed to have been a Roman station, the Cambodunum of Anto- ninus, as there are marks of an old rampart, and some ruins of a wall, and of a castle. In the Saxon times it was the seat of royalty^ and graced with a churchy built by Paulinus, the Northumbrian apostle, and dedicated to St. Alban. After- wards a castle was built here, which was confirmed to Henry Lacy, by King Stephen.— Cam dex. The late Dr. Whittaker says, " that the whole" of what Camden states respecting this place, " is so hypothetical, as scarcely to merit a confutation.'* First, Almonbury is not Cambodunum, which has been decisively fixed at Slack. Secondly, it is not Roman at all, wanting every symptom which belongs either to the site or the structure of a Roman encampment. Thirdly, it is unquestion- ably Saxon," &c. Of the castle hill, Dr. fVhittaker has given us a ground plan, from which it appears to occupy upwards of eleven acres. " The crown of the hill has been strongly fortified by a double wall and trenches; the area within has also been subdivided into an outer and inner enclosure from the gate, and the remains of mortar and stones, almost vitrified, prove beyond all controversy 1 that the place has been destroyed by fire." — Loidit> et El-mete* ALTOFTS, in the parish of Normanton. Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Wakefield, 5| from Wetherby.— Pop. 404. ALVERLEY-GRANGE, (the seat of Bryan William Darwin Cooke, Esq.) in the township and parish of W ad worth ;■ 3 miles from Doncaster, 10 from Rotherham. ALVERTHORPE, in the parish of Wakefield, A gbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley. liberty of Wakefield ; 1 mile from Wake- field, 4 from Dewsbur}\ — Pop. including Thornes, 4,448, which being united form a township. ALWOODLEY, in the parish of Harewood, upper-division of Sky- rack ; 3 miles from Harewood, 5? from Leeds, 6 from Otley*-^- Pop. 142. This place was formerly a seat of the Franks, afterwards the estate of Sir Gervaise Clifton, the noted Baronet, who outdid Henry VIII. i» the number of his wives *, for, whereas that monarch, three Kates, two Nans, and one dear 2e 218 WEST-RIDING, Jane had wedded ; this Baronet had three honourables, three right worshipfuls, and one well-beloved wife ; he died in 1666. — Thoresby. ALWOODLEY-GATE, ham. in the township of Wigton, and parish of Harewood ; 3 miles from Harewood, 5 from Leeds. ANGRAM, /. h. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymaizeard ; 5 miles from Kettlewell. ANGRAM, (Ainsty) in the parish of Long-Marston ; 4 miles from Tadcaster, 7 from York, Sh from Wetherby.— Pop, 66. ANSTON, NORTH, in the parish of South- Anston, liberties of St. Peter and Tickhili ; 6 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 8 from Rotherham, 9 from Tickhili. — Pop. included in South- Anston. ANSTON, SOUTH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafi forth and Tickhili, liberties of St. Peter and Tickhili ; 6 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 8 from Rotherham, 9| from Tickhili; 12 from Sheffield, 50 from York. — Pop. including North-Anston, 776, which being united form the township, usually denominated Anston with its Members. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 33/. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. APPERLEY and BRIDGE, ham. in the township of Eccleshill, and parish of Bradford, liberty of Wakefield ; 4 miles from Brad- ford, 6 from Otley, lOf from Leeds. APPLEDA Y, 2f. h. in the township of Notton, and parish of Roys- ton, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 \ miles from Barnsley. APPLETON, NUN, (Ainsty) in the township of Appleton-Roebuck, and parish of Bolton-Percy ; (the seat of Sir Wm. Mordaunt Sturt Milner. Bart.) 6 miles from Tadcaster, 9 from York. Here is a Chapel, of which Sir W. M. Milner is Patron. This place took its name from a Priory of Nuns, founded here byAdeliza de Sancto Quintino, in the time, of King Stephen. It was for Nuns of the Cistercian order, and dedicated to God and St. Mary. Many curious injunctions were pre- scribed to the Nuns ; that none of the sisters were to use the ale-house, nor the water side where strangers resorted to, &c. Valued at the dissolution at 73/. 9s. lOd. DUGDALE. Ill 1552, Robert Darknal, the first grantee, alineated the site and premises of this Priory to Sir William Fairfax, Knight, and Humphrey Shelley. Upon this site Thomas, Lord Fairfax, built a handsome house, which, with the estate, was purchased by Mr. Alderman Milner, of Leeds, who upon the marriage of his son, Sir William Milner, Bart, created in 1716, settled it upon him and his son. — Burton. — Drake. It is now enjoyed by the present Baronet. Sir William Morliaunt Sturt Milner succeeded his father, Sir William Mor- daunt, September 9, 1811, married, first in 1804, the daughter of the Right Hon. Theophilus Clements, and grand daughter of the Right Hon. John Beres- ford:— Sir William married, second, May 8, 1809, Henrietta, daughter of Lord Edward Bentick, son of William, second Duke of Portland, Heir pre- sumptive, his brother Charles. Creation, February 29th, 1716. APPLETON-ROEBUCK, (Ainsty) in the parish of Bolton-Percy ; 5 miles from Tadcaster, 8 from York. — Pop. 585. APPLET!^ WICK, in the parish of Burnsall, east-division of Stain- cliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; 8 miles from Skipton and Pateley- bridge, 10 from Kettlewell. — No Market — Fair, October 25, for horses and horned cattle.— Pop. 312, one house and a small parcel of land is in the parish of Linton. WEST-RIDING. 219 A charter for a fair and free warren was granted 4th of Edward II. at the in- stance of Piers de Gavestone, to the Prior and Canons of Bolton, who were then owners of the Manor.— Whit^ker. In this village was born William Craven, of poor parents, who are said to have consigned him to a common carrier, for his conveyance to London, where he entered in the service of a Mercer and Draper. In that situation nothing is known of his history, till, by diligence and frugality, the old virtues of a citizen, he had raised himself to wealth and honour. In 1607, he is described by Camden as " equestri dignitatc, et senator Londinensis. " In 1611, he was chosen Lord Mayor; the time of his death not known. Tn him the commercial spirit of the family ended as it had begun. William Craven, his eldest son, having been trained in the armies of Gnstavus Adolphus, and William, Prince {of Orange, became one of the most distinguished soldiers of his time. He was of the number of those gallant Englishmen who served the unfor- tunate King of Bohemia, from a spirit of romantic attachment to his beautiful consort ; and his services are generally supposed to have been privately rewarded with the hand of that princess, after her return in widowhood to her native country . Thus the son of a Wharfdale peasant matched with the sister of Charles I. a remarkable instance of that providence which " raiseth the poor out of the dust, and setteth him among princes, even the princes of his people." He was created Baron of Hamstead Marshall, 2nd Charles I. and Earl ol Craven, 16th Charles II. — JFhitaker's Craven. ARDSLE Y, in the parish of Darfield, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; (Park- House, the seat of B. Taylor, Esq. and Ardsley- Hall, the seat of John Micklethwaite, Esq.) 21 miles from Barnsley, 9 from Rotherham, 9| from Wakefield, 13 from Doncaster. — Pop. 992, ARDSLE Y, EAST, a parish-town, in Agbrlgg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 \ miles from Wakefield, 6' from Leeds, 1 i \ from Bradford, 28 from York. — Pop. 832- The Church is a perpetual curacy, in tbe deanry of Pontefract. Patron, the Right Hon. Earl of Cardigan. ARDSLE Y, WEST, or WESTERTON, in the parish of Yv T ood- kirk, Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wake- field ; \\ miles from Wakefield, 5 from Dewsbury, 9| from Brad- ford. — Pop. 1,515. ARK END ALE, in the parish of Knaresbrough, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 4 miles from Knaresbrough and. Boroughbridge. — Pop. 285. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. f8 1 /. Patron, the Vicar of Knares- brough. ARKSEY, a parish -town, in the township of Bent!ey-with-Arksey, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 3| miles from Doncaster, 9 from Thorne, 35 from York. — Pop. included in Bentley. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 12/. 17s. 6d. p. r. '[IQ9L Patron, Sir George Cooke, Bart. Here is a Free Grammar School endowed by the Will of Bryan Cooke, Esq. dated January 3rd, 1660, and built by the will of Sir George Cooke, Bart, in 1683 ; and an Hospital for twelve of the poorest and oldest people in the parish. ARMENTHWAITE, /. h. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard \ 7 miles from Kettlewell. 220 WEST-RIDING, ARMITAGE-FOLD, ham. in the townships of North and South. Crosland, and parish of Almondbury ; 2| miles from Huddersfield. ARMISTAD, (the seat of John Forster, Esq.) in the township and parish of Giggles wick ; %% miles from Settle. ARMLEY, in the parish and borough of Leeds, Morley division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (Armley- House, the seat of Benjamin Gott, Esq.) %\ miles from Leeds, 8 from Brad- ford.— Pop. 4,273. The Church, built in the time of Charles I. is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Bartholomew. Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. Of the Danish Fortification called Giant's Hill, at this place, as described by T/ioresby, very little is now to be seen, having been cut through by the Leeds and Liverpool canal. ARMTHORPE, a parish-town, in the lower-division of StrafForth andTickhill ; 4 miles from Doncaster, 7| from Bawtry and Thorne, 40 from York.— Pop. 359. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 8/. 18s. 9d. Patron, the King. ARNECLIFF, a parish-town, in the west-division and liberty of Stainclifle ; 7 miles from Kettlewell, 11 from Settle, 16 from Skjpton, 50 from York. — Pop. 189. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Craven, value, £13/. 6s. Sd. p. r. 33/. 6s. Sd. Patron, the University-College. Oxford. ARNECLIFF-COTE, 4 /. h. in the townships of Arnecliffand Hawkswick, and parish of Arnecliff; 7 miles from Kettlewell. Here in 1579, a man named Tristram Knowles, whose father and himself together, had occupied a tenement upwards of 120 years! these two men had seen six generations of the Cliffords, and nine Sovereigns of England.— JVhita.' ker's Craven. ARN FORTH, s. h. in the township of Hellifield, and parish of Long- Preston, liberty of Stainclifle ; 6 1 miles from Settle. ARRUNDEN, or HARRUNDEN, see Harrunden. ARTHINGTON, in the parish of Addle, upper-division of Skyrack ; Arthington- Hall, late the seat of W. G. Davy, Esq.) 3 miles from Harewood, 5 from Otley, 7 from Leeds.— Pop. 329. Here about the middle of the twelfth centuary, was a Priory of Cluniac Nuns, built and endowed by Peers of Arthington, who gave the site and de- mesnes of the house, which were augmented by Serlo, his son, and confirmed by Pope Alexander. It flourished till the year 1540, when Elizabeth Hall, the last Prioress, and nine Nuns, surrendered the same. Valued at the dissolution, 11/. 8s. Ad.— Dugoale, 13/. 7*. Ad. — Speed. Not a vestige is now to be seen. The site was granted to Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, in ex- change. A plain substantial Hall-house, was built upon the site, apparently in the beginning of the reign of Charles I. for the front door- way, dated 1585, has evidently b^en removed from some older structure. It is now occupied as a farm house, the property of the Earl of Harewood. Arthington itself would be distinguished for the beauty of its situation, in any other valley than that of Wharf. It is a large well-built, square house, on a fine elevation above the river, and was for many centuries the seat of a family of that name. — Dugdale. — Burton. — Whttaker. ARTHINGTON-NUNNERY, in the same township and parish, and adjoins the village of Arthington. ASH-DAY, (the seat of Thomas Drake, Esq.) in the township of Southowram, and parish of Halifax ; 2 miles from Halifax. WEST-RIDING. 221 ASH-GROYE, (the seat of John Rawson, Esq.) m the township of Southowram, and parish of Halifax. ASKAM-BRYAN, or GREAT, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 4 miles from York, 6 from Tadcaster. — Pop. 377. The Church is a per- petual curacy, dedicated to St. Nicholas, value, p. r. *113Z. 2*. 6d. Patron, Harry Croft, Esq. ASKAM-R1CHARD, or LITTLE, (Ainsty) a parish-town ; (Ask- am-House, the seat of Robert Swann, Esq.) 4| miles from Tadcaster, 5 from York. — Pop. 219. The Church is a vicarage, endowed in 1329, dedicated to St. Mary, value, £4/. 13s. id. Patron, Harry Croft, Esq. A.SKRON, or ASKERN, in the parish of Campsall, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Pontefract, 10 from Thome, 1 1 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 manyof our fashionable, watering places. An account 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 published by Mr. Brewerton, a respectable surgeon at Bawtry. Hitherto people amicted 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 har- monizing 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. ASKWITH, in the parish of Weston, upper division of Claro ; 3 miles from Otley, 13 from Leeds and Skipton. — Pop. 367. ASSON-TIIORPE, in the township of Sykehouse, and parish of Fish- lake ; 1 miles from Thorne: 1\ from Snaith. ASTLEY, in the township and parish of Swiilington, liberty of Pontefract ; 7 miles from Leeds, 8 from Wakefield and Pontefract. ASTOX , a parish town in the upper division of Strafforth and Tick- hill ; (the seats of Harry Ferelst, Esq. and the Rev. William Alder- son) 6 miles from Rotherham, 8| from Sheffield, 91 from Work- sop, (Notts.) 08 from York. — Pop, including Aughton, 556, which being united form a township. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value 12/. \5s. 2\d. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. Here died in 1797, the Rev. W. Mason, the poet, who had been presented to this living by bis patron, the Earl of Holderness, soon after he came into holy orders. In the church is a marble tablet erected to his memory by the Rev. C. Alderson, his successor ; and in a summer house in the rectory garden, en tbe ceiling, is an embossed medallion, containing the profiles of himself and his friend Gray, and on the floor stood two urns and pedestals inscribed to Gray and Mason. This garden and grounds contiguous to the rectory, Mason em- ployed himself during his residence here, in laying out and improving. Within a few hundred yards of the chnrch, and once surrounded by a park, stood Aston Hall, the ancient residence of the D'Arcys, afterwards Earls of 222 WEST-RIDING. Holderness ; which was pulled down upwards of fifty years ago, and the pre- sent mansion erected on the ancient site, under the direction of Mr. Carr of York. The late Sir Harry Verelst purchased the estate of the late Duke of Leeds. In the church are effigies in marhle, of John, Lord D'Arcy and Mennil, and his three wives.— Northern Star. ATTERCLIFFE, in the parish of Sheffield, upper division of Straf- forth and Tickhili, liberty of Hallamshire ; (Attercliffe Hall, the seat of Gamelial Milner, Esq.) 1| mile from Sheffield, 4| from Rotherham. — Pop. including Darnall, 3,172, which being united form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to Holy Jesus, value, p. r. 40/. Patron, the Vicar of Sheffield. Another chapel is about to be erected here, to contain 2000 souls, by the Commissioners for building Churches. AUDZUS, /. h. in the township of Woodsets-with-Gildingwells, and parish of South- Anston ; 5 miles from Worksop, (Notts. J 6| from Tickhili. AUGHTON, in the township of Aston-with-Aughton, and parish of Aston, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhili ; 4 miles from Rotherham, 9| from Worksop, (Notts.) 18 from Mansfield, (Notts.) Pop. included in Aston. A UK LEY, ham. in the township of Blaxton, and parish of Fin- niflgley, (Notts.) upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhili, soke of Doncaster, ; 6 miles from Doncaster, 6| from Bawtry. — A part of Aukley is in Nottinghamshire. Here was found in 1746 a fine Urn with ashes and coins of Constantine in it, and twenty more under it— Gough's Camden. AUSBY, in the township of Nesfield-with-Langbar, and parish of Ilkley ; 7 miles from Otley, 9 from Skipton. AUSTERFIELD, in the parish of Blythe, (Notts.) lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhili; 1| mile from Bawtry, 8 from Doncaster. Pop. 242. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Blythe. The Rev. Abraham de la Pryme supposes the name of Austerfield or Oster- field to be derived from the famous Roman general Ostorius, fighting a battle with the Britons, near this place, which opinion is strengthened by a Roman camp being at no great distance. The word Field is never added, but where a battle has been fought. — Pryme's Papers in Philos. Tram. vol. 9. AUSTERLANDS, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) 9 miles from Rochdale. AUSTONLEY, in the parish of Almondbury, x4gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield : 7| miles from Hud- dersfield.—Pop. 968. A USTHORPE, in the parish of Whitkirk, lower-division of Sky- rack, liberty of Pontefract; (Austhorpe-Hall, the seat of Joseph Fields, Esq.) 4\ miles from Leeds, 8 from Wakefield, 10 from Ferrybridge.— Pop. 150. Here was born, May 28th, 1724, the celebrated mechanic and civil engineer, Mr. John Smeaton. If there were no other monument of his fame, the building of the Eddystone Light House, would establish his character. It was first built by Mr. Wimtanley, who, in 1696, was furnished by the Trinity House with neces- sary powers. In 1700 it was destroyed, and the projector perished in the ruins. In 1709, another was erected by Mr. Rudyard, which in 1755 was consumed by fire; The present one was completed by Mr. Smeaton, in 1759. Mr. Smeaton was seized with a paralytic stroke in September, 1792, and died ii the October WEST-RIDING. 223 following. In the choir orWhitkirk church is an elegant marble monument, on which is a beautiful representation of the Eddystone Light House to his memory. AUSTWICK, in the parish of Clapham, wapentake of Ewcross; (the seat of Charles Ingilby, Esq. and Austwick-Hall, the seat of Mrs King,) 4 miles from Settle, 12 from Kirby-Lonsdale, 20 from Skip- ton — No Market. — Fair, Thursday before Whitsuntide, for horned cattle, &c. — Pop. 556. AZERLEY, in the parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro; (the seat of Wm. Dawson, Esq.) 5 miles from Ripon, 5-1- from Masham, 15 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 579. B BACHELORS-GARDENS, ham. in the township of Bilton-with- High- Harrogate, and parish of Knaresbrough ; 2 miles from High- Harrogate. Here is a Free School for poor girls within the township, founded by Richard Taylor, in 1785, who endowed it with land and tenements, which are vested in six trustees, but all in the hands of the Master of the school. Salary, 301. per annum. BADS WORTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (Badsworth-Hall, the residence of Joseph Scott, Esq.) 4 miles from Pontefract, 6 from Ferrybridge, 10 from Wakefield, 27 from York. — Pop. 200. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 321. 5s. ]0d. Patron, the Earl of Derbv. BAGDEN, UPPER and LOWER, 2 hams, in the township of High-Denby, and parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincross ; 4i miles from Penistone, 6 from Barnsley. BAGLEY, /. h. in the township, parish, and liberty of Tickhill; from which it is one mile. BAGLEY, ham. in the township of Calverley-with-Farsley, and parish of Calverley ; 4§ miles from Bradford. BAILDON, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack; 5 miles from Otiey and Bradford, 12 from Leeds. — Fairs, first Saturdays in March and November, for horned cattle, horses, &c. — Pop. 2,679. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Giles, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, p. r. fllo^. lis. 8c?. Patron, the Vicar of Otley. BAITINGS, ham. in the township of Soyland, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) BAKESTONE-DELF, ham. in the township of Quick, in Saddle- worth ; I of a mile from Delf. BALBY, in the township of Hexthorpe-with-Balby, parish and soke of Doncaster, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 1* mile from Doncaster, 5% from Tickhill, J0| from Rotherham. BALK, /. h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Darfield ; o miles from Barnsley, 9 from Rotherham. BALK-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Dewsbury ; \ of a mile from Dewsbury. 224 WEST-RrDINGt. BALLIFIELD-HALL, {the seat of John Jubb, Esq.) in the town- ship and parish of Handsworth ; 4 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. BALNE, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith ; 4 miles from Snaith, 9 from Pontefract. — Pop. 329. BALNE-CROFT and BALNE-HOUSE, 2 /. h. in the township and parish of Snaith ; 4 miles from Snaith. BANKS-HALL, {the seat of Samuel Thorpe, Esq.) in the township and parish of Cawthorn ; 4 miles from Penistone, 4| from Barnsley. BANK-HOUSES, ham. in the township of Pudsey, and parish of Calverley. Adjoins Fulineck on the west. BANK-NEWTON, in the parish of Gargrave, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Skipton, 9 from Colne. {Lane.) 11 from Settle.— Pop. 139. BANKSIDE, S or 4 f. h. in the township and parish of Thome ; 4 miles from Snaith and Thorne. BANKSIDE-HOUSES, ham. in the township of Cowick, and parish of Snaith; 4 miles from Snaith and Thorne. BANK-TOP, or SOUTHOWRAM-BANK, ham. in the township of Southowram, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 \ mile from Halifax, 7| from Huddersfield. BANK-TOP, s. h. m the township of Worsbrougb, and parish of Darfield, wapentake of Staincross; 1| mile from Barnsley. BANNER-CROSS, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield j (the residence of the Rev. W. Bagshaw) %\ miles from Sheffield. BARUGH, in the parish of Darton, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Barnsley, 5 from Penistone, 9* from Wakefield.— Pop. 396. BARBOT-HALL, (the seat of Col Charles Newton) in the township of Greasbrough. and parish of Rotherham, liberty of Tickhill ; 1 mile from Rotherham. BARCROFT, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley ; 4 miles from Bradford, 8 from Halifax. BARDEN, in the parish of Skipton, east-division and liberty of Stain- cliffe; 5 miles from Skipton, 10 from Pateley -bridge, 11 from Kettle well. — Pop. 219. Here is a private family Chapel, not sub- ject to archiepiscopal jurisdiction, served by the minister of Bolton. The old Tower of Barden seems to have been one of the six lodges belonging to the forest of that place, and originally erected for the accommodation of the keepers and protection of the deer. But the retired habits of Henry, Lord Clif- ford, leading him to prefer the retreat of Barden to the bustle of his greater houses, enlarged this lodge for the reception of himself and a modest train of followers. His son, a very different character, only occasionally resided here, and till the latter days of the third Earl of Cumberland, it seems never to have been totally neglected by the family. From the inventory taken in 1572, after the death of the second Earl, it appears that the Hall and Kitchen were furnish- ed, but the be drooms empty: amongst other items are. two old Charitts. When the Countess of Pembroke succeeded to her inheritance, Barden had become a ruin, which she repaired in 1657, by a contract of 100/., there is an inscription over the principal entrance to that effect. After 1676, Barden was occasionally WEST-RIDING. 225 the residence of the Burlington Family ; and in 1774 it was entire. The lead! and timbers of the roof have since been taken away, and it has now put on that picturesque form which only delapidating remains have the privilege of assum- ing. — Whitaker BARDEN-PIKE-LODGE, s. h. m the township of Barderi, and parish of Ski pton; 5 miles from Skipton. BARDSE Y, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack ; 4 miles from Wetherby and Hare wood, 8| from Leeds, 19 from York. — Pop. including Rig-ton, 336, which being united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, £4/. Is. 8d. p. r. 150/. Patron, Geo. Fox, Esq. The church of Bardsey affords a fine specimen of the Norman architecture, but not to be compared to Adel, although from the engravings given of both in Loidis et Elmete, we might suppose they were equally perfect. On the north side of the village, arid near to the Grange, are large earth works of some ancient castle. At this place was born the celebrated William Congreve, the £oet, and whose baptism is thus registered : — " William, the sonne of Mr. William Con- greve, of Bardsey Grange, was baptised, February 10th, 1669." He wrote the " Old Batchelor," the " Double Dealer," " Love for Love," the " Mourning Bride," the " Way of the World," and some poems. BARKISLAND, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Ag- brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 5§ miles from Halifax, 6 from Huddersfield, 12 from Rochdale, (Lane.) — Pop. 2,224. Here is a Free School founded in 1657, by Sarah Gledhill. The old Hall at Barkisland, now occupied as a farm house, is a good specimen ,of ancient architecture, built about the time of Charles I. It now belongs to the Bold family, of Bold Hall, in Lancashire — JVatson's Halifax. BARKSTON, (which gives name to the wapentake) in the parishes of Sherburn and Saxton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Abberford, 5 from Tadcaster, 11 from Pontefract— Pop. 251. BARKSTON-ASH, a wapentake, bounded on the east by the river Ouse, on the south by the wapentake of Osgoldcross, on the west by that of Skyrack, and on the north by the Ainsty. — In this wa- pentake are four market-towns, Cawood, Selby, Sherburn, and Tadcaster % 48 townships, 1 8 of which are parishes ; 4,422 i inhabited- houses, and 22,264 inhabitants. BARLOW, in the parish of Bray ton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Selby, 5 from Snaith, J 3 from Pontefract. — Pop. 175. BARMBY-UPON-DUNN, a parish town in the upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 5\ miles from Doncas- ter and Thorne, 7| from Bawtry, 35 from York.— Pop. 495. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value p. r. 66/. Patron, John Gresham, Esq. Bacon styles it a vicarage, value £9/. 12s. 6d. BARNBROUGH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; (Barnbrough-Hall, the residence of Mrs Griffith,) 6 miles from Doncaster, 8 from Rotherham, 9 from Barnsley, 36 from York.— Pop. 466. The Church is a rec- 2 t 226 WEST-AIDING. tory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Boncaster, value, 231. Patrons, Prebendaries of Southwell, Collegiate Church, (Notts.) Mr. Bingley, in his Animal Biography, relates the following singular anec- dote. " At Barnbrough there is a tradition extant, of a serious conflict that once took place between a man and a wild cat. The inhabitants say, that the fight commenced in an adjacent wood, and that it was continued thence into the porch of the church. I do not recollect in what manner it is reported to have begun ; but they state that it ended fatally to both combatant-. A rude painting in the church commemorates the event; and the accidentally natural red tinge of some of the stone, is consid red as stains of blood stili remaining." BARNBRGUGE-GRANGE r (ike seat of Mrs Farrer) in the town- ship and parish of Barnbrough ; 5| miles from Boncaster. BARNBOW, ham. in the township and parish of Barwiek-in-Ehnet, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby. BARNBY-FURNACE and BARNBY HALL, 2/. h. in the town- ship and parish of Cawtborne, liberty of Pontefract; 3^ miles from Barnsley, 5| from Penistone. BARNFIELD SMITHY, /. h. in the township and parish of Low Bentham; 10| miles from Kirby Lonsdale, (Westmorland.) BARNOLDWICK, ham. in the township of Burton in Lonsdale, and parish of Thornton in Lonsdale; 6 miles from Kirby Lonsdale, (Westmorland,) J J from Settle. BARNOLDSWICK-COATES, see Coates. BARNOLDSWICK, or GILL-CHURCH, a parish town in the east division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 miles from Gisburn, 5 from Colne, (Lane.) 49 from York. — Pop. 1334. The Church is a per- petual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Craven, value p. r. 621. 9s. 6d. Patron, Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. The church here, which seems to have been built soon after the Monks left this place, is situated near a mile and a half from the village, upon the brink of a deep glen, whence it has obtained the name of Gill Church. In 1147, Henry de Lacy founded a monastery here, and translated hither twelve Monks and ten Conversi, under Alexander, Prior of Fountains, for the support of which he assigned the whole town of Bamoldswick. The old church was levelled to the ground by the Abbot. After six years residence in continual warfare with the Rector and Parishoners, and frequent ravages committed upon their lands by the Scots, they abandoned Bamoldswick, and went to Kirkstall. —Tanner. The situation of this Monastery was on the margin of the brook, west of the village.— Whitaker. BARNSDALE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Kirk- Smeaton ; 6 miles from Pontefract and Ferrybridge. BARNSD ALE-LODGE, s. h. in the township and parish of Campsall ; 7f miles from Pontefract and Boncaster. BARNSGREEN, ham. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Straffbrth and Tickhili; 5 miles from Sheffield, 8 from Rotherham, 10 from Barnsley. Here is an Hospital called Barns Hall Hospital, for six poor people, built and endowed in 1638, by Sir Richard Scott, Bart, with 30J. per annum. The old Hall, formerly the seat of the ancient family of the Scotts, is now converted into cottages. BARNSIDE-WOOD, 4/. k. in the township of Hepworth, and parish of Kirk-Burton ; 6 miles from Penistone. BARNSLEY, a market-town, in the parish of Silkston, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract \ 8 miles from Penistone, 10 WEST-RIDING. 227 from Wakefield, 12 from Rotherham, 14 from Sheffield and Fonte- fract, Id from Doncaster, 18 from Huddersfieid, 38 from York, 176|- from London. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, the Wednes- day before February 28, May 13, and October 11, for horses, horned cattle, pi^s, &c. — Bankers. Messrs. Beckett, 'Birks, and Co., draw on Messrs. Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. Mills, and Co., 12, Bi renin- Lane ; Messrs. Wentworth and Co., draw on Messrs. Wentworth and Co., 25, Threadneedle-Street. — Principal Inns, White Bear and King's Head.— Pop. 8,28-1. The Church, rebuilding 1 , is a perpetual curacy under Silkstone. Here is a Free Grammar School, founded and endowed in 1665, by Thomas Keresforth, Gent. Barnsley, situated upon the declivity of a hill, among- Coal pits and iron works, has nothing 1 to interest the antiquary. It is tolerably we'l built of stone; and has long been celebrated for the excellence of its wire, in which article the inhabitants still continue to do considerable business ; and of late years the manufactory of linens has been carried on at this place to a very great extent. Here are two Iron Foanderies for casting of steam engines, grates, &c. BARNSLEY, OLD, in the townships of Barnsley and Silkstone, aud parish of Silkstone, liberty of Poniefract ; 1 mile from Earnsley. BARROW, ham. in the township of Wentworth, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearn, upper-division of StrafForth and Tickhill ; 5 miles from Rotherham, 13-£ from Doncaster. BARRO\VBY-GRANGE,/.A.inthetownshipandparishofKirkby- Overblow; 5 miles from Wetherby, 7J from Knareshrough. of Garforth, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Leeds, 9 from Pontefract. BARWICK-IN-ELMET, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Sky rack, liberty of Pontefract : 7 miles from Tadcaster and Wetherby, 8 from Leeds, 16 from York.— -Pop. 1,481. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the dfeanry of the Ainsty, value, 33/. 12s. 67/. Patron, the King, as Duke of Lancaster. This place is said to have been the seat of the Kings of Northumberland, and Dr. IVhitakcr supposes it to have been founded by the great Edwin ; "the great exte&t and magnificence of this fortification, which is four furlongs in eir- ' cumference, and contains an area of mora than thirteen acres, sufficiently ptfbve that ic has been a royal work." The mount, called Hall Tower Bill, hath been encompassed by a double trench ; on this mount most probably stood the royal mansion : it is now the only part that remains. This manor was afterwards part of the possessions of the Lacys ; Roger de Lacy having married. the sister of William de Vesey, Rector of this parish. From the Lacys it descended to the Dukes of Lancaster, to which duchy it ha9 been ever since annexed. Elmet was |pt conquered from the Britons till Edwin's reign, in 560. by the Saxons. — Turner's Anglo Saxom. BASH ALL or BASHALLTO VVN, in the parish of Mitton, west- division of Staincliffe, liberty of Boliand; (Bashall-Hall, the]seat of James Taylor, Esq.) 4 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 11 from Blackbarn and Burnley, (Lane.) 10 from Gisburn. — Pop. 348. BASHALLEAVES, s. h. in the township of Bashall, and parish of Mitton ; 4 miles from Clitheroe, {Lane.) 228 WEST-RIDING. BASINGTHORPE, s. h. in the township of Greasbrough, and parish of Rotherham ; 1 mile from Rotherham. BATLEY, a parish-town, in Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract -, 2| miles from Dewsbury, 6| from Bradford, 8 from Leeds, 31 from York.— Pop. 3,717. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, %\$l. lis. Sd. p. r. 150/. Patrons, Lords >Vilton and Cardigan, alternately. Batley, the field oiBatt or Batta is a place of great antiquity. The church, was granted to the Canons of St. Oswald of Nostal, and confirmed by Henry I. Not a vestige of the original structure remains, the whole having been rebuilt about the time of Henry VI. The north chapel of the choir belongs to Howley Hall. This church is adorned with several monuments of the Savilles, Fitz- williams, Elands, Copleys, &c. — Loidis et Elmete. Here is a Free School, founded in the 10th year of James I. by the Rev. William Lee, Vicar of Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, who was a native of this place, for the purpose of teaching the children to read English, and write, also to instruct them in Latin. He endowed it with an estate, which he conveyed to certain Trustees in his life time. This School was handsomely rebuilt in 1818, out of monies arising from the estate. BATLEY-CARR, in the township and parish of Batley, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 mile from Dewsbury. BATLEY, UPPER, ham. in the township and parish of Batley $ 3| miles from Dewsbury, 6 from Bradford. BATTERAX, 2 /. h. in the township of Rowland- Forest, Higher, and parish of Slaidburn, liberty of Bolland ; 3 miles from Slaidburn, 8 from Clitheroe, (Lane.) pAWTRY, a market- town, in the parish of Ely the, (Notts.) lower- division of StrafForth and Tickhill ; (the seat of the Dowager Vis- countess, Galway) 5\ miles from Barnby-Moor Inn, {Notts.) 9 from Doncaster, and 9 from Retford, (Notts.) 12 from Gainsborough (Line.) 14 from Thorne, 20 from Sheffield, 46 from York, 156 from London. — Market, Thursday, (formerly on the Wednesday) Fairs, Thursday in Whitsun-Week, and old Martinmas-Day, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, and pedlary. — Principal Inn, the Crown.— Pop. 1,027. The Church is a perpetual curacy under Blythe, dedicated to St. Nicholas, in the deanry of Retford. Bawtry, situated upon the site of the Roman road from Agelocum to Danum, stands at the very extremity of the county, (a portion of it being in Nottingham- shire,) and on the great north road from London to Edinburgh. It contains nothing of particular interest, except the elegant mansion of the Dowager Vis- countess Galway, which is situated at the southern extremity of the town. BAXTER-HALL, s.h. in the township of Long-Drax, and parish of Drax ; 5 miles from Snaith. BEACON-HILL, (a Hill) in the township of Southowram, and parish of Halifax ; 1 mile from Halifax. BEAGHALL, in the parish of Kellington, wapentake of Osgold- cross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 writes from Pontefract, 8 from Snaith.— Pop. 546. BEAMSLEY, in the parishes of Addingham and Skipton, upper- division of Oar o ; (Beamsley-Hall, the residence of Robinson Chip • pendale, Esq.) 6 miles from Skipton, 8| from Otley,, 17 from WEST-RIDING. 229 Knaresbrough — »Pop. in Addingham SO, — in Skipton, 232. — total, 312. Here is an hospital founded by Margaret, Countess of Cumberland, in the 35th of Queen Elizabeth. It was ordered to consist of one Mother and twelve Sisters, to be nanfed and appointed by George, Earl of Cumberland, and the said Margaret, and theij heirs ; and that the said Mother and Sisters, and their successors should be incorporated, and have a common seal. The Earl of Thanet is now the heir or representative of the Earl and Countess of Cumber- land, and has the management of the estates and revenues of the hospital. The total income arising from rents and dividends, amounts to 357/. 9s. Ad. oat of which the Mother and sisters receive an annual stipend, of the Mother 18/. and the Sisters, 16/. each, besides which they receive on commission, a bedstead each, with a few other necessary articles of furniture. Twenty pounds per annum is given the clergyman for reading prayers, and administering the Sacra- ment four times a year, and who receives an additional sum of 2/. \0s. per annum, for providing the Elements. And Lord Thanet's Steward receives a salary of 10/. per annum, for superintending the estates, and keeping the accounts. The Hospital consists of two distinct buildings, with a small court or garden between them, and contains a chapel and separate apartments lor the Mother and twelve Sisters. The number is duly kept up, according to the foundation deed. The chapel is used for pi-ayer on Sundays and three other days in the week. It ■ is situated on the road side, leading from Knaresbrough to Skipton, within the township. — Extracted from Commissioners' Report on Charities. The old Hall at Beamsley was anciently the seat of the family of Glaphams. Of this family was John Clapham, a famous esquire in the wars between the houses of York and Lancaster, and who is said to have beheaded with his own hands, the Earl of Pembroke, in the church porch of Banbury. This family had a chantry and vault in Bolton Priory church, and where according to tradition, they were interred upright. — Whitaker. BEARCROFTS-IIALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Horton ; 8 miles from Settle. 14 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (IVestm.) BEARSWOOD-GREEN, p. h. in the township and parish of Hat- field ; 3 miles from Thorne, 8 from Doncaster. BECKA-LODGE, (the seat of William Markham, Esq.) in the town- ship and parish of Abberford, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; I mile from Abberford, 6 miles from Wetherby, 8 from Leeds. BECK FOOT and MILL, 3 h. in the township and parish o[ Bing- ley ; 4 miles from Bradford, 8 from Halifax. BECKMEETING. /. h. in the township and parish of Kirkbymai- zeard : 5\ miles from Masham, 8 from Ripon. BECK WITH, scattered houses, in the township and parish of Pannal, libertv of Knaresbrough ; 2| miles from Harrogate. Adjoining is BECKVVITH-GREEN, and? . ., . ,. , ., BECKWITH-SH \VV C m same * QWnstll P an " P ar,s "- The original seat of the ancient family of Beckwith, the last remains of whose property here, was purchased about the year 1753,' by Edwin Lacelles, Esq. of Mr. John Beckwith, of Knaresbrough, a lineal descendant of that ancient house. — Hargrove. BECKURMUNDS, ham. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arnecliffe; 8 miles from Kettlewell, 14 from Settle, 17 from Leyburn. BEESTON, in the parish and borough of Leeds, Morley -division of Ajrbriffg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Leeds, 10} from Wakefield, 12 from Bradford, 11 from Huddersneld.—- WEST-RIDING. 230 Pop. 1,670. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary. Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. The present chapel of Beeston is the oldest in the parish, and probably the second in antiquity. The lancet window at the west end appears to be as old as Henry III. — Whitaker,. BEGGAR1NGTON, ham. in the township of Northowram, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Halifax. BELL-BUSK, ham. in the township of Cold-Coiiiston, and parish of Gargrave* liberty of Stamcirffe : 8 miles from Skipton. BELL-HAGG, ham. in the township of Upper-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield ; 3 miles from Sheffield. BELL-VUE, (the seat of John Naylor, Esq.) in the township and parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 mile from Wake- field, 9 from Pontefract. BELL WOOD, (the residence of John Harrison. Esq.) in the town- ship of Aismunderby-with-Bondgate, and in the parish and liberty of Ripon ; 1 \ mile from Ripon. BELLY-BRIDGE, 3 h. in the township of Hartshead-with-Clifton, and parish of Bewsbury ; 4 miles from Halifax. BENTHAM, HIGH, in the township and parish of Low-Bentham, wapentake of Ewcross : (the seat of T. H. Johnson, Esq.) 10 miles from Kirby-Lousdale, (IVestm.) 1 1 from Settle, 1 6 from Lancaster. Market, Monday. — Fairs. January 25, Saturday in Easter week, June 22, October 25, for horned cattle, &c. — Principal Inns, King's Arms, and Black Bull. BENTHAM, LOW, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Ewcross ; 4 miles from Ingleton, 9 frOm Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 12 from Settle, 15 from Lancaster, 71 from York. — Pop 2,102. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. John, Baptist, in the deanry of Kirby-Lonsdale, and diocese of Chester, value, 35/. 7*. 8|d Patron, T. L. Parker, Esq. The township of Bentham is divided into four quarters, viz. Low-Bentham, High-Bentham, Mewith, and Grasingle. At this place was born, of poor parents, Thomas Wray, D. D. Fellow of Christ College, Cambridge, and successively chaplain to Archbishops Hutton and Seeker. He was a pious, abstemious, mortified man, never married, of weak constitution, of most amiable deportment, yet a zealous reprover of vice in pulic and in private. He had learned too, from his master, Seeker, not to despise the meanest, nor to shrink from the most disgusting offices of his functions^ He died at Rochdale, February, 1778, aged 55, where a plain stone within the altar rails is erected to his memory, The Editor of Butler's Remain* tiros notices him :**• " While Modest Wray with silent grace, Just steals a meaning smile." Nichols' Lit. Jneedofes. BENTLEY, in the parish of Arksey, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 1 \ mile from Doncaster, 10 from Thome.— Pop. including Arksey, 1,171, which being united, form a township. A remarkable instance of punctuality occurred at Bentley, in a little old man called Billy Dutchman, a stone mason, who had kept a book in his house from 1767, wherein is iaserted the name of every person by whom he had teen employ- WEST-RIDING. 231 ed, how many days he worked in each week, and what number idle; what money he had earned each week, summed up to a quarter every year. The whole for the first twenty-nine years is 583/. 18*. 3d. average, he says, Is. 9d. per week. — Miller's Doncaster. BENTLEY-G RANGE, /. h. in the township and parish of Emley, liberty of Wakefield ; 7 miles from Wakefield, BENT'S-GREEN, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; 3^ miles from Sheffield. BERRY-MOOR./, k. in the township and parish of Silkston ; 3| miles from Penistone. BERRY-BROW, ham. in the township and parish of Almondbury ; 2 miles from Huddersfield. BERWICK, 2 /. h. in the township of Draughton, and parish of Skipton, liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; 4 miles from Skipton. BESSACAR, ham. in the township and parish of Cantley, 4 miles from Doncaster. BEWERLEY, in the township of Dacre-with-Bewerley, and parish of Ripon. lower-division of Claro ; (Bewerley-Hall, the seat of John Yorke, Esq.) | of a mile from Pateleybridge, 8 from Rip- ley, 12 from Ripon. — Pop. included in Dacre. BICKERTON, fAinsty) in the parish of Bilton ; 4 miles from Wetherby, 7 from Tadcaster, 10 from York. — Pop. 149. BIERLEY, EAST, in the township of Northbierley, and parish of Birstall. Morley-d; vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Bradford, 7 from Halifax, 10| from Wakefield. BIERLEY, NORTH, see Northbierley. BIGG IN. ham. in the township and parish of Kirkbymalzeard,; (Big- gin-Grange, the seat of the Rev. J. Geldart,) 5 miles from Masham. BIGGIN, in the parish of Church-Fenton, wapentake of Barkston- Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract; 6 miles from Tadcaster, 7 from Selby. 1 1 from Pontefract. — Pop. 164. BILB HOUGH, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 4| miles from Tadcaster, 5\ from York. — Pop. 260. The Church is a perpetual curacy, of which Thomas Lodington Fairfax, Esq. is Patron. BILCLIFFE. /. h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Peni- stone, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Penistone. BILHAM. jii the parish of Hooton-Pagnall and Barmbrough, lower- division of Stralforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (Bilham- House, the residence of the Rev. Godfrey Wright) 6 miles from Doncaster. 10 from Barnsley. — Pop. 74. BILHAM-GRANGE, /. h. in the township of Clayton, and parish of High-Hosland ; 7 miles from Barnsley and Penistone. BILHAM- ROW, ham. in the township "of Bilham, and parish of Hooton-Pagnall, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 6 miles from Doncaster. BILLINGLEY, in the parish of Darfield, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 6 miles from Barnsley, 9 from Doncaster. — Pop. 214* 23& WEST-RIDING. BILLlNGLEY-GREEN, 2 k. in the township of Billingley, ant! parish of Dariield ; 6\ miles from Barnsley. BILTON, (Ainsty) a parish-town, in the liberty of St. Peter; (Bilton Park, the seat of Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq.) 4| miles from Wetherby, 5§ from Tadcaster, 9| from Knaresbrough, 10 from York. — Pop. 223. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, valued, p. r. fl24/. Patron, the Prebendary thereof. BILTON, in the parish of Knaresbrough, tower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough; (Bilton-Hall, the seat of Henry Hunter, Esq.) 1 1 mile from Knaresbrough. — Pop. including High- Harrogate, 1,934, which being united, form a township. BINGLEY, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of Skyrack ; 4 miles from Keighley, 6 from Bradford, 10 from Otley, 1 1 from Halifax, 38 from York. — Market, Tuesday. — Fairs, Jan. 25, for horned cattle, August 25, 26, and 27, for horned cattle, sheep, and linen. — Principal Inns, Brown Cow, and King's Head. Pop. 6,17G. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Craven, value, £7/. 6s. Sd. p. r. fJ38/. Patron, the Kings This is one of the thirty-two Lordship 6f which the Conqueror gave to Erneis de Benin ; how long he held it does not appear; but about the year 1126 it was the property of Wiliiam Paganell, founder of the Prioi'y of Drax. His successors were the Gants, and William de Gant had a charter for a market here, 12th of John. The family of the Cantilupes afterwards became possessed of it ; and in later times we find it in the hands by purchase, in 1668, of Robert Benson, father of the first Lord Bingley, whose descendant, James Lane Fox, Esq. is the present owner of it In the time of Dodsworth, who visited this place in 1621, " there was a park at Bindley and castle near the church, on a hill, called Bailey Hill," of which little more than the name and tradition now remain. Thechurch, a plain and decent structure, was restored in the early part of the reign of Henry VIII. Br, IVhitaker states it to be dedicated to All-Souls. Here is a Free Grammar School, founded 20th of Henry VIII. value about 400/. per annum, present master^ the Rev. Dr. Hartley. By a decree of the Lord Chancellor, in December, 1820, it was determined that it should be conducted as a Free Grammar School for teaching the children of the inhabitants of the parish of Bingley, the harmed languages. Here is also a National School esta- blished in 1814, and supported by voluntary contributions. BIRCHAM-CLIFFE, in the township of Lindley, and parish of Huddersfield ; 2 miles from Huddersfield, 6 from Halifax. BIRDH ALL- FLAT, /. h. in the township of Swinton, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearn ; 4| miles from Rotherham, 9 from Doncaster. BIRD WELL, ham. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Tankersley ; 3| miles from Barnsley. BIRKBY, in the township and parish of Thornes, liberty of Ponte- fract ; 5 miles from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby. BIRKBY, (the seat'of Thomas Holroyd, Esq.) in the township and parish of Huddersneld ; 2 miles from Huddersfield, 9 from Halifax. B1RK BY-NAB, /. h. in the township of Studley-Roger, parish and and liberty of Ripon; 2 miles from Ripon. BIRKIN, a parlsh-towu, In the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract - y (the seat of Thomas Touiill, Esq.) 4 miles from WEST- RIDING. 233 ferrybridge, 7 from Pontefract, 8 from Selby, 22 from York.— Pop. 139. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, obV. Patron, the Devisees of the late Rev. Thomas Wright BIRKINSHA W, in the township of Gomersall, and parish of Birstali,- Morley-divisiorrof Acrbrigg and Morle\ 7 , liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Bradford, 8 from Leeds, 9 from Halifax. BIRK'S-HALL, (the seat of the late Robert Hnmsbottom, Esq.) in the? township of O vend en, and parish of Halifax ; 1 mile from Halifax. BIRKWTTH, s. h. in the township and parish of Horton; 8 miles from Settle, 1 4 from Hawes. BIRKVVOOD, 2 f. L in the township and parish of Crofton; 3 J miles from Wakefield. BIRLEY-CAR, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield. upper- division of Strafforthand Tickhill; 3 miles from Sheffield. 9| from Penistone. BIRTH VVAITE, ham. in the township and parish of Ripley; If mile from Ripley, 7 from Ripon. BIRTHWAITE-HALL, (the seat of Thos* Rishwortk, Esq.) m the township of Kexbrough, and parish of Darton, liberty of Ponte- . fract: 4 miles from Barnsley. 8 from Wakefield. Birthwaite Hall was formerly the residence of the ancestors of the present Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. Thomas Burdett, the second son of Richard Burdett, of Denby, was living here in 1494. BIRSTx\LL, a parish-town, in the township of Gomersall, Morley- division of Agnrigg' and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Leeds and Bradford, 7| from Halifax, 8| from Huddersiiekf, 31 from York. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, £23/. 195. 2d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. This place is not mentioned in Doomsday, but Gomersall is described as containing two manors ; it seems therefore probable that Birstali was one of them, and being then an inconsiderable place, was passed over without further notice. Whitaker. This parish, though exteusive, does hot furnish a township of Birstali, the village being in that of Gomersall. Here was born, 1.579, Henry Burton, a pnritan divine, who was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, but took his degree of B. D. at Oxford He was afterwards clerk of the closet to Prince Henry, and next to Prince Charles ; but was turned out for a libel against the Bishops. In 1636, he was persecuted in the: high commission court for two seditious sermons, sentenced to the pillory, fined 5,000/. and ordered to be imprisoned for life. In 1640, he was set at liberty, and was restored to his living. He. died in 1648. He wrote many pamphlets, chiefly controversial and abusive. — Biog. Diet. BIRSTW1TH, in the parish of Harapsthvvaite, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 3 miles from Ripley, 8 from Knaresbrouffh.— Pop. 621. BISHOPSIDE, HIGH and LOW, a township, in the parish and; liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 1 mile from Pateley bridge, 9 from Knaresbrough, 11 from Ripon. — Pop. 2,072. It is situated on the north-side of the river Nidd, in the vicinity of Patelevbridge, the chief town in the township. 2 G 234 WEST-RIDING. BISHOP-MONKTON, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower- division of Claro ; (the seat of Thomas Charnock, Esq.) 4 miles from Ripon and Boroughbridge, 6 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 473. The Chapel, re-built in 1822, is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f6ol. In the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. BISHOPTHORPE, fAinsty) a parish-town ; (Bishopthorpe-Palace, the seat of the Archbishop of York,) %\ miles from York, 8 from Tad caster.— Pop. 301 . The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, value, £4/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. Bishopthorpe, anciently St. Andrew's Thorp, alias Thorpe super Use. The Palace of Bishopthorpe was built by Walter Grey, Archbishop of York, in which is a neat Chapel, still standing, where his chantry was founded. The present beautiful gardens were almost wholly laid out at the charge of Archbishop Sharp ; and the house received great alterations at the expence of the late Archbishop Dawes. — Drake. BISHOP-THORNTON, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower- division of Claro ; 6 miles from Ripon, 7 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 647. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f65/. In the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. BISHOPTON, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro ; 1 mile from Ripon. — Pop. 136. BLACKBURNE-COMMON, ham. in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham ; 2| miles from Rotherham. BLACKER, LOW, MIDDLE, and OVER, 3 /. h. in the township of Upper-Hoy land, and parish of Wath; 5 miles from Barnsley. BLACK-HORSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Abberford. — See Abberford. BLACK-MOOR, /. h. in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of Penistone ; 3 miles from Penistone. BLACK-MOOR-FOOT, ham. in the township of South-Crossland, and parish of Almondbury; 3^ miles from Huddersfield. BLACKSHAVV-HEAD, few h. in the township of Stansneld, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 miles from Halifax. BLACKSTONE, /. h. in the township of Little-Ribstone, and parish of Spoiforth ; 3 miles from Wetherby. BLACK3TONE-EDGE, in the parish of Halifax, and liberty of Wakefield ;< 6 miles from Halifax. Blackstone-Edge is a ridge of mountains that divide Yorkshire from Lancashire, over which lays the road from Halifax to Rochdale : this ridge is continued to the Highlands of Scotland. BLAIDROYD, ./. h. in the township of Southowram, and parish of Halifax; 3 miles from Halifax. BLAKE-HALL, (the residence of Mrs Ingham) m the township and parish of Mirfield ; 3 miles from Dewsbury, 6| from Huddersfield. In this house was born, John Hopton, Bishop of Norwich, of a very con- siderable family, residing alternately at Blake-Hall and Armley, near LeedSc He was a Dominican Friar, educated at Oxford, from whence, after his course of study was completed, he travelled to Rome, and took the degree ofD.D. at Bologna. He was chaplain to Princess Mary, soon after whose accession to the crown, he was nominated to the See of Norwich, which he enjoyed to his death. — fVhitaher's Loidis et Elmete. WEST-RIDING. 23-5 BLAXTON, in the parish of Finningley, (Notts.) and soke of Don- caster, lower-division of Straffortb and Tickhill; 5 miles from Bawtry. 7| from Doneaster. — Pop. 1 17. BLEAK-ROYD, /. k. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone ; 2 miles from Penistone. BLUBBER-HOUSES, in the parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 11 miles from Skipton, 12 from Knareshrouo-h, 18 from Ripon. — Pop. \26. BOARD-HILL, p. h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone ; 2 miles from Penistone. BOARSHURST, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale ; 1 \ mile from Dobcross, 10 from Rochdale, (Lane.) BODLES, p. h. in the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, and parish of Arksey ; 1 mile from Doneaster. BOGG-HALL, f. k. in the township and parish of Kirkheaton ; 4 miles from Huddersfield, 10 from YY^akefield. BOLSTERSTONE, in the township of Bradford, and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 9 miles from Penistone and Barnsley . The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Doneaster, value, p. r. fftQl. Patron, J. Rimmington, Esq. The chapel here appears to have been founded as early us 1412, by Sir Robert Rockley ; originally a private chantry of that family, though it came at length to be used as a place of public worship by the inhabitants of the nwnor, living at a great distance. At the time of the foundation of this chapel, the Rockleys were owners of the Manor of Bolsterstone, which it appears they had obtained by the marriage of Robert de Rockley with Alice, the sole daughter of Sir Thomas Sheffield. Robert de Rokeley lived in the time of Richard II. and was the chief of an ancient family residing at Rockley, in Worsboroughdale, where they appear to have been seated as early as the reign of Henry II. — Hunter's Hallamshire. BOLTON-BY-BOLLAND, a parish-town, in the west-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; {Bolton-Hall, the occasional residence of John Bolton. Esq.) 4 miles,from Gisburn, 10 from Settle, 12 from Colne, (Lane.) 14 from Skipton, 55 from York.-— No Market. — Fairs, June 28, 29, and 30, lor horned cattle, pedlary, <&c.— Pop. 1,205. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Craven, value, 1 1/. 13s. 4d. p. r. 123/. 12s. Patron, John Bolton, Esq. Bolton Hall the ancient residence of the family of Pudsay, say9 Dodsivorth, u stands very pleasantly among sweet woods and fruitful hills." Here Sir Ralph Pudsay sheltered his persecuted sovereign Henry VI. after the battle of Hexham : and where still are preserved a pair of boots, a pair of gloves, and a spoon, which the unfortunate Monarch left, either from haste and trepidation, or as tokens of regard for the family. An adjoining Well still retains the name of " King Harry," who is said to have directed it to be dug and walled, in its pre- ?ent shape, for a cold bath. In the church, which is a plain building of late gothic architecture, is the famous monument of Sir Ralph Pudsay, with hia three wives and twenty-five children, all engraven in relief, upon a slab of grey Craven limestone.— fV/iita/cer's Craven. The manor and advowson were purchased for 42,000/. by John Bolton, of Liverpool, Esq. the present owner. BOJLTON-ABBEY. in the parish of Skipton, east-division and ; f y of Staincliffe ; (a seat of the Duke of Devonshire.) 5\ miles 239 WEST-RIDING. from Skipton, 10 from Keighley, 1 1 1 from Pateleybridge, 12 from Otley, 16 from Harrogate.— Pop, 127. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of Craven, value, p, r. * 4 67. 1 s. 1 id. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. This priory was founded in the year 1120, for Canons regular, of the order of St. Austin, by William Meschines, and Cecilia de Romelle, his wife, Baroness of Skipton, and sister to the noble youth who lost his life in crossing a place called The Strid, about a mile from hence, which is the cleft of a rock, in the bed of a river ; and through which the river, in summer time, entirely passes. Strid, so called from a feat often exercised by persons of more agility than prudence, who stride from brink to brink, regardless of the destruction which waits a flutt- ering step. It was in stepping over this gulph, leading a greyhound, the animal not making its effort in the passage, at the same time with its master, ckecked the footstep of the unhappy youth, and precipitated him into the torrent, In Bolton-Hall was formerly a picture of this young gentleman, with the greyhound standing near him. This Priory was dissolved the 11th of June, 1540 ; and in 1543, was granted to Henry Clifford, Earl of Cumberland ; in which family it remained, till 1635 ; when Elizabeth, the daughter and sole heiress of Henry, the last Earl of Cumberland, marrying Richard, the first Earl of Burlington, carried the demesnes into that family ; whose daughter, Charlotte, sole heiress, married in 1748, the Duke of Devonshire. Here is a Free-School founded about 1698, or 1700, by the Hon. Robert Boyle, who endowed the same with an annual rent-charge of 201. besides this, there are some rents, which in the whole, amount to 99/. 7*. Gd. The School is for latin and greek; and for the poor people, english, writing, and arithmetic, on paying one shilling per quarter. BOLTON-BRIDGE, 4 h. in the townships of Bolton-Abbey and Beamsley, and parish of Skipton, liberty of Stainciitfe ; 5\ miles from Skipton, J 2 from Pateleybridge. Bolton-Bridge had anciently a chapel, like many others, for the benefit of Travellers. The town field, a plain of inexhaustible fertility, stretched from the bridge to the priory wall ; and on this, Prince Rupert is said by Tradition, to have encamped on his way to Marston-Moor, in July, 1644. The elm, under which he dined, is remembered by persons now alive, (1 805.) — fVhitaker's Craven. BQLTON-PERC Y, (Ainsty) a parish-town;; 3 miles from Tadcaster, 9 from York. — Pop. 238. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, value. 39/. 15s. Z\d. p. r. 150/. Patron, the Archhishop of York. !* BOLTON-UPON-BEARN, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhiii; 7\ miles from Rother- ham, Barnsley, and Doncaster, 38 from York. — Pop. 623. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, %(U. 15s. Ad. p. r. 60/. to 70/. Patrons, the Executors of William Marsden, Esq. Bacon styles it a vicarage. BONDGATE, in the township of Aismunderby -with- Bond gate, and parish of Ripon, which it joins on the south Pop. included in Aismunderby. Here is an Hospital founded before the 4th year of King John, by one of the Archbishops of York, and dedicated to St. John Baptist. Its revenues valued, 26th Henry VIII. at 10/. 14s. Ad. Dugdale ; and 37th, Henry VIII. at 121.0s. Ad. Stevens. The building is small, and inhabited by two poor women, who have ' each an annual stipend of one pound seven shillings. A small distance from this hospital is a chapel dedicated to St. John Baptist, where divine service was per- formed every Sunday till 1722. It is now converted into a National School, and the boys, of which there are at present 150, are educated on the plan of Dr. Bell, an institution than which nothing can tend more strongly to increase the stock of WEST-RIDING. 237 public morality, and raise the children to a higher degree in the scale of ration- ality. BOOTH-FERRY INN, in the township of Airmyn, and parish of Snaith, wapentake of QRgoldcross, and liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Howden, 8 from Snaith, lOfromSelby, 12 from Thome, 20 from York, 183 from London, Here is a good Inn, and a Ferrv across the Ouse, leading to Boncaster. BOOTHROYD, UPPER and LOWER, ham. in the township and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield ; I mile from Dews- bury, 6 from Wakefield. BOOTH-TOWN, in the township of Northowram, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wake- field; 1 mile from Halifax, 7 from Bradford. BORDLEY, ham. in the township of Hetton-with-Bordley, and parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliife, liberty of Clif- ford*s-Fee ; 7 miies from Kettlewell, 10 from Skip ton and Settle. — Pop. included in Hetton. BORHOLME, /. h. in the township of Rowland -Forest, lower, and parish of Bolland, (Lane.) liberty of Staincliffe; 8 miles from Clitheroe. A bridge here, called Borhoiroe-Bridge, across the river Hodder, connects this county with Lancashire. BOROUGHBRIDGE, in the parish of A Id bo rough, lower-division of Claro ; (the seat of Mrs Lawsan,) 6 miles from Ripon, 7 from Knaresbrougb, 10 from Harrogate, 11 from Thirsk, 12 from Wetherby, 17 from York and Bedale, 19 from Northallerton, 22 from Catterick, 206 from London. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, April 27 and 28, for horned cattle and sheep ; June 22, for horned cattle, horses, &c. 2.3 for sheep, and the week preceding, for hard- ware, woollen-cloth, pedlaryware. &c. October 23 and 24, for horned cattle and sheep. — Bankers. Messrs. Fletcher, Stubbs, Dew, and Stott, draw on Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. Mills, and Co, 1 2, Birchin-Lane. — Principal Inns, Crown, and Three Greyhounds. Pop. 860. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Richmond, diocese of Chester, value, 10/. p. r. 48/. 16s. Sd. Patron, the Vicar of Aldborough. This place is remarkable lor those monuments called the Devil's Arrows, but whether Roman or British, is uncertain. "Here was, in theBi'itish times, " says Dr. Stukeley, "the great Panegyre of the Druids, the Midsummer-meeting of all the country round, to celebrate the great quarterly sacrifice ; accompanied with sport?, games, races, and all kinds of exercises, with universal festivity. This was like the Pauathenian, the Olympian, Nemean meetings, and games among the Grecians. These obelisks were as the Metae of the Races ; the re- membrance hereof is transmitted in the present great Fair held here, on St. Barnabas Day." In Leland's time there were four, but in the seventeenth century, one of them wa« pulled down ; the remaining ones are placed at unequal distances from each other. The tallest ones is 30 feet 6 inches from the bottom, about 6 feet of which aro buried in the ground ; its greatest circumference 16 feet. Richard Frank, a singular traveller, and famous peripatetic angler, in his tour to the northern parts of Scotland, to enjoy his favourite amusement, which he published in 1694, says that he saw near Boronghbridge, seven of these stones, in which he inu^t have been mistaken, as it is not likely that they have increased cince the days of Leland. Evident marks of the chisel appear below the 6urface 233 WEST-RIDING, of the earth. It ig of the common coarse rag-stone or mill-grit ; a large rock of this stone from which, probably these obelisks were taken, is at Plumpton, Bear Knaresbrough. Doctor Stillingflcet considers them as British Deities : Leland, Camden, and Drake, suppose them to have been the work of the Romans, and erected by that people as trophies, to commemorate some important victory. Near this place, in 1 322, that unfortunate Prince, Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, with some of the nobility, disgusted with the royal favourites, the Spencers, made stand against the forces of his nephew, Edward II. but was taken by Sir Andrew de Harcla, who, being insensible to his entreaties and solicitations, and after suffering every possible indignity that cruelty could suggest, was monnted on a sorry horse, and brought before the King, who ordered, without any form of trial, his head to be struck off, on an eminence near Pontefract. One of his partisans, the powerful John de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, in passing over the bridge, then made of wood, was run through with a spear, by a soldier, cowardly placed beneath for that esecrable purpose. It sends two Members to Parliament, a privilege it derived from Queen Mary, in 1553, BOSTON, in the township of Clifford, and parish of Eramham, wapen- take of Barkston-Ash ; 3 miles from Wetherby, 4 from Tadcaster, The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, the Virgin, value, about 1 1 0/. Patron, the Vicar of Bramham. — Principal Inn, Red Lion. Boston, long celebrated for its Mineral Waters, under the name of Thorpe- Arch, on the opposite side of the water, is situated in a romantic and beautiful vale, through which the river Wharf runs with a rapid current. The houses are extremely neat and good, built chiefly of stone, with small gardens in front, and forming a row on each side of the road leading from Wetherby to Tadcaster. The Mineral Spring, which was first discovered in 1744, by John Shires, an inhabitant of Thorpe- Arch, is situated on the south banks of the river, and issues from the bottom of a lofty limestone rock, which in some measure over- hangs the river ; it is conveyed by means of a pump, erected in 1 792, into a little room for the purpose, whither the visitors repair to partake of this wholesoma beverage. This water, like all others, of fashionable resort, has obtained the notice of Drs. Garnett, Munro, Walker, and Hunter. Hot and cold baths are erected immediately adjoining the pump-room. The village of Boston was be- gun in an open field in 1753, and now contains more than 600 inhabitants. The Parochial Chapel was consecrated in Dec. 1814, by his Grace the Archbishop ofYoik. BOTANY-BAY-INN, p. h. in the township of Camblesforth, and parish of Drax ; 1 \ mile from Selby, 6| from Snaith. BOULCLIFFE, /. h. in the township of West-Bretton, and parish, of Sandal-Magna ; 5 miles from Wakefield. BOULTON, in the parish of Calverley, Aloriey-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Bradford, 8 from Otiey.— Pop. 634. BOUSDKN, f. h. in the township of Newton, and parish of Slaid- burn. liberty of Staincliffe; 9 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) BO VV -BRIDGE and MILL, 4 cots, in the township of Embsay-with- Eastby, and parish of Skiptou; 2 miles from Skipton. BOWCLIFFE, (the seat of John Smyth, Esq.) in the township of Bramham-with-Oglethorpe, and parish of Brambam ; 4 miles from Wetherby. BOWK11HILL, scattered houses, in the township of Oxspring, and parish of Penistone ; 2 miles from Penistone. BOWLAND-FOREST, in the parish of Slaidhirn, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Clitheroe, 18 from Lan- WEST-RIDING. 239 caster and Preston, {Lane.)— Pop. lower-division S30, higher- division 237, total 597. Bowland-Forest, anciently a Forest, as its name implies, extends over a large tract of country on the borders of Lancashire, and is divided into two townships, denominated Upper and Lower Forest of Bowland. Though Bowland is principally inclosed, it is still ranged by herds of dear, under the jurisdiction of a master forester here, in allusion to the name of the. Forest, called Boivbearer, who has under him an inferior keeper. The former office is now held by Thomas Lister Parker, Esq. as it has long been by his ancestors. — Whitaker. BOWLING, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; J mile from Bradford, 8 from Halifax.— Pop. 3,579. In the same township and parish is BOWLING-HALL, the seat of Thomas Mason, Esq. Bowling-Hall, originally Boiling, from a family of that name, the daughter and heiress of which married Sir Richard Tempest, of Bracewell, is an ancient and large majestic building, with a centre and two wings to the north. The south front opening to the garden, is terminated by two square towers of con- siderable but uncertain antiquity. The Earl of Newcastle, commander of the King's Forces, made this house his head-quarters in 1643, when he besieged and took Bradford. The Hall and Manor, with the Chapel or Chantry Church, came to Mr Mason in 1812.— Whitaker and Neale. BOWTHVVAITE, ham. in the township of Fountain's- Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 5 miles from Pateleybridge. BOYN-H1LL, ham. in the township of Crigglestone, and parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty of Wakefield; 3| miles from Wakefield. BRACEWELL, a parish-town, in the east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; 5 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 9 from Skipton, 11 from Burnley, (Lan c.) 50 from York. — Pop. 176. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Craven, value, $2/. 9*. 9jd, p. r. 60/. Patron, Lord Grantham. " The Vicarage House," Dr. Whitaker observes, and very justly, " is a disgrace to the parish and church of England— a miserable thatched cottage of two rooms only, floored with clay, and open to the roof. — History of Craven. Here is the ruin of an old Hall, built of brick, probably about the time of Henry VII. or VIII. and was formerly the residence of the ancient family of the Tempests. North of this are the remains of a still older house of stone, in which is an apartment called King Henry's Parlour ; undoubtedly one of the retreats of Henry Yl.— JVkitaker's Craven. BRACKEN-BOTTOM, ham. in the township and parish of Horton; 6 miles from Settle. BRACKEN-FOOT, 3 or if. h. in the township of Rigton, and parish of Kirkbyoverbiow, upper-division of Claro ; 6 miles from Otley, 7 from Knaresbrough and Ripley. BRACKEN-HILL, ham. in the township of Biggin, and parish of Church-Fenton ; 6 miles from Tadcaster. BRACKENTH WAITE, scattered hs. in the township and parish of Pannall; 5\ miles from Ripley, 6 from Knaresbrough. BRADOP-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Bashall, and parish of Mitton, liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 miles from Clitheroe, {Lane.) BRADFIELD, in the parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Straf- forth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 6 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Penistone. — No Market'. — Fairs, Friday fortnight before Goodfriday, June 17, and second Friday after old Michaelmas-day, 240 WEST- RIDING. for horned eattle, pigs, &c. — Pop. 5,298. The Church is a pe?* petuai curacy, under Ecclesiield, of which the Vicar is Patron, value, p. r. 1*124/. The Ghapelry of Bradfield is a "bleak, high, and mountainous tract of country, lying between the Riveling and the Don, extending north-westward to the point, where meet the three counties of Chester, Derby, and York." Some portions of it are among the highest grounds of the English Appennines. " Near the church is Bailey-Hill, a Saxon camp, as fair and perfect as when first con- structed, save that the keep is overgrown with bushes."— Hunter's Hallamshire. BRADFIELD, NETHER, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesiield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickbill, liberty of Hallamshire ; 6| miles from Sheffield. Here is a School founded in 1712, by Mr Thomas Marriott, of Ughill, who endowed it with 10/. per annum. BRADFORD, a market and parish-town, in Morley-division of Agbrigorand Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 6* miles from Bingley, 8 from Halifax. 10 from Leeds, Keighley, and Otley, 14 from Huddersfield, 15 from Wakefield, 34 from York, 196 from Lon- don. — Market, Thursday. — Fairs, March 3, June 17 and 18, December 9 and 10, for horned cattle^ horses, pigs, &c. — Bankers* Messrs. Peckover, Harrison, and Co. draw on Messrs. Sir James Esdalle, and Co. 21, Lombard-Street. — Principal Inns, the Sun, and the Talbot. — Pop. 13,064. The Church is a vicarage, dedi- cated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 20/. Patron, Richard Fawcett, Esq. Here is also a Chapel of ease, called Christ's Church, in Darley- Street, built by subscription, and con- secrated in 1815. This Manor belonged to John of (jaunt, who granted to John Northorp Manningham and his heirs, an adjoining village, three messuages and six bovates of land, to come to Bradford, on the blowing of a horn, on St. Martin's Day, in winter, and wait on him and his heirs, in their way from Blackburnshire, with a lance and hunting dog for thirty days, and for going with the receiver or bailiff to conduct him safe to the castle of Pontefract. A descendant of Northorp after- wards granted land in Horton to Rushworth, of Horton, another adjoining village, to hold the hound while Northorp's man blew the horn. These are called Horn- men or Hornblower Lands, and the custom is still kept up ; a man coming into the market-place with a horn, halbert, and dog, is met by the owner of the lands in Horton. After proclamation is made, the former calls out aloud, " Heirs of Rushworth, come hold my hound whilst I blow three blasts of my horn, to pay the rent due to our Sovereign Lord the King." He then delivers the string to the man from Horton, and winds his horn thrice. The original horn, resembling that of Tutbury, in Staffordshire, is still preserved, though stripped of its silver ornaments. — Blount's A 'nc. Tenures. — Gough's Camden. Bradford, pleasantly situated on one of the tributary streams of the river Air, formerly belonging to the great family of Lacy, Earls of Lincoln, who had here a Manor-house, where previously had been a castle, the site of which is not at this time known. This place, like many other manufacturing towns, espoused the cause of Parliament, in the great contest between that body and Charles I. was garrisoned, and maintained a siege against the royalists. Sir Thomas Fairfax came to the assistance of the garrison with 800 foot and 60 horse, which brought down upon them the power juI army, commanded by the Duke of Newcastle, who invested the town, and attempted to storm it in several places.- Sir Thomas Fairfax made a vigorous defence, but having exhausted his ammunition, he offered to capitulate ; the enemy, however, refusing to grant the conditions, he, with 50 horses, cut his way through their lines, and made good his retreat. A full account of the siege o£ Bradford is affixed to the memoirs of Sir Thomas Fairfax. WEST-RIDING* 241 Bradford is situated in the very heart of a manufacturing country, and! possesses every advantage for trade ; it is in the neighbourhood of coal andiron ore, and has the convenience of a navigable Canal, which is cut from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, near the village of Shipley, and penetrates into the heart of the town. It has several manufactories of the finest broad and narrow cloths, &c. There are large iron-works near the town, where the most ponderous work is executed. The town is tolerably well built, chiefly of stone, and has probably increased in size more than any other town in the county ; the soil is dry, and the air is keen and salubrious. Here is a Free Grammar School founded as early as Edward VI.— and was incorporated by King Charles II in the 14th year of his reign, by letters patent, dated the 10th of Oct. 1653. It is open to boys of the parish free of expence ; who are admitted, when qualified to begin the latin accidence. It is entitled to' send a candidate for the exhibitions of Lady Elizabeth Hastings.— Carlisle's Gram.- Schools. A new School has been lately erected, with a dwelling-house for the master,' in an airy part of the town ; to which is attached a library, and porter's lodge. Amongst the eminent men educated at this school, was the learned and worthy prelate Dr. John Sharp, who was born here in 1644. His amiable disposition and unshaken integrity, his distinguished learning and extensive charity, will transmit his name to latest ages, as one of the greatest ornaments of his country. His Sermons, in 7 vols. 8vo. have always been admired, as written with clearness,* and they were delivered with grace and justness. He died at Bath, Februarys, 1713 — 14, and was buried in his Cathedral at York, where a handsome monu- ment is erected to his memory, a plate of which is given in Drake's Eboracum.— • Chalmer's Biog. Diet. — Nic/tols' Anecdotes. In Bradford also Was born, in 1622, David Clarkson,a divine, and educated at Clarehali, Cambridge, of which society be became Fellow, and had Mr, after- wards Archbishop Tillotson, for his pupil. He held the living of Mortlake, in Surrey, but was dispossessed of it in 1662, for non-cOnforfnity. He then officiated! to an Independent congregation in London, and died in 1686. He wrote some controversial pieces ; and a volume of Sermons was printed in folio, alter his death. — Calamy. BRADFORD, WEST, in the parish of Mifton, west-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Bolland ; 2| miles from Ciitheroe, 7 from Gis- burn. — Pop. 564. BRADFORD-MOOR, ham. in the township and parish of Bradford; J | mile from Bradford, 8| from Leeds. BRADGATE, ham. in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham, liberty of Tiekhill ; 1| mile from Rotherham. BRADKOLME, /. h. in the township and parish of Thorne, lifrelriy of Tiekhill ; 1 § mile from Thorne. BRADLEY, ham. in the township and parish of Huddersfield, Ag- brigfg-di vision of Asrbrigg and Morley; 3 miles from Huddersfield'. BRADLEY-BROOK, the junction of three townships, Linthwaite, Lingards, and Meltham, and parish of Almondbury ; 5 miles from Huddershekl. BRADLEY-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Kudders-- field : 4 miles from Huddersfield.- BRADLEY-HALL,/, h. in the township of Stainland, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 6 miles from Halifax. This Hall was once the seat of the Savilles, the principal part of which' ap~ pears to have been burnt down in 1629 ; over the gateuay are the figures 1577, and the letters I. S. John Savillc ; the Chapel annexed to it, was pulled down in the;' time of the civil wars. This " Chapel being re-edified,' ; says Mr Watson,* u serves tire tenant for a barn j most of the tower also reinams, and the whole 2 ii 242 WEST-RIDING. haa the appearance of a church, to such as are travelling between Eland and Ripponden." — Watsoris Halifax. At this place was born in 1549, Sir Henry Saville, a man of considerable abilities and extensive learning. His works are uncommonly numerous ; and he left behind him several MSS. some of which are now in the Bodleian Library. BRADLEY, LOWER, iii the township of Upper and Lower Bradley, and parish of Kildwick ; east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's- Fee; 3| miles from Skipton, 6 1 from Keighley, 12 from Colne, {Lane.) — Pop. including Upper-Bradley, 506, which being united, form the township usually denominated Bradleys- botk, BRADLEY-MILLS, 3 mills, in the township of Dalton, and parish of Kirkheaton. Extensive woollen mills of Mr Joseph and Thos. Atkinson. BRADLEY, UPPER, ham. in the townships of Bradleys-io*/*, parish and liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; 3 miles from Skipton. — Pop. included in lower Bradley. BRADSHAW, /. h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone; 3 miles from Penistone. BRAIM, or BRAHAM-HALL, /. h, in the township and parish of Spofforth ; 3 miles from Knaresbrough. BRAITH VVAITE, ham. in the township and parish of Kirk-Bram- with, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Doncaster. BRAITH VVAITE, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley ; \k mile from Keighley. BRAITHWAITE, ham. in the township of Dacre-with-Bewerley, and parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro ; 4 miles from Pateley- bridge. Here is a School, founded in 1773, by will of Edward Yates, for the children of Deer-Tng Houses, Braithwaite, and Padside. — The master's salary 20/. per annum, arising out of lands which now let for 32/. per annum. — Commissioners Report. BRAITH WAITEHALL, /. h. in the township of Azerley, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 4 miles from Ripon. BRAITH WELL, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 5 miles from Tiekhill, 6 from Rotherham, 8 from Doncaster, 45 from York, — Pop. 438. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. James, in thedeanry of Doncaster, value, £7Z. 7s. 6d. p. r. 70/. Patron, the King. BR AM HAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of St, Peter; 3 miles from Abberford, 4 from Tadcaster and Wetherby, 14 from Pontefract and York. — Pop. including Ogle- thorpe, 970, which being united form a township. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, value, $6/. 7s, 6d. p. r. fl30/. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Christ-church College, Oxford. Qn Bramham-Moor are large remains of a Roman consular road, from which came divers Vice Ficinales, by Thorner and Shadwell, through Sheep-Lane and Haw-caster-Rig, to Addle. — Drake. — Thoresbt. Here the Earl of Northumberland's forces were defeated by Sir Thomas Rokesby, and the Earl, the chief instrument in deposing Richard II. and raising up Henry IV. was slain. His head, covered with silver hairs, being put upou WE ST -RIDING. 2 A3 a stake, was carried in mock procession, through all the towns to London, and then placed on the bridge.— Hollinshead. — Stow. — Dug. Bar. In the same township and parish are BRA M HAM-BIGGIN, the residence of Sir Philip Musgrove, Bart. BRAMHAM-PARK, the seat of George Lane Fox, Esq. This noble residence was built in the reign of Queen Anne, by Robert, Lord Bingley, who employed for that purpose an Italian artist. It is designed upon a scale of much grandeur, consisting of a large centre, in which are the grand apartments and wings, for the domestic offices, connected by corridors of the doric order : the whole fronting a spacious court, elevated 5 feet above. Amongst a collection of excellent Portraits in this magnificent Mansion, is " a fine original portrait of Queen Anne, presented by her Majesty to Lord Bingley, as an acknowledgment of the attention of his Lordship during a visit to this seat." It stands in a fine sporting country, and his present Majesty once spent two ■nights at this venerable Mansion, and partook of the delights of the chase. This estate was a grant from the crown in the reign of William and Mary, and was the first enclosure on Bramham-Moor. It was cultivated and planted by the father of the first Lord Bingley, who afterwards erected the present noble edifice. — Neale's Views. In the Chapel adjoining the house are the effigies of the ancestors of the familv. BRAMHAM-LODGE, the residence of the Hon. Edward John Stourton. BRAMHOPE, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack; (Bramhope-Hatl, the residence of JVm. Rhodes, Esq.) 3 miles from Otley, 7 from Leeds, ] I from YVetherby, — Pop. 366. Here is a donative Chapel, founded by Robert Dyneley, Esq. about the year 1649, the patronage of which is vested in six Trustees, who have power to sus- pend or deprive the minister." The founder was a zealous patron of the Puritan Clergy.— Whitaker. BRAMLEY, in the parish and borough of Leeds, Morley -division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Leeds, 7 from Bradford. — Pop. 4,91 6. The Church is a perpetual curacy, of which the Vicar of Leeds is Patron. In this place was born, in 1625, Joseph Hill, a Divine and Lexicographer. He was the son of a Puritan preacher of the same place. He was carefully educated in classical learning, and sent to Cambridge, where he was some time Fellow of Magdalen College, and afterwards minister of the English church at Rotterdam, in Holland. He was editor of Schrevelius ' Lexicon, which he augmented with 8000 words, and purged of nearly as many faults. It is still a standard book. He died in 1707, and gave his Library to the Free-School at Leeds. BRAMLEY, in the parish of Braithwell, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (Bramley-Hall, the seat of John Fullarton, Esq.) 4 miles from Rotherham, 10 from Doncaster. — Pop. 310. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Braithwell. BR AM LEY-HALL, (the seat of T. TFeldon, Esq.) in the township and parish of Handsworth; 4 miles from Sheffield, 6fromRotherham. BRAMPTON, in the township and parish of Cantley ; 4\ miles from Doncaster, 6\ from Bawtry. BRAMPTON-EN-LE-MORTHEN, in the parish of Treeton, upper- division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 5 miles from Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield.— Pop. 136. BRAMPTON-BIERLOW, in the parish of Wath-upon-Deurn, up- per-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 6 miles from Rotherham and Barnsley, 12 from Sheffield.— Pop. 1,263. 244 WEST-RIDING. BRAMPTONMJLLEY.— See Ulley. BRANDFIELD-HOUSE, f. h. in the township and parish of Sprot- brough; 3| miles from Doncaster, 11| from Barnsley. BRANDON, ham. in the township of Wigton, and parish of Hare- wood ; 4 miles from Leeds, 6| from Wetherby, ] 2 from Tadcaster. BRANDRITH-CRAGGS, in the township of Blubber-Houses, and parish of Fewston ; 2 miles from Hopper-Lane Inn, 10 from Har- rogate. Brandwith-Craggs, " a range of rocks, situated on the edge of a precipice, overlooking a deep and extensive vale, called " Kesgill." Here is a rocking- stone,. whose weight is probably 20 tons ; and yet is easily moved with one hand. On the summit of one of the highest rocks, is a basin, three feet six inches in diameter, and two feet \n depth : here are, also, several other basins of smaller dimensions. — History oj Knaresbrough. BRANDY-CARR, ham. in the township of Alverthorpe-with- Thorns, and parish of Wakefield ; 2 miles from Wakeiield. BRANIERS, /. h. in the township and parish of Low-Bentbara ; J 4 miles from Settle. BRANTON-GREEN, ham. in the township of Upper-Dunsforth- with-Branton-Green, and parish of Aldborough; 4 miles from Eoroughbri dge, 10 from Ripon, 11 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. included in Upper-Dunsfbrth. BRAYSTA Y.WOOD, /. h. in the township of Winterburne, and parish of Gargrave • 7 miles from Skipton, 9 from Settle. BRAYTON, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 1 mile from Selby, 7 from Snaith, 11 from Pontefract, 16 from York. — Pop. 253. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Wilfred, in the deanry of the Amsty, value, £7/, 14s. 4|tf. Patron, the Hon. E. Petre. BREARLEY-HALL, {an ancient Mansion.) m the township of Midgiey, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles from Halifax, 1 1 \ from Rochdale. BREARTON, in the parish and liberty of Knaresbrough, lower- division of Claro; 4 niiles from Knaresbrough, 5 from Boroughs bridge, 7 from Ripon.— Pop. 226. BREAREY, EAST, ham. in the township and parish of Addle ; 5 miles from Qtle} T . 6 from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby. BREAREY, WEST, /. h. in the township of Arthington, and parish of Addle ; 6 miles from Leeds. BRECKAMOOR-HOLSE, (the seat of Marmaduke Hodgson. Esq.) in the township of Stainley-with-Slenningford, and parish of Ripon ; 2 miles from Ripon. BRECKS, /. h. in the township of Gomersall, and parish of Birstall; 4 miles from Bradford, 1\ from Leeds. BRENNARD,/. h. in the township of the Forest of Bowland, Higher, and parish of Slaidburn ; 12 miles from Clithero and Lancaster. BRETTON, WEST, in the parishes of Sandal-Magna and Silkston, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberties of Pontefract and Wakefield ; 6 miles from Wakefield, 6| from Barnsley. — > Pop. in Agbrigg, 154, — in Staincross, 364, — total, 518. WEST-RIDING. 245 BRETTON-DYKES, /. h. and Mill, in the township and parish of High-Hovland ; 6 miles from Barnsley and Wakefield. BRETTON, MONK, see Monk-Bretton. BRETTON-PARK, (the seat of Thomas Richard Beaumont, Esq.) in the township of Bretton, and parish ofSilkston; 6| miles from Wakefield and Barns ley . Bretton-Hall was originally erected by Sir William Wentworth, Bart, in 1720, when the old chapel and family-house were pulled down. Sir William mar- ried Diana, daughter of Sir William Blackett, Bart.— Col. Beaumont became possessed of this Mansion hy his marriage with Diana, daughter of the late Sir Thomas Wentworth Blackett, Bart.— Neat's Gents. Seats. BRIDGE-HEWICK, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, liberty pf Ripon ; 1| mile from Ripon, 4| from Borough- bridge. — Pop. 77. Here was, says Leland, " a faire Chapel of free-stone, on the farther ripe of We (Lire) at the very end of Hewick bridge, made by an Keermite that was a mason ; it is not fulle finished." This chapel does not appear to be noticed by any other author. The ruins of it are yet in existence, in a part of Lord Grantley's Estate. BRIDGE-HOUSE GATE,,W in the township of Dacre-with-Bew- erley, and parish of Ripon ; | of a mile from Pateley bridge. BRIDGE-FOOT, p. h. in the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, and parish of Arksey ; 5 of a mile from Doncaster. BRIDGE-HOUSES, in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; 1 mile from Sheffield. BRIERLEY, in the parish of Felkirk, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; miles from Barnsley, 1\ from Wakefield, 8 1 from Pontefract. — Pop. 452. BR1ERLE Y-MANOR, s. h. in the township of Brierley, and parish of Felkirk ; 5 miles from Barnsley, BMER'S-C&AFEL.— See Chapel-le-Grove. BRIERY-BUSK; /. h. in the township of Huiishelf, and parish of Penistone; 3 miles from Penistone, BR1 EST WISTLE, ham. in the township of Whitley, and parish of Thornhill, liberty of Pontefract ; 6| miles from Huddersfield. BRJGG-FLATTS, 3 h. in the township and parish of Sedbergh ; 1| mile from Sedbergh. Here is a Quakers 1 Meeting-house, founded by George Fox. ERIGHOUSE, in the township of Hipperholme-with-Brighouse, and parish of Halifax, Morley-divisiou of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; (the residence of the Miss Walkers J 4 miles from Halifax and Huddersfield.— No Market. — Fair, the day after Martinmas-day, for horned cattle, sheep, and pigs. This is a village of some antiquity, where once a family of that name lived. In Oliver Heywood ; s Register is the following entry : " Oct. 28, 1684, Capt. Taylor's wife, of Brighouse, huried in her garden, with head upwards, standing upright hy her husband, daughter, (tec. Quakers." — ffatson's Hist, of Halifax. BRIGHTSIDE-BIERLOW, in the parishof Sheffield, upper-division ofStrafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 3 miles from Sheffield, 5\ from Rotherham. — Pop. 6,61 5. The Church is a per- petual caracy, of which the Vicar of Sheffield is Patron. 246 WEST-RIDING. BRIGHTSIDE-GREEN, in the township of Ecclesall, and parish of Sheffield ; the seat of Benjamin Sales, Esq. BRIGHTOLMLEY, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecelesfield* upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 7 miles from Sheffield, 10 from Rotherham. BRIMHAM, ham. in the townsm>of Hartwith, and parish of Kirk- bymalzeard, lower division of Claro; 5 miles from Pateleybridge. In the same township are BRIMHAM-CRAGS. These celebrated Druidieal Monuments, which are of various forms and of immense magnitude, are scattered over forty acres of ground. Two of the rocks are about thirty feet square ; many of the stones are in groups, and some in single masses. Here are four large Rocking- Stones ; one of them rests upon a kind of pedestal, and supposed to be about 100 tons weight. In 1792, the Right Hon. Lord Grantley built a house in the centre of these grounds, for the accommoda- tion of persons whose curiosity might prompt them to visit this world of wonders, — Abchjeologia. BRINDS WORTH, in the parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire ; 2 miles from Rotherham, 5 from Sheffield.— Pop. 225. BROADFIELD, (the seat of Barrington Trestram, Esq.) in the township of Dent, and parish of Sedbergh ; 1 mile from Sedbergh. BROADLANE-HOUSES, 2f. h. m the townships of South-Kirkby and South-Elmsall ; 7| miles from Doncaster. BROADROYD-HEAD, ham. in the township and parish of Darton ; 3 miles from Barnsley, 8 from Wakefield, 8| from Penistone. BROADSHAW, 2 /. h. in the township of Hazzelwood-with- Storithes, and parish of Skipton ; 7| miles from Skipton. BROCKDEN, ham. in the parish of Barnoldswick, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 9 from Skipton, II from Burnley, (Lane.)— Pop. 233. BROCKHOLE,/. h. in the township and parish of Cantley ; 4§ miles from Doncaster, 7 from Bawtry. BROCKHOLES, s. h. in the township and parish of Drax ; 4 miles from Snaith, 7 from Selby. BROCKTHORN, 2/. h. in the township of Easington, and parish of Slaidburn; 3| miles from Slaidburn. BRODSWORTH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; (Brodsworih-Hall, the residence of the Trustees of the late Peter Thelluson, Esq.) 4 miles from Don- caster, 11 from Barnsley, 16 from Wakefield, 32 from York. — Pop. including Pigburn, 417, which being united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, $-6/. 6s. \Qd. Patron, the Archbishop of York. It w as the property and seat of Dr. Drummond, late Archbishop of York . His son. Earl of Kinnoul, sold the estate and mansion to the late Peter Thelluson, Esq. whose singular Will, directing the greater part of his immense fortune to accumulate till a future period, will long be remembered. BROOK-BOTTOM, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) ; 9 miles from Manchester, (Lane.) WEST-RIDING. 247 BR00KF007, ham. in the township of Southowram, and parish of Halifax; 31 miles from Halifax. BROOK-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone ; Mr Hunter, "has a strong claim on the notice and respect of every lover at Hallamshire Topography. It was the birth-place and the constant residence of John Wilson, Esq. ('great-grandson of Christopher Wilson, the builder of the present house) a gentleman to whom we owe the preservation of so much docu- mentary matter, which, but for his care, it is too probable, would have beenea- tirely lost, leaving this district destitute of that evidence by which alone the character of authenticity can be given to the history of many of its institutions, and the account of manv of its principal inhabitant?." — Hist. Hallamshire. BROOM-HOUSE, /. &. in the township and parish of Edlington ; 4 miles from Doncaster. BROOM-HOUSE, 5. h. in the township of Whiston, and parish of Rotherham ; 1 mile from Rotherham. BROOM-RIDDINGS, 2/. h. in the township of Whiston, and parish of Rotherham ; 1 mile from Sheffield. BROTHERTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston- Ash, liberties of St. Peter, and honour of Pontefract ; (Brotherton-Hall, the seat of John Crowder, Esq.) 1 mile from Ferrybridge, 3 from Pontefract, 81 from Abberford, 1 1 from Selby, 12 from Tadcaster, 22 from York. — Pop. 1,491. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Edward, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, £5/. 6s. Sd. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of York. At this village, Margaret, wife of King Edward I. was obliged to stop, when hunting, and was here delivered of a son, afterwards namedThomas de Brothei ton ; he was born June 1, 1-300.— Camden. Not far from the church, is a piece of ground, surrounded by a wall and a trench, where, as tradition informs, stood the honse where the Queen took up her abode. BROUGHTON, a parish-town, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; (Broughton-Hall, the seat of Stephen Tempest, Esq.) 3 miles from Skipton, 9 from Colne,(£anc.) 12 from Keighley, J 51 from Clitheroe, 44 from York. — Pop. including Elslack, 427, which being united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Craven, value, %5l. 16s. \d. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Christ-church, Oxford. Bronghton-Hall, the ancient seat of the Tempests, was built in 1597, just behiDd their forwar bouse, ca.ll.ei Gitiiott's- Place, from a Knightly family of that 248 WEST- RIDING, name, the heiress of which married a Roger Tempest. The Portraits in this house are not numerous; two only deserve, to be remembered, one of Stephen Tempest, Esq. author of "Religio Laid;" the other of Francis Tempest, Abbot of Lambspring. a venerable old man, with a gold cross. The Church of Brough- ton stands in a solitary situation ; in it are mural monuments of the Tempests. In the civil wars of the last century, Broughton, situated on the high-way be- tween the hostile garrison of Skipton and Thornton, had its full share of devasta- tion and misery. It was a tradition told in the ball, that the village had been so completely pillaged of common utensils, that an old hermit travelled from house to house for the purpose of boiling broth and pottage — and that a son of the family was shot on the lawn. — Whitaker. BROWN-HILLS, /. h. in the township of Newton, and parish of . Slaidbum, liberty of Staincliffe ; 8 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) BROWSHOLME, (the seat of Thomas Parker, Esq.) hi the township of Bow land-Forest, lower parish of Mitton, liberty of Bolland ; 5 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) . On an elevated situation in the Forest of Bowland, is the ancient house of Browsholme, for more than three centuries the residence of a family, who probably derive both their name and arms from the office of Park-keeper or Parker. Here is a good old Library, a large collection of coins, and a valuable assemblage of MSS. A most valuable reiic preserved here, is the original seal of the common- wealth ; it is of very massy silver, and is inscribed the " Seal for the approbation of Ministers." In the centre are two branches of Palm, and within them an open book, with these words, " the IVord of God." In 1805, a fine herd of wild deer, the last vestige of feudal superiority in the domains of the Lacies, were destroyed here. The loss, however, of these ancient ornaments of the Forest, has in some degree been compensated by the late improvements of the house and grounds. at Browsholme. The dining-room is adorned with many of the best paintings of Northcote, and the house contains many paintings by the best Flemish masters. The hall is furnished with nu-> merous antiquities, such as the Ribchester inscription of the 20th Legion, celts, fibulae, different pieces of armour, and a small spur found in the apartment cal- led King Henry VI. at Weddington-Hall. — Whitaker. A particular description of Browsholme-Hall appears to have been printed by permission of the munificent owner, and which is noticed in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1815. BRUM LEY, ham. in the township of Wortley, and parish of Tarikersley, wapentake of Staincross ; 5| miles from Bafnsley. BRUMTHWAITE, in the township of Silsden, and parish of Kild- wick, liberty of Staincliife ; 5 miles from Keighley, 8 from Skipton. BRUNCLIFFE-THORN, scattered houses, in the township of Morley, and parish of Batley, Morley-division of Agbfigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Dewsbury. BRUSH-HOUSE, (the seat of John Booth, Esq.)in the township and parish of Ecclesfield ; 3 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham, 1 from Barnsley. BUCKDEN, in the parish of Arnecliffe, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 4 miles from Kettlewell, 14 from Settle, 16 from Ley- born.- — Fair. October 12, for horned cattle, &c. — Pop, 3S2. BULL-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Thurlston, and parish of Penistone; 21 miles from Penistone. BURGHWALLJS, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of Michael Tasburgh, Esq.) 6| miles from Doncaster, 9 from Pontefract, 30 from York.— Pop. I 237. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanr y of Doncaster, value, 14/. 6s. 10|d Patron, Michael Tasburgh, Esq. West- riding, 24$ fiURLEY, in the township of Heddingley, and parish of Leeds;- ]| miles from Leeds, 8 from Bradford, 9 from Otley. BURLE Y, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack ; (Bur* ley-Hall, the seat of the Rev. T. fVilson,) 2 miles from Otley, 12 from Leeds, 13 from Skipton. — Pop. 1,200. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. *37l. is. Patron, Matthew Wilson, Esq. No burial-ground. B U RLE AS, s. k. in the township of Wadsworth, and parish of Hali- fax ; 7 miles from Halifax. BURMANTOFTS, in the township, parish, and part of Leeds. BURN, in the parish of Bray ton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; 3 miles from Selby, 7 from Snaith, 8 from Pontefract. — -Pop. 238. BURNGREAVE, (the seat of Joseph Bailes, Esq.) in the township* of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield. BURN-HOUSE,/, h. in the township of Newton, and parish of Skid- burn, liberty of Stainctifle ; 9 miles from Colne, (Lane.) BURNSALL, a parish-town, in the east-division ofStaincliffe, liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; 9 miles from Pateleybridge, 9| from Skipton and Kettlewell, 43 from York.— Pop. including- Thorpe, 329. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Wilfred, in the deanry of Craven, value in two medieties, 36/. p. r. 63/. Patrons, the Earl of Craven, and Robinson Chippendale, Esq. Two houses and a small parcel of tend is in the parish of Linton. Here in 1612, Sir William Craven, Knight, Alderman of the city of London> and late Lord Mayor of the same, founded and endowed a Grammar School ; and from an inscription over the door of the chnrch, he appears to have repaired and beautified that handsome building. At the entrance of the choir of this church, each rector has his own stall and pslpit, and from which the service is alternately performed. BURNTWOOD-LODGE, (the seat of William Marsden, Esq) in the township of Great-Houghton, and parish of Darfield ; 8 miles* from Bamsley. 9 from Pontefract, 10 from Doncaster. BURNT- YATES, in the township of Hartwith, and parish of Kirby- maiaeard, lower-division of Claro ; 2f miles from Ripley, 6| from* Pateleybridge, 7| from Knaresbrougb. Here is a Free-School founded in 1760, by Rear-Admiral Robert liOnsf, which he endowed with a farm, called Flask Farm, and the lands thereto be-- longing, in the township of Bartwith-with-Winsley ; also a messuage,^ called Flask-House, and a close called Six- Acres, in the township of Clint. It has since' received some legacies, and the valuable library of the late W. Mounfaine, Esq* F. R. S. was given to it in 1779. The government of the school is vested ir* trustees. The master occupies the school premises, estimated at 20/. or 251. per annum. His salary for himself and wife, 70/. and two guineas as librarian.- Twenty-two boys and girls in the school. — Commits. Report. BURROW-LEE, ham. in the township of Nether- Hallam, and parish? of Sheffield, upper-division of Straftbrth and Tickhill ; 2£ mile* from Sheffield . BURTON.— See Monk-Eretton. BURTON-IN*- LONSDALE, in the parish of Thornton-in-Lonsdafev wapentake of Ewcross ; 3 miles from Ingleton, 6 from Kirby-- Lonsdale, (Westm.) 13 from Settle, 15 from Lancaster.— Market f 2* 260 WEST-RIDING. Monday.— Pop. 746. Here is a Chapel to Thornton, value, p. *UL2s.6d. BURTON-HALL, s. h. m the township of Gateforth, and parish of Brayton ; 3 miles from Selby. BURTON, HIGH, ham. in the township and parish of Kirk-Burton y liberty of -Wakefield ; A\ miles from Huddersfield. BURTON, KIRK, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Penistone, 11 from Wakefield, 39 from York. — Pop. 2,153. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to Holy-Trinity, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 13/. 6s. Sd. Patron, the King. BURTON-LEONARD, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberties of St. Peter and Knaresbrough; 5, miles from Borough- bridge, Ripon, and Knaresbrough, 22 from York. — Pop. 518. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, $3/. Is.Q^d. p. r. *73Z. 1 05. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of York. BURTON-SALMON, in the parish of Monk-Fryston r wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; 4 miles from Pontefract, 9 from Selby, 1 from Tadcaster.— Pop. 182. BUSKER., ham. in the lordship of Skelmanthorpe, and parish of High-Hogland ; 8 miles from Huddersfield. BUSLINGTHORPE, in the township and parish of Leeds, liberty of Pontefract ; 1 mile from Leeds. BUTTERBUSK, /. h. in the township and parish of Warmsworth \ 4 miles from Doncaster. BUTTERTHWAITE, in the township and parish of Eeclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4| miles from Sheffield* 6 from Rotherham, 9 from Barnsley. BUTTON-HILL, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; (the seat of John Crawshaw, Esq.} 3 miles from Sheffield. BYRAM-HALL, (the seat of Sir John Ramsden, Bart.}m the parish of Brother ton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract; 2 miles from Ferrybridge, 4 from Pontefract, 1 1 from Selby. — Pop. including Poole, 61, wbich being united^ form a township. c CADEBY, in the parish of Sprotbrough, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill , 4| miles from Doncaster, 8| from Rotherham. — Pop. 169. CALDCOTES, ham. in the township of Potter-Newton, and parish of Leeds ; 3 miles from Leeds, 8 § from Abberford. CALTON, in the parish of Kirby-Malhamdale, east-division of Stain- cliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; 7 miles from Skipton, 8| from Settle, 12 from Kettlewell.— Pop. 76. This is a small village situated upon a hill, on the east banks of the Air, con- sisting entirely of abbey-land, which was shared between the houses of Fountains,, AYEST-RTDTNG. 25 1 Dereham, and Bolton ; the last of which had the manor. Tt is chiefly memor- able for the origin of Major-General Lambert, who addicted himself to the cause of the rebellion in the last century but one, and bore, perhaps, a deeper part in the miseries of that unhappy period, than any single person, Cromwell only ex- cepted. After the restoration, the decent and respectful behaviour which he main- tained at his trial, procured for him the mild sentence of perpetual exile to Guernsey, where he amused himself with the quiet occupation of gardening, and died forgotten, almost thirty years after, having lost his faculties before the usual period of mental decay. But the mind of Lambert was a machine wasted first by friction, and then by rust. His forfeited estates were granted to Lord Faucon- berg, and bv him restored to the family. — fVhitaker's Craven. CALVEL-HOUSES, 3/. h. in the township of Fountain's-Earth, and parish of Kirbymalzeard ; 4 miles from Pateleybridge. CALVERLEY, a parish-town, in Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract : 4 miles from Bradford, 7 from Leeds and Otley, 31 from York— Pop. including Farsley, 2,605, which being' united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Wilfred, in the deanry of Bradford, value, £9/. 1 1 s. 10d. p. r. 140/. Patron, the King. In Calverley, is the ancient hall of a knightly family of that name, who had resided here for about six centuries : it has been a spacious mansion, but is now converted into cottages, &c. ; the family chapel adjoining is now a wheelwright's shop. — It is memorable, on account of a most tragical event that took place in 1604, and which produced the " Yorkshire Tragedy" ascribed to the pen of Shakespeare, but which, it should seem, has eluded the researches of Mr Malone. A Prose narrative of this murder is to be met with in Dr. Whitaker ; s Loidis and Elmete, much too long for our insertion. The estate remained in the family of Calverley till 1754, when Sir Walter Calverley, who had taken the name of, Blackett, sold the manor and estate of Calverley to Thomas Thornhill, of Fixby Esq. by whose heir of the same name and place, it is still possessed. In the church is a school, built and repaired by the parish : to this school, Mr Hillary of Leeds, left a small annual donation A part of the great tithes of Hooton-Pagnall and Thorpe- Arch, were given by letters patent of Queen Eliza- beth, to the poor of this parish, value, about 41. per annum. CALVERLEY-BRIDGE, in the township of Calverley-with-Fars- ley, and parish of Calverley ; 4^ miles from Bradford, 6| from Leeds. CAMBLESFORTH, in the parish of Drax, wapentake of Barkston- Ash-, (CambUsforth-HaU, the seat of Sir Charles Blots, Bart.) 3£ miles from Snailh, P from Selby, 14 from Pontefract. — Pop. 257. CAM-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of Horton; 9| miles from Askrigg, 14 from Settle. CAMPS ALL, a parish -town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; {the seat of the Rev. E. B. Frank,) 8 miles from Doncaster and Pontefract, 9 from Ferrybridge, ,30 from York. Pop. 389. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value + 161. 16s. Sd. p. r. triO/. Patron. Cook Yarbrough, Esq. Of this place was Richard Frank, Esq. F. It. S. Recorder of Pontefract and Doncaster, a polite scholar, ami a lover of Antiquities. lie died May 22, 1762, aged 60. His valuable collections, including tho-e of Dr. Johnston, a Physician a* Pontefract, (which came into his hands on the death of the author's grandson, Henry Johnston) were, in 17*0, in the hands of the late Bacon Frank, Esq, nephew and heir to the Recorder. — NichoW Anecdotes. CAMPS-MO UNT, (the residence of General Sir John Byng, K. C. B.) %&% WEST-RIDING, In the township and parish of Campsall, liberty of Pontefract ; 8 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Ferrybridge. CANKLOW, ham. in the township and parish of Whiston, upper- division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 1 \ mile from Rotherham. CANNON-HALL, (the seat of John Spencer Stanhope, Esq.) in the township of Cawthorne, and parish of Silkstone; 4 miles from Penistone, £ from Barnsley, 9 from Wakefield. Cannon-Hall, anciently pronounced Camel-Hall, is rendered famous by being the retreat of Win. Lockwood, of Lockwood, after the battle at Eland, with the Elanders, in the reign of Edward III. In this house, Lockwood commenced ,an amour with a young woman pf loose principles, who betrayed him into the hands of his enemies. — Watson. In the library, which contains a valuable collection of books, among other curiosities, is the bow of Little John, the famous outlaw and companion of Robin Hood. It was brought many years ago from Wathersage, in Derbyshire, an estate formerly belonging to the Spencer family, where Little John was buried. The bow bears the name of Colonel Naylor, 1715, who is said to have been the last man who bent it. It is of Yew, and though the two ends, where the horns were affixed, are broken, it still measures above six feet. — Watson. — Neale. CANTLE Y, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill % (Cant ley- Lodge, the seat of John Childers, Esq.) 3^ miles from Doncaster, 65 from Bawtry, 40 1 from York. — Pop. 577. The Church, about a mile from the village, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Wilfred, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £6/. 6's. 5\d. Pa» tron, John Childers, Esq. whose ancestor Childers Walbank Childers, Esq. built the present mansion, and to whose memory an elegant monument is erected in the church. CAPPLESIDE, (the seat of John Geldart, Esq.) in the township of Rathmeli, and parish of Giggleswick; 3§ miles from Settle. CARBROOK, ham. in the township of Attercliffe-with-Darnall, and parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 3 miles from Sheffield and Rotherham, Jn this hamlet is Carbrook-HalJ, formerly the residence of a family of the name of Bright, of which family we find, was Sir John Bright, a very active officer in the parliamentary army of 1643 — 4. He received a Captain's com? mission from the Lord Fairfax. He was made Colonel of a regiment of Foot, previous to Sir Thomas Fairfax's expedition into Cheshire, in which capacity he accompanied that General. He was afterwards governor of Sheffield-Castle. — Hunter's Hallam. CARCROFT, scattered f. h. in the township and parish of Owston, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Doncaster. CARGREEN, LOWER, ham. in the township and parish of Dar. ton ; 2| miles from Barnsley. CARGREEN, UPPER, ham. similarly situated as above ; 3 miles from Barnsley. CARHEAD, (the seat of Richard Bradley Wainman, Esq.) in the township of Cowling, and parish of Kildwick, liberty of Stain- cliffe ; 5 miles from Colne, (Lane) 6 from Skipton. CARHOUSE, s. h. in the township of Greasbrough, and parish of Rotherham ; \ a mile from Rotherham, CARHOUSE, (the residence of U. Cooke, Esq.) m the township pf Warmsworth, and parish of Doncaster, liberty of St. Peter ; \ i mjle from Doncaster, WEST-RIDING. 253 This house was built in 1604, by Hugh Chilclers, Esq. who was that year Mayor of Doncaster. His grandson, Leonard Childers, Esq. bred at this place the famous bay Childers, the fleetest race -horse ever known in England. — Mil- ler's Doncaster. CARLCOTES, ham. in the township of Thurlston, and parish of Pern- stone, liberty of the honour of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Penistone. Two farms in this township, pay to Godfrey Bosville, Esq. the one a Might- hand, and the other a Left-hand Glove yearly. — Blount's Ancient Tenures. CARLES MOOR, ham. in the township of Grewelthorpe, and parish of Kirbymalzeard ; 6| miles from Masham, 9 from Ripon. CARLETON, in the parish of Pontefract, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; i| mile from Pontefract, 3 § from Ferry- bridge, J 4 from Doncaster. — Pop. 132. CARLETON, in the parish of Snaith. wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; (Carleton-Hcdl, the seat of Miles Stapleton, Esq.) 2 miles from Snaith. 6 from Selby, 15 from Pontefract. — Pop. 775. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Snaith, dedicated to St. Mary. Patron, . Simpson, Esq. of Leeds. CARLETON, in the parish of Guiseiey, upper-division of Skyrack; 2 miles from Otley, 8 from Bradford, 9 from Leeds. — Pop. 158. CARLETON, in the township of Loftus-with-Carleton, and parish of Rothwell, liberty of the honour of Pontefract; 4 miles from Wakefield, 5 from Leeds. — Pop. included in Loftus. CARLTON, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Barnsley. 8 from Wakefield, 9 from Penistone. — Pop. 326. CARLTON, a parish-town, in the east-division and liberty of Stain- cliffe ; 2 miles from Skipton, 10 from Keighley and Colne, 43 from York. — Pop. 1,218. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Craven, value, %5l. 2s. \d. p. r. 521. 15s. Patron, the Dean and Canons of Christ-church, Oxford. About the year 1700, Mr Farrand Spence founded an Hospital here, for twelve widows belonging to the parish of Carlton, and six to Market-Bosworth, in. Leicestershire. Their receipts, about twenty guineas per annum. And about the year 1705, a School was founded by Mrs Elizabeth Wilkinson, for clothing and educating four boys of this parish, and apprenticing them out at the age of fourteen. The charity is now extended to twenty boys, but only four clothed annually. CARLINGHOW, in the township and parish of Batley, Agbrigg- division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Dewsbury, 9 from Leeds. CARR, ham. in the township and parish of Laughton-en-le-Morthen, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 5 miles from Tickhill, 6| from Rotherham. CARRIS, or CARHOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 1 1 mile from Tickhill. CARRWOOD, (the seat of Samuel Smith, Esq.) in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; 1 1 mile from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. CARTWORTH, in the parish of Kirk-Burton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigcr anc ] Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Hud- dersfield, 17 from Wakefield.— Pop. 1,211. 254 WEST-RIDING. CASTLEFORD, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract i 3 miles from Ferrybridge, 3| from Ponte- fract, 22 \ from York.— Pop. 1,022. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 20/. }Ss. \%d. Patron, the King, as Duke of Lancaster. Castleford, situated on the Ermine-Street, near the confluence of the rivers Ai? and Calder, is called by Marianus, Casterford. Here was -a Roman station, named kegolium, by Antoninus ; and which Hovedon, the historian, expressly calls a city. Here many Roman coins, and other antiquities have been frequently found J and at this place a battle was fought, between the Danes and Saxons, under Edred, in .950, in which the former were entirely defeated. The Danes, after having experienced the clemency of Edred at York, followed the Saxons from that city to Castleford, unnoticed, where they fell upon his rear with great fury; but such was the invincible valour of Edred, that he completely defeated them, and severely punished them for their ingratitude. Few or no traces of the antiquities of Castleford are now to be seen. — Camden.— Drake. Thomas de Castleford, a benedictine Monk, who flourished about the year 1326, and who wrote a history of Pontefract, was a native of this place. The Tithes of this parish are settled by Act of Parliament ; the Rector re- ceives twenty -eight quarts of wheat, for every pound rent paid by the tenant to his landlord, on Arable-Land, and twenty quarts for every two pounds rent, on Grass-Land. CASTLE-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of Almond- bury ; 2 1 miles from Huddersfield. CASTLESHA W, 2 ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) ; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) At Castleshaw, h the remains of an ancient fortification, which Mr Whitaker supposes to have been a fortress of the Primeval Britons. — Hist. Manchester. CASTLEY, in the parish of Leathley, upper.division of Claro; 5 miles from Otley, 10 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. i JO. CATCLIFEE, in the parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Straf- forth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 3 miles from Rotherham, 6 from Sheffield.— Pop. 202. CATGILL, /. h. in the township of Bolton-Abbey, and parish of Skipton ; 5 miles from Skipton. CATHARINE-HOUSE, (the seat of Michael Stocks, Esq.) in the township of Northowram, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wake- field ; 2 miles from Halifax, 6| from Bradford. CATHERINE-SLACK, ham. in the township of Northowram, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 2 miles from Halifax. CATHILL, /. h. in the township of Hoyland-Swaine, and parish of Silkstone ; 1 mile from Penistone. CATTAL, in the parish of Aunsingore, upper-division of Claro ; 4f miles from Wetherby, 7 from Knaresbrough.— Pop. 207. CATTERTON, (Ainsty) in the parish of Tadcaster; 2 miles from Tadcaster, 7 from York, 8 from Wetherby.— Pop. 63. CATTLE-LAITHE, s. h. in the township and parish of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Ferrybridge, 3 from Pontefract. CAUD, or COLD-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Almondbury \ 2 miles from Huddersfield. CAUSEY-SIDE, 3 or 4 A. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale (Lane.) • 2 miles from Dobcross. CAUTLEY, scattered houses, in the township and parish of Sedberg ; 1 \ mile from Sedberg, 6| from J)enU WEST-RIDING. 255 CAWDOR, /. h. in the township and parish of Skipton; 1 mile from Skipton. CAW-WELL, or CALL WELL, ham. in the township of Auston- ley, and parish of Almondbury, liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Huddersiield. C A W OOD, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston- Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Cawood, Wistow, andOtley; 5 miles from Selby, 7| from Tadcaster, 10 from York, 12 from Pon- tefract, 186 from London. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, Old May-day and September 23, for horned cattle, &c. — Principal Inn, the Ferry-House. — Pop. 1,127. The Church, peculiar, is a vicar- age, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, p. r. f34Z. 1 is. Patron, the Prebendary of Wistow. Cawood was formerly one of the chief places of residence of the Archbishop of York, who had here a magnificent Palace or Castle, in which several of the Bishops died. It was obtained for the see of York from King Athelston, in the LOth century, by Archbishop Wulstan. Alexander Nevil, the 45th Archbishop, is said to have bestowed great cost on this palace, and to have adorned it with several new towers. Henry Bowett, the 49th Archbishop, built the great hall ; and his successor, Cardinal Kempe, erected the gate-house, the ruins of which are all that remains of this once magnificent building. The celebrated Cardinal Wolsey, after residing here a whole summer, and part of the winter, was arrested at this place, on a charge of high treason, by the Earl of Northumberland, and Sir Walter Welsh. The Earl had orders to con- duct him to London, for trial, but his death at Leicester, on his journey, termi- nated the business. " Full of repentance, Continual medidations, tears, and sorrows, He gave his honours to the world again, His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace." In 1642, this castle was garrisoned for the King: and was surrendered to Sir John Meldrum, for the use of the Parliament in 1644; and two years after- wards was dismantled by order of Parliament. — Drake, Rapin, &c. In 1724, Mr Wm. James built an hospital here, for four poor people, and endowed it with land at Skirlaugh, (East- Riding) value, 20/. per annum. CAWTHORNE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of Thomas West, Esq.') 4 miles from Barnsley, 4\ from Penistone, 9| from Wakefield, 38 from York. Pop. 1,518. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to All- Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. 100/. Patron, the Freeholders who vote according- to the quantity of land they pos- sess ; John Spenser Stanhope, Esq. of Cannon- Hall, having the greatest number of votes, may be considered the Patron. • Here is a Free-School founded, in consequence of a decree of the Dutchy court at Lancaster, dated June 25th, 1639. The master is nominated and elected by the Chancellor of the Dutchy court, which court pays annually to the master bl. 4s. out of its revenues ; and the inhabitants pay the master bl. 5s. 6d. and find him a dwelling-house, &e. valued at 41. 4s. per annum. CAYTON, 3 or 4 /. h. {Cay ton-Hall, the seat of Mrs Messenger,) in the township of South-Stainley-with-Cayton, and parish of South- Stainley ; 5 miles from Ripon. — Pop. included in South-Stainley. CHAMPNEY-HJLL, /. h. in the township and parish of Silkstone ; o miles from Barnsley. 266 West- riding. CHAPEL-ALLERTON.— See Allerton-Chapel. CHAPEL-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Conistone-with-Kilnse^ liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 miles from Kettlewell. CHAPEL-HADDLESEY.— See Haddlesey-Chapel. CHAPEL-LE-DALE, or INGLETON-FELL, ham. in the town- ship of Ingleton, and parish of Low-Bentbam, wapentake of Ew*- cross; 10 miles from Kirby-Lonsdale, (IVesim.) 13 from Settle, 21 from Lancaster. Here is a Chapel to Low-Bentham, of which the Reetor is Patron, value, p. r. 82/. 10s. CHAPEL-LE-GROVE, BRIERS-CHAPEL, or SL ANN'S-IN- THE-GROVE, in the township of Southowram, and parish of Halifax ; 3| miles from Halifax, 7 from Huddersfield. The Chapel is a perpetuel curacy, value, fl23/. This chapel, distinguished by the appellation of the three names as above, is dedicated to St. Ann, and appears to have been built 21st Henry VIII. by John Lacy, of Cromwelbotham, Esq. and his neighbours ; which Mr Watson observes, may account for its being placed at so inconvenient a place, " being one mile from Southowram, and near no considerable number of nouses." — Hist Halifax. CHAPEL-THORPE, ham. in the township of Crigglestone, and parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Wake- field and Barnsley. The Chapel is a perpetwal curacy, under Sandal- Magna, of which the Vicar is Patron. CHAPEL-TOWN, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper- division of Strafforth and Tickhill 6 miles from Rotherham and Sheffield, 7| from Barnsley. CHARLSTON.— See Sharlestone. CHELCAR, /. h. in the township of Draughton,- and parish of Skip- ton ; 4 1 miles from Skipton. CHELOW-HEIGHT, ham. in the township of Heaton, and parish* of Bradford ; 3 miles from Bradford. CHERRY-TREE-HILL, in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 2 miles from Sheffield. CHESNUT-GROVE, (the seat of George Strickland, Esq.) in the township of Clifford ? and parish of Bramham \ \\ mile from We- therby, CHESTER-COTES, {the seat of Samuel Wilks Waud, Esq.) in the: township of Camblesforth, and parish of Drax ; 4 miles from Selbj' and Snaith, 10 from Pontefract. CHE VET, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of Sir William Pilkington, Bart.) 5 miles* from Wakefield, 6 from Barnsley, 9 from Pontefract.— Pop. 27. CHICKENLE Y, ham. in the township of Soothill, and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 1 mile from Dewsbury. CHIDSALL, ham. in the township of Soothill, and parish of Dews* bury, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Dewsbury. CHURWELL, in the parish of Batley, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 31 miles from Leeds*. 9 fcoofc Bradford y 121 from Huddersfield. — Pop. 814* WEST-RIDING. 257 CISSETT, ham. in the township of Clayton, and parish of High- Hoyland, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 8 miles from Huddersiield and Wakefield. CLAPDALE, f. h. in the township and parish of Clapham ; 9 miles from Settle. CLAPHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ewcross ; 6 miles from jSettle, 11 from Kirby- Lonsdale, (IVestm.) 22 from Skiptou, 63 from York. — It is chartered for a market on Thursday, but not held . The cross is yet standing. — Fairs, Ash- Wednesday, May 2, and July 31, for cattle ; October 2, for cattle, woollen-cloth, and pedlary-ware. — Principal Inn, the New Inn. — Pop. including Newby, 982, which being united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, in thedeanry of Kirby-Lonsdale, diocese of Chester, value, %5L Ms. Id. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. la 1S15, Henry VVinterhurne founded a school here, for the education of eight poor children of Clapham, and en lowed it with 20/. In the same township and parish is CLAPHA M-LODGE, the seat of James Farrer, Esq. CL AH ETON, 2 /. k. in the parish of Goldsbrough; 4 miles from Knaresbrough, 5 from Boroughbridge. — Pop. 14. CLARE-HILL, (the seat of Mrs Prescott,) in the township and parish of of Halifax, from which it is distant | of a mile. CLARO, a wapentake, that borders on the north and east upon the North-Riding; on the south it is bounded by the wapentake of Skyrack ; and on the west by that of Staincliffe. It contains 97 townships, 29 of which are parish-towns, 7,594 inhabited-houses, and 39,847 inhabitants. It is a large wapentake, and contains four market-towns, Boroughbridge, Knaresbrough, Ripon, and Wether- by ; and returns no less than eight Members to Parliament. The chief part of the liberty of Ripon lies within this wapentake. CLARO-HILL, near Allerton-Mauleverer. Here, in Saxon time?, was held the Gemote, or assembly of the people of this wapentake, for the transacting of all public concerns, relative to the dis- triot; and where, by the laws of King Edgar, every freeman in such district, was obliged to attend. The custom of the people meeting to receive the governor of the wapentake, is distinctly mentioned in the laws of Edward, the Confessor. The person appointed repaired to the usual place of meeting, for that jpurpose, and was there met by the principal persons in that district; alter he had quit- ted his horse, and placed himself on some elevation, he held up his spear ; each person then approached him, and touched his spear with theirs ; which cere- mony of touching of armour, was looked upon to confirm that community in one common interest ; and hence the term IVeapontouch, or JPeapontack. CLAY-CLIFFE, ham. in the township of Barugh, and parish of Darton; 2 miles from Barnsley, 51 from Penistone. CLAY-HILL, /. h. in the township of Middleton, and parish of Iikley ; 8 miles from Otley and Skipton. CLAYTON, in the township and parish of Frickley-with-Clayton, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 8 miles from Barnsley and Doncaster, 13 from Wakefield, 35 from York. — Pop. includ- ing Frickley, 360, which being: united, form a township. The 258 WEST-RIDING. Church, (styled Frickley-with-Clayton) is a perpetual curacy, de* dicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Boncaster 3 value, p. r. 120/, Patron, Saint Andrew Warde, Esq. CLAYTON, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 \ miles from Bradford, \k from Halifax.— Pop. 3,609. CLAYTON-HEIGHTS, ham. in the township of Clayton, and parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and JMorley; 4 miles from Bradford and Halifax. CLAYTON, WEST, in the parish of High-Hoy land, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 7 miles from Barnsley and Peni- stone, 9 from Wakefield. — Pop. 854. CLECK-HEATOfr, in the parish of Birstail, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5| miles from Brad- ford, 7 from Halifax, 9 from Leeds.— Pop. 2,436. The Church (anciently called, Old White-Chapel in the East, lately rebuilt and enlarged,) is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f92/. Patron, the Vicar of Birstail. At CIcek-Heaton, "Dr. Richardson discovered the site and remains of a Roman town, of which he gave a distinct and satisfactory account to Thomas. Heame." The coins discovered here were principally of the lower empire. CLIFFE-HILL, in the township of Warley, and parish of Halifax £ 2 miles from Halifax. CLIFFE-HILL, (the seat of the Miss Walkers) in the township of Hipperholme, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Halifax, 6 from Huddersfieid, 6| from Bradford. CLIFF E-HO USE, /. h. in the township of Anston with its members,, and parish of South-Anston; 4| miles from Worksop. (Notts.) 10 from Sheffield. CLIFFORD, in the parish of Bramham, wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; 3 miles from Wetherby, 4 from Tadcaster, 5 from Abberford. — Pop. 1,017. CLIFTON, 2 h. in the township and parish of Rotherham ; (Clifton- House, the seat of Mrs Susan Walker,) | of a mile from Rotherham* CLIFfON, in the parish of Dewsbury, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Halifax and Hud- dersfieid, 10 from Wakefield. — Pop. included in Hartshead. CLIFTON, in the parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 6 miles from Otley, 1 1 from Knaresbrough.-— Pop. including Norwood, 420, which being united, form a tdwre ship. CLIFTON, in the township and parish of Conisbrough, upper-division ofStraflfbrthand Tickhill ; 6§ miles from Rotherham and Doncaster. CLIFTON, in the township of Newhall-cum-Clifton, and parish of Otley, upper-di vision of Claro; 2| miles from Otley, 13 from Knaresbrough, 13| from Skipton.— Pop. included in Newhall. CLINT, in the parish of Ripley, upper-division of Ckiro> liberty of Knaresbrough ; 2 miles from Ripley, 7 from Knaresbrougb 3 8 from Ripon.— Pop. 412. west-uidixg. 259 This was anciently the seat of Sir William Beckwith, of Clint, Knight; part of the old house is yet remaining-, called Clint- Hall, a very ancient stone build- ing, with an arched portal, situated on a lofty eminence, commanding an exten- sive prospect. Some remains *f the. moat, that once surrounded this ancient man- sion, are still discernible. CLOCK-HOUSE, (the seat of Miss Jowetts,) in the township of Manning-barn, and parish of Bradford ; \\ mile from Bradford, 8 from Otley. CLOSE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Skipton; 2 miles from Skipton. CLOTHERHOLME, 2 /. h. in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 1 1 mile from Ripon. — Pop. i6. CLOUGH, (the seat of Henry John Hirst, Esq.) in the township of Kimberforth, and parish of Rotherbam ; \ a mile from Rotherham. COALEY-LANE, t f. h. in the township of Wentworth, and parish of Wath-upon-Deam ; 6 miles from Rotherham and Barnsley. COATES, or BARNOLDWICK-COATES, in the parish of Bar- noldwick, east-division and liberty of StaincliiTe; 6 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 7 from Skipton, 1 1 from Burnley, (Lane.) — Pop. 97. The large hall-house, built by the Drakes, is now converted into cottages. COBBS-HOUSES, 2 h. in the township of Stirton-with-Thorlby, and parish of Skipton; 2 miles from Skipton. COCKCROFT-MILL, in the township and parish of Bingley; I mile from Bingley. COCK HILL, (Ainsty) ham. in the township and parish of Moor- Monkton : 7 miles from York, 10| from Boroughbridge. COCKHILL-HOUSE,/. h. in the township and parish of Edlington; 6 miles from Doncaster, 7 from Rotherham. COCKLETT, /. h. in the township and parish of Giggleswick, liberty of Staincliffe ; 7 miles from Settle. COCKLEY-HILL, in the township and parish of Kirkheaton ; 3 miles from Huddersfield, 10 from Wakefield. COIT-HILL, /. h. in the township and parish of Silkston; 2 miles Penistone. COLCOTES, ham. in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Low- Bentham ; 8 miles from Settle, 9 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 20 from Lancaster. COLEY, in the township of Hipperholme, and parish of Halifax, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 3 miles from Halifax, 6 from Bradford. The Church, built in 1500, is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 84/. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. COLLINGHAM, a parish-town, in the lower-division of jSkyrack; 1 mile from Wetherby, 61 from Tadcaster, 9 from Leeds, 12|r from Otley, 15£ from York.— Pop. 286. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, £3/. 1 Is. Sim Patrons, the Trustees of Lady Betty Hastings. COLNE-BRIDGE, in the township and parish of Kirkheaton ; 4 miles from Huddersfield, 6 from Halifax. 260 WEST-RIDING. COLTHOUSES, 2 /. h, in the township of Lo\rer-Stonebeck ; 4 miles from Pateley bridge. COLTON, in the township of Temjrfe-Newsam, and parish of Whitkirk; 5 miles from Leeds, 9 from Wakefield, JO from Pontefract. COLTON, (Ainsty) in the parish of Bolton-Percy ; {the seat of Christopher Morritt, Esq.) 4 miles from Tadcaster, 6 from York. — Pop. 148. COMBES, FAR and NEAR, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield ; 5 miles from Sheffield. CONDUIT-HILL, /. h. in the township of A nston with its Members, and parish of South- A nston; 6| miles from Rotherham. CONDUIT-HOUSE, (the seat of the Rev. Stuart Corbett, D. D.) in the township of Wortley, and parish of Tankersley. wapentake of Staincross ; 5| miles from Penistone, 6 from Barnslev, 1\ from Sheffield. CONEYTHORPE, in the parish of Goldsbrouo-h, upper-division of Claro ; 4 miles from Knaresbrough, 5 from Boroughbridg-e, 7 from Wetherby . — Pop. 1 1 2. This place was formerly written Kings- thorpe. CONYNGHAM-HOUSE, or COGHILL-HALL, (the seat of the Hon. Col. Barton, noiv occupied by Dr. William Harrison,) in the township of Scriven-with-Tentergate, and parish of Knaresbrough ; \ of a mile from Knaresbrough. This house, built upon tbe site of the old mansion by Oliver Coghill, Esq. upwards of 70 years ago, has, for many centuries, belonged to the Coghill family ; and was by them called Coghill-ttaU ; but Sir John Coghill, Bart, having; sold it to ttte Right Hon. Countess of Conyngham in 1796, it was changed to its present name. Angus, in his description of gentlemen's seats, says " it is situated in one of the ple'asantest spots in England." CONISBROUGH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 5 miles from Doncaster, 7 from Rotherham. 42 from York. — Pop. 1,142 The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +8U 125. &\d. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. The Castle here is supposed to be. British. — The walls are of the immense thickness of 15 feet. It had neither portcullis nor machicolations, nor the Nor- man mode of securing loop-holes. In the latter end of the Saxon period, it be- longed to King Harold, and was afterwards given by the Conqueror to Earl War- ren ; who, it is supposed, re-edified the Keep. — King's Munimenta Antiqua. It will be difficult to compare the architecture of this edifice with others of the same period ; because we cannot find many of so ancient a date. The octa- gonal tower of Dover Castle appears to be almost the only one of the same jera. Between this, however, and Conisbrough Keep, the similarity is rather striking; and as a further evidence that the latter was erected about the period before- mentioned, we have the authority of the indefatigable Mr King, who, in his treatise on English Castles, fixes the building of it about the time of Cartis- mandua. Conisbrough seems, even in its earliest history, to have been a royal resi- dence; hence its British name, Cuer-Conan, and Saxon one, Koningsberg or Borough. The situation of this Castle, is on the summit of a circular, or rather elliptical hill, the sides of which are covered with the most luxuriant trees, above which the. ivy-crowned summit of the keep, appears to the observer on the adjacent hill, like a Castle in a wood ; to the southward appears the church, from which the town, an agreeable intermixture of buildings, trees and gardens, stretches in the WEST-IUDJNG. 261 same direction ; and with the interposing valley, forms a scene on which the eye expatiates with delight;— a cheering- animated landscape, which bursts un- expectedly on the sight, and fills the mind with pleasurable emotion*. Within the walls too it affords many beautiful detached views, and such as the 1 lovers of the picturesque must always admire. Its tottering fragments covered with ivy, or half hidden by spreading shrubs, when partially illuminated by a flitting light, forcibly attract the attention, and impress the mind with ideas of delight, which it was no ways prepared to except. Near the Castle is a tumulus, said to be raised over the body of Hengist, the Saxon General, slain in battle near this place, about the year 488, by Aurelius Aoibrosius, who took him prisoner, and afterwards, according to Matthew of Westminster, beheaded him. Here was born, Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cumberland, commonly called Richard of Conisburgh, father of Richard, Duke of York, afterwards beheaded by Henry V. GONISBROUGH-PARK-HOUSE, s. k. in the township and parish of Conisbrough ; 6 miles from Rotherham, CONISBROUGH-LODGE, manor-house, in the township and parish of Conisbrough ; 5 miles from Rotherham. CONISTON, in the township of Coniston-cura-Kilnscy, and parish of Burnsali, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; .3 miles from Kettlewell, 12 from Skipton and Settle. — Pop. in- cluding Kilnsey, 137, which being united, form a township. Here is a Chapel to Burnsali, dedicated to St. Mary. CONISTON, COLD, in the parish of Gargrave, east-division of Staincliffe. liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; 6| miles from Skipton, 9| from Settle, 12 from Colne, (Lane.) — Pop. 345. CONONTiE Y, in tbe township of Farnhill-with-Cononley, pnd parish of Kildwick, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; (Cononley-Hall, the seat of John Swires, Esq.) 4 miles from Skipton, 6§ from Keighley, 10 from Colne, (Lane.) — Pop. included in Farnhill. COOKRIDGE, in the township and parish of Addle, upper-division of Sky rack; {Cook ridge- Hall, the seat of Richard Wormald, Esq.) 4 1 miles from Otley, b\ from Leeds. This was part of the possessions of Kirkstall-Abbey, to which it was given during the time of the very first Abbot, Alexander, and continued to the last. Numbers of coins, fragments of urns, and other Roman vessels, have at dif- ferent times been found here; the Roman station at Adel-Mill, not being far distant. Cookridge has been rendered famous for the noble and pleasant walks, in geometrical lines, contrived by Mr Kirke, F. R. S. in Thoresby's time, and who was then owner of the estate. After his death, it was bought by, or for Edmund Sheffield, then Duke of Buckingham. — Thoresby. — Whitaker. COPGROVE, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Ciaro; (the seat of Thomas Duncombe, Esq.) 4 miles from Knaresbrough and Boroughbridiie, 6 from Ripon. — Pop. 87. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, $51. 9s. Id. p. r. f&Ol. Patron, Thomas Dun- combe, Esq. Before the conquest, Gospatric, a northern nobleman, was Lord of this village, where he had six carucates of land ; three of which, were arable. In the 20th of William I. Erneis de Burnn, a Norman, had this manor; whose servant, Trusten, held here one carucate, with one plough, and seven vil- leins. Here was then a church ; and the manor a mile long, and half a mile broad, was, in the time of King Edward, valued at 20s. ; but at the above-men- tioned time, only at 16s.— Fide Domesday Book. 262 WEST-RIDING. COPLEY-HALL, /. h. in the township of Skircoat, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 2| miles from Halifax. COPMANTHORPE, fAinsty) in the parish of St. Mary, Bishop- Hill the younger, York, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 4 miles from York, 5| from Tadcaster.— Pop. 28 1* COPT-HE WICK.— See Hewick-Copt. COPT-HE WICK LODGE, (the seat of William Charnock, Esq.) in the township of Copt-Hewick, and parish of Ripon; 2 miles from Ripon. CORNSHAW, in the township of Cowling, and parish of Kildwick, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 miles from Come, (Lane.) 7 from Skipton, 8 from Keighley. CORTWORTH, in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearn, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Barnsley. COTTINGLEY, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley; Z\ miles from Bingley, 3| from Bradford. COTTINGLEY-BRIDGE, 3 h. in the township and parish of Bingley; (the seat of C. F. Busjield, Esq.) 1 $ mile from Bingley, 4| from Bradford. COTTINGLEY-HOUSE, (the seat of Mrs Sarah Ferrancl) in the township and parish of Bingley, *Z\ miles from Bingley. COWGILL, /. h. in the township and parish of Gisburn ; 3 miles from Gisburn. COWHOUSE, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley ; 6 miles from Bradford, 8 from Halifax. CO WICK, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross. liberty and bailiwick of Cowiek and Snaith, (Cowick-Hall, the seat of Lord Viscount Downe, i| mile from Snaith, 8 \ from liowden. — Pop. 905. This is an ancient seat of an honourable family, who came over with the Conqueror, and appear to be descended from Sir Paine Dawnay, of Dawnay Castle, in Normandy ; and from him descended Sir William Dawnay, who was made a general in the 4th of Richard I. anno 1192, at Aeon, in Cyprus, where having killed a chief Prince of the Saracens, and afterwards slaying a Lion, he cut off a paw, and presented it to the King, who, as a mark of his approbation, immediately took a ring from his finger, and giving it to Sir William, ordered in perpetuam rei memoriam, that his crest should be a Saracen, with a Lion's paw in one hand, and a ring in the other ; the ring is still in the possession of Vis- count Downe. Tn a direct line from the above, descended Sir Nicholas Dawnay, snmmoned to Parliament among the Barons, 1st of Edward III. and several of them being Knights, were Sheriffs of this County in Henry VIII. and Elizabeth's reign. Sir Nicholas served in the wars in the Holy Land, and brought from thence some rich and curious medals. Sir John Dawnay, of Cowiek, the first Viscount, was created Visconnt Downe, of Ireland, July 19, 1680; and John Christopher Burton Dawnay, the 5th Viscount, was created an English Baron, by the title of Baron Dawnay, May 28, 1798. — Magna Brit.— Debkett. Cowiek with Snaith, has a peculiar jurisdiction over several neighbouring villages, which is pointed out in the respective places, under the title of " the Soke, bailiwick and liberty of Cowiek and Snaith," and of which Lord Viscount Downe, is Lord and Chief Bailiff. COWLING, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Cliiford's-Fee ; 5 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 6 from Skipton, 8 from Keighley,— Pop. 1 ,870. WEST-RIDING. 263 COWMS, ham. in the township of Lepton, and parish of Kirk- heaton; 2| miles from H udders field. COW-ROYD-H1LL, s. h. in the township of Dalton, and parish of Kirkheaton ; 2 miles from Huddersfield. 1 1 from Wakefield. COWTHORPE, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; 4 miles from Wetherby, 7 from Knaresbrough, J3| from York. — Pop. 120. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, £4 J. 155. Wd. p. r. fl 1 1 /. Patron, the Hon. Edward Petre. Cowthorpe is remarkable oa account of an enormous Tree, called the Cowthorpe Oak; the circumference of which, close by the ground, is 60 feet, and its principal limb (which is propped) extends 48 feet from the bole. This venerable oak ts decaying fast, the trunk and several of the branches appeearing to be completely rotten, except the bark : tradition speaks of its being in decay for many generations. The intermixture of foilage amongst the dead branches, show how sternly this giant struggles for life, and how reluctantly it surrenders to all conquering time. " Compared with this," says Dr. Hunter, in Evelyn's Silva, " all other trees are children of the Forest." The leading branch fell, by a storm, in the year 1718 ; which, being measured with accuracy, was found to contain five tons and two feet of wood. Before this accidental mutilation, its branches are said to have extended their shade over half an acre of ground ; thus constituting, in a single tree, almost a wood itself. — Hist. Knareshroueh. The church at Cowthorpe appears to have been built by a Brian Rou- cliffe, and consecrated in 1458. In the choir, on a large flat stone, are the effigies, in brass, of a man and his wife, bearing betwixt them the model of a church, and supposed, from the inscription, likewise in brass, now scarce legible, to be in memory of the Founder and his wife. CRABTREE,/. h. in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; 2 miles from Sheffield. CRACOW, in the parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of ClifFord's-Fee; 5 miles from Gargrave, 6 from Skipton, 9 from Kettlewell. — Pop. 1 79. CRACOW-HILL, ./. h. in the township of Gisburn- Forest, and parish of Gisburn ; 8 miles from Settle, 16 from Skipton. CRAG G -HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Fewston; 7 miles from Otley, 11 from Knaresbrough. CRAGG-HOUSE, .9. h. in the township of East-Halton, and parish of Skipton ; 4 miles from Skipton. CRANE-MOOR, or GREEN, scattered houses, in the township of Thurgoland, and parish of Silkstone ; 4 miles from Penistone CRAVEN-CROSS-BAR, turnpike bar and cotts. in the township of Appletrewick, and parish of Burnsall, liberty of Staincliffe; 4 miles from Pateieybridge. Here formerly stood an old cross, which was one of the boundaries of Knaresbrough Forest. CRAWSTONE-HALL, s. h. in the township of Elland-with-Great- land. and parish of Halifax ; 4 miles from Halifax. CRAY, ham. in the township ot Buckden, and parish of Arnecliffe, liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Kettlewell, 9 from Askrigg and Haws, 5 from Middleham. CR1DDLING-PARK, /. h. in the township of Criddling-Stubbs, and parish of Darrington, liberty of Pontefract; 2| miles from lerrvbridge, 264 WEST-RIDING, CltlDDLING-STUBBS, in the parishes of Womersley and Dar, rington, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; 2imiies from Ferrybridge, 4| from Pontefract. — Pop. 96. CRIGGLESTONE, in the parish of Sandall-Magna, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 4^ miles from Wakefield, 6 from Barnsley. — Pop. 1,265. CRIMESWORTH-HALL, s. h. in the township of YVadsworth, and . parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 9 miles from Halifax. CRJMESWORTH-DEAN, /. h. in the same township and parish, ■■ and liberty of Wakefield ; 10 miles from Halifax. CRIMPLE-HOUSE. (the residence of Mrs Bainbridge,) in the town- ship and parish of Pannall ; 2 miles from Harrogate, 5 from Knaresbrough. CRINGLES, ham. in the township of Silsden, and parish of Kild- wiek, liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Skipton and Keighly. CROFTON, a parish- town, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of Sir Henry Wright Wilson, Bart.) 3| miles from Wakefield, 6 from Pontefract, 29 from York.— Pop. 459. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 1U/. 0s. 2|d Patron, the King, as Duke of Lancaster. Here was born Richard Fleming, founder of Lincoln College, Oxford : ia 1406, he was Prebendary of South Newbald, and in 1407, served the office on Proctor at Oxford ; in 1415, he exchanged South Newbald for Langtoft, and in 1420, was advanced to the See of Lincoln, by favour of Henry V. He died at Sleaford, 1430-31. He was named by Pope Martin to the vacant Bishopric of York, about 1426 ; but the appointment was frustrated by the King, and Dean and Chapter.— Hist. Oxford. He was, for some time, zealons in supporting Wicklifte's doctrines, which afterwards, however, he as strenuously opposed. Biogr. Diet. CROFT-HOUSE, (tkeresidenee of John Atkinson, Esq.) 2 miles from Skipton. Itis one of the houses formerly called Cobbs-houses, p. 259. GROFT-HOUSE, (the seat of Samuel Hailstone, Esq.) in the town- ship of Great- Horton, and parish of Bradford ; from which it is distant I of a mile. CROMWELL-BOTTOM, in the township of South-Owranv and parish of Halifax, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Halifax, 6 from Huddersfield. It is a manor within the manor of Southowram. CROOK-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Stock, and parish of Bracewell; 10 miles from Skipton. CROOK-HALL, (the seat of John E. Woodi/ear, Esq.) in the town- ship of Conisbrough, and parish of Ediington ; 5 miles from Don- caster, 8 from Rotherham. CROOK-OF-LUNE, /. h. in the township and parish of Sedbergh; Si miles from Sedbergh, 8 from Kendal, (Westm.) CROOKS, in the townships of Nether-Hallam and Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Stratforth and Tickhill ; 1 1 mile from Sheffield. Here is a small School founded by will of William Ronksley, in 1723, for the education of 12 poor children of Crooks and the neighbourhood. The trttst is vested in the Burgesses, for the Free School in Sheffield, for the time being* WEST-RIDIKG. 266 CROOKS-MOOR, ham, in the same township and parish ; 1 mile from Sheffield. CROSLAND-HALL, s. k. in the township of South-Crosland, and parish of Almond bury, liberty of Wakefield ; 4 miles from Hud- riersfield. Crosland-Hall, an ancient Mansion of the Beaumonts, which was snr- rorinded by a Ditch ; the remains of which were visible in Mr Watson's time. This mansion is rendered famous in local history, by the family feuds of the Elands of Eland, Beanmonts of Croslaud, and Lockwoods of Lock wood, in the time of Edward 1 II. when Sir Robert Beaumont was slain in this Hall. For particulars, see JVaUori's Halifax. CROSLAND, NORTH and SOUTH.— See North-Crosland and South-Crosland CROSS-FLATTS, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley ; 1 mile from Bingley, 7 from Bradford. CROSS-G ATES, 2 or 3 A. in the townships of Seacroft and Barwick- in-Elmet, and parishes of Whitkirkand Barwick-in-Elmet ; 4 miles from Leeds. CROSS-HILLS, in the township of Glusburn, and parish of Kild- wick. liberty of Staincliffe > 5 miles from Keighley and Skipton, 8 from Colne, (Lane.) CROSS-ROYD, /. h. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish of Penistone ; 1 mile from Penistone. CROSS-STONE, in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.J 1 1 from Halifax. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. t90/. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. " This place," says Mr Watson, " takes its name from an ancient Btone cross, the top of which is now destroyed, and the bottom is made into a seat, whence i> a fine view of the country." — Hist. Halifax. CROW-NEST, (the seat of John Walker, Esq.) in the township of Hipperholme, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Halifax, 6 from Huddersfield. CROW-NEST, (the seat of John Hague, Esq.) in the township and parish of Dewsbury.liberty of Wakefield ; 2> miles from Dewsbury, 5\ from Wakefield. CROW-TREES, (the seat of Joshua Pollard, Esq.) in the township and parish of Bradford ; 1 1 mile from Bradford. CUBLE Y, 3 or 4 /. h. in the township and parish of Penistone ; 1 mile from Penistone. CUCKOLD'S-HAVEN, /. h. in the township and parish of Firbeck ; 4 miles from Tickhill. CUCKOO-NEST, /. h. in the township and parish of Bingley 5 1 mile from Bingley. CUD WORTH-NETHER, corn-mill, in the township of Over-Cad- worth, and parish of Royston, liberty of Pontefract; 3| miles from Bam3ley. , CUDWORTH-OVER, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 31 miles from Barasley, 8 from Wakefield.— Pop. 487. 2l 28$ WEfcT-RIDING. CULLINGWORTH, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley ; 3£ miles from Keighiey, 7 from Bradford. CUMBERLAND-ROW, or NEW-STREET, (Ainsty) and part of Davygate, York. CUMBERWORTH-HALF, or UPPER, in the parishes of Kirk- Burton, and Errdey, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 5| miles frrom Penistone, 8 from Hudders- field , 1 from Barnsley .— -Pop. 1 , 1 20. Here is a Chapel dedicated to St, Nicholas. CUMBERWORTH-NETHER, in the parish of High-Hoyland, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Peni- stone, 8 from Huddersfield, 10 from Barnsley.— Pop. 1,295. CUMPTON, /. k. in the township and parish of Collingham; 1| mile from Wetherby, 6 from Tadcaster. CUSWORTH, ham. in the township of Sprotbrougb, and parish of Mexbrough, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (the seat of William Wrightson, Esq.) 2 miles from Doncaster. One house in this hamlet is in the parish of Conisbrough. CUTLER-HEIGHT, in the township of Bowling, and parish of Bradford, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley ; 1| mile from Bradford, 9 from Halifax and Leeds. D DACRE, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 4 miles from Pateleybridge, 6 from Ripley, 12 from Ripon.— Pop. inclu- ding Bewerley, 2,185, which being united, form a township. The higher part of this township abounds in Lead Mines ; particulars of which, see Gteenhow-Hill. DACRE-BANKS. ham. in the same township and parish; S| miles from Pateleybridge. Here is a small School founded about 1695, by William Hardcastle. The master's salary, 8 guineas per annum, with a house and garden. DALE-END, in the township and parish of Carlton, liberty of Stain- - cliffe ; 6 miles from Skipton, 9 from Keighley, the end of Lothers- dale, and where the Quakers have a burial ground. DALLA, HIGH, or HOLE, ham. in the township of Laverton, and parish of Kirbyraalzeard ; 8 miles fromMasham and Ripon. It gives name to Narrow-Gill, west of Kirbymalzeard, called Dalla- Gill. DALTON, in the parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-division of Ag- brigg and Morley. liberty of Wakefield; 1 mile from Huddersfield. 9 from Halifax, 12 from Wakefield.— Pop. 2,289. DALTON-MAGNA, in the parish ofRotherham, south-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; %\ miles from Rotherham, 10| from Don- caster.— Pop. 225. DALTON-PARVA, in the township of Dalton- Magna, and parish ofRotherham; 2 miles from Rotherham, 10 from Doncaster. DANDERMIRE, p. h. in the township of Garsdale, and parish of Sedbergh ; 5] miles from Hawes. WEST-RIDING. 267 DARFIELD, a parish-town, lower-division of Straftbrtb and Tick- hill; 5 miles from Barnsley, 10} from Doneaster, 42 from York. — Pop. 512. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, value, 5.3/. is. 8d. ; and a vicarage, $1'4/. 11 5. 7d. p. r. 90/. Patron of the rectory, the Rev, H. Cooke; and of the vicarage, Trinity- College, Cambridge. DARLAXDS, or DEARLAND, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Stralforth and Tickhill; 4 miles from Sheffield, 6 from Rotherharo. 9 from Penistone. DA RLE Y, in the township of Menwith-with-Darley, and parish of Hempsthwaite, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 4 miles from Ripley, 8 from Ripon, 9 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. included in Menwith. DARNAL, in the township of Attercliffe-with-Darnal, and parish of Sheffield, liberty of Hallamshire ; (Darnal-Hall, the seat of Samuel Stainforth, Esq.) 2 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. — Pop. included in Atterclifie. The family of the Stainforths have resided upon lands here, possessed by their ancestors in the reign of Richard II.— Hunter's Hallams. DARRINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of Robert Oliver, Esq.) 3 miles from Ferrybridge and Pontefract, 12^ from Doneaster, l4| from Barns- ley, 24 from York. — Pop. 510. The Church is a vicarage, dedi- cated to St. Luke and All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, + 16/. 1 1.9. 3d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. DARTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 3£ miles from Barnsley, 6 from Penistone, 8| from Wakefield, 36§ from York.— Pop. 1,340. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to Ail-Saints, in tha deanry of Doneaster, value, +121. 10s. p. r. * 1 50/. Patron, Godfrey Wentworth, Esq. A branch of the family of Beaumonts had formerly a seat here, at Darton- Hall, of which family was George Beaumont, a merchant, who left considerable sums of money, to be employed in several charitable uses ; particularly 500/. for the founding- of the Free Grammar School at this, his place of nativity, in 1675. It* annual value at present is about 120/. In the church, which is a beautiful structure, is a handsome marble monu- ment to the memory of John Silvester, of Birthwaite-Hall, which he purchased of the Burdett family. He was originally a blacksmith, and was the inventor of a curious chain made to go across the Thames. He died JEt.70, in 1722. DAW-GREEN, in the township and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield ; \ a mile from Dewsbury, 5| from Wakefield. DAY-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Barugh, and parish of Darton ; 2 miles from Barnsley, 6 from Penistone, 91 from Wakefield. DEAN-HEAD, /. h. in the township of Hunshef, and parish of Peni- stone; 3 miles from Penistone. DEAN-HEAD.— See Scammonden. DEANSHAW, haw. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- dale, (Lane.) ; 4 miles from Dobcross. DEEP-CAR, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield ; 9 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Penistone. DEEP-DALE, 4/. A. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arne- eliffe. liberty of Stainclifte ; 6 miles from Kettlewell, 1 5 from Settle. 268 WEST-RIDING. DEEP-DALE, ham. in the township of Dent, and parish of Sed- bergh; 1| miles from Dent. DEEP-DALE-HEAD, s. h. in the township of Wigglesworth, and parish of Long-Preston, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Gis- burn. DEERSTONES, 4 / h. in the township of Beamsley, and parishes of Addingham and Skipton ; 7 miles from Skipton. DEIGHTON, ham, in the township and parish of Huddersfield, Ag- brigg-division of Agbngg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2f miles from Huddersfield. DEIGHTON-KIRK, a parish town in the upper-division of Claro ; (the seat of the Rev. J. Geldart, L. L. D.) 1 1 miles from Wether- by, 5\ from Knaresbrough, 16| from York.— Pop. 371. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value. 15/. 1 Is. \0\d. Patron, Rev. Jas. Geldart, L.L^D. DEIGHTON, NORTH, in the parish of Kirk-Deighton, upper- division of Claro ; 2 miles from Wetherby, 4| from Knaresbrough. Pop. 141. Here is a School for the poor people of North and Kirk-Deighton, 10 from each, endowed by the Will of Sir Hugh Pallisar, dated Jan. 24, 1791, with one thousand pounds South Sea Annuities. At North-Deighton, on the estate of Sir John Ingilby, Bart, is a very large tumulus, the base of which is nearly 500 feet in circumference, and the height of the slope about 70 feet; on the top is a flat area, 27 feet long, by 13 broad. About a quarter of a mile from hence is another tumulus, the foundation of which appears to have been laid with large unhewn stones; a custom peculiar to the Danes. There were some other tumuli in the neighbourhood, of which now no vestage remains, except their names, which are still retained in the fields, where they stood ; viz. Peesbury-Hill, Maunberry-Hill, Ingmanthorp- HU1, and Jngbarrow-Hill. On viewing the circumjacent country, it is manifest that no situation could be more peculiarly adapted for the meeting of hostile armies. At what time any such conflict happened, or who were the contending nations, does not appear ; yet it may probably have been one of those many engagements which happened in this neighbourhood during the Saxon heptar- chy. The Danes obtained a complete victory over the Saxons and Scots, not fer from the river Ouse, in the year 1010. — Hist. Knaresbrough. DELPH, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.)% 1 mile from Dobcross, 8 from Rochdale, 11| from Huddersfield, 12| from Manchester, (Lane.) DELPH, NEW, in the same township and parish; | of a mile from Dobcross. DENABY. in the parish of Mexborougb, upper-division of Straf- forth and Tickhill; 6 miles from Rotherham and Doncaster. — Pop. J 41. BETSEY -DIKE-SIDE, scattered houses, in the township of Denby, and parish of Penistone; 4 miles from Penistone. DENBY-GRANGE, (the seat of Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart.) in the township of Whitley, and parish of Kirkheaton ; 6 miles from Huddersfield, 7 from Wakefield. Denby-Grange is seated in a fertile valley, through which winds the river Colue, and bounded by high hills, richly cultivated. The family of Kaye is of great antiquity in this county, being descended from Sir A. Kaye, one of the Knights of the warlike table of Prince Arthur. Sir John Kaye, of Woodsome, Knight, was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, by King Charles I. He served WEST-RIDING. 269 that unfortunate monarch as colonel of horse, and suffered much during the civil wars, hut happily survived the usurpation of Oliver Cromwell, and witnessed the restoration of King Charles II. The second son of the second Baronet, was George Kaye, Esq. of Denny-Grange ; he married Dorothy daughter of Robert Saville, and dying in 1707, his son succeeded to the property of his two uncles, Christopher Lister, Esq. and Sir Arthur Kaye, Bart, he assumed the name of Lister, in addition to his own, and became the fourth Baronet of his family ; and upon the death of the late Sir Richard Kaye, L. L. D. Dean of Lincoln, who was the sixth Baronet, without issue, the title became extinct, but was renewed, Dec. 28, 1812, in the person of the present proprietor of Den by- Grange, sole, heir to the estates of the families of Lister and Kaye, by will. — Betham's Baronetage. — Neale's Views. DENBY, UPPEK, in the township of Whitley, and parish of Kirk- heaton, Agbrigg-division of Agbri — English master, 61. L3s. 4d.~ Carlisle DRINGHOUSES, (AinstyJ in the parishes of St. Mary, Bishop- Hill the Elder; Hoiy-Trinity, Micklegate, York; and Acomb r liberty of St Peter ; 1 1 mile from York, 7| from Tadcaster, 1 5 from Wetherby.— Pop. 156. Here is a Chapel of Ease, but no chapelry attached. This place in Domesday Book it is written Breng-houses, which Dren^es were Vassalli Militares. — Thoresby. DUDLEY-HILL, ham. in the township of Bowling, and parish of Bradford; 2 miles from Bradford. DUMPLING-CASTLE, /. h. in the township and parish of Tick- hill; 1| mile from Tickbill, 3£ from Bawtry. DUNGWORTH, in the township of Bradford, and parish of Eccies- field, upper-division of Strafforth andTickhiil; 6 miles from Shef- field, 9 from Rotherham, 10 from Penistone. DWKES WICK.— See Keswick, Dun. D UNKIRK, ham. in the township of Denby, and parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincross ; 4 miles from Penistone. DUNNAH-HALL, /. h. in the township of Newton, and parish of Slaidbum, liberty of Staincliffe ; 8 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) DUNNINGLEY, 2 or 3 /. L in the township of West-Ardsley, and parish of Woodkirk, liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Wake- field and Dewsbury. DUNSCROFT, 2 /. h. in the township and parish of Hatfield ; 3§ miles from Thome. 8 from Boncaster. At Dunscroft was a Cell to Roche-Abbey ; it now consists of farm houses. A Seal belonging to this cell, in the hand of Mr Warbarton, was engraved at the expence of the late Edward Howe Mores, Esq. P. A. S.— Nichols' Anecdotes. DU.NSFORTH, LOW, in the parish of A Id borough, upper-division of Claro ; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 8 from Knaresbrough. , Pop. 1 1 5. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, value, p. r. $35/. 10*. Patron, the Vicar of Aid- borough. DUNSFORTH, UPPER, in the parish of Aldborough, upper-divi- sion of Claro ; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 7 from Knaresbrougb. Pop. including Branton- Green, 156, which being united, form a township, DUNSOP-BR1DGE, ham. in the township ofthe Forest of Bow-land, higher, and parish of Slaidburn ; 10 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 16 from Settle. WEST-RIDING. 275 DYSON-COIT, /. h. in the township of Himself, and parish of Penistone ; 2 miles from Penistone. DYSON-HOLM, or COT P., /. k. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Eeclesneld ; 6 miles from She&eld, E EADSFORD-BRIDGE, ham. m the township and parish of Mitton^ liberty of Stafcclin%; \\ mile from Clitheroe, {Lane.) EAREB Y, in the township and parish of Thornton, east-division of StainciifFe: 5 miles from Cohae, (Lane.) 7 from Skipton, 11 from Burnley. (.Lane.) Here is a School endowed in 1594, by Robert Hindle, Esq. with 20./. per annum, free for reading, for boys within the township and parish of Thornton. EASDIKE, (Airisty,) /. L in the township and parish of Wighill; 1 mile from Tadcaster. EASINGTON, in the parish of Siaidburn. west-division of StainciifFe, liberty of Bo wland ; 12 miles from Settle, 21 from Skipton. Pop, 501. EAST-BIERLEY, see Bierley, East. EASTS URN, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's Fee; 2| miles from Keighley, 5% from Skip- ton, 10 from Colne. — Pop. included in Steeton. EASTBROOK-HOUSE, (the seat of Charles Harris, Esq.) in the township and parish of Bradford ; the park adjoins to Bradford. EASTBY, in the township of Embsay-with-Eastby, and parish of Skipton, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford 's-Fee; 2§ miles from Skipton, 17 from Settle. — Pop. included in Embsay. EASTFIELD, /. h. in the township and parish of Silkston ; 3 miles from Penistone. EASTFIELD, /. k. in the township and parish of Tickhiil; | mile from Tickhiil, This old mansion, (now much modernized) was formerly the residence pf the ancient family of the Eastfields, descendants of William Eastfield, Esq. who was Lord Mayor of London, in 13S6. " The Laughton family resided here for many years, but whether they held the estate by descent or purchase is uncer- tain. — Northern Star. EASTOFT, (a part in Lincolnshire) in the township of Haldenby, and parish of Adiingfleet, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Howden and Ihorne, 7| from Crowle, (Line.) EASTWOOD, scattered houses, in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 7| miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) EASTWOOD-HOUSE, (the seat of Mrs Sarak Walker) in the town- ship and parish of Rotheraam ; \ a mile from Rotherham. EASTWOOD-HOUSE, (the seat of William Sugdeh, Esq.) in the township and parish of Keighley. EAVESTONE, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 6 miles from Ripon, 10 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 73. 276 WEST-RIDING. ECCLESALL-BIERLOWy in the parish of Sheffield, upper-divi- sion of Strafforth and Tickhill. liberty of Hallamshire; 3 miles from Sheffield, 11 from Chesterfield, (Derby S)— Pop. 9,113. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Doncasterj value, p. r. f 1 J 0/. Patron, the Vicar of Sheffield. ECCLES FIELD, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire ; 4| miles from Sheffield, 7 from Rotherham, 10 from Barnsley, 48 from York. — Pop. 7,163. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 19/. 3,?. 4d. p. r. 150/. Patron, the Duke of Norfolk. It is a very extsnsive parish, the village of which lies due north of Sheffield ; and although all the Nails manufactured in Hallamshire are made in this parish, and it produces both coal and iroa-stone, yet still the general character is ra- ther that of an agricultural than a manufacturing district. In the village of Ecclesfield, very soon after the conquest, a religious house Mae erected, de- pendant on the foreign monastery of St. Wandrille. It was under the superin- tendent of a Priory ; but of its founders we are ignorant. — Hunter's Hallamsh ire. William the Conqueror gave this parish to Roger de Busli, one of his cap- tains, from whose posterity it passed through the families of De Loveiot, Vipont„ Furnival, NevH, Talbot, and lastlv, to the noble family of Howard. ECCLESHILL, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-di vision of Ag- brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 2| miles from Bradford, 7 from Otley.— Pop. 2,176. ECCUP, in the township of Addle-with-Eccup, and parish of Addle, upper-division of Skirack ; 3 miles from Harewood, 5§ from Leeds, 8 from Otley. — Pop. included m Addle. ECKLANDS, ham in the township of Thurstone, and parish of Penis- tone, wapentake of Staincross ; 2 miles from Penistone. EDDERCLIFFE, ham. in the township of Liversedge, and parish of Birstall ; 7 miles from Bradford, 10 from Wakefield, EDEN, ham. in the township of Sutton, and parish of Kiidwick, east-division of Stainelifie ; 4 miles from Keighley. EDGE, or EDGE-END, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; 3 miles from Sheffield. EDGENOOK, public-house, in the township of Hartwith, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 4 miles from Pateleybridge. EDGERTON, ham. in the township and parish of Huddersfield, li- "" berty of Pontefract ; 6| miles from Huddersfield. EDLJNGTON, a parish town, in the upper-division of StraiTorth and Tickhill; 4 1 miles from Doncaster, 8§ from Rotherham, 4i fron York. — Pop. 141. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £9/. p. r. 130/. Patron, Lort Molesworth. Here are some remains of an ancient residence, supposed, by Mr Beckwiti to be that of Athlane, the Dane, the place being originally called Athlane towr EGBROUGH, HIGH, in the parish of Kellington, wapentake o Osgoldeross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Snaith, '8 frot Pontefract. — Pop. 215. EGBROUGH, LOW, in the township of High-Egbrough, and j, rish of Kellington; 6 miles from Snaith, 81 from Pontefract. WEST-RIDING. 277 ELLAND, or EALAND, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrig'g' and Morle} r , liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Hali- fax, 5 from Huddersfield, 15 from Leeds. — Pop. including Greet- land, 5,088, which being united, form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, value, p. r. 130/. 13s. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. A Charter of 10th Edward II. (now lost) was granted at the request of John do Warren, Earl of Warren and Surry, to John de Elland, for a free market on Tuesday at his Manor of Elland, and two fairs. The market, has for genera- tions been discontinued, hutin Watson's time "a small market-place and cross Mere remaining-, and tolls taken by the lord's steward, when any thing was of- fered for sale in the streets." Elland now only ranks as second in the parish to Halifax. On the north side of the Calder is the remains of Elland Hall, for many generations, the seat of a knightly family of that name, and is memorable on account of the tragical scenes that took place between that family and the Beaumouts, in the reign oi Edward III. The result of this quarrel was the to- tal extinction of the name of Elland: full particulars of which, with an ancient ballad written on the occasion, is to be seen in IFiatson's History cf Halifax. ELLAND-EDGE, ham. in the township of Elland-with-Greetland, and parish of Halifax ; 4 miles from Halifax. ELDWICK, and ELD WICK-HALL, in the township and parish ofBingley, upper-division of Skirack ; 4 miles from Keighley. ELLENTHORPE, /. k. in the township of Paythorn, and parish of Gisburn; 1 \ mile from Gisburn. ELLERKER, /. h. in the township of Great-Timble, and parish of Fewston ; 6 miles from Otley. ELLIOTT-HOUSE, (the seat of John Elliott, Esq.) in the township and parish of Ripon ; \ mile from Ripon. ELM-GREEN, ham. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, 3 miles from Sheffield ; 1\ from Rotherham. ELM HURST, /. h. in the township of Cawthorne, and parish of Silkstone ; 2 miles from Penistone. ELMSALL, NORTH, in the parish of South-Kirkby, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (Elmsall-Lodge, the seat of Charles Ckolmley. Esq.) 7 miles from Pontefract, 9 from Doncaster and Barnsley, 11 from Wakefield. — Pop. 113. ELMSALL, SOUTH, in the parish of South-Kirkby, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 8 miles from Doncaster, Barnslev, and Pontefract, 11| from Wakefield. — Pop. 453. ELPHLEBROUGH-HALL, s. k. in the township of Erringden, and parish of Halifax ; 6 miles from Halifax. ELSEKER, in the township of Brampton- Bierlow, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearn, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 5\ miles from Barnsley, 6| from Rgtberham, 10 from Sheffield. ELSLACK, in the township of Broughton-with-Elslack, and parish of Broughton, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; 4 miles from Skipton, 8 from Colne, {Lane.) 12 from Keighley. — Pop. included in Broughton. " At Elslack," saith Dodsworth, " is a close whereon stood a castle, calie< Burwen Castle." The manor formerly belonged to the Malhams, at the disper sion of whose estates, it was purchased by the Benson family. It is now th property of James Fox, of Brairtham Park, Esq. [n the 12th of Edward II. 278 WEST-RIDING. Godfrey de Altaripa had license to kernel and embattle his house here, but of which there are now no appearances. The dungeon has disappeared and is for- gotten. The manor and principal estate passed through the Altaripas and Rad- cliffes, to theMalhants. — Whitaher^s Craven. EMBSAY, in the parish of Skipton, east-division of Stainciiffe, li- berty of Clifford 's-Fee; 1| mile from Skipton, 16 from Settle. — Pop. including Eastby, 861, which being united, form a township. In the year 1121, William de Meschines and Cecilia his wife, founded a JPriory here for Canons regular, which was dedicated to St. Cuthbert and St. Mary : It continued about 33 years, and was then translated to Bolton— Bur- ton — Whitaker. t( Embsay Kirk, during 30 years the site of the Priory, is now (1812) the property of William Baynes, Esq. who has erected an excellent house on the spot ; in digging the foundations for which, many relics of antient interments, &c. were discovered. It seems to stand in the middle of the cloister- yard; for when the late occupier, who finished the grounds, began to level a • few yards north from the house, the foundations of the priory church were dis- covered."— Whitaker. It is now the property of Mr. Preston, of Skipton, by marriage of a daughter of the late Mr. Baynes. EMLEY, a parish-town in Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Mor- ley, liberty of Wakefield ; 7 miles from KuddersneJd ; 8 § from Wakefield, 9 from Barnsley, 36 from York.— Pop. 1,351. The Church is a rectory in charge, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Pontefract. value, 14/. 6s. 7|d. Patron, the Hon. and Rev. J. Lumley Savilie. Here is a public school built by a Mr. Wigglesworth, to the master of which, The Hon. and Rev. J. L. Savilie, gives 8/. per annum, likewise 10/. per annum is payable out of a close, called Honle.y-Wood, in Flockton. EMLEY-LODGE, /. L in the township and parish of Emley ; 7 miles from Hodderslield. ENDCLI.FFE-HALL, (the seat of William Ho&sdn, Esq.) in the township of Nether-Hallara, and parish of Sheffield ; 2 miles from Sheffield. ERRINGDEN, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley. liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Halifax, 10 from Rochdale, (Lane.) 14 from Huddersiield.— Pop. 1,471. ESHOLTy in the parish of Guiseley, upper-division of Skirack, li- berty of Cawood,. Wistow and Otley ; (Esholt-Hali, the seat of Joshua Crompton, Esq.) 5 miles from Bradford and Otley, 9 from Leeds. — Pop. 355. Here was a priory of about six Cistercian nuns, founded by Simon de Ward, about the middle of the 12th century, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Leonard. This priory fell with the small houses, and was valued at 13/. 05. 4c?. Dugoale. 19/. 8d. Speeo. The site was granted in I. Edward 6, 1547, to Henry Thompson, ancestor of those families of the Thompsons, now living in and near York. The estate was afterwards transferred to the house of Calverley, by the marriage of Frances, daughter and heiress of Henry Thompson, esq. with Sir Walter Cal- verley. His son, Sir Walter Calverley, Bart, built on the site, in, the early part of the las* century, a very magnificent house, called Esholt priory, or hall. About 17S4-5", this house and furniture were sold to Robert Stansfield, Esq. of Bradford, in the lifte of whose collateral descendants it has passed to the pre- sent proprietor, Joshua CVompton, Esq. of Derby, he having married Ann Ma- ria, the third daughter of Wm. Rookes, of Roydes Hall, Esq. by Ann his wife, the heiress of Robert Sfansfield. A few pointed arches in some of ihe offices alone remain to attest that a religious' ho use once occupied the site. — Bukton. — Whitae-eu. ■ ESHTON", in the parish of G argrave, east-division of the wapentake WEST-RIDTNG. 279 ofStaincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee ; (Eshton- Hall, the seat of Matthew Wilson, Esq.) 2 miles from Gargrave, 5 from Skipton, 12 from Kettlewell.— Pop. 69. Near Eshton Hall is a Well, called St. Helen's Well, which fills at its source a circular basin twenty feet in circumference, from the whole bottom of which it boils up, vrithout any visible augmentation in th? wettest season, or diminution in the driest. In hot weather the exhalations from its surface are very conspicuous .. But the most remarkable thing about this spring is, that, with no petrifying quality in its own basin, after a course of about 200 yards over a common" pebbly channel, with no visible accession from any other course, it is precipitated down a steep descent into the brook, where it petrifies strongly. In 1551, the manor of Eshton was conveyed by Henry Marton and Launce- lot his son, to George, Earl of Cumberland. In 1597 or 8, George, Earl of Cumberland, mortgaged this manor to Robert Bindloss, of Berwick Hall, for 20007. with a clause, that upon non-payment of that sum in five years, the pnr- chace should be absolute : it never was redeemed, and the Bindlosses held Esh- ton till, the year 164S, when it was once more sold to Mr John Wilson, of Threshfield, ancestor of the present possessors.— Whitaker's Craven. ESSINGTON, a township in the parish of Slaidburn, west-division of the wapentake and liberty of Staincliffe ; 7 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 9 from Gisburn. ETHERTHORPE, 4 /. h. in the township and parish of Barfield, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 4| miles from Barnsley. EWCROSS, a wapentake, situated in the northernmost part of this Riding:, having Westmorland for its western and northern boundary, while Hang-West, (N. R.) with Staincliffe, bounds it on the east ; and Staincliffe alone on the south. It is a mountainous district, and in which are situated, the major- part of those curiosities in na- ture, known by the name of " the Caves in Craven;'" several ac- counts, as well as views of which, are now before the public— Ewcross contains 1 1 townships, 5 of which are parishes, 2,249 in- habited-houses, and 11,614 inhabitants. Staincliffe ?nd Ewcross are treated in this work as two distinct wapentakes ; and though only two Chief Constables are at present appointed, yet it seems that there were formerly three, viz. two for Staincliffe, and one for Ewcross, as appears from the Estreat Book of the year, 1776, E WOOD-HALL, s. k. in the township of Midgley, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 5\ miles from Halifax, 13 from Keighley. This ancient mansion of the Farrars has been, for many years, used as a seminary for young gentlemen, and was for nearly half a century, conducted by the late Eh-. Fawcett, and at present by his son. At this place, in all probability, was born, Robert Farrar, an English mar- tyr, and Bishop of St. David's, in the 16th century. He became a canon re- gular, of the order of St. Austin, but in what priory or abbey is uncertain, and studied at Cambridge and Oxford; but on embracing the doctrines of the refor- mation, he was made chaplain to Archbishop Cranmer, after whose example he took a wife. In 1548 he was consecrated Bishop of St. Davids, but not being able to pay the first fruits and tenths, he was imprisoned. In the reign of Mary, he was brought before Gardiner, on a charge of heresy, and condemned io the flames ; which sentence was executed at Caermarthen, March 30, 1555. — Biog. Diet. — Watson's Halifax. — Fox. EXA, s. h. in the township of Bashalleaves and parish of Mitton ; 5 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 13 from Gisburn. EXLEY, ham. in the township of Southowram, and parish of Ha- lifax j 2 j miles from Halifax, 5 \ from Huddersfield. 280 WEST-RIDING. EXLE Y-GATE, / h. in the township of Denby, and parish of Pe~ nistone, 4| miles from Penistone. EXLEY-HEAD, 3 or 4/. A. in the township and parish of Keigh- ley, liberty of Staincliffe ; 1 mile from Keighiey . F FAIRBURN, in the parish of Ledsham, wapentake of Barkston- Ash, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 § miles from Ferrybridge, 4 from Pontefract, 6| from Abberford ; 1 1 from Selby. — Pop. 426. A Tunnel upwards of 300 yards in length is about to be driven under this village, situated on the Banks of the Aire, to communicate with a Canal, to facilitate the Lime Works of Lord Palmerston. FAIRWEATHER-GREEN, ham. in the township of Allerton, and parish of Bradford; \\ mile from Bradford, 7 from Halifax. FALDRING, /. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Eccles- field ; 5 miles from Sheffield. FALL-HEAD, /. k. in the township and parish of Silkstone, 3| miles from Barnsley. FALL-HOUSE, ham. in the township of Whitley, and parishes of Kirkheaton and Thornhill, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Mor- ley ; 3 miles from Dewsbnry, 7 from Wakefield. FARFIELD-HALL, (the seat of Wm. Cunliffe, Esq.) in the town- ship and parish of Addringham ; 5 miles from Skipton, 7 from Keighiey. FARF1ELD, ham. in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and pa- rish of Sheffield; 1 mile from Sheffield. FARM, (the seat of John Houseman, Esq.) in the township and pa- rish of Sheffield ; 1 mile from Sheffield. FAR, or BURN-CROSS, ham. in the township and parish of Eccles- field ; 7 miles from Sheffield and Barnsley, 8 from Rotherham. FARNHAM, a parish town, in the lower division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough; 21 miles from Knaresbrough, 5\ from Bo- roughbridge, 7 from Ripon, 20 from York. — Pop. 141. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Boroughbridge. diocese of Chester, value 61. 12s. \d. p. r. 321. Patrons, the Heirs of the late Col. Harvey, and James Collings, Esq. FARNHILL, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's- Fee; i\ miles from Skipton, b\ from Keighiey. Pop. including Cononley, 1,350, which being united, form a township. FARNLEY, in the parish and borough of Leeds, Moriey-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; {the seat of Edward Jrmitage, Esq.) 4 miles from Leeds, 7 from Bradford.— Pop. 1,332. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value p. r. 1 221. 6s. Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. Here Sir Win. Harrington, 5th Henry V. obtained license to found a chan* ' try for a priest to celebrate divine service daily. By the survey under Hen. VIII. in 1545 it was returned at UL.lOs.M. This lordship anciently belonged to Sir Sohn Danville, and passed, by marriage into the family of the Nevilles : from whom it descended to the Harringtons, Langtons, and Danbys. Faraley WEST-RIDING* 28L Hall was erected, as appears from an inscription on the front, in 1586, by Sir Thomas Danby, Knt. — Thoresby. The manor and estate, after remaining in the family of Danby for six centuries, was sold in 1799 by Wm. Danby, E9q. of Swiuton,"near Masham, to Mr. James Armitage, merchant of Leeds. After the battle of Marston Moor, in 1644, a party of flying cavaliers took po9t in the wood, near this place, where they remained some time. A particular account of what passed during their stay, may be seen in " The Memoirs of a Cavalier," written by one of the party. In 1663, an insurrection took place in this county, upon the reforming- principles, the chief rendezvous of the party being in Faraley-Wood, it obtained the name of " Farnley Wood Plot." Their pretences for rebellion were to re- deem themselves from the excise, and all subsidies; to re-establish a Gospel Magistracy and Ministry, to reform all orders, especially Lawyers and Clergy* men; but the time and place of rendezvous being known, a body of troops was sent against them, who seized on several of them, of which twenty-one were convicted and executed. — Drake, FARNLEY, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Claro, liberty of Cawood, Wistovv, and Otley ; (Farnley Hall, the seat of Walter Fawkes, Esq.) 2 miles from Otley, 10 from Ripley, 11 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 172. The small antique Chapel is a per- petual curacy, under Otley. p. r. f38/. Here is no Burial Ground, Farnley Hall stands on a lofty brow, commanding noble views up and down the vale of Wharf, with the planted ridge of Chevinin front. Attached to the old mansion of Queen Elizabeth's time is a magnificent modern house, built by the late proprietor,, soon alter he became possessed of the estate. — Farnley has been distinguished b> the residence of its lords from the earliest times on record. These, from the origin of local sirnames, bore the name of d« Fameley ; but Falcasius de Farneley, temp. Hen. III. had a son, who adopting the patronymick Faleasii, or in his own dialect Fawke9, i. e. son of Fawkes, transmitted that ap~ pellation to his posterity. — fVhitaker's Loidiset Elmete. FARNLEY- MOORS IDE, in the township of Farnley, and parisk of Leeds, Morley division of Agbrigg and Morley ; i>\ miles from Leeds, 6 from Bradford. FARNLEY-TYAS, in the parish of Almondbu-ry, Agbrigg division of Agbriggand Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Hud- dersfield, 9| from Penistone, 13 from Wakefield. — Pop. 900. FARSLEY, in the township of Calverley-with-Farsley, and parish of Calverley. Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pon- tefract ; 3| miles from Bradford, 6£ from Leeds. — Pop. included in Calverley. FARTOWN, ham. in the township and parish of Huddersfield; (Flash House, the seat of Benjamin Shires, Esq.) 1| mile from Huddersfield, 7\ from Halifax. FAULFITT, /. h. in the township of Stainbrough, and parish of Silkstone : 3 1 miles from Penistone. FA WEATHER, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley; 3 miles from Bingley, 5 from Bradford. FEARNLEY, HIGH, ham, in the township ofWike, and parish ofBirstall, 4| miles from Bradford, 5 from Halifax. FEARNE-LEE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- dale, (Lane.) 3 miles from Dobcross, 10 from Rochdale. FEATHERSTONE, a parish town, in the wapentake of Osgcld- cross, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Pontefract, 4 fron* Ferrybridge, 7 from Wakefield, 25 from York.— Pop. 337, The 2n 282 WEST-RIDING. Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value %5l. 8s. 6d. Patrons, Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. FELKIRK, /. h. and a parish, in the township of South-Hiendly, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Barnsley, 6§ from Wakefield, 9 from Pontefract, 33 from York. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value 71. Is. Wid. p. r. 140/. Patron, Archbishop of York. FELLBECK, ham. in the township of High and Low Bishopside, parish and liberty of Ripon ; 3 miles from Pateleybridge. FELLISCLIFFE, in the parish of Hampsthwaite, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 4 miles from Ripley, 7 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 382. FELL-LANE, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of Staincliffe; 1 mile from Keighley. FENAY-HALL. 5. h. in the township and parish of Almondbnry 2| miles from Huddersfield- FENAY-LODGE, (the seat of John Brook, Esq.) in the township and parish of Almondbury ; 2 miles from Huddersfield FEN AY-BRIDGE, ham. in the township of Lepton, and parish of Kirkheaton. FENCE-END, (the seat of the Rev. William Atkinson Wasney) in the township and parish of Thornton ; 5i miles from Skipton. FENTON, CHURCH, or KIRK, a parish town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract ; 5 miles from Tadcaster, 7 from Selby, 12 from Pontefract and York. — Pop. 416. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value %5l. p. r. f 1 201. Patron, the Prebendary of Fenton. FENTON, LITTLE, or SOUTH, in the parish of Church- Fenton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter, and Pontefract ; 6 miles from Tadcaster, 7 from Selby. 11 from Pontefract. — Pop. 113. FEN WICK, in the parish of Campsall, wapentake of Osgoldcross; 8 miles from Doncaster, 1 1'from Pontefract. — Pop. 295. FERHAM, (the seat of Henry Hartop, Esq.) in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham ; 1 mile from Rotherham. FERRENSB Y, in the parish of Farnham, lower-division of Claro ; 2| miles from Knaresbrough, 4| from Boroughbridge. — -Pop. 110. FERRYBRIDGE, a post-town, in the township of Ferry-Fryston, and parishes of Ferry-Fryston and Pontefract, wapentake of Bark- ston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Pontefract, 9 from Abberford, 1 1 from Snaith and Selby, 12 from Tadcaster, 15 from Doncaster and Leeds, 21 from York, 177 from London. — Prin- cipal Inns, Angel, Greyhound, and Swan. . This is a neat well built village, situated on the Banks of the Aire, over which is a handsome stone bridge. The possession of this Pass occasioned a se- vere conflict between the armies of the Houses of York and Lancaster. In the neighbourhood, human skeletons, ancient armour, and other relics of war, have frequently been found. , WEST-RIDING. 283 FERRY-HOUSE, in the township of Airmin, and parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross ; 4 miles from Snaith, 6 from Hovvden. Inn and Farm House. FERRY-FRYSTON, a parish town in the wapentake of Osgold- cross, liberties of St. Peter, and Pontefract; 1 mile from Ferry- bridge, 2 from Pontefract, 15 from Doncaster, 22 from York. — Pop. 777. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Pontefract, value £5/. 19s. 2d. p. r. *1J3/. 8s. lOd. Patrons, Succentar and Vicars Choral of York. On the 23rd of March, 1822, a massive and curious piece of antiquity was discovered at Fryston, near Ferrybridge. As two labourers were digging ground for liquorice, in a field called the Paper Mill Field, on the Fryston-Hall estate, in the possession of James Brook, they penetrated to a mass of stone, only about eleven inches below the surface, which, on being cleared, proved to be an ancient coffin of undressed stone, without inscription. The lid projected over the sides about two inches, and on being raised in the centre, presented a com- plete skeleton, of large dimensions, in a high state of preservation. The skull was placed between the thigh bones, and the occupant of this narrow mansion, who had, probably, in his day filled a considerable space in society, had evidently suffered decapitation. In the place where the head would have lain in an un- mutilated body, was a stone. The teeth were all perfect, and the bones those of a strong athletic man, cut off, apparently, in the meridian of life, and when the coffin was opened they were all entire ; but immediately on being ex- posed to the air, the ribs fell in. Nothing remains of the flesh, but some hard white chalky substances. The coffin is of the dimensions of six feet five inches in length, and nineteen inches in width within, with sides about six inches thick; it has been cut out of the solid stone, and is supposed to weigh about a ton and a half. The place where these relics were found, is about a mile and a quarter from Ferrybridge, in a valley near the road leading to Castleford ; and the prevailing opinion is, that these are the remains of Thomas Earl of Lancas- ter, the unfortunate leader of the insurgent barons, in the battle of Boroughbridge, fought in the year 1321, and who was beheaded at Pontefract, by order of his Nephew, Edward. The coffin and remains, which have attracted a gi-eat deal of public attention, are now removed to Fryston- Hall. — Leeds Mercury. In the same township and parish is FRYSTON-HALL, the seat of Mrs Milnes. FEWSTON, a parish town, in the lower-division of Claro ; 7 miles from Otley, 1 1 from Knaresbrough, 14| from Ski pton, 29 from York. — Pop. 610. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value £67. 13s. Ad. p. r. tl 13/. Patron, the King. FIELD-HEAD, {the seat of H. W. Oaies, Fsq.) in the township of Horton, and parish of Bradford ; 1 mile from Bradford. FIELD-HEAD, /. h. in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax ; 10 miles from Halifax. FIELD-HOUSE, {the seat of Robert Stansfield, Esq.) in the township of Sowerby, and parish of Halifax ; 4 miles from Halifax, 1\ from Huddersfield. FIEZER, in the parish of Clapham, wapentake of Ewcross; 4 miles from Settle, 13 from Kirby-Lonsdale. One circumstance with respect to this village deserves to be mentioned. — Often houses in this place, seven are always in the township of Lawkland, and parish of Clapham; one is always in the parish of Giggleswick; and the re- maining two, one year within Clapham, and the next within Giggleswick. — The inhabitants have seats in both churches, and resort to them alternately, and 281 WEST-RIDING. pay corn-tythe to the Rectors, and Easter-dues to the Vicars of the two churches . alternately ; but all pay their assessed taxes' to Stainforth. — JVhitaker y s Hist. of Craven* F1NKLEY-STREET, s. k. in the township of Wortley, and parish of Tankersley ; 5 miles from Penistone, 8 from Sheffield. FINNING LEY-PARK, {the seat of John Harvey, Esq. occupied by George Broderick, Esq.) in the township of Austerfield ; 3 miles from Bawtry. Mr Harvey lately erected, in the centre of the adjacent wood, n curious and elegant cottage, where he occasionally resides. The village of Finningley is in Nottinghamshire, but the house, and part of the park, with the cottage, are in Yorkshire. Some few years ago the head of a Roman spear, and other curio- sities were fcund near Mr Harvey's mansion. FINTHORPE, (the seat of Richard Clay, Esq.) m the township and parish of Aldmondbury ; 2| miles from Huddersfield. FIRBECK, a parish-town, in the upper-division of St*-afforth and Tickhill, liberties of St. Peter and Tiekhill ; (Firbeck-HaU, the seat of John Gcdly Knight. Esq.) 4 miles from Tickhill. 6 from Worksop, (Notts.) 7 1 from Bawtry, 11 from Rotherham, 44 from York. — Pop. 226. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. 411. Patron, the Chancellor of St. Peter's, York. This church was rebuilt on the site of the old one, in 1820—1, by Mrs Gaily Knight. FISHLAKE, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 2 miles from Thome, 8 from Snaith and Doncaster, 34 from York.— Pop. 723. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 13/. 3s. 9d. p. r. f67l. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. FIXBY, in the parish of Halifax, Morley -division of Agbrigg and JMorley, liberty of Wakefield; (Fixby-Hcdf, the seat of Thomas Thornhill, Esq.) 2| miles from Huddersfield, 6 from Halifax. Pop. 345. FLASBY, in the parish of Gargrave, east-division of the wapentake of Staincliffe; (Flasby-Hall, the seat of Cooper Preston, Esq.) 2\ miles from Gargrave, 6 from Skipton, 1 1 from Kettleweil. — Pop. including Winterburn, 134, which being united, form a township. FLASH-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Thurlston, and parish of Penistone ; 3 miles from Penistone. FLAXBY, in the parish of Goldsbrough, upper-division of Claro ; 3 miles from Knaresbrough, 6 from Boroughbridge, 6| from Wetherby.— Pop. 78. At Flaxby is a school for boys and girls of the township, but by whom founded is not known. Lord Stourton, and the Rector of Goldsbrough, have always acted as Trustees. — It is endowed with a small estate at Norwood, in the parish of Fewston, of 15 acres, and an old house, in ruins. Rent 15/. JO*. Qd. per ann. — Heport of Commissioners. FLOCKTON, NETHER, in the parish of Thomhill, Agbrigg-divi- sion of Agbrigg and Moriey, liberty of Wakefield ; (Flockton-Hall, the residence of George Horseington, Esq.) 6| miles from Hudders- field. 74 from Wakefield, 10| from Barasley.~Pop. 988. The Church is n perpetual curacy, in -the deanry of Pontefract, value, WEST-RIDING. 285 p. r, 110/. Patrons, the Earl of Scarborough, Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart Col. Wortley, Col. Beaumont, and R. Milnes, Esq. FLOCKTON, OVER, in the township of Flockton ; 6| miles from Wakefield, 7 from Huddersfield. FOCKERBY, or FOCCARBY, in the parish of Adlingfleet, wa- pentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; 7 miles from Crowle, (Line.) 9 from Howden, 16| from Snaith. — Pop. 106. FOLDBY, or FOULBY, ham. in the township of Sharlestone, and parish of Wragby, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Pontefract and Wakefield. FOLDS. /. h. in the township and parish of Tickhill, liberty of Tick- hill ; 1 \ mile from Tickhill. FOLLYFOOT, in the parish of Spoiforth, upper-division of Claro; 3 miles from Knaresbrough, 4 from Wetherby. — Pop. 293. FOALSTONE, in the parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Hud- dersfield, 81 from Penistone. — Fairs, Monday before Feb. 28, and first Wednesday after Nov. 14. — Pop. 1,264. FOREST-BECKS, ham. in the township of Bolton, and parish of Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 6 miles from Gisbum and Clitheroe. FOSTER-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of fa&hlake; 2 \ miles from Thorne, 7 from Snaitb. FOWGILL, ham. in the township and parish of Low-Bentham ; 11 miles from Settle, and Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) FOUNTAIN'S-ABBEY, in'the townshipof Markington, and parish of Ripon; 3f miles from Ripon. The awful remains of this ancient Abbey fill the midway of a deep Vale, through which flows the brook called Skell, and the high hills on either side, clothed with lofty trees, and varied with scar?, slope gently to the brook. " In these deep solitudes and awful cells, u Where heavenly pensive contemplation dwells." In 1 132, certain Benedictine Monks at Saint Mary's, in York, displeased with relaxation of discipline in their Convent, and disgusted with the luxury of their life, resolved to migrate where monastic manners were practised with more severity, and determined to embrace the rules of Cistercian Monks at Rivaulx, and applied for that purpose to Thurston, Archbishop of York, whom they requested to favour their designs. The Prelate, with many of the Clergy, went to St. Mary's, where they found the Abbot and his attendants pre- paring to oppose his resolutions, and threatened to punish the discontented Monks. He was refused admittance into the Chapter-house, when a riot en- sued, and the Prelate having interdicted the Abbot and Monks, left the Monas- tery, taking under his protection, the Prior, Sub-prior, and eleven Monks, who withdrew from the Convent, and were entertained by the Archbishop for eleven weeks. During this time the Abbot made frequent complaints to the King, Bishops, and Abbots, against the Archbishop for depriving him of part of his flock. — At Christmas, Thurston gave them a place, then called Skeldale, for their residence, the receptacle for wild beasts, and overgrown with wood and brambles ; he also gave them the village of Sutton. During part of the winter, a large elm tree was their only shelter; they afterwards retired under the me- lancholy shade of seven yew trees, growing near where the Abbey now stands. One of them was blown down iu 1757, the other six are now standing. They are of great magnitude, the largest being 20 feet in circumference within three feet from the ground. Under these, it should seem, they resided till the Mo- nastery was built. The lame of their sanctity induced many to resort to them, 286 WEST-RIDING. which proportionably increased their distress, and rendered their poverty still more severe ; for in vain] did the Abbot solicit relief, as famine, that year, had extended all over the country, and the leaves of trees and herbs, except a small supply from the Archbishop, were their only food. Soon after Eustace Fitz- John, Lord of Knaresbrough, supplied them with a cart load of bread. For more thaa two years they laboured under every hardship poverty could inflict, till Hugh, Dean of York, who was very rich, labouring under a disease likely to prove fatal, resolved to end his days among them. For this purpose he removed to the Abbey, and devoted his riches to charity, the building of the Monastery, and uses of the house. In 1140, the building had considerably increased, when, in the war be- tween Stephen and his competitor, a party ef soldiers, at the instance of William, Archbishop of York, came here and burnt the Monastery. In 1204, John de Eborac, Abbot, laid the foundation of the Church. His successor, John de Pherd carried on the work with spirit, and John of Kent, the next Abbot, is supposed to have completed the building. But the great Tower, it should seem, from the style of the architecture, was either built or heightened subsequent to the death of John of Kent, in 1 245. Profusion of wealth, many grants and privileges now poured in upon them, but extravagance, the too general attendant on wealth, proved, not long after, the cause of much concern and affliction to the Monks, for in 1294, they became in want of necessaries, which Romain, then Archbishop of York, attributed to their flagrant dissolute conduct. In times long subsequent, this Abbey became more opulent, and consequently more powerful than any in this county, for, at the dissolution, its revenues were estimated, according to Burton, at 1125/. 18s. 1^| _Dugoai,e, 998/. 05. 8|c?.— Speed, 1073/. 0*. *i\d. At that time their plate was valued at 708/. 5s. 9d. they also had in pos- session 2356 horned cattle, 1326 sheep, 86 horses, 79 swine, 117 quarters of wheat, 12 of rye, 134 of oats, 392 loads of hay : In their granary were 18 quar- ters of wheat, 18 of rye, 90 of barley and malt, and 2 of oats. — Burton. The architecture is mixed, in some parts are seen the sharp pointed win- dows, in others the circular arches. The great east window is magnificently «rand, and the arch much pointed. There has, it is supposed, been a central tower, long since fallen into decay. At the top of the north corner window of the Sanctum Sanctorum, is the figure of an Angel holding a scroll, on which is the date 1283. These monastic remains are deservedly considered the most magnificent and interesting that our country, rich in these venerable and admired works of antiquity, retains from the wreck of the general dissolution. So great was the extent of this magnificent institution, that when entire, it is said to have occu- pied nearly twelve acres of ground ; and such the ravages it sustained, that the buildings now cover little more than a sixth part of that space ; yet, with every devastation, it is far more extensive, and incomparably more perfect than any other. Besides the church, whose beauty and grandeur need no comment, and which are aided by the lofty, and nearly perfect tower, standing at the end of the north transept, the numerous buildings connected with it, appear in a state of preservation unequalled by any other. Among these the two Cloisters, the Chapter-house, the Refectory, the Dormitory, and the Kitchen are the princi- pal ; and connected with the south-west extremity of the great Cloister are some very interesting ruins of buildings : among which are distributed many ruins of walls and vaults — not to mention the gate, the mill, the bridge, and numerous other distant and distinct objects. No part is now pulled down to give space, and none rebuilt to obtain uniformity ; and the present worthy owner is solici- tous only to preserve it from wanton injury. As it was left to her, so it stands every storm and tempest; and this amiable lady's admiration of antiquity is evinced in the improvements which have recently taken place. FOUNTAIN'S-EARTH, in the parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower- division ofClaro. — Pop. 441. This township is situated on the nortlT-side of the river Nidd, and extends from the top of Nidder dale, down to Lofthouse. WEST-RIDING. 287 FOUNTAIN'S-HALL, in the township of Markington, and parish of Ripon ; 3| miles from Ripon. Oa the dissolution of religious houses, Sir Richard Gresham purchased Fountains-Abbey of the King, with the part of the lands belonging to it, the site of Swine- Abbey and the Monastery of Nunkeeling, with their bells, for 1163Z. Sir Richard sold Fountains, with some of the lands, to Sir Stephen Proctor, Mho built Fountains- Hall out of its ruins. It was formerly the habitation of the Messengers, one of whose ancestors married a daughter of Sir Stephen. — Burtox. John Messenger, Esq. sold it in 1726, to William Aislabie, Esq. FOX-HALL, /. h. in the township of Kexbrough, and parish of Darton ; 4| miles from Barnsley. FOXUP, ham. in the township of Hal ton-Gill, and parish of Arne- cliffe, liberty of Staincliffe ; 10 miles from Settle and Kettlewell. FRICKLEY, ham. in the township and parish of Frickley-with- Clayton. liberty of Pontefract ; (Frickley-Hall, the seat of Richard Kennet Dawson, Esq.) 7 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Barnsley, 13| from Wakefield. — Pop. included in Clayton. The Church, styled Frickley-with-Clayton, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. 120/. Patron, Saint Andrew Warde, Esq, FRIER HEAD, /. h. in the township of Winterburne, and parish of Gargrave, liberty of Staincliffe ; 6| miles from Skipton. FRIERMERE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- dale, (Lane.) ; 1| mile from Delph. Here is a Chapel, which is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Thomas, in the deanry of Man- chester, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. *97/. Patron, the Vicar of Rochdale, (Lane.) FRIZING-HALL, ham. in the township of Heaton, and parish of Bradford ; (the seed of George Lister, Esq.) 2 miles from Bradford. FROSTRAW, ham. in the township and parish of Sedbergh, ; 1| mile from Sedbergh, 6 from Dent. FRYSTOX, MONIC— See Monk-Fryston. FULHAM-LANES, 2 h. in the township and parish of Womersley, liberty of Pontefract ; 7 miles from Pontefract and Snaith. FULNECK, in the township of Pudsey, and parish of Calverley, Morley-division of Agbrigg* and Morley ; 4| miles from Bradford, 6 from Leeds. Here is a considerable settlement of the Moravian brethren, which was begun about the year 1748. The chief buildings are the hall, containing a cha- pel, a school for girls, and minister's dwelling; a large school-house for boys, a house for single men, another for single women, and another for widows; situ- ated upon a terrace of considerable length, and commanding a fine prospect. These, with the houses for separate families, form a considerable village ; various branches of trades are carried on in it, but the chief employment is the woollen manufacture. The single women are famous for their skill in working muslins, with the needle and tambour ; and their labours sell at a high price. The vocal and instrumental music of the settlement is considered very excellent. FULWOOD, ham. in the township of Upper-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield ; 5 miles from Sheffield. FUL WOOD-BOOTH and FULWOOD-HEAD, 2 h. in the town- ship of Upper-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield ; 6 miles from Shef- field. 288 WEST-RIDING. FURNACE, scattered houses, in the township and parish of- Silkstone; 3 miles from Barnsley. G GAISGILL^ ham. in the township cf Riuaington, and parish of Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 3 miles from Gisburn. GALFAY, in the township of A zerley, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 4 miles from Ripon, 10 from Knaresbrough and Pateley bridge. GARFORTH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Abberford, 7 from Leeds, 9 from Wakefield, 19 from York.— Pop. 731. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 4:8/. 17 s. 8 |d Patron, the Rev. W. Whi taker, the present in- cumbent. G ARFORTH-MOOR, in the township and parish of Garforth, liberty of Pontefract ; 2f miles from Abberford. GARFORTH, WEST, ham. in the township and parish of Gar- forth; 6| miles from Leeds. GARGRAVE, a parish-town, in the east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; (Gar grave-House, the seat of John Nicholas Coulthursi, Esq.) \\ miles from Skipton, 8 from Gisburn, 1 1 \ from Settle, 1 2 from Colne, (Lane. ) 1 4 from Kettlewell, 45 from York. No Market. — Fairs, Feb. 27, third Wednesday in June, October 33, and December 11, for horned-cattle, &c. — Pop. 972. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Craven, value, 12/. 13s. 11 \d. Patron. John Marsden, Esq. About half a mile beneath the town, on a fertile plain, are the buried re- mains of a Roman Villa, called Kirk-Sink, from a tradition that eome great ec- clesiastical edifice had here been swallowed up. The stones of which this building has been composed have gradually been removed, probably to build the present church ; but the inequalities upon the surface, prove it to have been a parallelogram, about 3U0 feet long, and 180 wide. It was dug into, about 70 years ago, and the frame of a tesselated pavement discovered at that time, of which Dr. Whitaker had seen some remains, which induced him to apply for permission to open the ground again. But the walls had been so completely grubbed up to the foundation, that though it was just possible to ascertain the size of the apartments, which had been very small, no masses of cohering pavement could be taken up, and the whole lay in heaps mingled with mortar, consisting of cubes of various colours, some an inch, others not more than half an inch in diameter, together with floor tiles, of about three inches square.— History of Craven. QARSDALE, in the parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of Ewcross; 5 miles from Dent, 7 from Sedbergh, lOfromHawes, 15fromAsk- rigg. — Pop. 679. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Kirby-Lonsdaie, value, p.r. 80/. 2s. Patron, the King. GARSTONES, or GEARSTONES, 2 A. in the township of Ingle- ton, and parish of Low-Bentham ; 7 miles from Ingleton, 10 from Hawes, 12 from Settle. At this place, a large market is held every Wednesday, for corn and flour. It consists only of a public-house and a grocer's shop. WEST-RIDING. 289 GATEFORTH, in the parish of Bray ton, wapentake of Barkston- Ash; o miles from Selby, 6 from Ferrybridge, 8 from Ponlefraet. Pop. 192. GATEIIAM, or YATEHOLME, /. h. in the township of Holme, and parish of Almondbury ; 9 miles from Huddersiield. GATEIIEAD, 3 h. in the township of Marsden, and parish of Ald- mondbury ; 6 miles from Huddersiield. GATE UP, /. h. in the township of Appletreewick, and parish of Burnsall, liberty of StainciifFe ; 8 miles from Pateleybridge. GATE WOOD, /. h. in the township and parish of Cantley ; 6 miles from Doncaster and Thorne. GAWBER-HALL, /. h. in the township of Barugh, and parish of Darton ; 1 \ mile from Barnsley. G AWTHORPE, in the township of Ossett, and parish of Dewsbnry, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 2 miles from Dewsbury, 3| from Wakefield, 8 from Leeds. GAWTHORPE, in the township of Lepton, and parish of Kirk- heaton, Agbrigg-di vision of Agbriggand Morley, liberty of Pon- tefract ; 5 miles from Huddersheld, 8 from Wakefield. — In the same township and parish is GAWTHORPE-GREEN, a hamlet. GAWTHORPE, in the township of Dent, and parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of Ewcross; 1 mile from Dent, 4 from Sedbergh. GAWTHORPE-HALL, (the seat of Joseph Heaton, Esq.) in the township and parish of Bingley ; 1 mile from Bingley, 6 from Bradford. GETTINGLEY, 2f. h. in the township of Whitley, and parish of Thornhiii; S\ miles from Dewsbmy, 5 from Huddersiield. GIBRALTAR-MILL, in the township of Pudsey. and parish of Calverley ; 4 miles from Bradford, b'l from Leeds. GIGGLESW1CK, a parish-town, in the west-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 1 mile from Settle, 7 from Kirby- Lonsdale, (Westm.) 51 from York. — Pop. 746. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Alkadd. in the deanry of Craven, value ^21/. 3s. Ad. p. r. 151. Patrons. J. Coulthurst, and J. Hartley, Esqrs. alternately. This place has long been celebrated lor its Grammar School, founded by King Edward VI. in 1553, on the Petition of John Nowell, Clerk, then his Ma- jesty's Chaplain and Vicar of Giggleswick, and of other inhabitants of the town and parish The endowment in lands, value ?.?>/. 'As. Qd. was part of the posses- sions belonging to the dissolved Monastery of Nether- Acastei', laying at North- Cave, South and North Kelthorp, &c. — but in consequence of the drainage, inclo- sures, and other improvements, its present amount is upwards of 1000/. per ann. The irrant is only for two Preceptors, but there are now three, two for classics, and one for mathematics. The number of pupils is limited only by the want of room,— who are admitted "from every quarter of the G/obc," if their moral characters be &ood, and are taught gratis. There are Six Scholarships at Christ College, Cambridge, founded by Mr Carr, for Scholars educated at this School. The late Archdeacon Paley, received his classical education at this school, un- der his father, who was head Master nearly fifty years. — Carlisle. Here i9 also a National School, very liberally endowed by the Rev. John Claphain, Vicar, and others ; its revenues worth about .50/. per ann. About the centre of that prodigious Scar, called Uiggleswiek Sear, which skirts the road for nearly two miles from Giggleswick to Claphara, and close to 2 o 290 WEST-RIDING, the road side, is situated the celebrated Ebbing and Flowing Well, whose watw., clear as crystal, are constantly ebbing and flowing, although at thirty miles dis- tance, from the sea. The changes of ebbing and flowing vary, being considerably influenced by the wetness or dryness of the season ; sometimes once in five mi- nutes, at others not more than four or five times in a day. Various have been the opinions given in explanation of this rare phenomenon, but none more in unison with onr own, than the following, which we extracted, not as new, either to ourselves or the public, from the Northern Star, of 1817. The writer of the article alluded to observes, that it, " in all probability, results from a simple piece of mechanism, bidden from the observation of man in the bowels of the earth; namely, a valvular construction at the mouth of the spring, or at some point in the subterraneous passage of the water, formed by a loose stone, and suspended horizontally by two opposite points constituting its axis : the valve thus formed will move on its own central points, and uninflnenced by the water to a certain extent, closes the outlet, and consequently causes an accumulation between the valve and the source of the spring : when the water has increased until its level rises considerably above the centre of the valve, the weight of the water turns it upon its axis, and it is poured with velocity into its ^common course." Drunken Barnaby, in his Northern Tour, thus describes this well; — Veni Giggleswick; parum frugis Profert tellus clausa jugis ; Jbi vena prope via; Fluit, refluit, nocte, die, Neque norunt unde vena, An a sale vel arena. Opposite the Scar, and near the village, is Giggleswick Tarn, a large lake, partly natural and partly artificial. GILDING WELLS, in the township of Woodsets-with-Gilding- wells, and parish of South-Anston, upper-division of StraiForth and Tickhill; 4 \ miles from Worksop (JSoit.) 9§from Bawtry, 12 from Rotherham. — Pop. included in Woodsets. GILDERSOME, in the parish of Batley, M orley-d i vision of Ag- brigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Leeds, 7 from Bradford, 8 from Wakefield — Pop. 1592. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Pontefract, value p, r. fl02L GILKIRK, or CHURCH.— See Barnoldswick. GILLROTTOM, seat. f. h. in the township of Clifton- with-Nor- wood, and parish of Fewston ; 6| miles from Otley. GILSTEAD, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley ; 1 mile from Bingley, 6 from Bradford. GILTH WA1TE, ham. in the township of Whiston, and parishes of Whiston and Rotherham, upper-division of Straiforth and Tick- hill ; (Galtkwaite-Hall, the seat of John Outram, Esq.) 2 miles from Rotherham, 6 from Sheffield, 12 from Worksop, (Notts.) Here was a mineral spring discovered in 1664, by Mr. George Westby, of this place, who made a large Bath and built a house over it.— Short. The waters had some reputation ; but after the death of Mr Westby, and of Dr. Yarburgh, of Newark, who sent many patients, they sunk into a state of almost utter neglect. — Hunter. G INGLE-POT, in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Low-Ben- tham, wapentake of Ewcross ; 3| miles from Ingleton, 10 from Hawes, 1 3 from Settle. Gingle-Pot is one of those curious Caves in Craven, which attractWhe no- tice of most tourists. This chasm is situated at the head of a grotesque ^len. WEST-RIDING. 291 through which the river Wease winds its subterraneous passage, at the bottom of u precipice. — Tour to the Caves. GINHGUSE, s. h. in the township of Greasbrougb, and parish of Rotherham ; ] mile from Rotherbam. GIPTON, in the township of Potter- Newton, and* parish of Leedte, lower-division of Skyrack ; 2 miles from Leeds, 6 from Harewood. Amongst the Thickets here, Thoresby, in his survey of the parish, disco- vered the remains of an ancient Fortification, the out-trench whereof was 18 feet broad ; it has now nearly disappeared. GISBURN, a parish town, in the west-division and liberty of Stain- cliffe, (Gisburn-Park. the seat of Lord Ribblesdale) ; 7 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 8 from Colne, (do.) 11 from Skipton and Settle, 52 from York, 224 from London. — Market, Monday. — Fairs, Easter Monday, that day fortnight, and that day month, and Sa- turday after that day month, for horned cattle ; Monday, five weeks after Easter, for pedlary ware, &c. ; September 18th for calves; and every other Monday for fat cattle, &c. — Pop. 690. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Craven, value III. 6s. Sd. p. r. fl20/. Patron, the King". The Church, which was given to the Nunnery of Stainfield, com. Lincoln, is a decent structure, built of stone, and probably, not older than temp. Henry VII. or VIII. Gisburn Park is chiefiy remarkable for a herd of wild cattle, descendants of that indigenous race which once peopled the great Forest of Lancashire. They are white, save the tips of their noses which are black, rather mischievous, es- pecially when guarding their young — they breed with tame cattle. Gisburn Park is beautifully situated at the confluence of the Kibble and Stockbeck. The Lodge, through which is the entrance into the Park, is a tine piece of Gothic artichecture, nobly ornamented with figures. The pinnacles, &c. carved with great taste and elegance from designs of the present noble owner. In the house is a series of good Paintings, auiong which are the Lord Chief Justice, of the time of Henry VIII. General Lambert, apparently an original ; his Son, an excellent painting, by himself; and above, Oliver Cromwell, by Sir Peter Lely. — Whitakkr. GISBURN-COTES, ham. in the township and parish of Gisburn, liberty of StainclifFe ; 3 miles from Gisburn. GJSBTJRIs -FOREST, a township, in the parish of Gisburn, west- division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 8 miles from Settle, 1 5 from Colne, (Lane.) 17 from Skipton. — Pop. 457. Here is a Chapel, which is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, value, p. r. 49/. 95. 9d. Patron, the Vicar of Gisburn. This is named by Bacon, Tosside-Chapel ; and by others, Houghton-Chapel. The Manor of Gisburn Forest properly belongs to the lord of the Percy Fee ; but the Abbot and convent of Sallay had the wood and herbage. It was, however, lately claimed by Thomas Browne, Esq. of Burton-upon-Trent, as ov.-ner of the principal estate in Gisburn Forest. — Whitaker. This manor is now enjoyed by Mr Browne. The chapel is situated at the northern extremity of the township, and appears a question with Dr. Whitaker, whether it is within the Forest or not. Within the manor of Gisburn, is a small, but very entire square Fort, called Castle-Haugh, and near it is a barrow, which being opened, was found to contain a rude earthen Urn. G1VENDALE, 4 /. h. in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower- division of Claro; 2| miles from Ripon, 3| from Boroughbridge. —Pop. 31. GLEADLEYS, or GLEADLESS, ham, in the township and parish of Hands worth, upper-division of Straf forth and Tickhill •, 292 WEST-RIDING. 3 1 mile- from Sheffield. A part of this place is in the parish of Sheffield. GLEDHOVV, ALLERTON, in the township of Potter-Newton, and parish of Leeds, lower-division ol Sky rack, liberty of Pontefract ; {the residence of Sir John Beckitt,) 3 miles from Leeds, 7| from Hare wood, 10 from Otley. GLEDSTON-HOUSE, (the seat of Richard RoundelL Esq.) in the township of East and West-Marton, and parish of East-Alarton, liberty of StaindifFe; 5 miles from Skipton, 5\ from Keighley, 8 from Colne, (Lane. ) 1 1 from Settle. GLUSBURN, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division of StainciifTe, liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; 5 miles from Skipton, 5\ from Keighley, 8 from Colne. (Lane.) — Pop. 787. GODDARD-HILL, s. h. in the township of Brightside-Bieriow, and parish of Sheffield ; 21 miles from Sheffield. GOLCAR, in the parish of Hudderstield, Agbrio-g-division of Ag 1 - brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield , 3 miles from Hudders- field, 7 from Halifax, 23 from Manchester, (Lane.) — Pop. 2,606. GOLDSBROUGH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro ; 2 1 miles from Knaresbrough, 6 from Wetherby and Borough- bridge, 16 from York.— Pop. 195. The Church is a rectory, de- dicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value 10/. Is. Old. Patron, the Earl of Harewood. GOLDTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Boltonupon- Dearn, liberty of Tick hill; 7| miles from Barnsley and Doncaster. GOLTHORPE LANE-ENDS, ham. in the township and parish of Bolton-upon-Deam, ; 7 miles from Barnsley, 8 from Doncaster. GOMERSALL, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 5| miles from Bradford, 7 from Leeds.— Pop. 5,952. GOMERSALL, LITTLE, in the township of Gomersall, and parish of Birstall, ; 6 miles from Bradford, 7| from Leeds. GOOLE, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; 4| miles from Snaith and Howden. — Pop. 450. GOOLE FIELD-HOUSES, ham. in the township of Goole, and parish of Snaith; 4 miles from Howden, 7| from Snaith. GOOSENER-H EIGHT, 2 or 3 /. h. in the township of Swinden, and parish of Gisburn ; 7 miles from Skipton, 10 from Settle. GORDALE-SCAR, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale ; 7 miles from Settle, 13 from Skipton. Gordale Scar is an immense Rock which, it is said to have had an opening forced in it by a great body of water, which collected in a sudden thunderstorm, sometime about the year, 1730 ; and now forms one of the most awfully grand scenes of rock and water in Craven ; the highest part being not less than 300 feet ; the right or east side projects more than ten yards over its base, and such 5s the noise oi the overwhelming torrent, after rain, that if a person be under the rock, he is unable to make himself heard at tew yards distance. This is a solid •mass of limestone, of, perhaps, equal height with Malham Cove, cleft asunder by ^ome great convulsion of nature, and opening " its ponderous marble jaws" on the right and left. At the very entrance, you turn a little to the right, and are struck by a yawning mouth in the face of the opposite crag, whence the torrent, WEST-RIDING. 293 pent up beyond, suddenly forced a passage, within the memory of man, which, at every swell continues to spoilt out one of the boldest and most beautiful cataracts that can be conceived. Wherever a cleft in the rock, or a lodgment of eartn ap- pears, the yew tree, indigenous in such situations, contrasts it deep and glossy- green with the pale grey of the limestone ; but the goat, the old adventurous in- habitant of situations inaccessible to every other quadruped, has been lately ba- nished from the sides of Gordale. — History of Craven. GOTHER-BOTTOM, scattered houses, in the township and parish of Silkston ; 1 \ mile from Penistone. GOVT BUSK, /. h. in the township of Sawley, parish and liberty of Ripon; 6 miles from Ripon. GO WD ALL, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith ; 1 mile from Snaith, 10 from Ferrybridge, 12 from Pontefract. — Pop. 243. GOWDALL-BROACH, 2 /. h. in the township of Gowdall, and parish of Snaith ; 1 \ mile from Snaith. GOWTHVVAITE-HALL, /. h. in the township of Lower-Stone- beck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; .3 miles from Pateleybridge. In this Hall was born, in 1731, William Craven, D. D. and educated at St. John's College, Cambridge. He took his Batehelor's Degree in 1753, and was fourth wrangler, as well as Chancellor's medallist. He succeeded to the Arabic professorship in 1770, and resigned in 1795. He was elected Master of his Col- iege in 17*9 ; and died in 1815. Dr. Craven published " Sermons on the Evi- dence of a Future State, of Rewards and Punishments," Svo. and " The Jewish and Christian Dispensations compared," Svo. — Gent. Mag'. — IFhitaker's Craven. GOYDEN-POT-HOLE, (in Nidderdale) and parish of Kirkby- malzeard ; 10 miies from Patelaybridge. Gcydon-Pot-Holc is a large Rock, into which the river Nid enters, by an arch finely formed of beautifully white limestone, about nine feet high, and the span twelve broad; with a lighted candle a person may walk two or three hun- dred yards into it with safety. The river, after entering here, runs underground for about three miles. GRAFTON, in the township of Marton-cum-Grafton, and parish of Marlon, upper-division of Claro, a part in the liberty of St. Peter ; 2| miles from Boroiighbridge, 6| from Knaresbrough. — Pop. included in Marton. GRANGE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (home.) 8 miles from Rochdale, 12 from Huddersiield. GRANGE- ASH, p. h. in the township Of Whitley, and parish of Kirkheaton ; 61 miles from Kudderstield and Wakefield. GRANTLEY, a township, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower- division of Claro; (Grant ley,- Hall, the seat of Lord Grantley) 5 miles from Ripon and Ripley, 6| from Pate ley bridge. — Pop. 233. Sir Fletcher Norton, descended from the noble house of Conyers. The first Lord Grantley, was created Lord Grantley, Baron of Markeniield, April 9, 17-S2 : being bred to the law, ho was, December 17b'l, appointed Solicitor-General, and received the honour of Knighthood during his holding that office. In November, 1 763, he was made Attorney- General ; and in 17b'9, was Speaker of the House of Common?, in which station he continued till 17S0; and was advanced to the Peerage, 1782. His lordship dying, January 1, 17*9, was succeeded by his son William, the present noble Lord. — Debrett. — Heir Presumptive is his Lordship's v, the son of Fletcher Jsorton, who was one of the Barons of the Exchequer in North Britain. Grantley- Hall stands in a low warm situation, and welt sheltered with wood, on the road side leading to Pateleybridge, but contaius nothing particular to hi- 294 WEST-RIDING. tereat the tourist or antiquary. In it are two of the Speakers 'chairs, which Sir" Fletcher Norton occupied as Speaker of the House of Commons. GRASSCROFT and CLOUGH, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, {Lane.) 2§ miles from Dobcross. GRASSFIELD-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Dacre-with-Bew- erley, and parish of Ripon ; § mile from Pateleybridge. GRASSGARTH, ham. in the township and parish of Weston ; 2| miles fromOtley. 12| from Leeds. GRASSINGTON, in the parish of Linton, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; (the seat of Henry Brown, Esq.) 6 miles from Ket- tlewell, 10 from Skipton and Pateleybridge, 14 from Settle. — It has a small Market on Tuesday, (chartered for FridayJ — Fairs, March 4, April 24, June 29, September 26, for pedlary, &c. — Pop. 983. The neighbourhood of Grassingtonis famous for its Lead Mines, which have been worked from about the time of James I. Dr. Whitaker says, the "Lead on Grassington Moor is extremely rich, a ton of ore sometimes yielding sixteen hundred pounds weight of metal ; but* it is poor in Silver." — History of CrnVen. GRAYSTONE, or GRITH, ham. in the township of Laverton, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 3 miles from Kirkbymalzeard. GRAYTONEGILL, in the township and parish of Low-Bentham, wapentake of Ewcross. It is a fourth part of the township of Low- Bentbam, in which are several farm-houses. GREASBROUGH, in the parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Straiforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 2 miles from Rother- ham, 8 from Sheffield, 1 from Barnsley. — Pop. 1 ,252. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to the Holy -Trinity, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. fllOl. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. GREEN-CLOSE, ham. in the township of Clapham-with-Newby, and parish of Clapham; 8| miles from Settle. GREENFIELD, Zf. h. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arnecliff, liberty of Staincliffe ; 10| miles from Kettlewell. GREENFIELD, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, {Lane.) ; 2 miles from Dobcross. GREEN-GATES, ham. in the township of Eccleshill, and parish of Bradford; 3 miles from Bradford, 7 from Otley. GREENHAMMERTON, in the parish of Whixiey, upper-division of Claro; 7 miles from Boroughbridge and Wetherby, 8 from Knaresbrough, 10 from York. — Principal Inn , the George, a Post- ing House. — Pop. 329. GREENHEAD, in the township and parish of Huddersfield, Ag- brigg-division of Agbrigg and Moriey, liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of Benjamin Haigh Allen, Esq.) | mile from Huddersfield, 8 from Halifax. A handsome Gothic Church was built here, at the sole expence of B. H. Allen, Esq. and was consecrated in October, 1819, by the Archbishop of York. GREENHILL, s. h. in the township and parish of Bingley ; J mile from Bindley, 6 from Bradford. GREENHOUSE, (the residence of Dr. Chorley) in the township^ parish, and soke of Doncaster, \\ mile from Doncaster. WEST-RIDING. 295 GREENHOW-HILL, in the township of Dacre-with-Bewerley, and parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 3 miles from Pate- leybridge, 7 from Grassington, 14 from Ripon. A large straggling village, upon an eminence, west of Pateleybridge, abounding with Lead Mines, and in which there are rarely less than five hun- dred inhabitants of this village employed. — The Mines are Sun-side, Prosperous, Providence, Cock-hill, and Merryfield, which produce annually about 20U0 tons. GREENHOLME, a part of Burley, in Otiey parish, called Green- holme Cotton-Factory. GREENLAND, scattered houses, in the township of Cowick, and parish of Snaith ; 4 miles from Snaith. GREENSIDE, 2. h. in the township of Thurstonland, and parish of Kirkburton ; 5 miles from Huddersfield. GREENWOOD, HIGH, in the township of Heptonstall, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; (the seat of William Mitchell, Esq.) 10 miles from Halifax, 12f from Roch- dale, {Lane.) GREENVVOODLEY, s. k. in the township of Hepstonstall, and parish of Halifax ; 10 miles from Halifax. GREETLAND, in the township of Elland-with-Greetland, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pon- tefract', 4 miles from Halifax and Huddersfield. — Pop. included in Elland. Here was dug up a Votive Altar, as it seems, to the Tutelar God of the city of the Brigantes. dvi ci brig On the other side* ET XVM GG. T. AVR AVREUAN ANTONINO VS DD PRO SE III. ET GET. COSS. ET SVIS S. St. A. GS. To the God of the city of the Brigantes, and to the Deities of the Emperors, Titus Aurelius Aurelianus hath dedicated this in behalf of himself and his. The inscription on the other side shews the time when the altar was set up, i. e. when Antoninus was consul the third time with Geta.— Camden. G RENO FIRTH, a district, or part of the township and parish of Ecclesfield. GRENOSIDE, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield; 5 miles from Sheffield, 6 from Rotherham, 8 from Penistone. GRE WELTHORPE,in the parishof Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro ; 3 miles from Masham, 8 from Ripon. — Pop. 527. Oliver de Buscy gave half a carucate of land here, with all the men living thereon and followers, to the Monks of Fountains-Abbey. — Burton. GREYSTONES, in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; (the seats of Miss Greaves, and the Rev. Thomas Sutton,) 2 1 miles from Sheffield. GRIMESTHORPE, in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; 2| miles from Sheffield, 3| from Rotherham. GRIMETHORPE, ham. in the township of Brierley, and parish of Felkirk, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Barnsley. GRIMSTON, in the parish of Kirkby-Wharfe, wapentake of Bark- ston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; (Grimston-Hall, the seat of Lord 296 WEST-RIDING. Howden,) I \ mile from Tadcaster, 1 1 \ from Ferrybridge, 13 from Pontefract. — Pop. 62. Sir John Francis Cradock, of Grimston-Hall, was created a Baron of Ire- land by the title of Baron Howden, of Grimston and Spaldington, in this county, and of Cradocks Town, in the county of Kildare, October 19, 1819. — His Lord- ship's family is of ancient Welch origin, claiming descent from Carodoc, and the ancient Princes of Wales ; the name properly Carodoc. His Lordship's father, John Cradock, was Archbishop of Dublin, and died in 1778. — Heir apparent, John Hobart, only son.— Debrett. GRINDLETON, in the parish of Mitton, west-di vision of Staincliffe, liberty of Bolland ; 4| miles from Gisburn, 14 from Burnley, and Colne, (Lane.) 15 from Skipton. — Pop. 1,125. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. £95/. Patron, the Vicar of Mitton. GRISEDA.LE, (a small dale,) in the township and parish of Sedbergh ; 8 miles from Sedbergh and Havves. GROVF.-HALL, (the residence of William Lee. Esq.) in the town- ship and parish of Darrington; 2 miles from Ferrybridge, 3 from Pontefract. GRUNSEY-GILL, (the seat of William Brown, Esq.) in the town- ship of Gisburn- Forest, and parish of Gisburn; 9 miles from Settle, 15 from Skipton. GUISELEY, a parish-town, in the upper-division of the wapentake of Skyrack, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley ; 2 miles from Otley, 9 from Bradford, 10 from Leeds, 29 from York. — Pop. 1,213. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 26/. Patron, Trinity-College, Cam- bridge. Trinity-College, Cambridge, " has only the third turn of presentation, which is the next." — Camb. Caland. 1822. GUNTHWAITE, a township, in the parish of Peni stone, wapentake of Staincross ; 2 miles from Penistone, 7 from Barnsley, 1 1 from Huddersfield. — Pop. 86. H HACK FALL, in the township of Grewelthorpe, and parish of Kirk- bymalzeard, lower division of Claro ; 3 miles from Masham, 8 from Ripon, 9 from Bedale. This sequestered and romantic Spot is the property of Mrs Lawrence. It consists, of two deep Dingles, covered on either side with a profusion of wood, except in such parts where the naked Scars contribute to vary and improve the view ; a, small stream running through, is obstructed in various places by up- right pieces of stone, and thus forms several artificial Cascades. The Buildings are Pavilions, covered, with seats, from the first of which is a view of the great Fall, divided into two parts, and, as Day observes, "rather steals than dashes down rocks richly clad with moss, and possesses a mildness and beauty peculiar to itself ;" artificial Ruins, a small octagan Room, built of petrifactions, called Fisher's Hall; a Grotto, situated in front of a Cascade which fails forty feet ; a Rustic Temple, on the margin of a sheet of water, in the mid- dle of which there was formerly a Fountain throwing water to a great height : the whole is bounded by a noble Amphitheatre of tall trees, and although too formal for the scenery around, has a pleasing effect. The walks are laid out with great judgment and much taste, which, as you ascend, exhibit several views of Masham Church and Town, &c. but the best views are from Fisher's-Hall, which commands the whole of the two Dingles, where they fork from each other WEST-RIDING. 297 with the bottom of each filled with the rapid river Ure, which here " boils and foams and thunders through." The view is perfectly American, for nothing is seen frornit but hanging woods, extensive scars, and water. From the Hut, on, the margin of the Ure, which winds rapidly at your feet, is seen a small Cascade trickling down the hill, Fisher's Hall, Mowbray Castle, and at a short distance, the fl'eeping Rock. The view from Mowbray-Point, on the brink of a very high precipice, commands the same woody dells and water, as from Fisher's Hall, but overlooks a vast extent of country, enriched with corn, meadows, andgroves, a tract of unequalled beauty and exuberant vegetation. In the Building are a handsome dining-room, a small drawing-room, and a kitchen, none of which are now in use. On an eminence, not far distant, says Pennant, are to be seen the remains of Mowbray's Castiehill, which are unquestionably Roman; a Square, defended on one side by the steep of the hill, on the other by a dyke and deep ditch on the outside. H ADDING LEY, /. h. in the township of Shelley, and parish of Kirkburton, ; 9 miles from Huddersfieid and Penistone. HADDLESEY, CHAPEL, in the parish of Birkin, wapentake of Barkstoa-Ash, liberty of Pontefract: 5 miles from Selby and Snaith, 7 from Ferrybridge. — Pop. 199. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Birkin. HADDLESEY, EAST, in the township of Chapel-Had dlesey, and parish of Birkin, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Selby and Snaith. HADDLESEY, WEST, in the parish of Birkin, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract: a miles from Selby, 6 from Ferrybridge ; 8 from Pontefract. — Pop. 293. HAG, NETHER, and HAG, OVER, ham, in the township of Honley, and parish of Aldmondbury ; 4| miles from Huddersfieid. H A G G SI D E . — See Spo forth - Haggs. HAGUE, HIGH and LOW, scattered houses, in the township of Kelibrook, and parish of Thornton, liberty of Staincliffe; 3 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 9| from Skipton. HAGUE-HALL, (the seat of James AUott, Esq.) in the township and parish of South-Kirkby, wapentake of Osgoldcross ; 7 miles from Pontefract, 8 from Barnsley. HAIGH, ham. in the township of Kexbrough, and parish of Darton, liberty of Pontefract ; (Haigh-HaU, the residence of Robert Hodg- son, Esq.) 6 miles from Barnsley, 7 from Penistone and Wakefield. HAIXSWORTH, in the township and parish of Bingley; 2 miles from Bingley, 7 from Bradford. HALDENBY, in the parish of Addlingfleet, wapentake of Osgold- cross, liberty of Pontefract ; (Haldenhy-Park, the seat of John Jack- son, Esq.) 6 miles from Crowle. (Line.) 10 from Howden. — Pop. b'9. HALES-DRAX, /. h. in the township and parish of Drax; 3 miles from Snaith, 6 from Selby. HALIFAX, a market and parish-town, in Morley-di vision of Ag- brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from Bradford and Huddersfieid, 10 from Dewsbury, 12 from Keighley and Tod- morden, 16| from Rochdale, (Lane.) 18 from Leeds, 42 from York, 197 from London. — Market, Saturday, tor woollen cloth, provi- sions. &c. — Fairs, June 24. and the first Saturday in November, 2p 298 WE ST- RIDING* for horses, homed cattle. &c. — Bankers, Messrs. John Rawson* William Rawson, John Rhodes, and Rauden Briggs, draw on Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co. 48, Lothbmv. — Principal Inns, Talbot, White Swan, and White Lion.— Pop. 12,628. There are two Churches here, the one is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 84/. 135. 6|rf. Patron, the King. — The other is called the Holy Trinity Church, a per- petual curacy, value, p. r. £100/. in the patronage of the Vicar of Halifax. The latter was built under the sanction of an act of par- liament, by Dr. Coulthurst, the late Vicar ; the masonry of which, like all the modern masonry about the town, is excellent and ela- borate. The parish of Halifax is the largest in the County, being in extent not less than seventeen miles from east to west, and about eleven miles on an average from north to south. It contains twenty-three Townships ; and, besides the Vi- carage Church, there are in the parish twelve Chapels to which the Vicar ap- points the Curates, independent of the New Church of Halifax, and the Chapel at Marsliaw-bridge. The Church is a large Gothic structure, and is supposed to have, been built by the Earl of Warren and Surrey, in the reign of Henry I. It appears to have been re-edified at different periods, as part of the north side seems older than the rest. — Within the Church are two Chapels, the one called Rokeby's Chapel, was erected in consequence of the Will of Dr. William Roke- by, Vicar of Halifax, and afterwards Archbishop of Dublin, who died Novem- ber 29, 1521, and ordered that his bowels and heart should be buried in the choir of this church, and his body in the chapel at Sandal. In 1453, here were but thirteen houses in this town, which, in 120 years, increased to 520 ; and, in the year 1802, there were 1973 houses, 8886 inhabitants. Camden, when he travelled in these parts, about the year 1580, was informed that the. number of inhabitants in this parish was about -12,000. Archbishop Grindall, in his letter to Queen Elizabeth, during the northern rebellion, also says, that the pai-ish of Halifax was ready to bring into the field, for her service, 3 or 4000 able men. The course of Justice formerly made use of here, called the " Gibbet Law," by which all criminals found guilty of theft, to the value of thirteen pence half- penny, were to suffer death, hath long been discontinued. The platform, four feet high, and thirteen feet square, faced on every side with stone, was ascended by a flight of steps ; in the middle of this platform were placed two upright pieces of timber, five yards high, joined by a cross beam of timber at the top ; within these was a square block of wood, lour feet and a half long, which mov- ed in grooves, and had an iron axe fastened in its lower edge, the weight of which was seven pounds eleven ounces ; it was ten inches and a half long, seven inches over at the top, and nine at the bottom, and towards the top had two holes to fasten it to the block. The axe is still to be seen at the gaol, in Halifax : the platform remains, but has been hid, for many years past, under a mountain of rubbish. The Guillotine erected in France, soon after the breaking out of the Revo- lution, and so fatal to thousands, seems to have been copied from this machine. The Earl of Morton, Regent of Scotland, passing through Halifax, and hap- pening to see one of these executions, caused a model to be taken, and carried it-into his own country, where it remained many years before it was made use of, and obtained the name of the Maiden, till that Nobleman suffered by it him- self, June 2, 1581. The remains of this singular machine, may yet be seen, in the Parliament- house, at Edinburgh. The origin of this custom cannot be traced, but it was by no means peculiar to this place. — See Gent. Mag: for April, 1793. The Town of Halifax cannot boast of great Antiquity ; its name is not found in Domesday Book, nor is it mentioned in any ancient record, before a grant of its Church was made by Earl Warren, to the Priory of Lewes, in Sussex. The WEST-RIDING. 299 Origin of its name has been variously given : Dr. Whitakcr supposes it to be half Saxon, hall" Norman : and that formerly, in the deep valley where the church, now stands, was a Hermitage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, the imagined sanctity of which attracted a great concourse of persons in every direction. There were four road? by which the Pilgrims entered, and hence the name Ha- lifax, or Holyways, tor/ati in Norman French, is an old plural noon, denoting highways. In the civil wars it was garrisoned by the Parliamentarians; and to this place, Sir Thomas Fairfax retreated, after the battle, of Adwalton-Moor. After these wars were over, Halifax was represented in Parliament, during the time of the Commonwealth and under the Protectorate- The woollen manufacture, for which this town and neighbourhood have been long famous, was first introduced between 1443 and 1540, during which period, the houses had increased from thirteen to five hundred and twenty' — A detailed account of which may he seen in fVatson's History of Halifax.— In the beginniHg of the 18th Century, the manufacture of Woollen Stuffs was in- troduced ; Shalloons, Everlastings, Moreens, Shags, t suited to scrofulous complaints. Ttie salt it contains renders it uctive as a gentle stimulous, to promote the secretions; while the iron will tend most powerfully to remove debility, which, Dr. Garnett observes, if not originally the cause of the disease, always retards its cure. .. These mineral waters have been analysed by many eminent Physicians, but by none with more accuracy than Dr. Garnett. in 1819, two new springs were discovered, a Saline Chalybeate Spring, re- sembling Cheltenham Water, and a Chalybeate Spring. The Cheltenham Water, as it is called, has come into great repute, and will, no doubt, prove a valuable addition to the waters at Harrogate. Dr. Hunter, of Leeds, published a Treatise on these Waters : they are also particularly noticed by Dr. Scudamore, in his account of Mineral Waters, published in 1820. There are public balls at the Inns, thrice a week, each house in regular rota- tion, and every kind of amusement is here to be met with. The Theatre, situated at High Harrogate, was built by the late Mr Samuel Butler, and opened by him in 1788, which affords a rational entertainment to those who are fond of Theatricals. The Promenade Room, from its vicinity to the Wells, at Low Harrogate, has considerably increased the number of visitors here of late years ; for, when the weather is unfavourable for excur«ions,aU descriptions of persons find amuse- 2 Q 306 WEST-RIDING. men! in the room. The erection of this building was first suggested by G. Cayley^ M. D. and was opened for the reception of company in 1805. HARROGATE* LOW, in the township and parish of Pannal, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 3| miles from Knaresbrough. — Principal Inns, the Crown, White-Hart, Swan, Crescent, and Hotel. HARROP-LODGE, in the township of the Forest of Rowland, Lower; 6 \ miles from Gisbnrn, 7 from Clitheroe, (Lane.) HARROP-HALL, or NEAR, f. h. in the township of the Forest of BoWland, Lower, and parish of Slaidburn; 7 miles from Guisburn. HARTHILL, a parish- town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 8 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 9 from Rotherham, 1 1 | from Tickhill, 55 from York.— Pop. 650. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, IS/. l]s. IQ<%4> Patron, the Duke of Leeds. HART HEAD, in the parish of Dewsbury, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield • 5 miles from Hud- dersfield and Dewsbury, 6 from Halifax. — Pop. including Clifton, 2007. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f95L Patron, the Vicar of Dewsbury. The Chapel of Harthead is dependent on the Church of Dewsbury, and Is the only one existing in the parish. It was in being at the time the liying of Dewsbury was granted by the second Earl Warren, to the Priory of Lewis, about the year 1120 ; and may have existed before the time of Doomsday. Great part of the fabric has been renewed since the first erection, but the principal door, and the arch over the entrance of the choir remain, both adorned by semicircular arches. At a small distance, by the highway side, leading to the common, is the base of a genuine Saxon cross, called Walton Cross, four feet five inches in height, and two feet three inches at the top* It is wrought in the usual style* with knots and scrolls, and has a cavity at the top for the insertion of a shaft ,— Whitaker. HARTLINGTON, iii the parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliffe. liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; 9 miles from Skipton and Pateleybridge, 1 1 from Ketllewell. — Pop. 141. HART WITH, in the parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Ciaro; 4 miles from Pateleybridge, 1 from Ripon, and Knares- brough. — Pop. including; Winsley, 6.75, which being united form a township. Here is a Chapel under Kirkbymalzeard, of which the Vicar is Patron, present value, 100/. Here is a School endowed by Robert Haxby, with an estate at Darley, but when established, not known ; it is free only to the children of the tenants of three farms, formerly belonging to Robert Haxby, the founder, now the property of John Swires, Esq, the rent 29L per ann. is paid to the master, — Commissioners 1 Report. HARWOOD-WELL, scat. h. in the township of Skirtcoat, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wa'kefield ; 1 \ mile from Halifax. HATFIELD, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; (the scat of W. Gossip, Esq.) 4 miles from Thome, 8 from Doncaster, 11 from Bawtry, 34 from York. — Pop. 1,918. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Lawrence, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. 80/. 4s. 3d. Patron, Lord Deer- hurst, in right of his Wife. Bacon styles it a vicarage, value, 151. 5s. On Hatfield Heath, a bloody battle was fought between Ceadwalla, King of (he Britons, and Penda, the Pa^an King of Mercia, against Edwin, the first WEST-RIDING, 307 Christian Kins of Northumberland, in which Edwin, and Offrid his eldest son, were slain.— Rapin.— Drake. In the old Manor-house here, was born, William, the second son of King Edward III. from which place he took the name of William de Hatfield. The Queen, Phillippa, his mother, on this occasion, gave live marks per annum to the neighbouring Abbey of Roche, and five nobles to the Monks there, which sums, when he died, were transferred to the church of York, where the Prince was buried, to pray for his soul.— Drake, The extensive level of Hatfield Chace, the largest in England, contains with- in its limits, above 180,000 acres, one half of which was covered with water, till Charles I. sold it to Sir Cornelius Vermuiden, a Dutchman, without the consent of the commissioners and tenants, to drain and cultivate ; which to the general surprise, he at length effected, at the expense of about 400,000/. But the affair involved him in tedious and ruinous law-suits. — Hist. Doncaster. In 1811, an Act was obtained for inclosing between eight and nine thousand acres of rich common in this neighbourhood, which must be ultimately productive of great public and private advantage. In the centre of this chace, at a place called Lindholme, tradition relates, there formerly lived a Hermit, called William of Lindholrne. Of his cell a par- ticular account is given in the Gents. Mag. lor 1747, written by George Stovio, Esq. of Crowle, and copied into the Hist, of Doncaster. Mr Stovin's Letter is dated Aug. 31, 1727. It was situated in the middle of sixty acres of firm sandy ground, full of pebbles ; at the east end stood an altar, made of hewn stone, and at the west end is the hermit's grave, covered with a freestone slab — under it were found a tooth, a scull, the thigh and shin bones of a human body, all of a very fcrge size ; likewise a peck of hemp-seed, and a piece of beaten copper. A farm- house now occupies the site of the cell. The Church is a large handsome building, having a lofty elegant tower, and although originally Saxon, the present structure is not older than the reign of Henry III. In it are several monuments of the Hatfield family, and one of Abraham de la Pryme.— Hist. Doncuster. HATFIELD-HALL, (the residence of Francis Maud, Esq.) in the township of Stanley-with-Wrenthorpe, and parish of Wakefield, liberty of Wakefield ; 2 miles from Wakefield, 8 from Leeds. HATFIELD-HOUSE, ham. in the township and parish of Eccles- field : 4 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. HATFIELD-WOOD HOUSE, in the township and parish of Hatfield ; 3i miles from Thorne, 8| from Doncaster. HAUGH-END, (the seat of Major Priestly) in the township of Sowerby, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3| miles from Halifax, S- z from Huddersfield. At this place, in Oct, 1630, the celebrated Dr. John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury, first drew breath, a place that will ever be regarded with venera- tion, by all who know how to estimate religion without bigotry, and reason with- out scepticism. He was the son of a clothier; and received his education at Clarehall, Cambridge, where he was chosen Fellow in 1651. He attended Lord Russell on the scaffold, and endeavouied to prevail on him to acknowledge the doctrine of non-resiatance, a principle which the Doctor had afterwards occasion to renounce. He was 2ealous against popery in the reign of James II. and, after the revolution, was the confidential friend of William and Mary, who bestowed on him the Archbishopric of Canterbury.— His Sermons were published in 10 vol*. 8vo. and 3 vols, folio. He died in 1694, much lamented. HA UGH, NETHER, in the township of Greasbrough, and parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafl'orth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; t\ miles from Rotherham, 91 from Bamsley. HA UGH, UPPER, in the township and parish of llawmarsh, upper- division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 3 miles from Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield and Bamsley, 308 WEST-RIDING. HA VERA H- PARK, (extraparochiaij in the lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 7 miles from Knaresbrough, 8 from Otley.— Pop. 87. This Park, formerly a royal Chace, containing upwards of 2000 acres, now divided into farms, is the property of Sir William Jngilby, Bart, in whose family it has been for many ages. At the west-end of this ancient enclosure, situated on the point of a hill, are the remains of a strong tower, with suitable out- works ; the foundations, and part of the gateway only remaining. Its dimensions appear to have been an exact square, each side measuring fifty feet ; the ditch, in some places, is twenty- four feet deep, and five hundred feet in circumference. By whom the park was enclosed, or the tower erected, is not known ; it is commonly called " John of Gaunt's Castle," and, perhaps, was erected by that Prince, when Lord of Knares- "b rough, about the year 1371. HAVERCROFT, in the parish of Felkirk, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Barnsley, 6| from Wakefield, 9 from Pontefract. — Pop. including North or Cold-Hiendley J 89, which being united form a township. HAVERCROFT, in the township and parish of Eatley, Agbrigg- division of Agbrigg and Morley ; %\ miles from Dewsbury, 6 J from Bradford. HAWKESTONE-SLACK, 2 coils, in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 10 miles from Halifax and Burnley. (Lane.) HAWKS WORTH, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Sky- rack, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley ; (Hawksworth- Hall, the residence of George Carroll, Esq.) 4 miles from Otley, 6 from Bradford, 12 from Leeds. — Pop. 323. This place gave name and residence to a family of the highest antiquity, to which authentic records usually ascend ; and is one of the instances in which property has descended in the possession of one family from the conquest to the present time ; for it appears by a pedigree of the family, attested by the " King of Arms." in 1642, that John, the father of Walter de Hawkswokh, the first possessor of this place, came over with the Conqueror, and was killed at the battle of Hastings, where he commanded under Richard Fitzpoint, a Norman Baron, surnamed Clifford, Lord Clifford, of Clifford Castle.— It is now the pro- perty of Walter Fawkes, Esq. of Farnley, a lineal descendant of the family, and whose father resided here till 1786. The Hall is an irregular and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 5 miles from Kettlewell. HEATH-FIELD, 2/. h. in the township of Lower-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 2 miles from Pateleybridge. HEATH-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Golear, and parish of Huddersfield ; 3 miles from Huddersfield. HEATON, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley ; (Heaton-Hall, the seat of John Wilmer Field, Esq.) 2 miles from Bradford, 4| from Bingley. —Pop. 1,217. HEATON, CLECK.— See Cleck-Heaton. HEATON, EARLS, in the township of Soothill, and parish of Dewsbury, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 mile from Dewsbury, 4 from Wakefield. HEATON, HANGING, in the township of Soothill, and parish of Dewsbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 mile from Dewsbury, o from Wakefield. HEATON-HILL, scattered houses, in the township of Soothill, and parish of Dewsbury; \ a mile from Dewsbury. HEATON, KIRK.~~£ee Kirkheaton. HEATON-LODGE, in the township and parish of Kirkheaton; 3 miles from Huddersfield, HEATON-RO YDS, ham. in the township of Heaton, and parish of Bradford % %\ miles from Bradford. HEATON, UPPER, in the township and parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley ; 2| miles from Hudders- field, 11 from Wakefield. HEBDEN, in the parish of Larton, east-division and liberty of Stain- cliife ; 8 miles from Kettlewell and Pateleybridge, 12 from Skipton. Pop. 377. HEBDEN-BRIDGE, in the townships of Heptonstail. and Wads- worth, and parish of Halifax, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley ; 1\ miles from Halifax, 10 from Rochdale, (Lane.) HEBDEN-BRIDGE-LaNES, in the township of Heptonstail, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from Halifax. \V£ST-RID1NG. 311 HEBDEN-MOORSIDE, strag. coits. in the townships of Hebden and Hartlington, and parishes of Linton and Burnsall, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 7| miles fram Pateleybridge. HECK, GREAT, in the parish of Snaitb, wapentake of Osgold- cross, liberty and baiMwick of Cowick and Snaitb ; 2 miles from Snaitb, 8 from Ferrybridge, 9 from Tborne.— Pop. 228. HECK, LITTLE, 2/. h. in the township of Great Heek, and parish of Snaitb, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaitb ; 2f miles from Snaith, 7| from Ferrybridge. HECKMONDVVIKE, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Dews- burv, 7 from Wakefield, 9 from Halifax.— Pop. 2.579. HEDDINGLEY, or HEADINGLEY, in the parish and borough of Leeds, lower-division of Sky rack, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Leeds, 8 from Bradford and Otley.— Pop. including Bur- ley, 2.1 54, which being united, form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael. Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. In this village " still remains the gigantic Oak Tree, of which Thoresby modestly and ingeniously conjectured that it might have been the place of as- sembly for the wapentake, and bave occasioned the name of Skyreak, i. e. Shire Oak." HEIGHT, ham. in the township of Linthwaite, and parish of Aid- mondbury ; 3| miles from Huddersfield. HEIGHTS, CHAPEL, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; & miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) 12 from Hudderslield and Manches- ter, (Lane.) Here is a Chapel of ease to Rochdale. HELL A BY, in the township of Stainton-with-Hellaby, and parish of Stainton, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 5 miles from Rotherham, 6 from Tickhill. — Pop. included in Stainton. HELLI FIELD, in the parish of Long-Preston, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 6 \ miles from Settle, 9| from Skipton, 12| from Colne, (Lane.)— Pop. 279. About \ a mile from the village^ in the same township, is HELLIFIKLD-PEEL, the seat of James Hamerton, Esq. Hellifield Peel, stands upon a fiat, and was once, probably, surrounded by a moat. It wa> built by Lawrence Hamerton, about the 19th of Henry VT. at which time he obtained a license to fortify and embattle his manor-house of Hel- lifield. It still remains a square compact building, but of too narrow dimen- sions to accommodate the family in the splendid style in which they then lived, and therefore intended rattier as a place of retreat in cases of sudden alarm. The bouse has been modernized by the present owner. Hellifield, anciently Helgefelt, or the field of Heigh, its first Saxon posses- sor, was held by its mesne Lords of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and by them of the Percies, as chief Lords of the fee. Jn the 9th of Edward II. it appears from Kirkby's Inquisition, that Sir John de Harcourt and the Prior of St. John of Jerusalem, were joint Lords of this Manor.— Sir Stephen Hamerton, in 1537, joined the insurgents, in the great northern insurrection ; and after having availed himself of the King's pardon, revolted a second time ; after which, having been taken prisoner, he was conveyed to Londoa, and shortly after at- tainted and executed. Hellifield was, however, preserved by a settlement for the life of the widow of John Hamerton, who was mother of Sir Stephen- But 312 WEST-RIDING. Hellineld-Peel remained in the Crown till 37th Henry VITL when it was granted by that King to George Brown and his heirs, to be* held of the King incapite, for the consideration of 296/. 9s. 2d. Tn the Jrd of Elizabeth, it returned to the family again in the person of John Hamerton, Esq. ; and where it has remained ever since. The first of the name of Hamerton that occurs here,, is Richard de Hamerton, in 1170, 26th Henry U.—PVhitaker's Craven. HEMING FIELD, /. hi in the township of Wombwell, and parish ofDarfield, liberty of Tickhill ; 5 miles from Bamsley. HEMSWORTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; (Hemsworth-Hall, the seat of Sir Francis Lindley Wood, Bart.) 5| miles from Pontefract, /from Wakefield, 9 from Bamsley, 29 \ from York. — Pop. 963. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 20/. Is. 0\d. Patron, William Wrightson, Esq. Here is an Hospital for a master, ten poor men, and ten poor women, found- ed and endowed by Robert Holgate, Archbishop of York, by Will, in 1555. The master of this hospital originally was to have yearly 20 marks, and each of the brethren and sisters 3s. Ad. towards their support. Great abuses in the distri- bution of the rents by the Trustees having afterwards happened, who had "com- bined together to defraud the master, brethren, and sisters, of their lands and hereditaments,'''' — and in the granting of Leases,— Bills in Chancery were at different times filed, — the last in April, 1805, — which suit was long protracted* but on the 29th of Nov. 1816, a Decree was pronounced amply to the satisfaction of the present master, the Rev. John Simpson, whose fidelity and resolution, in steadily pursuing the rights of the hospital, deserve the highest commendation. The estates belonging to the hospital are all situate in the three Ridings of this county. The present reserved rents are nearly 2,000/. per annum. The master's share of all the revenues is one-jifth, — and the remaining four-fifths are equally divided amongst the ten brethren and ten sisters, who are each to be not under sixty years of age when elected, except in case of blindness or other great in- firmity. — Carlisle's Gram. Schools. Thus the poor pensioners have risen from a state of poverty to affluence. — The Lord Chancellor is the visitor. Here was also founded a Free Gi-ammar-School, by Robert Holgate, Arch- bishop of York, in the last year of Henry VIII. 1546, which he endowed with lands and tenements to the amount, at that time, of 24/. per annum. The pre- sent reserved rental of that part of the property which is now attached to Hems- worth School, is about 150/. besides incidental fines on renewals of Leases. The entire patronage of, and nomination to the same, is vested in the Archbishop of York, and his successors for ever. Archbishop Holgate was born at Hemsworth ; he seems to have been not less liberal in disposing of the Manors of his See, than he was in founding schools and hospitals; for it is said in one morning, he passed away to Henry VIII. thirteen Manors in Northumberland, forty in Yorkshire, six in Nottinghamshire, and eight in Gloucestershire. -Drake. In the same township and parish are HEMSWORTH-LANE-END, ham. > ' . . . ' . "' jr HEMSWORTH-LODGE,/. h. I eac * abo , u f miieS fr ° m HEMSWORTH-MARSH, ham. >. ronteiraci. HENSALL, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith ; 3 miles from Snaith, 7 from Ferrybridge. — Pop. 233. HEPTONST ALL, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Ag- brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from Halifax, 12 from Rochdale, {Lane.)— Pop. 4,543, The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Thomas a Beckett, value f 132/. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. WEST-RIDlNtf. SIS Here is a Free Grammar-School, founded by Charles Greenwood, Clerk/ Rector of Thornhill, who by Will, dated July 14, 1642, endowed it with lands and tenements, then of the annual value of 20/. The present rental is about 70/. per. annum. He also lelt rents for the founding of two Fellowship?, and two* Scholarships in the University College, Oxford, of which he had heen Fellow, — but they were unfortunately lost by the mismanagement of his Executors.— fVataon's Halifax. In a skirmish betwixt the Cavaliers and the Round-heads, during the Civil Wars of Charles 1. part of this town was burnt to the ground. HEPTONSTALL-PARK, in the township of Erring-den, and parish of Halifax, Moriey-di vision of Agbrigg and Moriey. liberty of Wakefield ; 7 miles from Halifax, 13 from Rochdale, (Lane.) Heptonstall-Park, or more properly speaking-, Erringdcn*Park-, which wa* a park appurtenant to the Forest of Sowerbyshire, or flardwick, and probably enclosed by one of the Earls Warren. This once famous park, which held sheep as well as deer, wa9 disparked 27th Henry VI. and demised to tenants at rent* amounting altogether to 24/. per annum. It is completely surrounded by the township of Sowerby ; and now constitutes the township of Erringden, and forms a part of the parochial chapolry of Heptonstall. — Watson. — W*htt.vkeY£. HEPTONSTALL-SLACK, in the township of Heptonstall, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of A gbrigg and Moriey, liberty of Wakefield ; 9 miles from Halifax, 12| from Rochdale, {Lane.) HEPWORTH, a township, in the parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg- division of Agbrigg and Moriey, liberty of Wakefield; 6\ Bailed from Huddersfield, 7 from Penistone.— Pop. 1 ,048. HERMIT-HILL, ham. in the township of Wort ley, and parish of Tankerslev; 5 miles from Barnsley, b' from Peni stone. HERRINGTHORPE, him. in the township and parish of Winston; 2 miles from Roiherhara. HESLE. a township, in the parish of W rag-by, wapentake of Osgold- cross, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield.— Pop. 139. HESLE V. s. h. in the township and parish of Rossington ; S\ miles from Bawtry, 6§ from Doncaster. HESS AY, (Ainsty) in the parish of Moor-Monkton ; 6 miles from York. 9 from Wetherbv. — Pop. 161. HESSLEDEX, NETHER, and OVER, 2f.h. in the township of Halton-Gill, and parish of Arnecliffe, liberty of Staincliffe ; 9 miles from Kettlewell, 111 from Settle. HETTOX, in the parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford 's- Fee; 4 miles from Gargrave, 6 from Skipton, 10 from Kettlewell, 13 from Settle. — Pop. including Bordley, 180, which being united form a township. HEUGH, s. h. in the township of Embsay-with-Eastby, and parish of Skipton ; 1 } miles from Skipton. HEWBY, in the township of W T eeton, and parish of Harewood ; upper-division of Claro ; 5 miles from Otley, 8 from Wetherby, 10 from Leeds. HE WICK, COPT, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, liberties of St. Peter and Ripon ; 2 miles from Ripon, 5 frpo* Borou^hbridge. — Pop. 131. HEWICK-LODGE.— See Copt- Hewick- Lodge, 2 R 311 WEST-RIDING. HEXTHORPE, in the parish and soke of Doncaster, Iower-divisioa of Strafforth and Tickbill; 1| mile from Doncaster, 10| from Ro- therham. — Pop. including Balby, 395, which being united, form a township. HIGKLETON, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; {the residence of Francis Hawksworth, Esq.) 6 miles from Doncaster, 9| from Barnsley, 10 from Rotherhara, 40 from York. Pop. 153. The church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Den- nis, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. flOO/. Patron, God- frey Wentworth Wentworth, Esq. HIENDLE Y NORTH, or COLD, ham. in the township of Haver- croft-with-Hiendley, and parish of Felkirk, liberty of Pontefract ; 7 miles from Wakefield. — Pop. included in Havercroft. HIENDLEY, SOUTH, in the parish of Felkirk, wapentake of Stain- cross, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Barnsley and Wakefield, 10 from Pontefract. — Pop. 166. H1GHAM, ham. in the township of Barugh, and parish of Darton ; 2| miles from Barnsley, 5 from Penistone. HIGH-ELLERS, 2 /. h. in the township and parish of Cantley ; 3 miles from Doncaster. HIGH-FIELD, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; (the seat of George Woodhead, Esq.) 1 mile from Sheffield. HIGH-FIELD, or FIELD-HEAD,/, h. in the township of Thur- goland, and parish of Silkston; 3 miles from Penistone. Of this place was John Charles Brooke, late Somerset Herald. He was born in 1748, and put apprentice to Mr James Kirkby, a chemist, in Bartlett's Buildings, London ; but discovering a strong turn to Heraldic pursuits^and hav- ing, by a pedigree of the Howard family, which he drew, attracted the notice of the then Duke of Norfolk, he procured him a place in the College of Arms, by the title of Rouge Croix Pursuivant, in 1775, from which, in 1778, he was ad- vanced to that of Somerset Herald. He became Member of the Antiquariaa Society in April 1775, and enriched their volumes with some curious papers ; particularly the illustrations of a Saxon inscription in Kirkdale Church ; and another in Aldborough Church, both in this county. On Feb. 3, 1794, he was suffocated with his friend Mr Pingo, of York, and many other persons, in attempting to get into the Pit at the little Theatre, Haymarket. — Gen. Btig, Diet.— Gents. Mag. vol. LXIV. HIGH-FIELD-LANES, /. h. in the township and parish of Womers- ley; 5 miles from Pontefract. HIGH-FIELD, %f. h. in the township and parish of Slaidburn; 1| mile from Slaidburn. HIGH-FLATTS, scat. h. in the township of Denby, and parish of Penistone ; 3| miles from Penistone. HIGH-GATE, /. h. in the township of Stirton-with-Thorlby, and parish of Skiptqji ; 3 miles from Skipton. HlGHGATE-LiTNE, ham. in the township of Lepton, and parish of Kirkheaton ; 4 miles from Huddersfield. HIGH-GREEN, ham. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield ; 7 miles from Sheffield, Barnsley, and Rotherham. HIGH-GREENWOOD, (the seat of William Mitchell, Esq.}— See Gretnw&od, High, WEST-RIDING. 315 HIGH-HOUSE, in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield ; J £ mile from Sheffield. HIGH-ROYD-HOUSE, (the seat of Thomas Beaumont, Esq.) in the township of Honley, and parish of Aldmondbury ; 3| miles from Huddersfield. HIGH-SUNDERLAND, s. h. in the township of Northowram, and parish of Halifax ; 1 mile from Halifax. HIGH-TOWN, in the township of Leversedge, and parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 4 miles from Dewsbury, 6 from Halifax, 9 from Wakefield. HIGH-WOODS, 2 /. k. in the township of Sawley, and parish of Ripon ; 1 mile from Pateleybridge. HILLAM, in the parish of Monk-Fryston, wapentake of Barkston- Ash ; 4 miles from Ferrybridge, 6 from Pontefract, 7 from Selby. Pop. 269. HILL-FOOT, ham. in the township of Nfether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield ; 1 mile from Sheffield. HILLS, /. h. in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; 2 miles from Sheffield. HILL-TOP, ham. in the township and parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty of Wakefield • 4 miles from Wakefield. HILL-TOP, /. h. in the township and parish of Thornhill; 7 miles from Wakefield, 8 from Huddersfield. HILL-TOP, 3 or 4 h. in the township of Shelley, and parish of Kirkburton; 6| miles from Huddersfield and Penistone. HILL-TOP, ham. in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham ; 2 miles from Rotherham. HIPPERHOLiME, i n the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Ag- brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; %\ miles from Halifax, 6| from Bradford, 11 from Dewsbury. — Pop. including Brighouse, 3,936, which being united, form a township. Here is a Free-School founded by Matthew Broadley, Esq. of London ; who, by his Will, dated the 15th of Oct. 1647, gave to his brother Isaac Broadley, of Halifax, certain tenements, &c. within the township of Hipperholme, towards the maintenance of a Free-School there : the School received a further augmen- tation, in 1671, from Samuel Sunderland, Esq. of Harden, near Bingley. The present rental is 114/. per annum. — Watson's Halifax. — Carlisle. HOBBERLEY-HOUSE, /. h. in the townships and parishes of Thornerand Barwick-in-Elmet ; 4| miles from Leeds. HOB-GREEN, s. h. in the township of Markington-with-Waller- thwaite, and parish of Ripon ; 4| miles from Ripon. HOGLEY, ham. in the township of Austonley, and parish of Ald- mondbury ; 7 miles from Huddersfield. HOLBECK, in the parish and borough of Leeds, liberty of Ponte- fract; joins to the town of Leeds by Water- Lane. — Pop. 7,151. The Chapel, of uncertain antiquity, which, in the last century, was^ repaired at an expence nearly equal to being rebuilt, is a perpetual curacy. Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. In a Bull granted by the Pope to Ralph Pagnell, who lived in the time of William the Conqueror, this Chapel is mentioned as being given by the said S10 WEST-RIDING. Ralph Pagnell, to the Priory of the Holy Trinity at York, —the date 10S9. There was a Chantry here, valued in the 37th Henry VIII. at 41. per annum. —Thobesby. HOLDEN-CLOUGH, strag. h. in the townships of Batley and Bir- stalL and parish of Batley ; 4 miles from Dewsbury. HOLDEN, or HOL LIN-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield ; 8 miles from Penistone. HOLDEN, 'in the township and parish of Bolton-by-Bolland, liberty of Stainclifie; 5 miles from Gisburn, 10 from Settle, 13 from Skipton. BOLDSWORTH, ham. in the township of Ovenden, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Halifax. HOLDSWORTH, ham. in the township of Bradfield, aud parish of Ecclesfield ; 6 miles from Sheffield. HOLDGATE, or HOLEGATE, fAinsty) in the parish of Acomb, liberty of St. Peter ; (the seat of Lindley Murray.) 1 mile from York, 8| from Tad caster.— Pop!! 83. From this village, a vast quantity of earth was dug, which composes Severns's-Hil Is.— Drake. HOLLEY-HALL, /. k. in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of Penistone ; 4 miles from Penistone. HOLL1NG, (the seal of John fFilliamson, Esq.) in the township of Kiliingbail, and parish of Ripley; 2 miles from Ripley, 3 from Harrogate, 5\ from Knaresbrough. HOLLING-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Iikley ; 8 miles from Skipton and Olley, BOLLINGS-HALL, (the seat of John Dearden, Esq.) in the town- ship of Warley, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 3 miles from Halifax. HOLLI]SS, in the township of Steefon,and parish of Keighley, liberty of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Keighley, 8 from Skipton. HOLLIN-GROVE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of ' Rochdale, (Lane.) ; 9 miles from Rochdale. JiOLLIN-HALL, (the seat of Henry Richard Wood, Esq.) in the township of Aismunderby^with-Bondgate, and parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro ; 2| miles from Ripon, 5\ from Ripley. HOLLINGTHORPE, /. h. in the township of Crigglestone, and parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty of Pontefraot; 4| miles from Wakefield, HOLME, in the parish of A Id m on d bury, Agbrig-g-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 9 miles from Huddersfield, 1 1 from Penistone. — Pop. 459. HOLME-J3PJP£E, s. h. in the township of Stirton-with-Thorlby> and parish of Skipton ; 3| miles from Skipton. JiOLM FIRTH, in the township of Wooldale, and parish of Kirk- burton, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 7 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Penistone. — Fair, October 30, for horned cattle. The Chapel is a perpetual curacy under Kirkburton, value, p. r. 123/. 2s, This is the only Chapel in the parish of Kirkburton, of the antiquity of which there is nothing known certain, but it was probably erected in the rehjft pf Edward iy,— Whitaker, WEST-RIDING. 317 HOLME-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of Keighle} r , liberty of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Keighley, 8 from Skipton. HOLME-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Fountain's- Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 3 miles from Pateleybridge. HOLMES, ham. in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham, liberty of Tickhill ; 1 1 mile from Rotherham. HONLEY, in the parish of Aldmondbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigs: and xMorley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Hudders- rieid, 12 from Penistone, 13| from Wakefield. —Pop. 3,50i. The Church is a perpetual curac5 T , value, p. r. *124/. 9s. 6d. Patron, the Vicar of Aldmondbury. HOOBER-HALL, /. h. in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and parish of VVath-upon-Dearn ; 5 miles from Rotherham. HOOBER-STAND, a Monument, in the township of Brampton-Bier- low. and parish of VVath-upon-Dearn, 4| miles from Rotherham. HOOD-GREEN, /, h. in the township of Stainbrougb, and parish of Silkston ; 3 \ miles from Barnsley . HOOBROM, in the township of Austonley, and parish of Aldmond- bury ; 8 miles from Huddersfield, 1 1 from Penistone. An ancient mansion converted into cottages. HOOD-LAND, 2 k. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone ; 2§ miles from Penistone. HOOK, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross; liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Howden, 8| from Thome, 9 from Snaith. — Pop. 363. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. John, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, p. r. t48/. 135. 4d. Patron, the Vicar of Snaith. HOOTON-LEVETT, or HIGH, in the parish of xMaltby, upper- division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (the seat of William Hoyle, Esq.) 5 miles from Tickhill, 7 from Rotherham, 9| from Bawtry. — Pop. 95. KOOTON-PAGNEL, or HUTTON-PAGNALL, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (the seat of St. Andrew IFarde, Esq.) 5| miles from Doncaster, 10 from Barnsley, 32 from York. — Pop. 326. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, %5l. 10s. %\d. Patrons, the Governors of the Free Grammar School of Wakefield, HOOTON-ROBERTS, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Straf- forth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 4| miles from Rotherham, 7 1 from Doncaster, 41 \ from York. — Pop. 190. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, %~l. 11 s. 8d. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The Hall-House here was formerly one of the principal seats of the great Earl of Strafford, who was heheaded in the reign of Charles I. It is now tho property of Earl Fitzwilliam : and occupied by three Miss Kents. HOOTON-SLADE, in the township and parish of Laughton-en-Ie- Alorthen, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of St. Peter ; (the seat of William Mirfn, Esq.) 5 miles from Tickhill, 7 1 from Rotherham. S18 WEST-RIDING, HOPE-HOUSE, (the seat of Christopher Rawson, Esq.) in the town- ship and parish of Halifax ; | of a mile from Halifax. HOPPER-LANE INN, a Posting- House, in the township and parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro ; 8 mile£ from Harro- gate, 9 from Otley and Pateleybridge, 10 from Ripley, J 1 from Knaresbrough, 13 from Skipton, 17 from Ripon. Sign, the Smiths* Arms. HOPPERTON, in the township of Allerton-Mauleverer-with-Hop- perton, and parish of Allerton-Mauleverer, upper- division of Claro; 5 miles from Wetherby, 6 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. included in Allerton-Mauleverer. HOPTON, ham. in the township and parish of Mirfield ; 3| miles from Huddersfield. HQRBURY, in the parish of Wakefield, Agbrigg-division of Ag- brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 2| miles from Wakefield, 11 from Huddersfield. — Pop. 2,475. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter. Patron, the Vicar of Wakefield. The preseat Chapel at Horhury was built in 1791, by the late Mr John Carr, a native of this place, and an eminent architect at York, at an expence of 8j»000£. leaving behind him a monument at orice of his skill and bounty. For a critique on this handsome edifice, see tVhitaker's Loidis et Elmete. HORDRON, OVER and NETHER, 2 /. h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone ; 5 miles from Penistone. HORLEY-GREEN, s. h. in the township of Northowram, and parish of Halifax ; 5 miles from Halifax and Huddersfield. A Mineral Water has been discovered here, on which a pamphlet was writ- • ten by Dr. Garnet. It appears, from his experiments, to contain a large portion of vitriolated iron, besides alum, selenite, and ochre ; and is supposed, by him, to-be the strongest Chalybeate Water ever known. — Allan's Manchester. HORNINGTON, (Ainstyj in the township and parish of Bolton- Percy ; 3 miles from Tadcaster, 9| from York. HORNTHWAXTE, /. h. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish of Penistone •, 1 mile from Penistone. HORSFORTH, in the parish of Guiseley, upper-division of Skyrack ; (New-Hall, the residence of the Rev. J. A. Rhodes) 6 miles from Leeds and Otley. — Pop. 2,824. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 731. Horsforth is a large well-built village, where the manufacturing of Woollen Cloth is carried on to a great extent. A very handsome Chapel was erected here in 1758, under the auspices of the Stanhope family, descendants of John Stanhope, joint purchaser of the Manor of Horsforth, in the time of Elizabeth. The Ab- bot of Kirkstall had much land in this township. On the lofty ridge of Billinge, near here, says Dr. Whi taker, " was found, about the year 1780, a valuable re- main of British antiquity. This was a torques of pure and flexible gold, per- fectly plain, and consisting of two rods, not quite cylindrical, but growing thicker towards the extremities, and twisted together. Its intrinsic value was 18/. sterling. 1 HORSHOLD, ham. in the township of Erringden, and parish of Halifax ; 9 miles from Halifax. ' HORSTENLE Y.— See Austonley. HORTON-IN-RIBJBLESDALE, a parish-town, in the wapentake qi Ewcross*, 5| miles from Settle, 16 from Kirby-Lousdale, WEST-RIDING. 319 fWestm.) 191 from Askrigg, 62 from York.— Pop. 558. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Oswald, or Thomas a Beckett, in the deanry of Craven, value, p. r. f55l. This parish lays in Ribblesdale, whose beauties may be said to expire at Horton ; stretching along the valley about eight miles from north to south, and from the skirts of Ingleborough to the summit of Pennigent, in the opposite direction, it contains within its limits the source of the Ribble and the Wharf, and is enclosed between two of the most distinguished mountains in the island. Here is a Free Grammar-School, founded about the year 1725, by John Armitstead, gentleman, — who endowed it with land and money, with which estates were purchased by the then Trustees. The present rental is ISQL per annum, but is capable of increase. The school is open to the boys of the parish indefinitely, free of expence. They are admitted at any age, and may remain until they nave finished their classical education. — Carlisle. The late Rev. G. Holden, L. L. D. who held the advowson of the Church, and died Feb. 1821, in the 64th year of his age, was master of this school for forty years, during which period he educated a greater number of Clergymen for the establishment, than most men in a similar situation. He was a man of high classical and mathematical attainments. — Gents. Mag. HORTON, in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 8 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 9 from Skipton, 10 from Settle.— Pop. 187. HORTON, in the parish of Bradford, Moriey-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (Horton-House, the seat of Mrs Sharpe) 2 miles from Bradford, 6^ from Halifax. — Pop. 7,192. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, £44/. Patron, the Vicar of Bradford. HORTON, LITTLE, in the township of Horton, and parish of Bradford, Moriey-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of Francis Sharp Bridges, Esq.) 1 mile from Bradford, 7 from Halifax. Here, Abraham Sharpe, a philosopher and mechanist, and an excellent cal- culator resided, where his great variety of mechanical instruments had beea hcarded up, with care, by his descendants, for years ; but now, 1817, in danger, says Dr. Whitaker, of being lost, as well as his MSS. without being known to the public. He died in 1742, — aged 92. Dr. Whitaker says, on inserting the epitaph u of the indefatigable mathe- matician, Mr Abraham Sharpe; that Ludolph Van Ceulen, a Dutchman, com- puted the quadrature of the circle to 136 places of decimals, and had the process inscribed upon his tomb. Our countryman far (but I forgot how far) surpassed him, yet has a much shorter epitaph. The long duration of his life proves that the pursuits of abstract science have no necessary tendency to exhaust the con~ stitution." HOTHEROYD, or HODDEROYD, ham. in the township ofSouth- fliendley, and parish of Felkirk; 5 miles from Barnsley. Hodderoyd-Hall was formerly the residence of the Monckton family, an- cestors of the present Lord Galwav. HOUGHTON-CHAPEL.— See Gisburn-Forest. HOUGHTON, or GLASS-HOUGHTON, in the parish of Castleford, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Pontefract, 3 from Ferrybridge, 9 from Wakefield. — Pop. 412. HOUGHTON, GREAT* in the parish of Uarfield, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; (Houghton- Hall, the seat of Rhodes Milnes, Esq.) 7 \ miles from Doncaster, 8 from Barnsiey. — Pop, 287. Here is a private Presbyterian Chapel, belonging to the Milnes's family. 320 WEST-RIDiNG# HOUGHTON, LITTLE, in the parish of DarfieMy lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 7 miles from Harnsley, 8 from Doncas~ ter.— Pop. 112. ; HOUSLEY-HALL, s. h 4 in the township and parish of Ecciesfield ; 6 \ miles from Sheffield and Barnsley. Housley-Hall appears to have derived its name from a family of Hous^ ley, who resided here in the early part of the reign of' Henry VI.— Hunter's Hallamshire. HOWBROOK, ham. in the township of Wortley, and parish of Tankersley, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Barnsley. HOWG1LL, in the township and parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of Ewcross; (the seat of A. Wilkinson, Esq.) 1§ mile from Sedbergh, 6| from Dent, S| from Kendal, (fVestm.) The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Kirby-Lonsdale* diocese of Chester, value, p. r. f69. Patron, the Vicar of Sedbergh. Here is a small endowed Grammar-School. HOWGILL, ham. in the township of Rimiugton, and parish of Gisburn, liberty of Stainclifre ; 3 miles from Gisburn. HOWGILL, in the township of Barden, and parish of Skipton y east-division of Staincliffe; 7 \ miles from Skipton, 13 from Pate- leybridge, 16| from Knaresbrough. HOWLEY-HALL, in the township and parish of Batley ; 3| miles from Dewsbury. This place, now a mere ruin, was for several generations the magnificent seat of an illegitimate branch of the Savilles. It was built upon a fine command- ing situation, by Sir John Savile, afterwards Baron Savile, of Pontefract, and finished in 1590, but received considerable additions from his son, the first Earl of Sussex, of that name. Camden, who saw the house when new, calls it cedes eleeuntissimas. — This, with several considerable Lordships, went from the Saviles to the Brudenels. Tradition reports, that Rubens visited Lord Savile., and painted for him a view of Pontefract. Howley was held for the King, in 1643, and stormed and plundered by the opposite party, which occasioned a memorial from the owner, Thomas, Lord Savile. See Whitaker's Loidis et Ehnete, where is given an elevation of Howley- Hall, as it appeared when entire, and two other views, and other interesting, par- ticulars.— Whitaker. — Camden. HO W-HILL.— See Michael How-Hill. HO WORTH-HALL, s.h. in the township of Brindsworth, sand parish of Rotherham; 2| miles from Rotberham. HOWRO YD, {the seat of Thomas Horton, Esq.) in the township of Barkisland, and parish of Halifax ; 6 miles from Halifax and Huddersfield. HOYLAND, HIGH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Penistone, 6| from Barnsley, 9 from Wakefield, 37 from York.— Pop. 268. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to Ail-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, in two medieties, each, £5/. 3s. Ad. Patrons, Colonel and Mrs Beaumont. Anciently these two medieties had separate Patrons, and separate Rectors j each Incumbent having distinct parsonage-houses, glebe6, tithes, &c. and per- formed the duty alternately. Col. and Mrs Beaumont having purchased the advow3on of the second mediety of the Earl of Mexborough, in 181 lj there has- been but one incumbent since. I^ST-RIDINCU S2l HOYLAND, NETHER, in the township of Uppei-ttoyland, and parish of Wafh-upon-Deam, liberty of Tiekhill; 5| miles from Barnsley, 6^ from Rotherhara. HOVLAND-SVVAINE, in the parish of Silkston, wapentake of Staineross, liberty of Pontefraet ; 2 miles from Penistone, 6| front Barnsley, ] i from Huddersfield.— Pop. 738. HO YL AND, UPPER, in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearn, Upper-* division of Straftbrth and Tiekhill, liberty of Tiekhill; 5 mileg from Barnsley, 7 from Rotherham, 10 from Sheffield. — Pop* 1,229. Here js a Chapel to Wath, value, p. r. 9SL Ss. HUBBERHOLME, s. k. in the township of Buekden, and parish of Arnecliff, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles froni Kettleweil, 15 from Settle, 17 from Leyburn. The Chapel is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael, value, p. r. t46/* Is* Patron, the Vicar of Arneclitfe. This Chapel bears marks of very high antiquity. , Several Norman Arched remain entire, thongh the square piers of some of them were drest away to' slender octagons, when the chapel underwent a general repair,- which seems to have been about the reign of Henry VIIT. The steeple is of the same period^ if cot still later. Over the entrance of the chancel is an entire and curious rood- loft of oak, very handsomely wrought, and painted with broad red lines. On the front of which is the date 1558. This is a sequestered and interesting plaee, situated on the northern bankg of the Wharf, shaded by tall trees on the east, and overhung by a steep and lofty wood beyond. Few scenes are better adapted to quiet and contemplation.—^' Hist. Craven. HUDDERSFIELD, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefraet ; 8 miles from Halifax and Dewsbury, J2| from Penistone, 13 from Wakefield, 14 froM Bradford, J 6 from Leeds, 18 from Barnsley, 24 from Manchester^ (Lane.) 39 from York, 189 from London. — Market, Tuesday, for woollen-cloth, provisions, &e. — Fairs, May 14 and \5, and October 4, for pedlary-ware, &c— Bankers, Old Bank ? Messrs* Dobson and Sons, draw on Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co* 2, White-Hart Court, Cracechurch-Street ;• Messrs. Buckley* Roberts, and Co. draw on Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co. 43, Lothbury ; Mr Sbakespear G. Sikes,drawson Messrs. Frysand Chap- man, Mi Id red's- Court, Poultry; Messrs. J* W, and C. Rawson, and Co. draw on Jones, Loyd, and Co. 43, Lothbury.— Principal Inns, Rose and Crown, George Inn, Swan with two Necks, Pack Horse, and Ramsden-Arras, — Fop. 13,284. The Cbnrcb is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Pontefraet, value, +7/. ]3s. id. Patron, Sir John Ramsden, Bart. Huddersfield, derived from Hoder or Plodder, the first Saxon planter of thtf place, stands on the river Colne, which rising near the source of the Don, above" Holme Frith, falls into the Calder, near Nunbrooh. Of the valley immediately formed by this stream, and of the small collateral gullies which fall into its coursey with a very small quantity of level grotmd upon its banks, the parish of Hudders' field is formed. For the antiquary we arc not aware that Huddersfield has any one thing of interest to offer. At the time Doomsday-book was compiled, it ba 2 3 322 WEST-RIDING. and the parish-church erected and endowed under the influence of one of the earlier Lacies ; and, that, by one of them it was given, and afterwards appro~ priated to the Priory of Nostel. Sir John Ramsden, Bart, is now owner of the whole of Huddersfield, with the exception of two or three houses, who, some years past, granted building leases renewable every twenty years, on payment of two years ground rent. At what time the present family of Ramsden became seized of the Manor, we are not informed, but it is certain that John Ramsden, Esq. of Byrom, had a grant of a market at Huddersfield, by patent, dated Nov. 1, 23 Charles II. Sir John Ramsden, Bart, the Patron of the town, in 1765, built an excellent cloth hall for the accommodation of the manufacturers. It is divided into streets, the stalls and benches of which are generally filled with cloths. The doors are open early every Tuesday morning, the market day, and closed at half-past twelve o'clock at noon ; and are again opened at three in the afternoon, for the removal of cloth, &c. Sir John Ramsden also added to the facility of inland navigation, by cutting a Canal to Huddersfield, which bears his name : it branches from the Calder na- vigation at Cooper Bridge, is brought up to the King's Mills, at Huddersfield, where it joins the Huddersfield Canal on the south-end of the town, thereby affording a direct communication both east and westward, and ultimately to any part of the kingdom, which is of the greatest importance to the town. The trade of Huddersfield comprises a large share of the clothing trade in this county, par- ticularly of the finer articles. These consist of broad and narrow cloths, fancy cloths, as elastics, beveretts, serges, kerseymeres, and various other Woollen articles. The highest officer is a constable, who, with his depnty, is yearly chosen at the court held at Michaelmas, at Almondbury, the Manor of which also belongs Sir John Ramsden.— IVhitaker's Loidis et Elmete. — Allan's Manchester. The Church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was erected at a sum of not less than 12,000/. by B. Haigh Allan, Esq.— See Greenhead. Huddersfield, amongst other charitable institutions, has a Dispensary, estab- lished in 1814 ; and a National School in 1819, both supported by subscriptions. HUDDLESTON, in the parish of Sherburn, wapentake of Bark- ston-Ash ; 4 miles from Ferrybridge, 6 from Pontefract, 7 from Tadcaster* — Pop. including Lumby, 184, which being united form a township. Huddleston-Hall, formerly the seat of Sir Edward Hungate, Bart, is now reduced to a farm house. HUGH-GREEN, scat. h. in the township of Birstwith. and parish of Hampsthwaite ; 3| miles from Ripley. HULLENEDGE, s. h. in the township of Elland-with-Greetland. and parish of Halifax ; 3 miles from Halifax. HUMBURTON.— See North-Riding. Pop. part of, returned in Aldborough parish, 23,— North, 120,— total, 143. HUNDG ATE, ham. in the township of Sawley, and parish of Ripon ; 5 miles from Ripon, 7 from Pateley bridge. HUNDILL-HALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Ackworth. liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Pontefract. HUNGER-HILL, 3/. h. in the township and parish of Mirfield ; 7 miles from Huddersfield. HUNGER-HILL, /. h. in the township and parish of Bolton-by- Bolland, liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Gisburn. This was, for many generations, the residence of the Walkers ; and now of Edward King, Esq. Vice-Chaneellor of the duchv of Lancaster. HUNGER-HILL, s. h. in the township of Bradiield, and parish of Ecclesfiekl -, 9 miles from Sheffield, 9| from Bamsley. HUNSLETT, in the parish and borough of Leeds, Morley-divislon of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; If mile from WEST-KIDIXG. 323 Leeds, 7| from Wakefield. — Pop. 8,171. The Church is a per- petual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, value, p. r. J 40/. Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. Here was formerly a seat of the Gascoignes and the Nevils ; who had a Manor-house and Park here. Wiiliam the Conqueror gave this manor to Ilbert de Laci, (and not to Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel and Shrewsbury, as mentioned by Thoresby.) The attainder of Sir John Nevil, for the rebellion of the year 1570, and the consequent dispersion of his estates into small parcels, were the means of extending the woollen manufacture both here and in the parish of Birstal. Population at Hunslet increased accordingly, and in about sixty years began to require the accommodation of a Chapel. This was erected and endowed in 1636, and about the year 1744, extended to about twice the original dimensions. — Whitaker. HUNSLETT-LANE, in the township of Hunslett, and parish of Leeds, extends from Leeds to Hunslett. HUNSHELF, a township, in the parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Penistone, 7 from Barnsley, 10 from Sheffield. — Pop. 436. HUNSHELF-BANK, ham. in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of Penistone ; 3| miles from Penistone. HUNSINGORE, a parish-town, in the upper-division ofCJaro; 4 miles from Wetherby, 6^ from Knaresbrough, 14 from York. — Pop. 237. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, 51. lis. 3\d. Patron, Sir Henry Goodricke, Bart. In the Manor of Halsingoure, 20 William I. Erneis de Bzintn, a Norman Chief, had five carucates, and three oxgangs, of taxable land; nine villeins, three bordars, and three ploughs ; wood land, two furlongs long, and one broad, va- lued, in the whole, at 50s. After which, this Manor became part of the posses- sions of the Knights Templars. Since the suppression of that order, this, with several other estates hereabouts, have belonged to the family of Goodricke ; whose ancient seat was at this place, situated on a mound ; the sides of which were cut into terraces, rising near ten feet above each other ; here were four of these terraces, above which, on a ilat area, (where, a few years since, several reliques of antiquity were found) stood the Mansion, commanding a very extensive prospect. Tradition says, this house was destroyed in the civil wars of Charles I. which is very probable, as it is well known Sir John Goodricke took a very active part on the side of royalty, in those perilous times,— -Hist. Knares- brough. HUNSWORTH, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Ag- brigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Halifax, 5 from Bradford.— Pop. 870. HUNTWICK-GRANGE, /. h. in township of Purston-Jacklin, and parish of YVragby, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 \ miles from Pon- tefract, 6 \ from Ferrybridge. HURLEFIELD, ham. in the township and parish of Handsworth; 3\ miles from Sheffield. HURST, COURTNEY, in the parish of Birkin, wapentake of Barkston- Ash, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Selby and Snaith, 9 from Pontefract. — Pop. 145. HURST, GPEEN, ham. in the township and parish of EcclesSeld ; 7 miles from Sheffield. HURST, TEMPLE,- See Temple-Hurst. S24 WEST-RIDING. HUSTEADS, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- dale, (Lane.) \ of a mile from Dobcross. U URTLEPOT, in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Thorn- ton-in-Lonsdale, wapentake of Ewcross ; 3 miles from Ingleton, JP from Kirby-Lonsdale, (JVestm.) 13 from Settle. Hnrtlepot, in Chapel-le-dale, is a round deep Cavern, between thirty and forty yards in diameter, surrounded with rocks almost on all sides, between thirty and forty feet perpendicular, above a deep black water. Round the top of this horrid place are trees, which grow secure from the axe ; their branches almost meet in the. centre, and spread a gloom over a chasm dreadful enough of itself, without being heightened with additional appendages. Large black trout are frequently caught in the night by the neighouring people. — Tour to the Caves. fJUSTH WAITE, (the seat of J. Bland, Esq.) in the township and parish of Silkston ; 4 miles from Penistone, 5 § from Barnsley t HUT-GREEN, ham. in the township of Egbrough, and parish of Kellington ; 6 miles from Snaith. JIUTTON-WANESLEY, fAinsty) in the parish of Long-Marston ; 7 wiles from Tadcaster, 8 from Wetherhy and York.-—Pop, 125, JCKERING-GILL, s. h. in the township of Beamsjey, and parish ©i Skipton ; 6| miles from Skipton. This place was anciently the residence of the ancestors of the present Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart, still his property. JCKI^ES, ham. in the township of Brindswortb, and parish of Rotherham ; 1 mile from Rotherham, 5 from Sheffield. JPLE, in the parish of Calverley, Morley -division of Agbrigg and JMorley, liberty of Pontefract; 3| miles from Bradford, 6 from Otley, 9 from Leeds. — Pop. 4,666, The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. fl09J. 5s. Patron, the Vicar of Calverley, JLKLE Y, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Skyrack ; 6 miles from Otley and Keighley, 9 from Skipton, 34 from York.r— Pop, 496. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Craven, value, £7/, 135. 9c?. p. r. f56l. Is. 6d. Patron, George Hartley, Esq. This is a very ancient town, and known to antiquaries as the Olicana of the Romans 5 it was built in Severus's time, by Virius Lupus, Legate, and Propraetor pf Britain, as appears from an inscription dug up near the Church, and given in Carnden's Britan ;— - IM. SEVERVS. AVG. ET ANTONINVS CES. DESTINATVS RESTITVERVNT, CV-~ RANTE VI RIO LVPO, LEG. EORVM PR. PR. That the first Cohort of the Lingonps quartered here, is also attested by an old ^Altar which Camden saw here, inscribed by the Captain of the first Cohort of the Lingones to Verbeia, perhaps the Goddess of the river Wharf. This Altar, by a long and unfortunate exposure to the weather, is become illegible, and is at JVfiddleton Lodge, The fortress itself, of which the outline on three sides is very entire, was placed on a steep and lofty bank, having the river Wharf on the porth, and the deep channel of a brook immediately on the east and west. The §guthern boundary seems to have coincided with the present street, a»d the hall WEST-RIDING. 325 *nd parish-church were evidently included within it. The foundations of the fortress bedded in indissoluble mortar, are very conspicuous, and remains of Roman brick, glass, and earthenware, every where appear on the edges of the brow. Olicana had its summer camps and out-posts, which appear on the surround- ing heights at Castleberg, near to which has been found an urn with ashes ; and a massy key of copper, nearly two feet in length; which had probably been the key of the gates;— Counter/iill, and Woof a Bank: at Couuterhill are two en- campments, on different sides of the hill ; one in the township of Addingham, and the other in the parish of Kildwick. When the area of Woofa Bank was broken up, it was found to contain great numbers of rude fire-places, constructed of stone, and filled with ashes. A few years ago, a sepulchral inscription wa9 discovered in a garden wall at Ilkley, by the Rev. Mr Carr, in whose possession it now remains, commemo- rating the death of Pudens Jesseus. The Church contains nothing remarkable, but the tomb of Sir Adam de Mid- dleton, mentioned by Camden, which, though it has been repeatedly displaced for the successive interments of the family, is yet entire. Dr. Whitaker sup- poses, that the three ancient Saxon Crosses, wrought in frets, scrolls, knots, &c. which Camden conjectured to be Roman, were early objects of religious reverence, and to have some allusion to the mystery of the Holy Trinity. — Camdjex. — Whitaker, This village is much frequented during the summer months, for the benefit of its cold Bath, near the village, which has proved highly beneficial in relaxed and scrofulous cases. Dr. Hunter published an Analysis of the Water in 1820. Here is a Free Grammar-School, built by the parishoners, and endowed in 1601, hy George Marshall, late of Ilkley ', also in 1701, by Reginald Heber, Esq. of the Inner Temple, London. ILLING WORTH, in the township of Ovenden, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; %\ miles from Halifax, 7 from Bradford. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, p. r. 1135/. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. The Glebe-House has been occupied time immemorial as an Ale- House. Here was born, in 1705, David Hartley, a Physician of eminence. He first began to practise Physic at Newark, in Nottinghamshire. Afterwards set- tled in London, and next removed to Bath, where he died in 1757. Dr. Hart- ley was the author of some Tracts on Mrs Stephens' Medicine for the Stone, which he recommended ; but he is best known by his Metaphysical Work, entitled " Observations on Man, his Frame, his Duty, and his Expectations," 2 vol?, 8vo. London, 1749.— Watson's Halifax.— Bio g. Diet. ILLIONS, 2 or 3 cotts. in the township of Thurlston, and parish of Penistone; 3 miles from Penistone. INGBIRCHWORTH, in the parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 2| miles from Penistone, 8 from Bnnisley, 11 \ from Huddersfield. — Pop. 367. INGLEBROUGH-HILL, in the wapentake of Staincliffe, and near Settle. Its perpendicular height above the level of the sea, according to a late trigo« nometrical survey, in 2361 feet ; the top is plain and horizontal, being almost a mile round, and having the ruins of a wall that once included the whole area, with the remains of a beacon and watch-house. In time of wars, insurrections, and tumults, and particularly during the incursions of the Scots, a fire was made on this beacon, to give the alarm to the inhabitants of the surrounding- country. This mountain is the first land that sailors descry in their voyage from, Publin to Lancaster, though nearly thirty miles distaotfrom the sea. The stone, OB the summit, aud for a great way down its sides, is of a sandy gritty sort ; but 32Q WE ST- RIDING. the base ia one continued rock of limestone, full of petrifactions, resembling the arms of the Star-Fish. INGERTHORPE, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Ripon ; 4 miles from Ripon, 8 from Knaresbrough.— Pop. 44. INGTHORPE-GRANGE, (the seat of J. Baldwin, Esq.) in the township of East and West-Marton, and parish of East-Marton ; 6 miles from Skipton. Ingthorpe, now Ingthorpe- Grange, was a Grange to Bolton Priory, and having been granted to the first Earl of Cumberland, in 1542, was sold by his grandson to the Baldwyns, in which family it still continues. Here the Canons aeem to have had a small Cell and Chapel ; for a Basso Relievo, in white marble, was found here some years ago ; the subject of which seems to have been the appre- hension of Christ, and Peter drawing his sword.— Whitakek. INGLETON, in the parish of Low-Bentbara, wapentake of Ew- cross; 7 miles from Kh by- Lonsdale, (fVestm.) 10 from Settle, 18 from Lancaster, 20 from Askrigg. — No Market. — • Fair. Nov. 17, for horned cattle. — Principal Inns, Bay Horse, and Wheat- Sheaf. — Pop. 1,302. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Kirby-Lonsdale, value, p.r. -fll-6/. Patron, the Rector of Bentham. Ingleton is pleasantly situated on a natural mount, yet at the bottom of a rale, near the conflux of two rivers, over which are thrown two handsome arches. The church-yard commands a fine view of the vale of Lonsdale, almost as far as Lancaster. Ingleton is u hus noticed by Barnaby in his Journal : — Pirgus inestfann,fanum sub acumine collis t CoUis ab elatis, actus auctus aquis. The poor man's box is in the temple set, Church under bill, the hill by waters beat. In the neighbourhood of Tngleton are many objects worthy the attention of admirers of romantic scenery, as Thornton Scar ; Thornton Force, a curious Fall of Water ; Raven Ree, a rock promontary, near forty yards high, almost covered with evergreens.— Guide to the Caves. INGLETON-FELL.— See Chapel-le-Dale. INGMAN-LODGE, s. h. in the township and parish of Horton; 1 1 miles from Settle. INGMANTHORPE, ham. in Ihe township and parish of Kirk- Deighton; (the seat of Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq.) 3 miles from Wetherby, 7 from Knaresbrough, 12| from York. This was anciently part of the possessions of the Barons Trusbuts ; from whom it descended to Lord Ross, and was the principal residence of the descend- ants of that noble family, for many generations. Here was a Chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, in which Sir Robert Ross was interred on the 21st of January, 1392. The site of the house, gardens, and parish of Fewston ; 6 miles from Otley. JENN ETT'S-CA VE.— See Malham. JOHNNY-MOOR, LONG, ham. in the township and parish of Thome ; 3 miles from Thorne, 11 from Howden. JUNCTION, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- dale, (Lane.) 4 miles from Dobcross, 14 from Huddersfield. Here is an Inn, called the Junction-Inn, Sign, Post-Chaise. K KAYLEY-HALL, /. h. in the township of Pool, and parish of Otley ; 3 miles from Otley. KEASDEN-LANE, scat. h. in the township and parish of Clapham ; 7 miles from Settle. KEREB.Y, in the parish of Kirkby overblow, upper-division of Claro ; 5 miles from Wetherby, 8 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. including Netherby, 226, which being united, form a township. KEB-ROYD, (the seat of Walker Priestley, Esq.) in the township of Soyland, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Halifax, 12 from Rochdale, (Lane.) KEB-COTE, or KIRBY-COT, p. h. in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax ; 10 miles from Burnley, 12 from Halifax. KEIGHLEY, a market and parish-town, in the east-division of Staineliffe, liberty of Clifford 's-Fee; 4 miles from Bingley. 10 from Bradford and Skipton, 12 from Otley and Halifax, 12| from Colne, {Lane.) 40 from York, 209 from London. — Market, Wed- nesday. — Fairs, May 8, for horned cattle and horses; 9 and 10, for pedlary-ware, November 7, for horned cattle, horses, and sheep ; and 8 and 9, for pedlary-ware. — Principal Inns, Devon- shire Arms, and King's Arms Pop. 9,223. The Church is a rec- tory, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Craven, value, 21/. 0s. l\d. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire; This is a considerable market-town, at the north-western extremity of the manufacturing district. It is situated in a deep valley, within three or four hundred yards of the south-west bank of the river Are, over which there is a stone bridge. The town is tolerably well built, almost wholly of stone, the in- habitants of which derive their support from the cotton, linen, and worsted manufactures, which are carried on here with great spirit and industry. The manufacture of worsted may be considered as the staple trade of Keighley ; large quantities of which are sold at Bradford and Halifax. The purchasers are chiefly Leeds merchants. The town is supplied with water from two springs, under the regulations of an Act of Parliament, obtained in 1816. Here is a Gram mar-School founded by John Drake, in the year i7l5 — 16, for the parish of Keighley, to teach Latin, Greek, and Englieb, grammatically. It is now chiefly English. Keighley gave name to a family of that name, one of whom, Henry Keighley, interred here, procured from Edward I. for this, his Manor, the " privileges of a market, a fair, and a free warren, &c." The male issue, in right line of this family, ended in Henry Keighley, one of whose daughters and co-heirs married William Cavendish, then Baron Cavendish of Hardwicke ; and brought with her this manor and estate in which family it has remained ever since, being now the property of Lord George Cavendish. 328 WEST-RIDING* The Church of Keighley was given at a very early period, to the Priof and Canons of Bolton, by Ralph de Kighley : it was never appropriated : and after the dissolution of Monasteries the advowson was granted, inter alia, to Henry, Earl of Cumberland, 33 Henry VIII. In the north aisle, belonging to Riddles- den Hall, are two ancient gravestones, eaeh of which has a cross, and one a sword, and two shields of arms; the higher nearly effaced; the lower charged with a cross fleury, and circumscribed, GILBERTUS KYGHLAY DE UTLAY ET MARGARIA UXOR EP. A>0 D>M> MXXIIL In 1710, this church was modernised and made uniform ; the body of the church by the parish, and the choir by Mr Gale, the Rector, cousin-german to Dr. Thomas Gale, Dean of York, father of the learned Roger Gale, of Scruton. Camden. — Whitakbr. The present church was built in 1805. KELLBROOK, in the township and parish of Thornton, east-divi- sion and liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 miles from Colne, (Lane.) 3 from Skipton, 10 from Burnley, (Lane.) KELLINGLEY, ham. in the township of Beaghall, and parish of Kellington, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Pontefract. KELLINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; t miles from Pontefract and Snaith, 21 from York. — Pop. 283. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St, Edmund, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, £9/. 8s. ll|c? # Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. KENDALL-GREEN, seat. h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Dariield ; 2 miles from Barnsley. KERESFORTH-HILL, /. h. in the township of Barnsley, and parish of Silkston, liberty of Pontefract ; 1 1 mile from Barnsley. KERSHALL, /. h. in the township of Arthington, and parish of Addle ; 4 miles from Harewood. KESWICK, EAST, a township, in the parish of Harewood, lower- division of Skyrack ; 3 miles from Harewood, 3| from Wetherby, 9 from Leeds.— Pop. 296. KESWICK, DUN, in the parish of Harewood, upper-division of Claro ; 7 miles from Wetherby, 8| from Knaresbrough, 9| from? Leeds. — Pop. 257. KETTLESING, ham. in the township of Felliseliffe, and parish of Hampsthwaite; h\ miles from Ripley, 8| from Knaresbrough. KETTLESING-HEAD, ham. in the township of Felliscliffe, and parish of Hampsthwaite ; 2| miles from Hopper- lane Inn. KETTLETHORPE-HALL, (the seat of Joseph Charlesworth. Esq.} in the township of Crigglestone, and parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty of Wakefield ; 2| miles from Wakefield, 7| from Barnsley. KETTLE WELL, a market and parish-town, in the east-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 14 miles from Hawes, 14 \ from Askrigg, 15 from Middleham and Settle, 16 from Skipton, Pateley bridge, and JLeyburn, 48 from York, 233 from London. — Market, Thursday. —Fairs, July 6, for pedlary ware; Sept. 2, and Oct. 23, for sheep. — Principal Inns, Masons 7 Arms, Blue Bell, King's Arms,, and Race Horses. — Pop. including Starbottom, 663. The Church, rebuilt in 1820, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry WEST-RIDING* 3§0 of Craven, value, $51. p. r, 6\L 0s t 9cL Patron, the ftev* George Coates. The Church at Kettlewell, which was of high antiquity, probably not late* than Henry I. ha9 been pulled down, and a new one in 1820, erected on its site, on the same plan, only a few yards longer. Kettlewell is situated at the foot of a very steep hill, hi a narrow part of \Vharfdale, and although the village is large, the buildings are very mean — In the year 1686, this town and Starbottom were nearly destroyed by & violent flood. The situation of these towns is under a large hill, from whence the rain descended with great violence for one hour and a half, at thd same time, the hill on one side opening, and casting up water to a prodigious height, demolished several houses, and filled others with gravel to the chamber 1 windows ; the affrighted inhabitants fled for their lives, and the loss was computed at many thousand pounds.— Magna Brit. KEXBROUGH, in the parish of Dartdn, wapentake of Staincross$ liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Barnsiey, 5| from Penistone, S\ from Wakefield.— Pop. 440. KEXMOOR, ham. in the township of Greweithorpe, ancf parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 2 miles from Kirkbymalzeard, 6 from Mashamu'ssione)'s' Report. KIRKBY-MALHAMDALE, a parish-town, in the west-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 6 miles from Settle, (by the Post-Road, 1 1 miles.) 9 from Skipton, 10 from Kettlewell, 1 1 from Gisbura, 50 from York. — Pop. 204. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. James, in the deaDry of Craven, value,, 61. 13s. 4d. p. r. f43/. 10.5. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. This place is situated in a deep Gill, upon a small beck, near the river Air. The Church is a large, handsome, and uniform building, probably of the age of Henry VI 1. In the chapel, at the east end of the south aisle, is a mural monu- ment, with the arms of Lambert. It is to the memory of John Lambert, of Calton Hall, son and heir to Major-Gen. Lambert, and the last male heir, in whom that ancient family of the Lamberts, in a line from the Conqueror, is now extinct. This Church belonged to the Abbey of West Dereham till the dissolution ; the Monks of which Abbey had a Cell here in the reign of Edward II. It appears to have been garrisoned for the Parliament, by the first of the family of Kings of Skelland, who came out of Westmoreland. — Hist. Craven. Here is a School, supposed to be founded by one of the Lamberts of Calton, originally for Latin only, but of late years the Master has introduced English ; it is endowed with about 20/. per annum, arising chiefly out of rents of lands at Kirkby-Malhamdale and Hanlith, and money in the funds, left by Mrs Nelsoa of Calton . KIRKBY-OVERBLOW, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; {the seat of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Marsham) 5\ miles from Wetherby, 6| from Knaresbrough. 20 \ from York. — Pop. includ- ing Swindon, 370, which being united, form a township. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 20/. Is. Q\d. Patron, the Earl of Egremont. Kirkby-Overblow, the orthography of which is Kirkby- Ore-Blowers, from its being within the vicinity of an Iron Forge. — Thoresby. This village is situated upon an eminence on the north bank of the Wharfe. Here is a small School for six poor children ; the land originally appropri- ated to the support of which, consists of eleven acres. KIRKBY, SOUTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgold- cross, liberty of Pontefract ; 8 miles from Pontefract, 9 from Barnsley, 10 from Doncaster, 11 from Wakefield, 31 from York. — Pop. 633. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, va)ue ? £15/. 10s. 2|o?. Patron, the Rev, George Allott. 034 WEST-RIDING, KIRK-GILL, 2 or 3/. h. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arnecliffe, liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Kettlewell. KIRK-HOUSE GREEN, a few scat. h. in the township and parish of Kirk-Bramwith, liberty of Pontefraet ; 6 miles from Thome. KIRKLEES-HALL, (the seat of Sir George Armitage, Bart.) in the township of Hartishead-with-Clifton, and parish of Dew3bury, Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 4 1 miles from Huddersfield, 6 from Halifax, 12 from Leeds. This place is memorable, on account ofa Nunnery founded here in the reign of Henry II. for Benedictine Nuns. After the dissolution, the site and demesnes about the house, were granted to the Ramsdens. In the 1st of Elizabeth, it be- came the property of the Piikintons, and in the 8th of the same reign, was alien- ated by Robert Pilkinton to John Armitage, and in this family it has continued to the present day. The site of the Priory appears to have been inhabited by the family during the rest of Elizabeth's reign, and an uncertain portion of that of King James, when, as appears from his arms in the hall, they removed to their present more airy and conspicuous situation. The situation of this Nunnery was in a warm and fertile bottom, on the verge of a deep brook to the south, and on an elevation just sufficient to protect the house from inundations. A square depression in the ground distinctly marks the cloister court, nearly thirty yards square. North of this was the body of the Church, and eighteen yards or thereabouts, to the east, are the tombs of Elizabeth de Stainton, and another protected by iron rails, immediately eastward from which, the choir has evidently terminated. The nave, transept, and choir, must have been at least 150 feet long. Kirkleesis also famous for being the sepulture of the renowned Robin Hood, an out-law and free-booter, who lived in the beginning of the thirteenth century, and who, according to tradition, was suffered to bleed to death by one of the Nuns, to whom he had applied to be bled. The spot pointed out for the place of his interment, is beyond the precint of the Nunnery, and therefore not in conse- crated ground.— fVhitaker's Loidis et Elmete. The following inscription over his remains, preserved by Dr. Gale, Dean of York, Thoresby says, was " scarce legible," and Dr. Whitaker seems to think spurious. " Hear, undernead dis Iatil stean, Laiz Robert, Earl of Huntington; Nea arcir vir as him sa geud, An pipl kauld him Robin Heud ; Sick utlawz az hi, an iz men, Vil Inglande nivr si agent Obit. 24, KaL Dekembris, 1247." A statue of this renowned free-booter, large as life, leaning on his unbent bow, with a quiver of arrows and a sword by his side, formerly stood on one side the entrance into the old hall. KIRK-SANDALL.-£ee£«ntf«ZZ, Kirk. KIRK-SM EATON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgold- cross, liberty of Pontefraet ; 6 miles v from Pontefraet and Ferry- bridge, 10 from Doncaster, 14 from Wakefield, 27 from York, — Pop, 321. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 10/. 1*. 0|rf. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam, KIRKSTALL-BRIDGE, and ABBEY, in the township of Hed- diiigley, and parish of Leeds, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefraet ; 3 miles from Leeds, 7 from Bradford} 8 from Olley, 18 from Harrogate. WEST-RIDING. 335 This Abbey, as a subject of monastic history, has been nearly exhausted by the labours of Dugdale, and his follower Stephens. Antiquaries are as familiarly ac- quainted with the circumstances of its early discipline, the ruin of its revenues by improvidence, and the assistance by which they were restored, as if the transaction had passed before their eyes. Draftsmen and landscape-painters, good and bad, have done their parts to delight or glut the public taste, with this enchanting ruin, and the acutest curiosity might almost look in vain for a point which has not been represented .— Whitaker. The remains of this fine monastic structure stands in the beautiful vale of Air, near the banks of the river. The spate which they occupy, is about 340 feet from north to south, and 445 from east to west. This Abbey, dedicated to the ble.-sed Virgin, was founded by Henry de Lacy, in 1147, for Monks of the Cistercian Order ; and Alexander, Prior of Fountain's Abbey, was appointed their first Abbot. Their first habitation was at Barnoldswick, but this place prov*- ing inconvenient to the Monks, they, about six years afterwards, removed to Kirkstall, in Airdale, then inhabited by some Hermits. Alexander, their first Abbot, governed the Monks thirty-five years. They suffered much by some ill- offices done to them by King John, who took from them some of their lands ; but they found a benefactor in Robert de Lacy, who died in 1194, and was esteemed a second founder.— Dugdale. Several of the first Monks were men of exemplary piety and virtue ; and the revenues of the Abbey were so well managed, that at a visitation in 1301, the Monks were found to have 216 oxen, 160 cows, 150 yearlings and bullocks, 90 calves, and 4,000 sheep, and their debts amounted only to 160/. At the dissolu- tion, their revenues were valued at 329/. 2s. lid. Dugdale ; and 512/. 13s. Ad. Speed. It was surrendered, according to Speed, by John Ripley, the last Abbot, on the 22d Nov. 1540. In the 34th Henry VIII. the site was granted to Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, in exchange for other lands. The Right Hon. the Earl of Cardigan is the present proprietor. The situation of this Abbey, near the banks of a fine river, always calm and clear, except in flood?, in a vale, fertile, open, and extensive, and with hills over- looking the Abbey, is particularly enchanting and picturesque. KIRKsHILL, f. h. in the township of Arthington, and parish of Addle : 3 miles from Harewood. KIRKTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Warmfield, liberty of Ponlefract ; (the residence of the Rev. James Drake) 3 miies from Wakefield, 1 1 from Barnsley. This forms a part of the vicarage of Warmfield, being styled Warmfield-with-Kirk- thorpe. — Bacon. KIRTHWAITE, in the township of Dent, and parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of Ewcross. This ia a larjie district, which consists of straggled houses, with meeting- houses for Quakers and Presbyterians. KNAPTON, fAinsfy) in the parish of Acomb ; 3\ miles from York, 8 i from Tad caster. — Pop. 137. KNARESBROUGH, or KNARESBOROUGH, a market and parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberties of St. Peter and Knaresbrough ; 5 miles from Ripley, 7 from Boroughbridge and Wetherby, 11 from Hopper-Lane Inn, 12 from Ripon, 13 from Otley, 18 from Leeds and York, 24 from Skipton, 201 from London. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, January 13; first Wed- nesday after March 12 ; May 6, f unless it falls on a Sunday, then the day following,) first Wednesday after August 12 ; first Tuesday after October J 1 ; and Wednesday after December 10, for horned cattle, &c. — The sheep Fairs are held on tho days preceding tho S36 WEST-RIDING. first and last Fairs ; the Statute days lor servants, are on Wednesday before November 2, and Wednesday after.^-Bankers, Messrs. Harrison and Terrys, draw on Messrs. Willis, Perrival, and Co. 79, Lombard -Street ; Messrs. Coates and Co. draw on Sir James Esdaile, Bart, and Co. 21, Lombard-Street.— Principal Inns, Crown, Bay Horse, and Old Elephant and Castle.— Pop. 5,283. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, 91. 9s. 4\d. Patron, Lord Rosslyn. In a chapel, north of the choir, are several monuments of the Slingsby family, to whom this chapel belongs. Knaresbrough is pleasantly situated on a cliff above the river Nidd, which runs at the bottom of a deep dell. The market-place is spacious, and the sale of corn considerable, great quantities being brought many miles eastward, to supply a barren track extending far west. The manufacture of linens, which is very considerable, is the staple trade of the town and neighbourhood ; and the article called Knaresbrough Linens, has for a great many years been held in high repute. It first sent members to Parliament in the first of Queen Mary, 1553, and has ever since returned two representatives. The right of election was then vested in 84 or 88 burgage houses, the owners of which were entitled to vote. The elections continued free till about 1719, at which time the purchasing of burgage houses first commenced. The Duke of Devonshire is now, and the family has for a long time, been in possession of all the burgage-houses, except four. The last contest appears to have been in 1784; but no report was made on the petition of Sir John Co°nilI, Bart, and Bacon Frank, Esq, In 1805, the Bailiffs were unable to proceed to an election, by reason of a great riot and tu- mult, raised by a large number of persons not electors '. on this, several of the electors petitioned Parliament, when, the Attorney- General was ordered to pro- secute seven persons named in the petition, three of whom were tried at York, and found guilty ; consequently a new writ was ordered.— Oldfield. The Castle here has a most elevated situation, and on the accessible side was defended by a vast fosse, with strong works on the outside. The scattered frag- ments shew it to have been a fortress of great extent. Part of the towers aud some semi-round buttresses yet remain, and a square tower or keep, is the most complete of any, part of which formerly served as a prison for the liberty of the Forest of Knaresbrough. It was founded by Serlo de Burgh, who came into England with the Conqueror. He was succeeded in his possession by Eustace Fitz-John, the great favourite of Henry the first. It afterwards came into the possession of the Crown, for it seems that King John granted it to William de Estoteville for the services of three knights' fees. In the succeeding reign it was bestowed on that great justiciary, Hubert de Burgh, on payment of 100/. per annum into the Exchequer. In the reign of Edward II. it was in the family of Vanx, or de Vallibus, but bestowed by that Prince on his favourite Pierce Gaveston, whom he created Earl of Cornwall. On his death it reverted to the Crown, and remained in it till 1371, when the Castle, Manor and Honour of Knaresbrough, were granted by Edward III. to his fourth son, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in which Dutchy it yet remains. — Duo dale.— Magna Brit. — Madox. In 1 1 70, the four Knights who murdered Thomas a Becket took refuge here, where they remained prisoners many months, but were sometime after pardoned, on condition of their performing a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. After the base treachery Richard II. experienced from the Earl of Northum- berland, and his gallant son Hotspur Percy, that unfortunate Prince was kept a close prisoner here, in an apartment still called the King's chamber, till he was removed to Pontefract Castle, and there murdered by, order of Henry IV. In 1616, James I. granted this Castle and Lordship.to his son Charles. It was a strong fortress during the civil wars, and made great resistance against the parliamentary fences, After tfie battfe, 'of Maistyn-Moor, the townsmen most WEST-RIDING. 337 gallantly defended it against Lord Fairfax, and though at last compelled to sur- render, it was on the most honourable terms that the garrison laid down their arms. Not long after this, it was, by resolution of the House of Commons, ren- dered untenable. The site of the Castle was upwards of one hundred yards in diameter. The . Keep was large, and consisted of three stories. From an east view of it, the dis- mantled towers, and delapidated arches, are finely picturesque, but the whole in falling, by the stealing hand of time, fast into decay. Near the centre, in a part of the ruins, is the Court-house and Prison for the liberty of the Forest of Knares- brough. About half a mile below the Low-bridge, on the edge of the river, Richard Plantaganet, second son of King John, founded a Priory for Trinitarians, which was surrendered by the last Prior, Thomas Kent, in 1539.— Dogdale. The site was granted to the Earl of Shrewsbury, and soon afterwards became the property of Sir Thomas Slingsby, iri whose family it still remains. The ruins of it lie scattered about and overgrown with grass. The celebrated Dropping-Well, placed close by the Nidd, which is saturated with terrene sparry matter, and incrusts, very soon, every thing it falls on, has geidom failed to attract the notice of the curious traveller. Beneath these cliffs and near this spring was born, about the year 1487, that celebrated personage, Mother Shipton, the wife of Tobias Shipton. Many won- derful tales are told of her knowledge of future events, which are said to have been delivered to the Abbot of Beverley. Not for from the low bridge, some entire dwellings have been excavated out of the cliffs. Halfway up is one, three stories high, inhabited by a family who live beneath the rock, which has nothing artificial but part ot the front. It was the work of sixteen years, performed by a poor weaver and his son, which, since its completion, has been called Fort Montague, from this poor man's kind patron- ess, the Dutchess of Buccleugh ; having on the top a fort with cannon, a flag waving, and other military appearances. Not far distant from this place is St. Robert's Chapel, cut out of the solid rock, with a neatly arched roof, a Gothic window and door. The ribs rest on neat pilasters. On the right-hand side are four terrific faces ; in front an altar : on the floor is a hole, in which was probably placed a cross ; and on the sides are two niches, long since dispossessed of their images. The length of the cell is 10j feet, the breadth 9, and the height 1\. Near the door is cut a gigantic figure in the action of drawing his sword. Above is the Hermitage, a small cell formed of moss, petrefactions, &c. and about a mile down the river is the Cave of the Saint, which appears to have been his usual residence. This seat of piety was, in 1745, profaned by the murder of Daniel Clark, of Knaresbrough ; who, with Eugene Aram and J. Houseman, had confederated to defraud several of their neighbours of plate and goods to a considerable amount. For a particular account of the trial, &c. of Eugene Aram, see pamphlet by Mr Hargrove. Here lived, till within these few years, that very extraordinary man John Metcalfe, who was a native of this place. Although be lost his sight in his in- fancy, was a tolerable proficient in music, a well-known guide over the Forest, a common carrier, a builder of bridges, a contractor for making roads, and play- ed at whist with considerable skill. He died at the great age of 93. This town has the benefit of the following Schools, viz. a Free-School, situ- ated near the Church, endowed in 1616, by the Rev. Robert Chaloner ; a Charity- School, for thirty boys and girls, endowed in 1765, by the late Thomas Richard- son, E*q. ; and a National-School, on the plan of Dr. Bell, erected in 1814. The Old Sulphur Spaw, at Star-beck, between this place and Harrogate, which for some years had laid dormant, has recently been re-opened, and a square building erected over it, which secures it from external injury, and af- fords to the invalid a constant supply of its medicinal water. Its efficacy, as a diuretic and mild aperient, has been fully proved in numerous instances of bili- ous and cutaneous diseases. KNARESBROUGH-FOREST.— The Forest extends from east to west, upwards of 20 miles ; and in some places, is 8 miles in breadth. By the general survey, completed in the year 1086, we find there were thea 2 u USB WEST-RIDING, oniy four townships, viz. Birstwith, Fusion (Fewston) Beck with, Rosseft, (Piiii* nail.) In the year 1368, there appears to have been three principal towns and sixteen hamlets, many of which had originated from waste-lands, after the con- quest. The general enclosure commenced in 1771. — See ri the ancient customs of the Forest of Knaresbrough, h published at Rndresbrough in 1 808. This Forest is situate on the west side of Knaresbrough, extending itself to Bolton-Bridge ; it has a separate jurisdiction, a prison, and a local court; in which pleas are held : His Grace the Duke of Devonshire is Lord and Chief Bailiff. ICNOSTROP, ham. in the township, parish* and borough of Leeds ; 1 mile from L&eds. In an old house which formerly belonged to & family of the name of Bayne9> iidw converted into dwellings, and probably not older than Capt. Adam Baynesy who was burgess for Leeds, in the only Parliament in which it was even repre- sented, is perhaps, says Dr. Whitaker, " the. latest specimen of a dels, or raised* step for the high table, which is to be found in England/' A few years since it was hung rottnd with portraits^ In a garden adjoining, are two gravestones, to the memory of two of the Stable family, and which appear to have been legible in Thoresby's time, what- ever they may be now,— the dates are 1662 and 1692, and the inscriptions arc inserted in Thoresby's Leodiensis.— " Mr John Stable, the last of the family Who resided here, being tainted with Quakerism/ converted part of his orchard into a place of Sepulture.— Thoresby. fCNOTTINGLEY, in the parish of Pontefract, wapentake of Os«< goldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; I mile from Ferrybridge, 3 from Pontefract, 9| from Snaith, 15| from Doncaster. — Pop. 3,753* The Church is a perpetual curaey, dedicated to St, Botolph, value. p t r. 100/. Patron, the' Vicar of Pontefract. A large village on the banks of the Aire, which has been long noted for its merchandise in Lime.- A branch Canal from (he Aire and Calder navigation, is jiow cutting from this place to Goole> where it will enter into the river Ouse 2 thtrdistanee is about seventeen miles^ KNOW-BANK, /. h. in the township of Hettonwith-Bordley, and parish of Bumsall, liberty of Staincliffe ; 9 miles from Settle* &NOWLES.— See Raven-Knowles* LADY-WELL, s. h in the township of Soyland, and parish of Halifax i 6 miles from Halifax. LAMBCOTE-GRANGE,/. h< in the township and parish of Braith- well, liberty of Tiekhill ; 5 miles from Tickhill. LAMB-HILL, A«m. in the township and parish of Handsworth, liberty of Hallamshire *, 3 miles from Sheffield. LANE- ENDS, kam. in the township and parish of Keighley; 3 miles from Keighley. LANE-HEAD, /. k. in the township of Shipley* and parish of Kirkburton ; 5 miles from Penistone, 8 from Huddersfield. LANE-HEAD, /. h. in the township and parish of Darton ; 3| miles from Bamsley. LANE-HEAD, /. L in the township atid parish of Rawmarsh; 3 miles from Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield. LANE-HEAD, or LANE-HOUSES, 2 or 3/. h in the fowjiship an$ parish of Weston ; 3 miles from OtJey. LANG BER> m the township of Nesfield-with-Langber, and parish WEST-RIDING. 339 ef Iikiey, lower-division of Claro; 7| miles from Skipton, S| from Otley. — Pop. included in Nesfield. LANGCLIFFE, in the parish of Giggleswick, west-division and liberty of Staiiiellffe; {Langcliffe-Hall, the seat of Mrs Smiles; Langcliffe- Place, the scat of William Clayton, Ksq.) \ mile from Settle.— -Pop. 420. L ANGER-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Hetton-with-Bordley, liberty of Staiiicliffe ; 9 miles from Settle* LANGFIEL.D, a township, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-divi* sion of Agbriafir and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from Rochdale, (I^inc,) 12 from Halifax,— Pop. 2,069, This township originally heloijged to the Langftelds, and passed into the family of the Hamertons, about the end of the reign of Edward III. In the time of Henry VIII. it was, by attainder of Sir Stephen Haiaerton, forfeited to the Crown. LANGHILL-HOUSE,/. A. in the township of Hetton-with-Bordley, and parish of Burnsall, liberty of Staincliffe ; 8 miles from Skipton, LANG LEV-BROOK, % or 3 h. hi the township and parish of Ecclesfield ; 3 miles from Sheffield. LANG OLD, in the township of Letwell, and parish of Saint Joh«, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; (a seat of John Galley Knight, Esq.) 4 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 5 from Tickbill, LANGRICK, or LONG-DRAX.— See Vrax, Long. LANGSETT, in the parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Penistone, 10 from Barnstey, 12 from Sheffield. — Pop. 325. LANGTH VVAITE, s. h. in the parish of Doncaster, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickbill, liberty of 'Tickhjll ; 4 miles from Don- caster, 9 from Thorne.-^-Pop. including Tilts, 21, which being united, form a township. LAPVVATER, s. h. in the township of Greasbrough, and parish ef Rotherham ; 1 \ mile from Rotherham. LASCELLES-HALL, (the seat of Joseph Walker, Esq.) in the. township of Lepton, and parish of Kirkheaton; 2| miles from from Huddersfield, 11 from Wakefield. LAUGHTON-EN-LE-MORTHEN, a parish-town, in the upper* division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of St. Peter; 6 miles from Tickhill, 7 from Rotherham, 8 from Worksop, (Notts.) 10 from Bawtry, 50 from York.-^-Pop. 652. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +6/. 13.?. 4d. p. r. fill. Patron, the Chancellor of York, LAUND-HOUSE, a. h. in the township and parish of Bingley; £ miles from Bradford. LAVERICK-HALL, /, h. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of Staincliffe ; 3 miles from Keighley. LAVERTON, in the parish of Kirk by malzeard, lower-division of Claro; 5 miles from Masham, 6| from Hipon. — Pop. 430, LAWKLAND, in the parish of Claphara, wapentake of Ewcross j (Lawkland-Hall, the seat of John Ingilby, Esq.) 3| miles from Settle, 13 from Kirby-Lousdale, (Westm*)— Pop, 3ol, 310 WEST-RIDING. Adjoining to Lawkland is an ancient Chapel, called Eldroth-Chapel, the rent of the lands belonging to which, go towards the education of six children. No service performed at the Chapel. LAWKLAND-GREEN, ham. in the township of Lawkland, and parish of Clapham ; {the seat of Thomas Ingilby, Esq.) 3 miles from Settle. LAY COCK, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of Staiurliffe ; 2 miles from Keighley, 8 from Skipton. LAYS, (the seat of David Hemsworth, Esq.) in the township and parish of Monk-Fryston ; 4 miles from Ferrybridge. LAZENCROFT, /. h. in the township and parish of Barwick-in- Eimet, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Leeds. LEAD, (extraparochial) in the wapentake of Barkston- Ash ; 5 miles from Tadcaster, 8 from Wetherby, 16 from Pontefract. — Consists of 7 farm-houses, and 50 inhabitants. LEATHLEY, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro ; 2 miles from Otley, 11 from Leeds, 12 from Knaresbrough, 27 from York. — Pop. 312. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 11. 2s. S^d. Patron, the King. Here is a School-house and four Alms-houses, founded in l76P,byMra Anne Hitch, who endowed the same with 12/. per annum, for the master, to teach the children of the township of Lcathley, reading, writing', English grammar, &c. — 41. each for the Alms-houses, occupied by indigent persons. The money arises out of rents of land at Felliscliffe. The Lord of the Manor, and the Rector 'of Leatbley, and the Rector of Addle, are trustees. — Commis. Report. LEDSHAM, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Pontefract, 6 from Abberford, 10 from Selby, 20 from York. — Pop. 212. The Church is a vica- rage, dedicated to All-Sainfs, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, %ll. 4s. 2d. Patrons, the Trustees of Lady Elizabeth Hastings. This Church is remarkable, as the place of interment of Lady Elizabeth . Hastings, of pious and charitable memory. A noble monument, afterwards aug- mented by the statues of her two surviving sisters, records, in elegant Latin, the character of this ornament to her sex. Her own figure is placed on a sarcopha- gus, reclining, and reading a book of devotion ; the countenance, which is a por- trait, handsome and spirited ; but the grace of the figure is destroyed by the de- formity of a stiff bodice. Lady Frances and Lady Ann Hastings, on pedestals, on each side, are. represented with the attributes of piety and prudence. — Whitaker. LEDSTON, a township, in the parish of Ledsham, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Pontefract, 6| from Abberford, 10 from Leeds, — Pop. 243. A part of Led- ston is in the parish of Kippax. This Hall was formerly the seat of the ancient family of Withams, till Henry Witham, Esq. sold it to Sir Thomas Went worth, afterwards Earl of. Strafford, who made improvements in the house; his son William sold it to Sir John Lewis, Bart, who died here in 1671. Sir John added much to the beauty of the house, gardens, and park, which he surrounded with a stone wall. It afterwards be- came the seat of Lady Elizabeth Hastings, daughter of Theophilus, Earl of Huntingdon, by the eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir John Lewis, in 1690 ; and thence to that of Rawden, Earl of Mona.— Camden. — Thoresbv. — Whitaker. Sir John Lewis erected and endowed an Hospital here, for the maintenance of ten aged poor people, who, by his will, are required religiously to observe the Sabbath-day, and to be present at Church, in the time of divine service and ser- mon. — Caaiden. Lady Elizabeth Hastings added 10/. per annum, for the better WEST-RIDING. 34l support of St. John Baptist's Hospital, founded by her grandfather— present revenue 106/. per annum. In the same township and parish is LEDSTON-LODGE, the seat of Granville William Wheeler, Esq. now occupied by Christopher Wilson, Esq. LEEDS, a market and parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 8 miles from Harewood and Dewsbury, 9 from Wakefield, 10 from Bradford and Otley, 1 1 from Abberford, 13 from Pontefraet, 15 from Ferrybridge, 16 from Harrogate, Wetherby, and Huddersfield, 16 from Tadcaster, 18 from Knaresbrougb, 20 from Selby, 2 4 from York. 194 from London. — Markets, Tuesday and Saturday, for woollen-cloth, provisions, &c. — Fairs, Juiy 10 and 11, for horses and pedlary- ware ; Novem- ber 8 and 9, for homed cattle, &c. — Bankers, the Old Bank, Messrs. Beckett, Blayds. and Co. draw on Messrs. Sir R. C. Glynn, and Co. 12, Birchin-Lane ; New Bank, Messrs. Fields, Greenwood, and Co. draw on Messrs. Curtis, Robarts, and Co. 15, Lombard-Street; Commercial Bank, Messrs. J. & YV. Perfect, and G. Smith, draw on Messrs. Sir J. Lubbock, and Co. 11, Mansion-house Street ; Union Bank, Messrs. Nicholson, Brown, and Co. draw on Messrs. T. & S. Nicholson, Janson, and Co. 32, Abchurch-Lane. — Principal Inns, Hotel, White Horse, Bull and Mouth, Golden-Lion, Rose and Crown, and King's Arras. — Pop. 48,603. There are five Churches, the Parish Church, called the Old Church, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry -of the Ainsty, value, 38/. 05. 2\d. To which there are 25 Patrons. St. John's Church, is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. 120/. Patrons, the Vicar of the Old Church, the Mayor, and three senior Aldermen. The Holy Trinity is a perpetual curacy. Patrons, the Vicar and Curate of St. John's, and the Recorder of Leeds. St. Paul's is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. +120/. It was built by the Rev. Milnes Atkinson, who has the Patronage for two turns, then the Vicar of St. Peter's. St. James' Chapel, built by the Rev King, who possesses the same right to presentation as is given over St. Pauls. — There are also two Churches now building, under the Million Act. St. Peter'* Church is of considerable antiquity, but the name of its founder, and the time of its foundation, are unknown. The parish and borough of Leeds are nearly co-extensive, extending about 7 miles from north to south, and "i\ miles from east to west, and containing a popu- lation of S'3,746, about 14,000 of which areemployed in manufactures. The town of Leeds is situated upon the river Aire, which runs through it, and covers an. eminence gently rir-ing from that river to the upper end of the town, and falling with an easy slope to the east and west, as well as to the south. The breadth of the town from north to south, is nearly a mile, and it extends not less than a mile and a half in length, from ea-t to we9t. The river Aire is navigable from. the Humber to the town ; which river having a direct communication with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, within a quarter of a mile of the town, now afford* an easy communication to both the eastern and western Seas, whilst the various branch Canals open immediate access to every place of importance in the island. The neighbourhood abounds with coal, the very soul of steam engines ; and which has of late years so much tended to the increase of wealth and population. The river Aire supplies the town with water, which is brought by a tunnel from 042 WESTVRIDlNG. th* King's Mills to the water-works near the bridge. Leeds, uniting the advatt~ tages of water and coal, has long been distinguished as one of the fir9t manufac- turing towns in the county, particularly in woollens : yet there are but few naanufacturers in the town, and these chiefly in the outskirts. Though now only considered of importance as a manufacturing town, it is an ancient place ; the earliest mention of which is by Bede, above 1,000 years ago. — Leland says, " it is a pretty market-town, but not so quick as Bradford." — It once had a Castle, probably built by one of the Lacys, who was possessed of extensive lands here, about the reign of the Conqueror. This Castle was besieged by King Stephen, In his march towards Scotland in 1139 : and in it Richard II, was confined, pre? ▼ious to his barbarous murder in Pontefract Castle. The site of this Castle, of which not a vestige remains, was situated at Mill-Hill. Leeds had its share of troubles that took place in the contest between the King and Parliament, during the reign of Charles I. when many skirmishes and battles took place hereabouts, particulars of which may be seen in Fairfax's Memoirs of himself. The borough of Leeds, though not a parliamentary borough, is ancient. It was iucorporate4 by Charles I. in 1682; a second charter was granted by Charles II.; and a third by James II. in 1684. The second was restored by William and Mary, i(\ 1689, under which the town is now governed : viz. by a mayor, twelve aldermen, and twenty-four common-councilmen, assisted by a recorder and town's clerk. The. corporation has no peculiar privileges or restrictive laws, as at York, Be- verley, Ripon, &c but every man is at liberty to exercise any trade or profesr sion he chooses, and in what part of the town he likes. The mayor and alderr men have within the borough the same power as is derived by a commission of the peace. A Sessions for the borough is held every three months, at which the mayor presides ; and a general Sessions for the West- Riding is held here at Michaelmas. The town of Leeds is in general well-built, the streets in the upper part of the town, towards Kirkgate, are narrow, but in other parts broad and spacious, particularly Briggate, which is not only broad, but its length from, the bridge to the top of cross parish, is not less than half a mile ; and as soon as the old buildings attached to the Moot-Hall are removed, of which there is now every appearance, it may vie with almost any street in the kingdom, The west part of the town may be considered as the new towQ, where the most respectable part of the inhabitants reside, and where there are several open squares, the areas of which are in some cases planted, in others used as tenter grounds. The first house that was built of brick, in the beginning of the reign of Charles I. retains the name of Red-House, to this day ; and in this house that un* feappy monarch was lodged, while in t^e hands of the Scots : it is situated near to Burlay Bar. Amongst the public buildings that claim particular notice, will be found the Mixed Cloth Haiti erected by subscription in 1758. It consists of a main tody and two wings ; 127 1 yards in length, and 66 in breadth. It is divided into, six long streets or aisles, and encloses an open area. Each street contains two, lows of stands, the freehold property of separate manufacturers. Each stand is 22 inches in front, and the whole number is 1770. Tbis building forms the principal part of the south side of a square, the west side of which is denominated Xast Parade; the north, South Parade ; and the east, Park. Row. In 1810, an additional story was erected on the north side of this Hall, and is used principal- ly for the sale of Ladies' cUths, in the undyed state t The WhiU Cloth Hall x Irailt in 1774, is a large square building, 297 feet in length, and 21Q in breadth ; divided into five streets, each containing two rows of stands, the wihole number of which is .1,210 Over this building is an elegant suit of Assembly-Rooms, The cloth market, at both Halls, is held on Tuesdays and Saturdays ; on which days none but merchants arp permitted to buy, or even to look at the pieces, The commencement of the market is announced by the ringing of a bell; upon which, in a few minutes, without noise, hurry, or the least disorder, the whole market is filled, each manufacturer standing behind his own goods, and the sales immediately commence ; alter it has continued an hour, a second bell rings, and after the expiration of a quarter of an hour, a third bell gives notice that the market must be cleared. The last bell continues to ring about five minutes \ and should any merchant remain in the Hall after it has done ringing, he is sub- ject to the penalty of five shillings, and for every five minutes afterwards \& WEST-RIDING. 343 must forfeit the same sum. The Mixed Cloth Hall opens at half-past eight in summer ; nine in spring and autumn ; and half-past nine in winter. The White Cloth Hall opens when the other closes. Here is also a Cloth Hall, for the accommodation of irregulars, who have not served a regular apprenticeship to the trade, and arp therefore not permitted to sell their cloth in the other Halls. The general Infirmary is a very handsome and spacious edifice* situated in a line with the mixed Cloth Hall ; it was built by subscription in 1768, and open for the reception of patients in 1771 - The Philosophical Hall. — A Literary and Philosophical Institution, for the promotion of literature, science, and the arts, situated in Park Row ; a neat stone edifice of the Grecian order, containing a spacious Lecture-room, Library, and Museum, with Laboratory and other conveniences ; built by subscription, from the design, and under the* direction of Mr R. D. Chantrell, in 1820* The Free Grammar-School, situated in North-Street, Ava6 originally founded and endowed by Sir William Sheafield, by Will, dated 6th March, 1552* The original school being in a very inconvenient situation, was removed by the muni- ficence of John Harrison, Esq. alderman, the common benefactor tif the town, to its present situation, where he erected the present edifice; and in 1692, Godfrey Lawson, Esq. added a new apartment. This School has furnished several emi- nent men, both to the Church and State. Dr. Samuel Plillam, afterwards Arch- bishop of Tuam, was the first master. Since that period* the Madras system has been introduced ; and the plan of instruction similar to that which has been Used in the Charter-house School. A third master has been added for the instruction of two lowest forms, and the salaries of the others made so as to "secure them respectable and independent situations, whilst every cMre has been taken to pro vide for the due exertions of their duty." It is open for all boys within the bos rough, free of expense. The new Court-House arid Prison, with Rotation -Office, &c; situated at the bottom of Park Row, built in 1812, is one of the handsomest public build- ings in the town. The Philosophical and Literary Society's Hall, a modern edifice, facing the Park Row, ranks amongst the public buildings of the place* The Moot- Hall, in which all the public meetings have for many years been held> is situated at the north-end of Briggate, and waserected in 1713, in the front of which is a marble statue of Queen Anne, presented to the town by Alderman Milner, and executed by Carpenter, of London* Near to Buslingthorpe, Horse Barracks are now erecting, for which pur- pose, a grant was made by Parliament of 28^000/. The site of the building, with the Parade-ground, &e. occupies about eleven acres of ground. To the public! institutions already named, we may add the Baths — two Subscription Libraries — the Theatre, erected in 1771 — Concert-Room— and Riding-School. In 1653, John Harrison, Esq. a native of Leeds, founded and endowed art Hospital for forty indigent and aged women. To these, others have been erected, pursnant to the. Will of Arthur lkin, Esq. — the former habitations being now improved, together, afford a comfortable assylum for sixty-four aged men and women — each of whom receives a stipend of 10/. per annum. Mr Harrison also built and endowed St. John's Church, built the Free-' School, and erected a Cross for the convenience of the market. Potter's Alms-Houses, established in 1737, by a widow of that name, fb'r the widows of ten decayed tradesmen, who are each allowed an annuity of twelve guineas per annum. Jenkinson's Alms Houses— founded by Josiah Jenkin*on, about 1643; he devised unto Feoffees, d-c. eight dwelling-houses at Mill-Hill, for Alms-houses* and endowed the same with a farm at Great Woodhouse. They were re-built at the beginning of the pre>ent century ; and each dwelling is now occupied by a poor woman, who receives an annnal stipend of 51. The Charity-School established in 1 705, and removed to the Chapel in St. John's-* yard in 1726 — in which sixty poor girls are taught, in the same manner and subject; to the same discipline, as a National School; they are annually furnished with clothing, made almost by themselves. — The House of Recovery, Vicar-Lane,- built by public subscription in 1802.— The Benevolent, or Stranger's Friend Society, for the relief of the distressed of all religious denorainatious.— Two" 2 x 344: WEST-RIDING. National Schools, on the plan of Bell and Lancaster.— Three Schools of Industry, Sunday Schools, two or three Clothing Societies, &c. — There are not less than eighteen Chapels, &c. for dissenters of various denominations. Of literary men born at Leeds, we have the following — Ralph Thoresby, a very eminent and learned antiquary, born in 1658. He was the sob of a re- spectable merchant; and after some education at the Grammar-School of this place, he was sent to London for improvement. He was a great master of the antiqui- ties of his own country, was skilled in genealogy and heraldry, and possessed uncommon knowledge of coins and medals. His great work is " Ducatns Leodi- ensis," published in 1715, folio. He died in 1725. William Lodge, a spirited and tasteful engraver, was born here in 1649. He went abroad with Lord Bellasis, and meeting with Barris's " Vittggio Pit- toresco" he translated it, and added heads of the painters, of bis own engraving, and a map of Italy. Returning to England, he assisted Dr. Lister, of York, in drawing various subjects of natural history. He died at Leeds, in 1689. John Berkenhout, a miscellaneous writer, was the son of a Dutch merchant, who had settled here. He was educated in the Grammar- School of this place, and was intended for the mercantile profession, which he quitted, and entered first into the military service of Prussia, and next into that of England. In 1760, he went to Edinburgh and studied physic, but took his Doctor's degree at Ley den, in 1765. — While at Edinburgh, he published his Clavis Angliea Linguae. He published several works, in which he has distinguished himself by some valuable compendia of natural history. He was a man of lively and versatile talents ; and died in 1791, aged 60.— Biog. Diet. Newcombe Cappe, a dissenting Divine, was born here in 1752. — He was edu- cated under Dr. Doddridge, at Northampton, and finished his studies at Glas- gow ; after which, he became minister'of a congregation at York. He published some single Sermons; a Selection of Psalms; Remarks in Vindication of Dr. Priestley ; and Discourses on the Providence and Government of God, 8vo. In, 1802, were published, Critical Remarks on many important parts of Scripture ; to which were prefixed, Memoirs of his Life, by his widow, Catharine Cappe, 2 vols. He died at York in 1800. Dr. James Scott was born here in 1738 ; his father was minister of Trinity- church, and vicar of Bardsey : he was educated at Bradford School, and ad- mitted pensioner of Catherine Hall, Cambridge, in 1752, but afterwards removed to Trinity-College. In 1771, he was presented to the rectory of Simonburn, in Northumberland, and in 1775, took the degree of D. D. Dr. Scottpublished ten occasional Sermons ; three Seatonian Prize Poems, &c. aud was the author of the Letters signed Anti-Sejanus, which were published in the public Advertiser. Nichols' Lit. Anecdotes. Christopher Saxton, the chorographer, if not a native of the town, he ap- pears to have been born within the parish. Mr Benjamin Wilson, an eminent painter, was a native of this place; he flourished about the year 1760, and was particularly distinguished for his Etchings, in imitation of Rembrandt. Leeds produces three weekly Newspapers, the Intelligencer, the Mercury, and the Independent; all being decidedly party papers, each has its votaries. LEE-FAIR, or GREEN, in the township of West-Ardsley, and parish of Woodkirk, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 3 miles from Dewsbury, 6 from Leeds. — No Market. — Fairs, Au- gust 24, and September 17, for horses, horned cattle, &c. These Fairs are held on a Common adjoining*. LEES, or LEYS, in the township and parish of Bingley, upper- division of Skyrack ; 6 miles from Bingley, 8 from Bradford. LEES-HALL,/, k. in the township and parish of Thornhill ; 2 miles from Dewsbury, 7 from Wakefield. LEIGHTRIDGE, ham. in the township of Fixby, and parish of Huddersfield > 2| miles from Huddersfield, 6 from Halifax. WEST-RIDING. 345 LENERTON, fatal, in the township and parish of Sherburn ; 5 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Tad caster. LENJKER, ham. in the township of Dent, and parish of Sedbergh ; 4\ miles from Sedbergh, 9 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (IVestm.) LEPTON, GREAT, in the parish of Kirkheaton, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4| miles from Huddersfield, 9 from Wakefield, I0| from Penistone. — Pop. 2,729. LEPTON, LITTLK, in the tow nship of Great-Lepton, and parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-division of Agbriggand Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 41 miles from Huddersfield. LETWELL, in the parish ot St. John's, upper-division of Straffbrth and Tickhill, liberties of St. Peter and Tickhill; 5§ miles from Tickbill and Worksop, (Notts.) 9 from Rotherfcam Pop. 135. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. f40/. Patron, the Chancellor of York Cathedral. LEVELS, HIGH and LOW, in the township and parish of Hat- held, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill. This township is named Levels, from the flatness of the country, containing' some hundred acres of land divided into farms, situated on the. right of the road leading from Hatfield to Thorne, on the borders of Lincolnshire. LEVENTHORPE-HALL, (the seat of Thomas Ikin, Esq.) in the township and parish of Swillington; 6 miles from Leeds, 7 from Wakefield. LEWDEN, /. h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Darfield : 2| miles from Barnsley. LIDGET, ham. in the township of Lepton, and parish of Kirkheaton; 4^ miles from Huddersfield. LIDGATE, ham. in the township of Nether- Hallam, and parish of Sheffield ; 3 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Rotherham. LYDIATE, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) Agbrigg-division of Agbriggand Morley; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) 11 from Manchester, (ditto) 1 4 from Hudders- field. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Ann, value, p. r. t88/. Patron, the Vicar of Rochdale. LTGHTCLIFFE, ham. in the township of Hipperholme, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; (New-House, the seat of William Priestley, Esq.) 3£ miles from Halifax. 6 from Bradford, 7 from Huddersfield. The Church built in J 529, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mat- thew, value, fll 71. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. LILLEY, in the township and parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-divi- sion of Agbrigg and Morley ; 5 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Wakefield. LIMLEY, 2 or 3 /. h. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbyraalzeard ; 10 miles from Masham. LINDERICK, ham. fextraparochial) in the lower-division of Claro ; % miles from Ripon. — Pop. 6*2. 316 WEST-RIDING. LINDLEY, in the parish ofOtley, upper-division of Claro, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley ; 4 miles from Otley, 11 from Knaresbrough.— -Pop. 178. LINDLEY, ham, in the township of Quarraby-wiih-Lindley, and parish of Huddersfield, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Huddersfield, 6 from Halifax. — Pop. included in Quarmby. LINDLEY, OLD, ham. in the township of Stainland, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 \ miles from Huddersfield. LINFITS, 3 or 4 h. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roci)- dale ; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) LINFIT-HALL, cotts. in the township of Linthwaite, and parish of Almondbury, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Huddersfield. LINFIT-LA.NE, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkburton ; 4f miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Wakefield. LINGARDS, in the parish of Almondbury, Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley ; 5 miles from Huddersfield, 19| from Man- chester.— Pop. 809. LINGBOB, s. h. in the township of Wilsden, and parish of Brad » lord; 3 miles from Bradford. LINGODELL, /. h. in the township of Throapham, and parish of Saint John ; 5 miles from Tickhill and Worksop, (Notts.) LINGILL-BRIDGE, s. k. in the township and parish of Horton; 1 1 miles from Settle. LING WELL-GATE, in the township of Stanley-wjth-Wrenthorpe, and parish of Wakefield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; '31 miles from Wakefield, 6| from Leeds. ' Here " were found in 1697,' certain clay moulds for Roman Coins, all of such Emperors in whose reigns the money is known to have been counterfeited* This place takes its name from the Lingones, quartered at Olicanq y Ilkley, and Wall> a corruption of vallum."— Gough's Camden. In March/ 1321, Mr Pitts, of Wakefield, presented a number of clay moulds, similar to the above, which were found at Lingwell Gate, i» a field in the occu- pation of Mr Spurr ; they were turned up with a ploughshare, as many as would fill a wheel-barrow. • Several coins were found in the moulds.' He also sent the Society sixteen Roman Copper Coins, found in an earthen vessel, in a field about a mile from Lingwell Gate, on the estate of the Marquis of Hertford. Mr Pitts alsp sent some to the Society in 1 820, vide his Letter in Archasologia, vol. XVII. and Appendix to ditto, vol. XIX. LINLANDS, s. h. (the ancient seat of the Rastricks, of Rastrick) in the township of Rastrick, and parish of Halifax ; 4 miles from Halifax. LINTHWAITE, in the parish of Almondbury, Aghrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Huddersfield.— Pop. 2,127. LINTON, a parish-town, in the east-division and liberty of Stain- clifFe ; {the. seat of Mrs Atkinson) 7 miles from Kettlewell, 9 from Skipton, 10 from Pateleybridge, 44 from York. — Pop. 313. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Craven, value, in two medieties of 16/. each, p. r. first mediety, flOp/. second ditto, flZQl. Patron, the King. WEST-RIDING. 347 Hero is an excellent Hospital, founded and endowed by Richard Fountain, Esq. of Enfield, Middlesex, a native of the place, who having acquired a large fortune in London, by Will, dated July 15, 1721, ordered an estate to be pur- chased, out of which '261- per annum, should be equally divided among six poor old women or men, in the parish of Linton. They each now receive upwards of twelve guineas per annum, besides the use of a large garden. The founder also left 20/. to the minister or ministers of the parish, provided they constantly reside in the parish, and read prayers twice in the week to the poor persons in the hospital. The building is after the style of Sir John Vanbnrgh, and is said to have cost 1,500/. The parish-church is at some distance from the village, upon the banks of the Wharfe. LINTON, in the parish of Spofforth, upper-division of Claro; 1| mile from YVetherbv, 7 froia Knuresbrough. — Pop. 167. kINTON-SPRING,"cMes«tf o/ William Middleton, Esq.) in the township of Linton, and parish of Spofforth ; 2 miles from Wetherby, 6\ from Knaresb rough. LITTLE-COMMON, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow^ and parish of Sheffield ; 4 miles from Sheffield. LITTLE-FENTON.— See Fenton, Little. L1TTLETHORPE, or THORPE, in the township of Whitciiffe- with-Thorpe, and parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; (the residence of Major Brooke) [\ mile from Ripon, 6 from Boroughbridge.5— Pop. included in Whitcliffe. LITTLE-TOWN, ham. in the township of Liversedge, and parish ofBirstall; 8 miles from Halifax, Wakefield, and Leeds. LITTLE-TOWN, ham. in the township of Dent, and parish of Sed^ bergh ; 3 mjles from Dent, 6§ from Sedbergh. LITTLEWORTH, ham. in the township of Monkbretton, and parish of Royston ; 2 miles from Barnsley. LITTON, in the parish of Amecliffe, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 8 miles from Kettlewell, 11 from Settle, 18 from Skipton.— Pop. 102. This is a small village, that gives name to the dale, called Littondate, in which the Abbots of Fountains had several estates. These estates, as well as those in Longstrothdale, were sold by the Gresbam family to the second Earl of Cumberland, The manorial and forest rights of Littondale and Longstrothdale are the property of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, as representative of the last male line of the Cliffords. — Whitakeu. LIVERSEDGE, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley. liberty of Pontefract ; 7| miles from Halifax, 8| from Wakefield.— Pop. 4,259. Here u a Church, which has lately been built by the Rev, Hammond Ro- bertson, A. M. called Christ's Church, who endowed it with five acres of land ; the patronage of which, by Act of Parliament, is vested in himself and his heirs for ever. The Neviles, for many descents, had a Manor, Park, and principal Man- sion here. Of the last, there are considerable remains, which prove it to have been an Hall-house, with a centre, and two wings, about the time of Henry VII. — fVhitaker's Loidis et Elmete. It is now only a farm-house. In this township, the chief stand was made against Luddism, by Mr William Cart* right, April II, 1812, who gallantly and successfully defended his Mill at Rawfolds, by a small garrison, consisting only of himself, four of his workmen, and five soldiers, against a whole host of Luddites. On the 28th of the same month, Mr Horsfall was shot by a party of these misguided men ; and before January following, «jixty persons svere apprehended and committed to the cpunty 348 WEST-RIDING. gaol, to take their trial on various charges connected with the disturbances crea- ted by General Ludd, and his associates : seventeen of them were executed ; six transported ; and the rest were either liberated on bail or acquitted. LOBWOOD, /. h. in the township of Draughton, and parish of Skipton; 3 1 miles from Skipton. LOCK WOOD, in the parish of Almondbury, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, a part in the liberty of Wakefield ; 1 \ mile from Huddersheld.— Pop. 1,881. William Lockwood, of Lockwood, Esq. was slain in his own house here, by Sir John Elland, of Elland, and his adherents, in the reign of Edward III. — Watson's Halifax. IX)DGE, ham. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck. and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 6 miles from Kettlewell. LODGE, 2/. k. in the township of Settle, and parish of Giggles- wick, liberty of Staincliffe ; 1 1 mile from Settle. LODGE, (the residence of Matthew Thompson, Esq.) in the township of Manningham, and parish of Bradford; 1£ mile from Bradford. LOFTHOUSE, in the parish of Rothwell, Agbrigg-division of Ag- brigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (Lofthouse-Hall, the seat of Benjamin Dealtry, Esq.) 31 miles from Wakefield. 6 from Leeds. — Pop. including Carlton, 1,396, which being united, form a township. LOFTHOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Harewood ; 1 £ mile from Harewood. LOFTHOUSE-HILL, (the seat of Charles Slingsby, Esq.) in the township and parish of Staveley, lower-division of Claro; 3 miles from Knaresbrough, 4 from Boroughbridge. LOFTHOUSES, or LOFTUS, (in Nidderdale) in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower -division of Claro ; 8 miles from Pateleybridge, 9 from Masham. LONG-DRAX.— See Drax, Long. LONGILL, 2f. h. in the township of Wigglesworth, and parish of Long-Preston, liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Settle. LONGLEY, in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; (the seat of Adamson Parker , Esq.) 3 miles from Sheffield. LONGLEY-HALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Almond- bury ; 1 mile from Huddersfield. An ancient seatof the ancestors of Sir John Ramsden. Bart. LONG-MA RSTON, ( Ainsty ) a parish-town ; 6^ miles from Wether- by, 7 from York, 8 from Tadeaster.— Pop. 388. The Church is a reci-ory, dedicated to All-Saints, value, 24/. 3s. 9d. Patron, Paul Bielby Thompson, Esq. Near this village is the field, called Marston-Moor : where, on the second of July, 1644, Prince Rupert, a third time, by his excess of valour and defect of coixiuct, lost the royal army, and had a victory wrested out of his hands, after lie had all the advantage he could desire. LONG -PRESTON, a parish-town, in the [west-di vision and liberty of Staincliffe; 4| miles from Settle, 7 from Cisburn, 1 If from Skipton, 15 from Colne, (Lane.) 53 from York.— IVo Market.— WEST-RIDING. 349 Fairs, March 1, and September 4, for horned cattle, &c. — Principal Inn, Boar's Head. — Pop. 733. The Church is a vicarage, dedica- ted to St. Mary, in the deanry of Craven, value, 10/. ISs, ll^rf. Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. The Prior and Canons of Bolton appear to have presented to this Church, ever since the endowment of the, vicarage, in 1303, to the dissolution of their house-; when the rectory and advoweon were granted by Henry VIII. to Christ- church, Oxford. Id this Church was a chantry, dedicated taour Lady and St. .Anne, founded by Richard Hammerton, Knight, according to the return of chantries made by Archbishop Holgate, and valued at 51. 6s, 8d. per annum. — Hist. Craven. Here are ten Aims-Houses, with a Chapel for reading prayers, founded by James Knowles, by Will, dated 1613—14, for ten poor men or women, and en- dowed bv him with land, worth, in 1786, 491 15s. per annnm. LONGROYD-BRIDGE, in the township and parish of Hudders- field, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wake- field ; i mile from Huddersheld. 8 from Halifax. LONGROYD-BRIDGE HOUSE, {the seat of John Fisher, Esq.) in the township of Lock wood, and parish of Almond bury ; 1 mile from Huddersfleld. LONGSIDE, ham. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parisi of Kirkbymalzeard ; 6 miles from Pateley bridge. LONGWOOD, in the parish of Huddersheld, Agbrigg-division of Agbriggand Morley; 2| miles from Huddersfleld, 8 from Halifax. — Pop. 1 ,942. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mark, value, p. r. fll6/. 8s. Patron, the Vicar of Huddersfleld. LONG WOOD-HOUSE,/, h. in the township and parish of Hudders- held ; 2 miles from Huddersheld. LORDLAND, NORTH and SOUTH, 2 ham. in the township of Dent, and parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of Ewcross ; 1 mile from Dent, 1 from Sedbergh. LOSCOE-GRANGE, 2 h. (the seat of the Rev. Brown) m the township of Aikton, and parish of Featherstone ; 3 miles from Pontefract. LOTHERSDEN, or LOTHERSDALE, in the parish of Carlton, east-division and liberty of Staineliffe ; 4 miles from Skipton, 6 from Colne, (Lane.) 8 from Keighley. It is, " "ays Dr. Whitaker, a dreary valley, running up into Pinhow, as far as the confines of the parish of Whalley. (Lane) It is a distinct Manor, the property of Lord George Cavendish." LOTHERTON, in the parish of Sherburn, wapentake of Barkston- Ash ; (Lolherton-Hall, the seat of John Raper, Esq.) 1 mile from Abberford, .5 from Tadcaster, 8 from Wetherby. — Pop. including a part of Abberford, 427, which being united, form a township. LOYERSALL, in the parish and soke of Doncaster, lower-division of StrafTorth and Tickhill ; {the residence of the Rev. Alexander Cook) 3 miles from Doncaster, 4 from Tickhill, 10 from Rother- hara. — Pop. 131. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. £3?/. 4s. Patron, the Vicar of Doncaster. The Church of Loversall was repaired in I78.'J, by Mr Henry Ovefton, who > in pnllinc; down the porch, destroyed a enrion* piece of antiquity ever the door- way, bearing an Arabic inscription, (in English, obey the Lord.) .3*50 WEST-RIDING. In the church-yard is an ancient and singular tomb, probably belonging to one of the Knights of St. John, of" Jerusalem 1 . About one mile northward of Loversall, near Alverley, is St. Helen's Well, a place of considerable resort for the benefit of bathing. A circular Stone Bath was built by the late William Dixon Loversall, Esq. and a small house adjoining, for the convenience of bathers. The Bath is supplied with water in a few mi- nutes, by a strong spring on the spot. A person attends, from Loversall, daily, during the summer season, as an assistant to the bathers, who are accommodated with dresses gratis. — Hist. Doncaster. LOW-LAITHES, (the seat of Mrs Smithson) in the township of Ossett-with-Gawthorpe, and parish of Dewsbury; 2 miles from Dewsbury. LUCAN-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Sharow, and parish of Ripon ; 1 \ mile from Ripon. LUDDENDEN, in the townships of Warley and Midgeley, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley , liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles from Halifax, 11 from Keighley. The Church, which stands in Midgeley, built about 1 469, and re-built in 1 81 6, is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. t?S/. 15s. Ad. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. LUDDENDEN- FOOT, ham. in the townships of Warley and Midge- ley, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 4 1 miles from Halifax, 7 1 from Todmorden. LUMBY, in the township of Huddleston-with-Lumby, and parish • of Sherburn, wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; 7 miles from Pontefract> 8 from Tadcaster 7 12 from Selby. — Pop. included in Huddleston. LUND, ham. m the township of Gateforth, and parish of Bray ton; 4 miles from Selby. LUNDS-GREEN, scat. L in the township and parish of Pannal ; 5h miles from Knaresbrough. LUPSETT-HALL, s. h. in the township of Alverthorpe, and parish and liberty of Wakefield ; (the seat of Daniel Gaskill, Esq.) 1 mile from Wakefield, 4 from Dewsbury. M MACHON-BANK, ham. m the township of Ecelesall-Bierlow, and . parish of Sheffield ; 2 miles from Sheffield. This place was once the residence of a family, who bore the name of Machon, whom we find in the visitations of the seventeenth century. John Maohon died here in 1 602. — Hunter's Hullam. M AKIN-PL ACE, /. h. in the township of Soy land, and parish of Halifax ; 5 miles from Halifax. MALHAM, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale, west-division and liberty of StaincMe ; 6 miles from Settle, 9 from Kettlewell, 12 from Skipton.- — Fairs, July 1 and Oct. 15, for sheep. — Pop. 26'2. Malhain, situated in a deep and verdant vale, and is chiefly remarkable, on account of an immense crag of limestone, called Malham Cove. It is 286 feet high, stretching in the shape of the segment of a large circle across the whole valley, and forming a termination at once so august and tremendous, that the imagination can scarcely figure any form or scale of roeik within the bounds of probability that shall go beyond it : at the bottom of the Cove is an outlet for the waters of the Lake above. In rainy seasons, however, the overflowings of the WEST-RXDIN&, 351 Lake spread themselves over the shelving surface of the rocks beloWj and, pre- fcipitating from the centre of the Cove, form a tremendous cataract of nearly 300 feet. "Mai ham Tarn, or Lake, the former word signifying in the dialect of the north of England, a small Lake, is of a circular form, and not less than a mile in diameter. Its situation is high and bleak : but is inestimable for its fishery of Trout and Perch, which grow to an unusual size. . This Lake may be considered as the source Of the Aire ; which bursting out in an abundant torrent from among the noblest rocks in Britain, instantly de- clines into a silent and insignificant stream, but in its course towards the sea, becomes, in a mercantile point of view, one of the principal rivers in the county i Not far from this village is JetineWs Cave, so called from a' supposed Queen Or Governess Of a numerous tribe of Fairies, which tradition assures us, anciently resorted here : it is a spacious and gloomy cavern, surrounded with evergreens J no place could be more calculated to produce those fanciful ideas, than this ivy- circled Mansion, when visited by moonlight, where imagination might gee " Aerial forms athwart the solemn gloom, " Tremendous sweep, Or seem to sweep along." Mr Hurtley, the author of " A Tour to the Caves, " is a native of Malh'attL MALHAM-WATER HOUSE, (a seat of Lord Ribblesdale) in the township of Malham-Mbor, and parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale ; % miles from Malham. . , , , MALHAM-MOOR* a township, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale,' west-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 5| miles from Settle, 8| from KettleWell, 13| from Skipton.— Pop. 88. MALON, or MALIN-BRIDGE, in the township of Wadsley, and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of StrarTorth and Tickhill s 3 miles from Sheffield. MALTBY, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; {the seat of John Cook, Esq.) -4| miles from Tickhill, 1\ from Rotherham, 13 from Sheffield, 47 from York. — Pop. 679. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, $4Z. 13s. 4td, p. r. 30/. Patron, the Earl of Scarborough. Here is a School founded by one of the Earls of Castletpn, and repaired by his heirs. Within the communion rails of this Church, lies an infant son of George Viscount Castleton, who died in 1655. MALSIS-HALL, s. h. in the township of Glusburn, and parish of Kildwick ; 5| miles from Skipton and Keigbley. This was formerly the seat of a family of the name of Copley, and, accord- ing to Dr. Whitaker, was considered as the Manor-house of Sutton, " for/ by inquisition taken 34 Henry VIII. it was found that Alvary Copley was seized of the Manor of Sutton, orMalseyes, held of William Vavasour, Esq. as of hi6 Manor of Addinghani." It is now the residence of Mr William Spencer. MANINGHAM, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (Maningham-Honse, the seat of E. X. Lister, Esq.) 1| from Bradford, 8 1 from Halifax and Keighley. — Pop. 2,471. Here, in the reign of Edward III. John Northorp held, of John cf Gaunt,' • Duke of Lancaster, three messuages, and six oxgangs of land, by the service of his attending upon the said Duke, or his bailiff, with a lance and a hunting- dog, for the space of thirty days, when they should pass by Bradford in their way to Pontefract-Castle, having yeoman's board, one penny per day for himselfy and a half-penny for his dog. MANKINHOLES, ham. in the township of Larigfield, and paristt Of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 5| miles from Rochdale, (Lane) 2 Y 352 WEST-RIDING. MANSTON, /. L in the township of Austhorpe, and parish of Wbit- kirk ; 4| miles from Leeds. MANTLE- YATE, or GATE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) 6 miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) MANIWELL-HEIGHTS, ham. in the township of Wilsden, and parish of Bradford ; 4 miles from Keighley and Bingley. MANN- VILLA, (the seat of Mrs Mann) in the township of Hortpn, and parish of Bradford, to which it adjoins. M APPLE WELL, in the township and parish of Darton. wapen- take of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Barnsley. MARLEY, 2 or 3/. h. in the township and parish of Bingley; 2 miles from Bingley. MARKENFIELD-HALL, /. h. (extraparochial) jn the township of Markenfield-with- Wallerthwaite, lower-division of Claro, liberty . of Ripon; 3 1 miles from Ripon. This was once the seat of a family of that name, of whom, Sir Ninian was present at the battle of Flodden- Field, in the year 1513 ; it is now in the hands of his successor. " Next went Sir Ninian Markenville, In armour-coat, of cunning work ; The next went Sir John Normanville, With him the citizens of York." Sir Thomas Markenfield joining in the rebellion against Qneen Elizabeth, in the year 1569, his estate was forfeited ; and he, with many others, was obliged to take refuge in a foreign country. The estate was granted to Chancellor Egerton, and remained in that family till it was purchased of the Duke of Bridgewater, by the first Lord Grantley. It was moated round, and three-fourths of the moat is still filled with water. It is now occupied as a farm-house, the turrets of which are seen from the Leeds road, on the left hand, as you pass from Harrogate to Ripon. MARKINGTON, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-divi- sion of Claro; 4 miles from Ripley, 4| from Ripon. — Pop. including Wallerthwaite, 457, which being united, form a township. Here is a School founded by Mary Reynard, in 1795, who directed that the master should read a sermon, liturgy, &c. to the inhabitants of the village every Sunday afternoon. She endowed it with 50/. by subscriptions and other means. The master's salary amounts to 6 or 11. Mrs Lawrence, of Studley-Hall, gives 41. per annum, for educating twelve children. The master receives six free- seholars from Markington and fngerthorpe. — Commis. Report. MARR, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tick- hill, liberty of Tickhill ; 4 miles from Doncaster, 1 1 from Barnsley, 40 from York. — Pop. 162. The Chapel is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 4/. 8s, 4d. p. r. 100/. Patron, Lord Rendlesham. In the Church is a monument, with a latin inscription, to the family of Lewys, ancestors to Lady Elizabeth Hastings, of charitable memory. In this village was born, John Marre, a Carmelite Friar. Hence he went to Oxford, where the University bestowed much honour upon him. He wrote against the opinions of John Wickliffe. He died March 1407, and Was buried in the convent of Carmelites at Doncaster.— Fuller. &ARR-G RANGE, /. h. in the township and parish of Marf, liberty of Tickhill; 3| miles from Doncaster. MARSDEN> in the parishes of Aimondbury and Huddersfield, Ag- brigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 7 WEST-RIDING. 363 wiles from Huddersfield, 13 from Manchester. — Pop. in Almond- bury, 1,708,-— in Huddersfield, 622,— total, 2.330. The Church is a perpetual curacy under Almondbury, value, p. r. 80/. MARSH, ham. in the township and parish of Huddersfield ; 2 miles from Huddersfield. 8 from Halifax. MARSHA VV-BRIDGE, in the township of Erring-den, and parish of Halifax, Morley-divison of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 9 miles from Halifax. The Chapel, which was built here in 1814, and consecrated by the present Archbishop of York, Oct. 1815, is entitled the Chapel of St. John, in the Wilder- ness, and to which the Vicar of Halifax presents. It is situated in a remote and obscure valley, not devoid of romantic beauty, called Turvin. The native propensity of the inhabitants, and the almost inaccessible nature of the place, about half a century ago, rendered this valley, and the adjoining wilds, unhappily notorious, and at length attracted the notice of government : for here the current gold coin of England and Portugal, was clipped and defaced, while the clippings and filings, during several years, were melted down and re- struck in dies. They had no screw-presses for the purpose, but fixed their dies in heavy blocks. The impression was produced by the stroke of sledge ham- mers, which were nightly heard on every side, no one daring-, for some time, to interrupt so powerful and desperate a gang. At length, the atrocious murder of a poor exciseman, who had boldly done his duty, in attempting to bring some of the parties to justice, produced a general alarm ; two of the murderers, and after- wards a third, were convicted, and executed. — Whitaker. MARSH-FIELD, {the seat of the Rev. Richard Dawson) in the township of Settle, and parish of Giggles wick ; adjoins Settle on the south-west. MARSHALL-HALL, s. h. in the township of Elland-with-Greet- land, and parish of Halifax ; 3 miles from Halifax. MARSTON. LONG.— -See Long-Mar ston. MARTHWAITE, ham. in the township and parish of Sedbergh; \ a mile from Sedbergh, 6 from Dent. MARTON, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro, liberty of St. Peter; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 6 from Knaresbrough, ] 5 from York. — Pop. including Grafton, 464, which being united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, £2/. 19s. 4d. Patron, St. John's College, Cambridge. MARION, EAST, or CHURCH, a parish-town, in the east-divi- sion and liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Skipton, 7| from Colne, (Lane.) 11 from Settle. — Pop. including West- Mar ton, 382, which being united, form the township, usually denominated Martons, both. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Craven, value, 14/. 4s. A\d. p. r. 150/. Patro- ness, Mrs Heber. MARTON-SCAR, /. h. in the township of Martons, both, and parish of East-Marton, liberty of Staincliffe ; 1\ miles from Skipton, 8 from Colne, {Lane.) MARTON-TOP, /. h. in the township of Rimington, and parish of Gisburn; 3 miles from Gisburn. MARTON, WEST, in the township of Martons, both, and parish of East-Marton, liberty of Staincliffe; (Marton- Hall, the seat of 334 WEST-RIDING. Mrs Heber) 61 miles from Skipton, 7f- from Come, (Lane.) J J from Settle. — Pop. included in East-Marton. Marton-Hall stands low and warm, and is embossomed in wood. It is a Respectable old family Mansion, and has been the residence of the Hebers for many generations. .Here, in 1728, Reginald Heber, an amiable and learned clergyman, wji» born. He published, without his name, "ah Elegy, written among the tombs iV/ Westminster-Abbey.'* The lines are moral, plaintive, and religions. He died in 1804. MASQNGILL, ham. in the township and parish of Thornton-in Lonsdale ; 3 miles from Ingleton, 5 from Kirby- Lonsdale. MASBROUGH, in the township of Kimberwortb, and parish of Rqtherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; i a mile from Rotherham. 6| from Sheffield. This village is separated from Rotherham only by a bridge ; the inhabitants of which are chiefly employed in and about the Iron Works, which were begun in this neighbourhood in the year 1746, by Mr Samuel Walker, and his brothers Aaron and Jonathan, and have been ever since that period, progressively in- creasing.— At these vvorks are manufactured, cannon of the largest calibre, and almost all other cast-iron articles; bar, sheet, slit or rod iron, tinned plates, teteel of every sort, and many articles of wrought iron. The Iron Bridges of Sunderland and Yarm ; also recently, one across the Thames in London, were bast at the foundaries of Masbrough. Thd coal and iron-stone for the blast fur- naces and foundries are principally supplied from the estates of the Earl of Effingham, and some from' those of Earl Eitzw.illiam". — Miller's Hist. Qoncaster. The following account Qf that worthy and enlightened character, Mr Samuel Walker, is extracted from t>v.' Miller's History of Doncaster : — He was born in 1716, at Hill-Top, in the parish of Eccleslield : his parents dying when he was about twelve years' o^d, he was left without ample means for subsistence, and none for education ;' hut by diligence and due application, without any assist- ance than from a few books, he qualified himself for keeping a School at Gun- npw&ide, where, previous to the .year 1746, he taught reading, writing, and arithmetic, and was occasionally employed in surveying, making sun-dials, and other things, which shewed genius and a rising character. In the meeting- house for dissenters of the independent denomination, built chiefly at his own expense, is a monument to his memory, with an inscription composed by the •celebrated poet, the Rev, William Mason, his intimate friend. • ' Near the Meeting-house, is an Academical Institution for education of Pro- testant Dissenters, called the Botheraai Independent Academy. The institution was opened in 1795, under the superintendence of the Rev. Dr. Williams, who presides as Divinity Tutor. It is calculated to accommodate sixteen students, containing twenty-two rooms, with U}dging-rooms and studies, and a library, which contains about a thousand volumes. MAY, or BAY-HALL,/, h. in the township and parish ofHudders- field ; 1 a mile from Huddersfield. MAY-ROYD, s. k. in the township of Wadesworth, and parish of ' Halifax, liberty of Wakeneid ; 7 miles from Halifax. ' May^Royd formerly belonged to the family of Cockcroft, whose arms were gable, an elephant passant, argent, in a chef, azure, three mullets, or. Henry Coc^crpft paitj 1£& coinposition money for not receiving the order of Knight- hood,' at the Coronation of Charles I. 1630.— Watson's Halifax. MAY-THORPE, ham. hi the township and parish of Kirkburton"; 6 miles from Penistone, MEANrWOOD, in the township of Chapel- Allerton, and parish of ' Leeds, lower-division of Skyrack ; 3 miles from Leeds, 8 from Otley. 9 from Bradford. M£$H-BECK, or MEER-SYKES, 4/. /(. in the township of Settle, WEST-RIDING. 365 one being in the parish of Long-Preston, the other three in that of Giggleswiek ; 2 miles from Settle, 14 from Skipton. MKLTHAM, in the parish of Almond bury, Agbrigg-division of A^brigg and Morle} 7 , liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Hudders- field, 20 from Manchester, (Lanc.J— Pop. 2,000. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Almondbury, dedicated to St. Bartholomew. Abraham Woodh<\id, whom Dr. Whitby pronounces the most ingenious and solid writer of the Roman Catholic party, was a native of this place, and horn in 1608, and is supposed by many to be the author of " the Whole Duty of Man." He died iu 1678. MELTOX-ON-THE-HILL, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (a seat of Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq.) Aj miles from Doncaster, 10$ from Barnsley, 41 from York. — Pop. 137. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p, r. t80/. Patron, Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq. In this Church is a chantry of our Lady, founded by John Melton ; and in a Chapel enclosed, there are several monuments of the Fountayne family.— Hist, Doncaster. MELTON, WEST, in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearn, upper-division of Strafforth and Tick- hill, liberty of Tickhill; 5 miles from Rotherham, 6 from Barnsley, 1 1 from Doncaster. MENSTHORPE, ham. in the township of North-El msall, and parish of South- Kirkby, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Pontefract. JMENSTON, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack, liberty of Cawood, Weetow, and Otley; 3 miles from Otley, 9 from Keighley, 10 from Leeds.— Pop. 257. MENWITff, in the parish of Hampswaite, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 5 miles from Pateleybridge, 6| from Ripley, 111 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. including Darley, 648, winch being united, form a township. At Menwith-Hill is a School, called Hookstone's School, founded in 1748, by Francis Day, E?q. and endowed by him with lands at Hampsthwaite, (1.8/.) Thresbfield, and Sldrethornes, (22/.) and Starbottom, 11. per annum. The School premises consist of a school-room and turf-house, erected upon the waste, with about Jialf an acre of land adjoining. The Master's salary, out of rents, is 36/. per annum, for which he teaches the poor of Menwith-Hill, Thornethwaite- with-Padside, and Darley, likewise the tenants, holding land under the relations of the founder. — Com?nissio7iers' Report. METHLEY, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Wakefield, 6| from Leeds and Pontefract. — Pop. 1,499. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Pontefract, value. 25/. 8s. 6id. Patron, the King, as Duke of Lancaster. Methley is situated on the banks of the Calder, not far distant from Castle- ford ; and in the reign of Henry IV. was the seat of Robert Waterton, master of horse, to that King; and afterwards of the famous Sir John Saville. — Camden. From Doomsday, it appears that Osulph and Cnut, the two Saxon proprie- tors, before the conquest, had been expelled from it, to make way for the great Norman Lord, Ilbert de Lacy. Subsequently the Manor wa9 granted to the Hos- pital of St. Nicholas, of Pontefract, in the reign of Henry TV. by the master or warden of which house, it was exchanged with Sir John Waterton for certain advowsons. By this exchange, the Watertonj became seized of Methley, and 356 WEST-RIDING. probably built the Manor-house, which was afterwards completely and uni- formly re-bnilt by Baron Saville. The Church of Methley was in existence at the time of Doomsday, but has been wholly re-built, and in the present fabric is nothing peculiar, except the chantry on the south-side of the choir, founded and endowed by Robert Waterton, in 1424, and which contains many monuments of exquisite workmanship. The greatest piece of antiquity abont the Church, is a statue of King Oswald, the Patron Saint, over the south door, far more ancient than any part of the present edifice, and probably contemporary with the foundation of the church and parish. The figure is that of an aged man in robes, with crown and sceptre, somewhat decayed, but yet expressive and majestic in decay. A more detailed and interest- ing account of the monuments, &c. in this Church, is to be found iu '* Whitaker's Loidis et Elmete." The parish and township of Methley are co-extensive. In the same township and parish is METHLEY-PARK, {the seat of the Earl of Mexborougb) 6| miles from Wakefield. This ancient Mansion is situated between Wakefieldand Leeds, in a.beautiful and verdant Park, well stocked with deer. It was originally built in the reign oj James I. but many alterations have subsequently been made, giving the house, in appearance, a modern character. The Savilles are a very ancient family in this county, Where thev have constantly resided, even prior to the year 1300. John Saville, Esq. in 1753, was created Lord Pollington, of Longford, and in 1765, was advanced in the Peerage as Viscount Pollington, and Earl of Mexborougb, of Lifibrd, in the county of Donegal. He died 12th Feb. 1778, and was succeed- ed by his eldest son, John, second and present Earl of Mexborougb.. — Nettle's Views. ME WITH, in the township and parish of Low-Bentham, wapentake of Ewcross; 11 miles from Kirby-Lonsdale, {JVestm.) 13 from Settle, 14 from Lancaster. This is a district, and a quarter of the township of Low-Bentham. MERRYBENTHILL, /. k. in the township and parish of Slaid- burn ; 3 miles from Settle. MEXBROUGH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberties of St. Peter and Tickhill; 5| miles from Rotherham, 8 from Doncaster, 44 from York. — Pop. 865. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. f60L — Bacon styles it a curacy, certified value, 20/. The Church of Mexbrough is only a perpetual curacy, so far as respects the incumbents ;' but is described as a vicarage in the roll of livings, subject to the Dean and'Chapter of York, and is required to pay procurations and synodalsas a Vicar. In the Church are several ancient monuments to the Savilles,a branch of which family, has furnished the title of Earl. The tenants of the lauds of Roger Bacon did fealty and acknowledge, that they held in Mekesburgh (Mexbrough) 4 oxgangs of land, and paid every two years for keeping the Castle, (Tickhill) in each year, 2s. Ad. and the third year, nothing. May not this have been the famous Fryer Roger Bacon ? for there is a tradition that he was a native of this part of Yorkshire, and that his brazen head was set up in a field at Roth well, near Leeds'^ — Blount's FmgmentaAntiq. MICKLEHOVV-HILL, or MICHAEL- HOW-HILL, in thetown- ship of Markington-with- Wallerthwaite, and parish of Ripon, low- er division of Glaro ; 5 miles from Ripon, 9 from Knaresbrough. This is a lofty eminence, partly covered with wood, which formerly be* -longed to the monastery of Fountains. Upon the summit of this hill was a Chapel, called St. Michael's els Monte, erected by the Abbot and Convent of Fettntaias, probably about the year 120.0, and dedicated to St. Michael. The Chapel, after the dissolution of the naonastery, was taken down, anda.gothic tower erected on the-site, from which is a fine prospect of the surrQundTngrocr/itTy. MXCKLE-BRING.in the township and parish of firaithwell, upper- WEST-RIDING. 367 division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 5\ miles from Rotherham, 9 from Doncaster. MICKLEFIELD, m the parish of Sherburn, wapentake of Barkston- Ash; *2\ miles from Abberford, 6 \ from Ferrybridge, 14|from Selby. — Pop. 1 96. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Sherburn. MICK LETH VT AITE, in the township and parish of Bingley, upper- di vision of Skyrack ; 3| miles from Keighley, 9 from Otley. MICKLETHWAITE, in the parish of Collingham, wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; \ of a mile from Wetherby. — Pop. 83. MICKLETHVVAITE-GRANGE, (extraparochial) a seat of Paul Beilby Thompson, Esq. in the township of Micklethwaite ; 1 mile from Wetherby. MTCKLKY, in the township of Azerley, and parish of Kirkbymal- zeard, lower-division of Claro; 5 miles from Masham, 6 from Ripon. MIDDLESMOOR, in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro ; 9 miles from Pateley- bridge and Kettlewell, 10 from Masham, 16 from Ripon. Here is a Chapel under Kirkbymalzeard, of which the Vicar is Patron, the present annual value, about 140?. In 1743, John Lazenby founded a School, for ten poor boys of the townships of Stonebecks-upper, and down, and Fountains- Earth. He' endowed it with land, which now lets for LSI. per annum, which is paid to the Master as his salary. Simon Horner, by indenture, dated 1809, gran- ted 20/. per annum, out of an estate at Stonebeck, to be paid to a School -Master at Middlesmoor, for teaching the poor children of Stonebeck, he afterwards built a School-House, of which they have the use. — Commissioners 7 Report. M1DDLETHORPE, fAinstyj in the parish of St. Mary, Bishop- Hill, the Elder, York, (the seat of Andrew Barlow, Esq.) 1| mile from York, 8 from Tadcaster. — Pop. 44. MIDDLETON, in the parish of Ilkley, upper -division of Claro ; JMiddUlon- Lodge, the seat of William Middleton, Esq.) 6| miles from Otley, 9 from Skipton. — Pop. 205. MIDDLETON, in the parish of Rothwell, Agbrigg-division of Ag- brigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of William Waller. Esq.) \\ miles from Leeds, 5 from Wakefield. — Pop. 10S6. MIDDLETON-GREEN, ham. in the township and parish of Eceles- field ; 4 \ miles from Sheffield, 8 from Rotherham. MIDDLEWOOD-HALL, (the seat of the Hon. H. Saville,) in the township and parish of Darfield, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 5 1 miles from Barnsley, 10 from Doncaster. MIDGLEY, in the parish of Halifax, Morley division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Halifax, 12 from Keighlev.— -Pop. 2,207. MIDGLEY, NETHER, ham. in the township of Shitlington, and parish of Thornhill ; 6 miles from Wakefield. MIDGLEY, OVER, ham. in the township of Shitlington, and parish of Thornhill; 6| miles from Wakefield. MIDHOPE, a township, in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty of Staineliffe • 3 miles from Gisburn, 9 from Colne, (Lanc.J II from Burnley, (Lane.) 12 from Skipton. — Pop. 100. 368 WEST-RIDING. MIDHOPE, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfielcf f upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 4 1 niiles from Penistone* 12 from Sheffield. The Chapel, dedicated to St. James, is a per- petual curacy, value, p. r. 40/. Patron, William Bosville, Esq. as Lord of the Manor, This place gave name to a family, called De Midhope, several of which were knighted. They were Lords of the Manor, and had their residence within the village. From De Midhopes, the manor passed to the De Barnbys, of which family Edmund was lord in temp. Edward III. One Henry Hall sold the same in 1690, to Godfrey Bosville of Gunthwaite, Esq. in which family it appears to have remained ever since, — Hunter's Hallamshirei MIDHOPE, LITTLE, /. h. in the township of Midhope, and parish of Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Gisburn, 8| from Colne, {Lane.) MIDHOPE, OVER, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 5 miles from Penistone, 13 from Sheffield. MlLFORTH, NORTH, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkby- Wharfe, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Tadcaster. MlLFORTH, SOUTH, in the parish of Sherburn, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract ; 6 miles from Pontefract, 8 from Selby, 8| from Tadcaster. — Pop. 631. MILLBANK, in the township of Sowerby, and parish of Halifax, Morley -division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles from Halifax, 8 from Huddersfield. MILLSHA W, ham. in the township of Beeston, and parish of Leeds; 3 miles from Leeds. MILLWOOD, ham. in the township Stansfield, and parish of Hali- fax, liberty of Wakefield ; 10 miles from Halifax, 12 from Roch- dale. MILN-HOUSES, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; 3 miles from Sheffield. MILNSBRIDGE-HOUSE, (the seat of Joseph Armitage, Esq.) in the township of Longwood, and parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg- division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 2 miles from Huddersfield, 7 from Halifax. MILNTHORPE, in the township and parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 2 y miles from Wakefield, 7f from Barnsley. MILTHORPE, in the township and parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of Ewcross ; I mile from Sedbergb, 4 from Dentr MILTON-FURNACE, in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearn, upper-division of Strafforth and Tick- hill ; 6f miles from Barnsley, 8| from Sheffield. — A newly erected set of buildings for the purpose of converting iron-stone into Iron. MINSK IP, in the parish of Aldborough, lower-division of Claro, liberty of St. Peter ; 1| mile from Boroughbridge, 5| from Khares- brough, 7 from Ripon.— Pop, 243. MIRFIELD, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg And Modey, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Dewsbury* 4\ Horn from ttuddersfieM, 8 from Wakefield, 35 from York.— Pop. 5,041. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanfy of Pontefract, value, £6/. Is. 0%d t p. r. 1501. Patron, Sir George Armttage, Bart. The rectory of Mirfield, nearly fifty years agft, was let for 210/. per aimum, — though estimated in 1540, at no more than 61. 6s. 8d. Mirfield appears to have formed part of the great Saxon parish of Devvsbtiry, till the year 1261, when the following curious and well authenticated account caused its separation : It happened, says this ancient document, that as the Lady of Sir John Heton, of Mirfield* was going to mass, very early in the morning o? Christmas-day, to the parish-church of Dewsbnry, that she was robbedy and her principal attendants murdered, at a place called Ravensbrook-Lane. On the same day, while she was af dinner, at nine o'clock in the morning, (at that time the usual hour) two Mendicant Ecclesiastics came to solicit charity,' at the same time informing her that they were going to Rome, where her hiisband, Sir John/ then resided. On this intelligence, she wrote a letter to her husband, and told him of the horrid scene she had just witnessed, and reqiiest&d of him to make interest with the Pope to erect the Chapel of Mirfield into a parochial Church; that the inhabitants might no longer be exposed to the dangers she had expe-^ rienced, on the way to their parish-church. This letter the priests delivered to' Sir John, who prevailed on his holiness to elevate Mirfield into a rectory/ and bestowed the patronage 6n Sir John and his posterity, who immediately con~ ferred the living on his younger brother, who built the rectory-house about the year 1300. The original is given in Latin by Hopkinson, amongst fiis MSS. at copy of which is inserted in Loidiskt Ehnete. _„,:.... ., The Church of Mirfield was appropriated to the Nunnery of Klrklees'/ arid constituted the best part of the endowment of that house, on the dissolution of which, it was granted to Thomas Savile of Clifton. Sir George Armitage,' Uttrt, is now impropriator and patron. At the west-end of the Church is a conical mount, intended as a place Of defence to the nianor*house of its Saxon Lords,' Immediately adjoining to this, was the Mansion successively of the Mfrfields,' Hetons, and Beaumonts, still called Castle-Hall / an antique, and very pictu- resque Timber-house, built by Thomas Beaumont, in the reign of Henry VIIL though a mistake in the reading of some obscure numerals, has carried ft up to a much higher antiquity. They have now wholly disappeared ; but enough' remained forty years ago, to enable Mr Beaumont to read them 1522 ; but not long before that time, some smatterer having read them 1022, the circumstance was seized with avidity by the neighbourhood, and the house was exhibited to strangers as an entire and genuine relic of Canute's time* — WmTAKEa. The parish and township are co-extensive, and stretch about two mile's on both sides of the Calder. Here is a School, founded in 1667, by Richard Thorpe, of Heptou, gentle- man, for the education of fifteen poor children — present endowment, upwards of 60/. per annum. &1IRYSHAW, /. h. m the township and parish of Bradford, to' which it nearly adjoins. This house was for many generations, the paternal residence of the Jsm'yths, now divided into two branches, and represented by John Henry Smyth, Esq M. P. for Cambridge, and John Smyth, Esq. of Bramham, (1816.) It is now occupied as a farm-house, a view of which, as a vignette, is given in JVhitaker's Loidys et Elmete. ; . MITTON, a parish-town, fn the west-division 1 of Staincliffe, liberty of Boiland ; 3 miles from Clitheroe, (Ixnic.) 1 from Blackburn, (Lane.) 12 from Gisburn.— Pop. 324. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Craven, value, + 14/. 1$, 8i from Barnsley. MOORHOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Badswortfe, liberty of Pontefract ; 41 miles from Pontefract, WEST-RIDING. &rjl MOOR-HOUSE, /. h. in the township and parish of Tickhill; 1 mile from Tickhill. MOOR-HOUSE, {the seat of John Maude, Esq.) in the township of Stanley-with-Wrenthorpe, and parish of Wakefield ; 4 miles from Wakefield . JMOOR-HOUSES, in the township of Middleton, and parish of ILIf- ley : 7 miles from Otley. Four or five houses. MOOR-MONKTON, (Ainstyj a parish-town ; 8 miles from York, 9 from Knaresbrough, 10* from Wetherby. — Pop. 269. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, value, \6l, 19*. 7d, Patron, the King. .MORE-HALL, f. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield ; 7 miles from Sheffield. This was anciently the seat of a family of the name of More, who appear in have resided here from the reign of Henry VII. till the first of Edward VI. More, of More-Hall, cuts a conspicuous figure in the famous ballad of the Dragon of Wantley. There are no remains of the old house.— Hunter's Hallamshire . MOREWOOD, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Sheffield ; 6 miles from Sheffield. This place, like More-Hall, also gave name to a family of the name of More- wood, several of whom appear at different times, to have been High Sheriffs for the county of Derby.— Hunter's Hallamshire . MORLEY, in the parish of Batley, Agbrigg-divisjon of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Dewsbury, 4£ from Leeds, 7 from Wakefield.— Pop. 3,031. It is a perpetual curacy, without Church or Chapel. In the time of Doomsday, Morley had a parish-church ; but it seems to have been reduced to the dependant state of a Chapel to Batley, by Robert de Lacy, the founder of the latter Church, and so to have continued till the great rebellion, when it was leased out, by Saville, Earl of Sussex, to certain presbyterian trus-r tees, for the term of 500 years, and ever since that time it has been used as a place of worship for Dissenters ; and is said to be the only instance throughout Eng- land and Wales, of an ancient established place of worship, which was not re- stored to the established Church, at the restoration. Tt retains much of the form of a Church, and has a choir and two side aisles, supported upon woodden pasterns instead of columns, but marking the hands into which it has fallen, by sectarian • frugality and inelegance. — Whitaker's Loidis et Elmete. It was sqme time back used by the Unitarians, now by the Calvanists. Morley, although situated in Agbri^division, appears to give name to that portion of the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley, called Morley -division. — See slgbrigg, p. 214. MORTHEN. ham. in the township of Winston, and parishes of Whiston and Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; (Morthen-Hallj the seat of Nicholas Timm, Esq.) 4 miles from. Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield, 1 1 from Tickhill. MORTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of South-Kirkby ; 8 miles from Pontefract, 12 from Wakefield. MORTOMLEY, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, uppejr-r division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 6 miles from Rotherham, 6| from Sheffield, 8 from Barnsley. MORTON-BANKS, in the township of East-Morton, and pari gh of Bingley* upper-division of Skyrack; 2 miles from Keighley, 3 frpm Bingley. 362 WEST-RIDING. About thirty years, ago, was discovered near Morton, one of the most valuable deposits of Roman Coins, ever turned up iu Britain. It consisted of a very large quantity of Denarii in excellent preservation ; for the most part of Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla, and Geta, contained in tjje' remains of a brass chest, which frad probably been the military chest of a Roman legion, and de- posited^ upon 'some sudden alarm, in a situation which it had quietly occupied during a period of almost sixteen centuries. — Hist. Craven. PORTON, EAST, in the parish of Bingley, upper-di vision of Sky rack, liberty of Clifford 's-Fee ; 3 miles frqin Keighley, 3§ from Bingley, 10 frqm Skipton. — Pop. 1,199. MORTO&, WEST, in the township and parish of Bingley, upper- division of Skyrack ; 3 miles from Keighley, 4 from Bingley. MORWICK, /. h. in the township and parish of Barwiek in Elmet, liberty pf Pontefract ; 6 miles from Leeds. $IOSELEY-WOOD. in the township of Addje-with-Eccup, and parish of Addle, upper-division of Skyrack ; 4 miles from Otley ? 6'| from Leeds. ^|OSS, in the parish of Campsall, wapentake pf Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Thorne, 9 from Dpncaster ? J 3 fron^ Pontefract.— Pop. 242. Jf OSSON-GREEN, /. h. in the township of Sykehouse, and parish of Fishlake ; 4 miles from Thorne. MOSS- WOOD HOUSES, 2 /. h. in the township of Fountains- Earth, and parish qf Kirkbymal^eard ; 3 miles from Pateley bridge. MOULD-GREEN, ham. in the township of Dalton ? and parish of Kirkheatqn. Agbrigg-divisipn of Agbrigg and Mqriey ; (the seats of William Walker Battye, and Abraham Dixon, Esqrs.) 1 mile from Hud4ersfield, 9 from Halifax. ^'OU NT-PLEASANT, (the seat of Samuel Broomhead Ward, Esq.); m the township of Eeplesall-Bieriow, and parish qf Sheffield; I mile from Sheffield. S JHULWJTH, /. h. in the township of Newby-with-Mulwith, am} parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-di vision of Claro; 3 miles, from Boroughbridge, 4 from Ripon.^-Pop. included in Newby. l^iYTHOLM, a few h. in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax ; 8 miles from Halifax^ ftfYTHOLM-kOYD BHIDGE, ham. at the junction of the town, ships qf Wadesworth, Erringden, Sowerby, and Midgley, an<} parish of Halifax ; 6 miles from Halifax. |ll YRTLE-G ROVE, (the seat of Lieut. General Twiss) in tjie town.- '' ship and parish of Bingley ; \ a mile from Bindley. w !£AB-HILL, ham. in the township of Dalton, and parish pf Kirk- heaton ; 2 miles from Huddersheld. J^APP^., in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty of Stain- cliffe ; 3| miles frqm £}J £DU, W? 3- from Settle, 1 1 from Sikipton.^- Pop. 44. '"" ' NAPPA-FLAfTS, /. $. m the township of Paythprne, and parish j|f Gisburn, liberty of Sfaincliffe ; $\ miles from Gisburn, WEST-RIDING. 363 NEEPSEND, ham. in the township of Brightside-ftierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; 1 mile from Sheffield. NES FIELD, in the township of Nesfield-with-Langber, and parish of Ilkley, upper-division of Claro ; 4 miles from Otley, 8 from Skipton.—Pop. including Langber, 210. At Ne*field, Robert, the son of Nigel Plumpton, wh6 died 55 Henry III. ob- tained a license to have a Chapel in his Manor-House of Nesfield, on condition of offering annually a pound of Frankincense on the high altar of the parish? church of Ilkley. NETHER-BANK, scat. h. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield ; 4 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. NETHKRB Y, in the township of Kereby-with-Netberby, and parish of Kirkby-Overblow, upper-division of Claro; 4|- miles from Wetherby, 8 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. included in Kereby. NETHER-GREEN, ham, in the township of Upper- Hallara, and parish of Sheffield ; 3 miles from Sheffield. NETHER-HALL, (the seat of Mrs Copley) in the township and parish of Doncaster ; ^ of a mile from Doncaster. NETHERSIDE, (the seat of Alexander Nowell, Esq.) in the town- ship of Thresbfielcf, and parish of Linton; 5\ miles from Kettle* well, 10| from Skipton. NETHERTHORPE, ham. in the township of Aston- with- Aug^ton, and parish of Aston ; 6 mifes from Rotherham. NETHER-LODGE, s. h. in the township and parish of Horton; 10 miles from Settle. NETHER-SHIRE, ham- in the township and parish of Ecclesfield ; (Shire- House, the seat of Hugh Metier, Esq.) 4 miles from Shef- field, 5 from Rotherham. NETHERTON, in the parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigffand Morley ; 5 miles from Wakefield, 9 § from Huddersfield. NETHERTON, or NETHER-SHITLINGTON.— See Shitlington, Nether. NETHERTON, ham. in the township of South-Crosland, and parish of Almondbury, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Hud- dersfield, 11 from Halifax. NETHER-THONG.— See Thong, Nether. NEW-BRIDGE, ham. in the township of Fountains- Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 2 miles from Pateleybridge. NEW-BRIDGE, an Inn, in the township of Cowick, and parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Snaith, 5 from Thome. NEWBY, ham. \n the township of Rimington, and parish of Gis- burn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Gisburn. NEWBY, 2 h. in the township of Weeton, and parish of Harewood ; 4 \ miles from Otley. NEWBY, in the township of Olapham-with-Newby, and parish of Clapham, wapentake of Ewcross ; 7 miles from Settle, 10 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) — Pop. included in Clapham. NEWBY-COTE, ham. in the township qflngleton, and parish of Clapham ; 8 miles from Settle, 864 WEST-RIDING. NEWBY-HALL, (the seal of the Right Hon. Lord Grantham) in the township of Mulvvith-with-Newby, and parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro ; 3 miles from Ripon and Borough bridge, 10 from Knaresbiough. — Pop. including Mulwith, 52, which being united, form a township. It is situated on the north bank of the river Ure ; and usually said, but on what authority we cannot learn, to have been built after a design of Sir Christopher Wren, in 1705. The late Mr Weddell built the wings, one of which contains the statue gallery. The dining-room was built by his present Lordship. The two dogs, in Portland^stone, on either side of the portico, were copied from Alcibiades' dog at Duncombe^Park. The house contains several good rooms, a valuable library, and many excellent paintings : but it is most admired for its statuary, the gallery of which contains the best private collection of ancient sculpture in the kingdom, collected by the late Mr Weddell The statue most esteemed, is that of Venus, 5 feet 1 J inch high, purchased at Rome, and formerly well known by the name of the Barberini Venus, as it was originally in the possession of that family. The garden and pleasure-grounds are laid out with much taste ; and in the former are excellent hot-houses. Thomas Phillip Weddell Robinson, the present Right Hon. Lord Grantham, is the third Lord, having succeeded his father, Thomas, the late Lord, in July, 1786, he married, 1805, Henrietta-Frances Cole, youngest daughter of William Willoughby, first Earl of Etmiskillen, and has issue, Frederick William William, born April, 1810, heir-apparent, and several daughters. Sir Metcalf Robinson, of Newby, near Topclilfe, ancestor of the present family, was created Baronet in 166U, and died 1689, when the title became ex- tinct, which was revived in the person of his nephew, Sir William Robinson, who married Mary, the daughter of George Aislabif!, Esq. of Studley-Roya!, and had issue : Thomas, his fourth son, was created Baron Grantham, of Grantham, April 7, 1761 ; Thomas, the second Lord, was appointed Secretary to the Em- bassy to the Congress of Augsburgh, 1761 ; Ambassador to the Court of Madrid, J771 5 and 1779, appointed first Lord of Trade ; July, 1782, Secretary of State for the Foreign Department ; and January, 1783, his Lordship concluded the preliminaries of peace : he married 1780, Mary Jemima, daughter of Phillip, the second Earl of Hardwick, sister and heiress-presumptive to Amabel, Countess de Grey, by whom he had three sons, Thomas Phillip, the present Lord, &c. — Pbbrett* In the time of Edward I. Alexander de Nubie, held this territory ; who was succeeded therein, by Roger, his son and heir. In the reign of Charles II, Sir John Crosland, Knight, was seated here ; he died in 1670, and was buried at Ripon, at the south end of the transept, where a brass plate commemorates his memory. He was succeeded by Sir Walter Blackett, Bart, who also lies juried at Ripon \ the Blacketts sold it to Richard Weddell, Esq. and was suc- ceeded by his son William, by whose death, in April, 1792, this, with other ^states, devolved to the present noble proprietor. JJEW-CHAPEL, /. h. in the township and parish of Penistone; \ a mile from Penistone. NEWFIELD-GREEN, ham. m the township of Nether-Hallam, and pariah of Sheffield ; 2\ miles from Sheffield. .Jf'EW-GRANQE, (the seat of fhoynas Benyon, Esq t ) in the town- ship of Heddingley, a^uj parish of Leeds; 3 miles from Leeds, 7 from Harewood. This place belonged to Kirkstall-Abbey. At the dissolution of the house 1540, it was granted by King Henry yill. with the site of the Monastery, on the north-easty is a little Chantry, now an out-house in the garden, adjoining to which, many bones are said to have been dug np. From the shape of one of the windows, yet remaining, one would conjecture this humble foundation to be as old as the Cafterton*. Bank-Newton, has its name from the family of Banks, who held the manol? more than three centuries, but more anciently Cold Newton, from its exposed situation. -fVhitaker's Craven. NEWTON-HALL, f.h.in the township and parish of Ripley ^ 1 mile from Ripley. This was formerly a seat of the ancient family of the. Vavasours, a branch of which resided here, before the year 1570, and after the year 1610, as appears by the parish aegister. The situation is on a small eminence* commanding a fine view of the surrounding country. Over the front door, is a shield of arms, containing those of Vavasour, Ingilby, and several others. The estate, consist ting of upwards of 404 acres of land, was lately pnrchased by Matthew Thack-< w ray of Harrogate, Esq. and is now, by purchase of the late Sir John Ingilby * the property of the present Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Bart. NEWTON-KYME, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston- Ash; (Newton-Hall, the seat of Thomas Lodderton Fairfax, Esq.) \\ mile from Tadcaster, 5 from Wetherby, 11| from York, 13 from Ferrybridge. — Pop. including Towlston, 184. The Church i& a rectory, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 14/. Patron, Thomas Lodderton Fairfax, Esq. This place takes its name from being formerly in the possession of the Barons de Kime ; though it has since long been in the ancient family of Fairfax.' — DRAKE. Here some antiquaries place the Roman Calcaria, in the field* near St.< Helen's-Ford, there being no argument to fix it at Tadcaster, but what will equally agree to this place. Many Roman coins have been ploughed np here, particularly some of Constantius, Helena, and Constantine j also, an alabaster urn, containing ashes, melted lead, rings, &c— CAMnEN. Dr. Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle, who crowned Queen Elizabeth, was a native of this place.— Camoen. Here is a School, founded in 1787, by the late Thomas Fairfax, Esq< NEWTON, LITTLE, s. h. in the township of Hellifield, and parish of Long-Preston, liberty of Staincliffe ; 5 miles from Settle* NEWTON, POTTER.— See Potter- Newton. NEWTON- WILLOWS, /. h. in the township of Ledston, and parish of Ledsame, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Pontefract. NIDD, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberty of Ripon % (Nidd-Hall, the seat of Francis Trapps, Esq.) Z miles from Ripley, S\ from Knaresbrougb, 21 \ from York. — Pop. 86. The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of Borough bridge, diocese of (Chester, value, $3/. 6s, 10£d. p.r. fllOZ. Patron, the King, as Duke of Lancaster. NO~BLETHORPE, *. h. in the township and parish of Silkstort ; 3f miles from Periston e. 3 A 368 WEST-RIDING. NORLAND, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 3^ miles from Halifax, 7 from Huddersfield.— Pop. 1,665. On the edge of Norland-Moor, amongst a large ridge of rocks, i* a very ponderous stone, which projects over the side of the hill, and has a very un- common appearance ; it is called the Lad-stone, but, for what reason, no inha- bitant of the place can tell. Mr Watson observes, that if the name is British, it may come from Llad, to kill or slay, and might be the place for the execution of criminals, in the time of the Druids, who were extremely lavish of human blood— not only criminals, captives, and strangers, were slain at their sacrifices, but their very disciples were put to death, without mercy, if they were wilfully tardy in coming to their assemblies.' — Watson's Halifax. NORMANTON, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbriggand Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 4? miles from Wakefield, 5 from Pontefract, 25 from York.— Pop. 250. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, %"ll. p. r. 150/. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. In thi9 Church is buried the celebrated James Torre, Esq. whose Manu- script collections of the Ecclesiastical Antiquities of this county stand unrivalled. He died at Snydall, in this parish, July 31, 1699. — Drake's Eb&r. Preface. Here is a Grammar School, founded and endowed with 10/. per annum, by John Fraston, Esq. in the year 1591, for all scholars of his sir-name, and thirty others, out of the parishes of Normanton and Warmfield. — The money is paid out of the University of Oxford. NORTH-BIERLEY, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigaf and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2§ miles from Bradford, ^8 from Halifax, 12| from Wakefield.— Pop. 6,070. Here is a Chapel, but not consecrated. NORTH-COTE, /. h. in the township of Coniston-wifb-Kilnsey, and parish of Burnsall, liberty of Staincliffe ; 2| miles from Kettle- well, 13 from Skipton. NORTH-CROFTS, /. L in the township and parish of Silkston; 3| miles from Penistone. NORTH-CROSLAND, in the township of South-Crosland, and parish of Almondbury ; 2 miles from Huddersfield. NORTH-LANE HOUSE, s. h. in the township of Long-Drax. and parish of Drax ; 5 miles from Snaith. NORTH-DEIGHTON, (the seat of John Breiein, Esq.)— See Deighton, North. NORTH-LEYS, ham. in the township of North-Stainley-with-Slen- ningford, and parish and liberty of Ripon ; 2 miles from Ripon. NORTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Mirfield ; &| miles from Dewsbury, 5 from Wakefield. NORTHORPE, /. h. in the township of Wortley, and parish of Tankersley; 4| miles from Penistone. NORTHOWRAM, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; (Northowram-Hall, the seat of J. F. Dyson, Esq.) 2| miles from Halifax, 5| from Bradford.— Pop. 6,841. NORTH-PASTURE, 4 /. h. in the township of Sawley, and parish of Ripon ; 3 miles from Pateley bridge, 9 from Ripon. NORTH-SIDE HEAD, fh. in the township of Upper-Stonebeek, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 9 miles from Pateley bridge. WEST-RIDING. 369 NORTON, in the parish of Campsall, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 1\ miles from Pontefract, 8| from Doncaster and Ferrybridge.— Pop. 668. NORTON-PRIORY, ham. situated as above. NORWOOD, in the township of Clifton-with-Norwood, and parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro ; 6 miles from Otley, 1 1 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. included in Clifton. NORWOOD-HALL, (the seat of James Wheat, Esq.) in the town- ship of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 2^miles from Sheffield. NOSTAL-PRIORY, (the seed of Charles Winn, Esq.) in the town- ship of Purston-Jaglin, and parish of Wragby, wapentake of Osgoldcross ; 5 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Ferrybridge. In the reign of Henry I. Ralph Adlave, that King's Chaplain, founded a Priory here, for Canons regular of the order of St. Austin, in the year J 121 ; the situation was very woody, and had previously been chosen by a few Her- mits, where they had built themselves a little Hall, and an Oratory or Church, dedicated to Sf . James. The Priory founded by Adlave, was dedicated to St. Oswald, the King and Martyr, to which were granted many privileges. Robert de Laci granted the Monks the wood in which it was built, with two exgangs of Land, in Hardwic ; for which reason, the Lacies family looked upon them- selves, and were alwavs deemed, as founders. At the suppression its revenues were valued at 606/. 9*. 3d. Speed, —492/. 18*. 2d. Dugdale. The site was given in the 31st Henry VIII. to Thomas Leigh, Doctor of Laws, one of the visitors of religious houses ; it afterwards became the property of Sir Richard Gargrave, Knight, who sold it to Ireland, Esq. by him it was sold to George Winn, Esq. who was afterwards created a Baronet by King Charles II.— Burton — Leland. The present house was built by Sir Rowland Winn, Bart, in the beginning of the last century, near the site of the old Priory. Tt stands on an eminence in the midst of a fertile and well cultivated tract of country. The family of Winn is descended from the House of Gwydir, who left Wales in the sixteenth century and settled in London. The immediate ancestor of this branch was George Winn, Diaper to Queen Elizabeth ; whose grand-son George was created a Bart, by King Charles II., 1660, at which time he resided at Nostall. On the death of Sir Rowland Winn, in 1805, the title devolved upon his cousin Ed- mund Mark Wynn. Esq. of Ackton, and the family estates to his nephew, John Williamson, Esq. who, on coming of age, obtained his Majesty's license to bear the name and arms of Winn. He died in 1817, and was succeeded by his only brother, Charles, the present possessor. — Betham's Bar.— Neai/s Views. NOTION, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of Staincross, li- berty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Barnsley, 6i from Wakefield, 10 from Pontefract.— Pop. 339. NUN-APPLETON.— See Appleton, Nun. NUNBROOK, ham. in the township and parish of Mirfield ; 41 miles from Huddersfield, 8| from Wakefield, 11 irom Leeds. NUN-MONKTON, a parish-town in the upper-division of Claro; 8 miles from York, 1 1 from Knaresbrough and Boroughbridge.— - Pop. 344. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. f45/. but by the addition of lands since, it is 81/. In ihe time of King Stephen, William de Arches and Ivetta, his wife, founded here a Nunnery, and dedicated it to the Blessed Virgin, for Beae« dictmes, and endowed it'with divers lands, afterwards confirmed to the Nun- §70 WEST-IUDING, nery by Henry Murdac, Archbishop of York. — Valued at the dissolution at 1§l. 12*. Ad.— Dugdale. — Burton. The site was granted 29th Henry VIII. to John Nevil, Lord Latimer \ the v, ; present owner is Payler Tufnal Jolliff, Esq. STUN WICK, 4 /. h. in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-divi- sion of Clare ;2| miles from Ripon, 1\ from Boroughbridge, ]0| from Bed ale. — Pop, 28. One house and farm at Howgrave, in the parish of Kirkiington, belong to this township. o OAKENSHAW, ./. k. in the township and parish of Crofton; 1 § mile from Wakefield, 7 from Pontefract. OAKS,/, h. in the township and parish of Darton; 3 miles from Barnsley, 1\ from Penistone. OAKS-GREEN, s. h. in the township of Rastrick, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Huddersfield. OAKWELL-HALL, s.h, in the township of Gomersall, and parish of Birstall ; 6 miles from Bradford, 8 from Halifax. OAK WORTH, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of StainclifFe ; 3 miles from Keighley, 10 from Skipton. OCKENE Y, f. h, in the township of Walkingham-with-Ockeney, and parish of Knaresbrough, lower-division of ClaroJ; 3§ miles from Knaresbrough, 5 from Ripley .—Pop. included in Walkingharo, OGLETHORPE, in the township of Bramham-with-Oglethorpe, and parish of Bramham, wapentake of Earkston-Ash ; 4 miles from Tadcaster, This place was formerly the residence of the ancient family of Oglethorpe, pne of whom was fteve of the county at the time of the Norman Conquest : they continued seated here till the civil wars, when their estates here were lo&t for Jheir loyalty. Of this family was James Edward Oglethorpe, born in 1698, founder of the Colony of Georgia, General of the Forces of South Carolina, &c— He died June 30, 1785. A monument is erected in the church of Cran- ham, to the memory of the General and his Wife, written by Mr Caper Loft. He was author of f* An apcount of the Colony in Georgia, " and <* An Essay on Plantantions, or tracts relating to the Colonies, 1732." Nichols 1 Anecdotes, Vol;%. where a detailed account of this respectable family is given, QKENSHAW, in the township of Cleck-Heaton, and parish of Birstall, Morley -division of A gbri gg and Mor ley ; 6" miles from Bradford and Halifax. OLD-BOOTH, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecelesfield ; 6 mjles from Penistone, 12 from Sheffield. OLDCOTES, /. h. in the township of Hawkeswick, and parish of Arnecliffe; 5 miles from Kettlewell, 1 1 \ from Settle. OLD-HALL,/, h. in the township and parish of Emley; 1\ miles from Huddersfield and Wakefield. OLDftAM-MILL, a Mill, in the township of Wombwell, and parish of Darfield ; 3 miles from Barnsley, T| from Rotherham. OLD-TOWN, ham. in the township of Wadsworth, and parish of Halifax; 9 miles from Halifax, 12 from Rochdale, (Lane.) OLERS, and OLERS, NETHER, ham. in the township of Slaith, w^jte, and parish of Huddersfield j 8 miles from Huddersfield. WEST-RIDING. 371 ONE'S-ACRE, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield ; 5 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Penistone. ORG R AVE, in the parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Rotherham,. o from Sheffield.— Pop. 47. OSGOLDCROSS, a wapentake, bounded on the east by part of the county of Lincoln ; on the south, by the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill; on the west, by the wapentakes of Staincross, and Agbrigg and Morley; and on the north, by that of Barkston-Ash. In this wapentake are the market-towns of Pontefract and Snaith. It contains 63 townships, 19 of which are parish-towns, 5,927 inhabited houses, and 30,199 inhabitants. OSSENDIKE, in the township of Ryther-with-Ossendike, and parish of Ryther, wapentake ol Barkston-Ash, liberty of Ponte- fr.ct ; 4i miles from Tadcaster, 7 from Selby. — Pop. included in Ryther. OSSETT, in the parish of Dewsbury, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; %\ miles from Wakefield, 3 from Dewsbury. — Pop. 4,775. The Church is a perpetual curacy^ value, p. r. 115/. 5s. Patron, the Vicar of Dewsbury. OSWINTHORPE, or OSMONDTHORPE, in the township of Halton, parish and borough of Leeds ; 2 miles from Leeds. Osvrinthorpe, or Oesinthorpe, the villa regia of Bede, is said to have been the residence of Osw yn, King of Northumberland. Certain remains of old works, which the late Alderman Skelton levelled, filling up several trenches, &c. which had continued to the time of Charles I. when the present fabric was built. In one of the windows, is a piece of stained glass, which was preserved when the old hall was demolished. — It represents a King, with a very antique Crow,n, a Sword, and a Shield, bearing the arms of the East- Angles, for here Edwin was relieved when an Exiie. Here have been also pavements and causeways, found under ground, when ploughing. The third King from this Edwin, was Oswin, a virtuous prince, but more devout than brave, and who was murdered in 651, from whom, most probably, the place received its name. His remains were interred in Whitby*Abbey, by order of his daughter, Edelfelda. Several hundred years after this, a family of the Osmunds resided here, and shewd a strong inclination to have it called Osmundthorp, — THoafiSBY. OTLEY, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of Sky- rack, liberty of Cawood, VVistow, and Otley ; (Manor- House ', the residence of Matthew Wilson, Esq.) 8 miles from Harewood, 10 from Leeds, Bingley and Bradford, 1 2 from Keighley, and Ripley, 13 from Kuaresbrough, 15 from Skipton, 16 from Wetherby, 28 from York, 205 from London. — Market. Friday. — Fairs, first Monday after August 2, for horses and horned cattle; Friday between new and old Martinmas-day for hiring servants ; Fortnight Fairs on Fridays, for horned cattle and sheep. — Principal Inns, White Horse, Black Horse, and New Inn.— Pop. 3,065. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, *13/. \s. Sd.ip. r. +128/. Otley is awellrhuilt tou-n, delightfully situated on the banks of the Wharf. . It i=, according to Dr. Whitaker, the OtheUii of Domesday, the field of Otht, or Otho, a personal appellation, not uncommon in England before, or after the conquest. It is one of the great Saxon Parishes, the parent of several others, which were separated in the universal spirit of chprch building, *fttr the con- 372 WEST-RIDING. quest. At this time it was of great extent, and contained 81 square miles, com- prehending the present parish of Otley, part of Wistow, Guiseley, and a part of Ilkley, including Middleton and Stubham. — It now contains, besides the pari6h-church, six chapels. The manor of Otley was given to the See of York; by King Athelstan; and in Kirkby's Inquest, 1287, it was returned, that the Archbishop of York held in Otley, half a fee. — In the Nomina Villarum, 1316, the Archbishop is also returned as lord, as his successors have been to the pre- sent day ; and who have a civil, as well as spiritual jurisdiction within the place, where justice is administered by Magistrates, holding their commission under the metropolitan, for the liberty of " Cawood, Wistow, and Otley. " The site of the ancient Mansion of the Archbishop of York, at the north-end of the town, is still denominated the Manor-House ; and when the present house, which occupies the site, was erected, some ancient and strong foundations were taken up. This, with " the Gallows, " in the vicinity of the town, and the peculiar jurisdiction within it, are all the relics now remaining of this ancient place, once inhabited by the metropolitans. The Kitchens of the manor-house here, were built, Drake informs us, by the munificent Archbishop Bowet, who, in consequence consumed at Otley, some portion of the four-score tuns of claret, I with a proportionate quantity of other elements of hospitality, which he is said to have annually expended. But whether it was ever honoured by the residence of any of his successors, is uncertain. Here is a Grammar School, founded in 1611, by Thomas Cave, who made ; the Feoffees a body corporate. Their seal is a Rod, on one side, with a Palm Branch on the other ; motto, — Deum Pave, tomacave — Fear God, and mind thy book ; being a pun upon the founder's names In the Church, which is a spa- cious building, are several ancient monuments, especially of the families of Fair- fax, Fawkes, Vavasour, Palmes, and Pulleyn. Nothing of the original Saxon church remains, excepting, perhaps, the north door, which has a circular * arch. The fortnight fairs in Otley, have long been famous for fat cattle ; and large quantities of corn are sold in this market weekly, and sent into the manu- facturing districts, south-west of Otley. At the south-east of the town, on a craggy cliife, is the hill, called " Otley Cheviity " which rises high over the road to Leeds, and together with Romalds- moor and Pool Bank, forms a mountainous range, extending to the River Wharf. OTTERBURN, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale ; 8 miles from Settle, 9 from Skiplon. OUGHTERSHAW, ham. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arnecliffe ; 8| miles from Kettlewell, 14 from Settle. QUGHTY-BRIDGE, in The township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield ; 5 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Penistone. OULTON, in the township of Woodlesford-with-Oulton, and parish of Rothwell, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (Oulton- House, the seat of John Blaydes, Esq) 5 miles from Wakefield and Leeds. — Pop. included in Vfoodlesford. Here was born, 1661, the celebrated Critic, Mr Richard Bentley, who wa9 Chaplain to Bishop Stillingfleet. He was the first who preached the lecture, founded by Mr Boyle. He is advantageously known as a Critic, by his editions of Horace, Terence, Phaedrus, &c. He died in 1742.— Biog. Brit. OUSEBURN, GREAT, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberty of the Forest of Knaresbrough ; 4 miles from Bo- roughbridge, 7 from Knaresbrough, 14 from York.— Pop. 437. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, inthedeanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, +3/, 10s. Patron, the King. OUSEBURN, LITTLE, a parish-town, in the upper-division of tGka-o, liberty of St Peter ; 5 miles from Boroughbridge, 8 from Knaresbrough, 13 from York.-— Pop. 293. The Church, peculiar, I WEST-RIDING. 373 is a vicarage, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, value, 3/. 85. 4d. p. r. 96/. Patron, the Pre- centor of York. OUSEFLEET, in the parish of Whitgift, wapentake of Osgoldcross; 7 miles from Howden and Crowle, (Line.) 14 from Snaith.— Pop. 253. OUSEFLEET-GRANGE, /, h. in the township of Ousefleet, and parish of Whitgift ; 7 miles from Howden and Crowle, {Line.) O USE-HEAD, (Obelisk) in the parish of Great-Ouseburn ; 3| miles from Boroughbridge, 7| from Knaresbrough. Here stands a neat little pillar, which marks the head of the River Ouse, This celebrated head, whose waters would scarcely wet your shoe-soles, is a burlesque upon two noble rivers, the Ure and the Swale, by depriving them of their names, and usurping a dignitv in favour of a dirty pnddle. — Hutton. OUSLETHWAITE, {the seat of William Elmhirst, Esq.) in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Darfield; l^mile from Barnsley. OVENDEN, in the parish of Halifax, Morley -division of Agbrigg' and Morley. liberty of Wakefield; If mile from Halifax, 10| from Keighley. — Pop. 6,360. One Anthony Bentley ofOvenden, Gent, paid in 1630, ten pounds com- position money, for not receiving the order of Knigthood at the coronation of Charles I. — Watson'. OVVLCOATS. ham. in the township ofPudsey, and parish of Cal- verley; 3 miles from Bradford, 7 \ from Leeds. OYVLERTON, in the township of Nether- Hallam, and parish of . Sheffield; 2 \ miles from Sheffield OWLSHAW, s. h. in the township of G isburn- Forest ; 4 miles from Settle, 16 from Skipton. OVVRAM, NORTH.— See Northowram, OWRAM, SOUTH.— See Southowram. OVVSTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract, (Owston-Hall, the seat of Phillip Davis Cook, Esq.) 6 miles from Doncaster, 10 from Pontefract, 31 from York. — Pop. 306. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £7/. Qs. "Z\d. p. r. 100/. Patron, Phillip Davis Cook, Esq. OXNOP-FAR, and NEAR. 2 h. in the township of Thornton, and parish of Bradford ; 5 miles from Keighley, 8 fiom Halifax. OXSPRING, in the parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Penistone, 6 from Barnsley, 12 from Sheffield.— Pop. 247. OXTON, (Ainsty) in the parish of Tadcaster; {the seat of John William Clough, Esq.) 1 mile from Tadcaster, 9| from York.-— Pop. 66. P PACEGATE, /. h. in the township of Beamsley, and parish of Skipton ; G miles from Skipton. PADDOCK, and >in the township and parish of Huddersfield, PADDOCK-FOOT, 5 Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley ; 1 374: west-riding. mile from Huddersfield, 8| from Halifax. PAPSIDE, in the township of Hampsthwaite-with-Padside, and parish of Hampsthwaite, lower-division of Claro; 4| miles from Pateleybridge, 6\ from Ripley. — Pop. included in Hampsthwaite. PAGE-FOLD, s. h. in the township of Bastmlleaves, and parish of /Mitton; 4 miles from Clitheroe, {Lane.) PAGE-HALL, {the seat of George Bustard Greaves, Esq.) in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Stratforth and Tickhill-, 3 miles from Sheffield, 4§ from Rotherham. PAINSLE Y, /. h. in the township of Horton, and parish of Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 1 § mile from Gisburn. PAINTHORPE, in the parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-divisien of Agbrigg' and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; (Painthorpe- House, the seat of William Brown. Esq.} 4 miles from Wakefield. PANNALL, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro ; 2| miles from Harrogate, 5§ from Knaresbrough, 6 from Ripley, 8 from Otley, 23| from York.-^-Pop. 1,314. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Robert^ Knaresbrough, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, %5l. 5s. Patron, the Rev. R. B. Hunter. The first Minister that occurs, is John Brown, one of the brethren of the house of St. Robert, Knaresbrough, 1348 : and in the following year, the church was given, by the Earl of Cornwall, to the brethren of the said' Priory. ■ Pannall was anciently called Rosehurst, by contraction, Rossett. — History of Knaresbrough. PARADISE, /. h. in the township of Horton, and parish of Gisburn; 9 miles from Settle, 1 1 from Skipton. ^PARK-GATE, ham. in the township and parish of Aimondbury ; 2 miles from Huddersfield. PARK-GATE, s. h. in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham; 3| miles from Rotherham. PARK-GATE HALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Guiseley ; 2 1 miles from Otley, 10 from Leeds. PAftK-GATE, and PARK-HOUSE, 2 or 3 h. in the township and parish of Emley ; 8 miles from Huddersfield and Wakefield. PARK-GRANGE, (the seat of Samuel Roberts, Esq.) in the town- ship and parish of Sheffield ; 1 \ mile from Sheffield. PARK-HILL, {the seat of A.B. St. Ledger, Esq.) in the township and parish of Firbeck, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 4 miles from Tickhill, ft from Worksop, {Notts.) PARl^LANE, ham. in the township and parish of Hatfield; (the seat of William Pilkington, Esq.) 5\ miles from Doncaster. PARK-LODGE, (the seat of William Hepwortk, Esq.) in the town- ship of Idle, and parish of Calverley ; 3| miles from Bradford. PAriLINGTON, a township, in the parish of Abberford, lower- division of Sky rack, liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of Richard Oliver Gascoigne, Esq.) 1 mile from Abberford. — Pop. 226. Thishas long been a seat of a branch of the ancient family of Gascoignes. of Gawthorbe, the baronetage of which became extinct, on the death of the late Sir Thomas Gascoigne, whenRichard Oliver Esq. of Parlington, succeeded him in hi»iStates,*and in compliance with his will, assumed the name of Gascoigne, A pedigree of the Gascoignes is given in Thoresby's Leodiensis. WEST-RIDING. 375 PATELEYBRIDGE, in the township of High and Low-Bishopside, and parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Ripon ; 9 miles from Ripley, 10 from Grassington, 11 from Ripon, 14 from Knaresbrough and Harrogate, 15 from Skipton, Masham, and Otley, 1 6 from Kettlewell, 32 from York, 224 from London. — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, Easter and Whitsun-Eve; May 11 ; September 1 7, (if on a Saturday J if not, on the first Saturday after ; Monday after October 10; and Christmas-Eve; for cattle, wool- len cloth, pedlary-ware, <&c. — Principal Inns, the Crown, and George. — Pop. included in High and Low Bishopside. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Ripon, value, p. r. -fS7l. 1 1*. Ad. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. This is a small market-town, situated npon the banks of the river Nidd, and may be considered as the capital of Nidderdale. It derives considerable wealth from the lead-mines ou the opposite side of the river, at Greenhow-Hill, &e. A little above the town, there is a lead-mill, where the manufacture of sheet-lead, and lead-pipes is carried on to a great extent. The market was granted to the Archbishop of York, in the 18th Edward II. when the King was at York. The town, consisting of one street, is tolerably well-built. PAW-HILL, or WELL, /. h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Penistone. PALEY-GREEN, HIGH and LOW, 2f. h. in the township and parish of Giggleswick, liberty of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Settle. PAYTHORNE, in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe, 9 miles from Settle, 11 from Skipton and Colne, (Lane.)— Pop. 242. FECKFIELD-HOUSE, s. h. in the township and parish of Garforth ; 4 miles from Abberford, 7 from Pontefract. It is on the edge of the Roman Road, from Castletord to Abberford. PENISTONE, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 8 miles from Bamsley, 121 from Huddersfield, 13} from Sheffield, 14 from Wakefield, 15 from Rotherham, 26 from Stockport, (Chesh.) 45 from York, 176 from London. — Market, Thursday.- — Fairs, last Thursday in Febru- ary ; last Thursday in March ; first Thursday in May ; and Thurs- day after old Michaelmas-day, for horses and horned cattle. — Principal Inn, Rose and Crown. — Pop. 645. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +16/. 1 is. *Zd. p. r. 146/. 18s. Ad. Patron, the Right Hon. Major General Godfrey Bosville. This is a small market-town, little superior to a village, as the population will evince. It is chiefly noted for the number of moor sheep sold at its markets ar.d fairs. Here, is a Free Grammar-School, endowed with 100/. per annum, — and also the interest of 200/. for the education <\i eight poor girls. PENNIGENT-HILL, in the parish of Horton, wapentake of Ewcross; 6j miles from Settle. This is a towering mountain, whose height Mr Jeffries found to be 3,220 feet above the level of the sea. On the base of this mountain are two awful 3 B 376 WEST-RIDING. orifices, called Hulpit and Huntpit- Holes : the former looks like the ruins of an enormous Castle, with the walls standing and the roof fallen in ; the latter re- sembles a deep funnel, dangerous to approach. Horton-Beck runs through one of these pits, and Bransil-Beck through the other J each of these brooks passes under-ground for about a mile: Horton-Beck emerging again at Dowgill-Scar, and Bransil-Beck at Bransil-Head ; but, what is more extraordinary, these sub- terraneous brooks cross each other in the bowels of the earth, without mixing their waters ; the bed of the one being one stratum above the other, which cir- cumstance was discovered by the muddy water, after a sheep washing, going down the one passage, and the husks of oats down the other. On the west side of the base of this mountain, are the remains of many ancient places of inter- ment, called Giants' Graves ; some of which have been opened, and found to contain skeletons, bedded in peat earth, none of which appeared to be larger than the ordinary size. — Tour tothe Caves. PHILADELPHIA, in the township of Nether-Hal lam, and parish of Sheffield ; ] \ mile from Sheffield. Near this place are the Horse Barracks, built in 1794. PIGBURN, in the township and parish of Brodsworth, lower-divi- sion of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhiil ; 4 miles from Doncaster, 1 1 from Barnsley. PILLKY, in the township and parish of Tankersley, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Barnsley, 7 from Penistone and Rotherham. PISSM IRK- HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Dewsbury ; J | mile from Dewsbury. PITTS-MOOR, in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield, which it adjoins on the north. PLEDWICK, s. h. in the township and parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty of Wakefield ; 2^ miles from Wakefield. PLUMPTON, in the parish of Spofforth, upper-division of Claro; 3 miles from Knaresbrough, 4 from Wetherby.— -Pop. 208. This was formerly the seat of the ancient family of Plumpton, who held it of the Percies as " Mesne Lords ;" and which lands they have held ever since the 20th of William the Conqueror, in one regular and uninterrupted course of descent, in the male-line, till it at last ended in Robert Plumpton, Esq. who died in France, about the year 1749, from whom the estate went to his aunt, Aune, who sold it to the late Daniel Lascelles, Esq. The pleasure grounds comprise about twenty-three acres, are laid out with much taste, and diversified with large rocks, flowers, shrubs, and evergreens, and at the foot of the rocks is a beautiful Lake, covering about seven acres of ground. There is one rock, surrounded with water of immense magnitude, and of the same grit as the Devil's Arrows at Boroughbridge ; it is about fifty feet in length, and near the water's edge, without a joint. The singularity and beauty of the situation of these grounds, cause numbers of people to resort here during the summer months, which are always open for public inspection on Tuesdays, and occasionally on Fridays. POG-MOOR, /. h. in the township and parish of Silkston ; 1 \ mile from Barnsley, 6| from Penistone. POLL1NGTON, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Cowick and Snaith; 2 miles from Snaith, 7 from Thorne, 8 \ from Feny bridge. — Pop. 483. The Manor of this place is copyhold, and the custom is there, that if acopy- Tiolder dies seized of lands, having no issue male ; but daughters, and does not surrender to them in his life-time, the same shall escheat to the Lord of the said Manor, and the daughters shall not inherit. Sir Henry Saville, of Methley, WEST-RIDING. 377 Bart, purchased this Manor of Sir Thomas Metham, Knight ; and John Saville, Esq. of Methley aforesaid, now enjoys the same, 16/4. — Blount's Ancient Tenures. POND. /. h. in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of Penistone ; 2 miles from Penistone. PONTEFRACT, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract . ; 2 miles from Ferrybridge, 11 from Abberford, 9 from Wakefield, 13 from Leeds, 14 from Snaith, Bamsley. and Selby, 15 from Doncaster and Tadcaster, 17 from Wetherby, 20 from Rotherham and Thorne, 24 from York, 177 from London. — Market. Saturday. — Fairs, first Satur- day after January 13; first Saturday before February 2; first Saturday after February 13 ; Saturday before Palm-Sunday, Low- Sunday, and Trinity-Sunday; Saturday after September 12; and the first Saturday in December, for horses, horned cattle, and sheep : the Fortnight Fairs are on Saturday next after the York Fortnight Fairs. — Bankers, Messrs. Leathams, Tew, Trueman, and Co. draw on Messrs. Dennison and Co. 106, Fenchurch- Street; Messrs. Perfect, Hardcastle, and Co. draw on Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart, and Co. 11, Mansion-House Street. — Principal Inns, Star, Red Lion, and New Elephant. — Pop. 4,447. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, £13/. 6s. 8d. Patron, the King:. The situation of this place is extremely pleasant, as the town, crowning a fine eminence, is approached on all sides by a considerable ascent. The houses are handsome, the streets open, spacious, and clean, and the country about it adorned with many elegant Mansions. According to Leland and Drake, this place rose out of the ruins of Legeo- leum, which, in Saxon times, was called Kirkby, but changed by the Normans to Pontefract, from a broken bridge that was here. Here Ilbertde Lacy, in the time of the Conqueror, built a very strong Castle : which devolved, by marriage, to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, one of the chief opponents of Gaveston, who, being taken in arms against Edward II. was con- demned in his own Castle, and beheaded near this place. Here, Richard II. was confined a close prisoner by order of Henry IV. who, " by indirect and crooked paths, had met the crown," and therefore wished for the death of Richard ; and one of those assassins, to be found in every corrupt court, ready to commit the most horrid crimes for reward, came to the place of this unfortunate monarch's confinement, and with eight of bis followers, rnshed into his apartment. The King, concluding their design was to take away his life, resolved not to fall unrevenged, bnt to sell it as dear as he could ; wherefore, wresting a pole-axe from one of the murderers, he soon laid four of their number dead at his feet. But he was at length over-powered, and struck dead with a blow of a pole-axe. Froisard, who had been secretary to his grand- father, says that he died in the tower, and that his body was placed on a litter, his head on a black cushion, and bis face uncovered and carried through Cheapside, where the procession halted two hours. In the year 1417, the Duke of Orleans was a prisoner in this Castle, by order of Henry V ; and, in the year 1461, the innocent Anthony, Earl of River9, Richard Lord Grey, Sir Thomas Vaughan, and Sir Richard Hawse, were all murdered here, by the tyrannic order of Richard III. In the civil war9 of Charles I. this Castle several times changed its masters ; bnt, the la-t and most remarkable siege was in the year 1647, when it surrendered to General Lambert; and, in 1649, was, by a resolution of Par- liament, ordered to be dismantled : all the ammunition being first removed, con- veyed to York, and lodged in Clifford's-Tower, a great number of people were «fliployed, with pick-axes, iron-crows, spades, and shovels, to demolish this uoble 378 WEST-RiDING, fortress, which they fully accomplished in about (en weeks: the charge for which amounted to the sum of 777/. 4*. 6d, an enormous sum in those days. O Pomfret, Pomfret, O thou bloody prison ! Fatal and ominous to noble Peers ! Within the guilty closure of thy walls,. Richard the second here was hack'd to death. Shakspeare's Richard III. Some fragments of mouldering ruins mark the place where this strong Castle stood, which serve to shew the infelicity of former times, when domestic broils convulsed and desolated the land. The Church of All-Saints was formerly the parish-church, but at what time built, or by whom, is not known. There appears to have been a Church here at the time of the survey, but Mr Boothroyd, the historian of Pontefract, observes, this Church cannot be referred to a period so remote : the erection of this struc- ture, from the style of its architecture, may, with greater probability, be referred to the time of Henry III. It was so much damaged during the siege of the Castle, that the inhabitants have ever since assembled for the celebration of di- vine service in the Chapel of St- Giles, now the parish-church. Here was a Benedictine Priory, founded by Robert de Lacy, in 1090, dedi- cated to St. John ; a house of Dominicans, or preaching Friars ; a house of Car- melites, or white Friars, built by Edmund de Lacy ; a house of Austin Friars, and several Hospitals. This borough was incorporated by Richard ITI. ; and sends two Members to Parliament; the right of Election is in the inhabitant house-holders, of which there are about 700. The town is governed by a Mayor, Recorder, twelve Aldermen, with a Com- mon Council, consisting of twenty-four Burgesses. Poniefract has been long celebrated for its gardens and nurseries, and the finest liquorice in the kingdom, for which it is thus noticed by Drunken Barnaby Veni Pomfret, ubi miram Arcem, Angus r-egibus dirara \ Laseris ortu celebrandam, Variis gestis memoranda m : Nee in Pomfret repens certior, Quam paupercqlus inertior. Lun, the author of the Newcastle Rider, and some other poems, was a native pf this place. Though bred to the humble profession of a barber, and without the advantage of a literary education, some of his pieces, for keeness of satire, and justness of sentiment, would not disgrace the pen of Churchill. John Bramhall, Archbishop of Armagh, in 17th century, was born at Pon- tefract. He had the living of (rectory) St. Martini, Micklegate, York. In 1623, he had two public disputations at Northallerton, with a secular priest and a Jesuit, which gained him great reputation. — Magna Brit. PON TEFR ACT-PARK, a township, (extraparochial) in the wa, pentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 1£ mile from Pontefract.— Pop. 47. POOL, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley ; 3 miles from Otley, 5 from Harewood, 10 from Leeds and Bradford, 1 1 from Ripley.-trPop. 294. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p f r. t?l/. !*$♦ Patron, the Vicar of Otley. POOLE, in the township of Byram-with-Poole, and parish of Bro- therton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract ; 3 miles from Ferrybridge, £ from Pontefraet>-*Pop, included in Byram. PQPpi^ETQN, UPPER, or l*ANL), (Ainsty) in the parish of WEST-UIDING. 379 Bishop Hill, Jun. York, liberty of St Peter; 4 miles from York, 12 from Wetherby and Easing wold. — Pop. 346. The Church is a curacy, of which the Archbishop of York is Patron. The lands here formerly belonged to the Abbot of St. Mary's, York ; given by Osbern de Arehis to this Abbey, almost at its first institution. At South or Land Poppleton, the Church or Prebend of York, had seven carucates of land ; and the Abbot of St. Mary's two carucates and a half. Sir Thomas Widdrington writes that there was a Mayor of York, killed at Poppleton in the reign of King Richard II. as he conjectured, in some contro- vert betwixt the AbNrt and citizen?,— Drake. POPPLETON, NETHER, or WATER, (Ainsty) a parish-town ; 4 miles from York, 11 from Easingwokl, 13 from Wetherby, 14 from Boroughbridge. — Pop. 254. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, p. r. 74/. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of York. PORTO BELLO, in the township and parish of Sheffield, upper- division of Straftbrth and Tickhill ; \ a mile from Sheffield, 6| from Rotherham. POTTER- NEW TON, in the parish of Leeds, lower-division of Sky rack, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Leeds, 6 from Hare- wood, 9 from Otley. Potter-Newton, which, Dr. Whitaker says, with Chapel Allerton and Gled- how, constitutes the most beautiful portion of the parish of Leeds, was anciently a seat cf the Maulevercrs, who came over with the Conqueror, and which family was seated here at leaet eight generations.— Thoresby. POTTEHTON, ham, in the township and parish of Barwick-in- Elmet, liberty of Pontefract; (Potterton- Lodge, the seat of Edward Wilkinson, Esq.) 6 miles from Wetherby, T from Tadcaster. POTGATE-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of North-Stainley-with- Slenningford, and parish of Ripon ; 4 miles from Ripon. PRESTON, GREAT, in the parish of Kippax, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Pontefract, 8 from Wakefisld and Leeds. — Pop. 478. PRESTON, LITTLE, in the township of Great-Preston, and parish of Kippax, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Leeds, 8 from Pontefract and Wakefield. PRESTON, LONG.— See Long- Preston. PRIESTHORPE, ham. in the township of Calverley-with-Farsley, and parish of Calverley.; 3\ miles from Bradford. PRIESTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley ; 6 miles from Keighlev and Bradford. PROVIDENCE-GREEN, 5. h. in the township of Green-Hammer- ton, and parish of Whixley ; 7 miles from Knaresbrough. PUDDING-HGLE, /. h. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 9 miles from Pateleybridge. PUDSEY, in the parish of Calverley, Morley -division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Bradford, 6 from Leeds. — Pop. 6,229. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Lawrence, value, * 109/. 15*. Patron, the Vicar of Calverley. This is a populous village, inhabited by persons connected with the woollen- manufa:Tcry, ••vhich may in fact be considered as three villages, under the names 380 WEST-RIDING. of High, how, and Chapel-Pudsey, being nearly a quarter of a mile distant from each other. PURSTON-JACKLING, in the parish of Featherstone, wapentake of Qsgoldgcross, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 i miles from Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield, 1 1 from Barnsley. — Pop. 244. PURL WELL-HALL, (the seat of Mrs Taylor) in the township and parish of Batley ; 1 § mile from Dewsbury, 6 from Wakefield, PYE-NEST, (the seat of Henry Lees Edwards, Esq.) in the township of Skircoat, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 2 miles from Halifax. QUARMBY, in the parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of W 7 akefield ; 2 miles from Hudders- field, 8 from Halifax. — Pop. including Lindley, 2,040, which being united, form a township. Quarmby, anciently the seat of a family of that name. In the reign of King Edward III. 1341, Sir John Elland, being High-Sheriff of Yorkshire, a quarrel took place between him and three neighbouring gentlemen — John de Lockwood, Sir Robert Beaumont, and Sir Hugh Quarmby ; what occasioned the dispute does not appear, but it arose to such a dreadful height, as to cause the death of all the three, who were murdered in one night, by the Sheriff and his men: a circumstance that strongly marks the ferocious manners of the times. — Watson. The fate of Sir Hugh Quarmby is thus related by a poet of those days : — " He rais'd the country round about, His friends and tenants all, And for his purpose picked out Stout sturdy men, and tall ; To Quarmby- Hall they came by night, And there the Lord they slew ; At that time Hugh of Quarmby hight, Before the country knew." QUARRY-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Mirfield; 2| miles from Dewsbury, 5| from Huddersfield. QUARRY-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Almondbury ; 2 miles from Huddersfield. QUARRY-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Northowram, and parish of Halifax ; 2 miles from Halifax. QUEEN'S HEAD, ham. in the township of Northowram, and parish of Halifax ; 3§ miles from Halifax, 5| from Bradford. QUICK, in the parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) Agbrigg-division of Agbri gg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 9 miles from Roch- dale, {Lane.) 11 from Manchester, (ditto) 15 from Huddersfield. — Pop. 13,902. Quick is a township, comprehending the whole district of Saddles worth,— for particulars, see Saddles-worth. R RAISGILL, 2/. k. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arne- cliffe, liberty of Staincliffe ; 6 miles from Kettleweil. RAINBROW-PARK, /. h. in the township of Brampton- Bierlow, WEST-RtDlNG. 381 and parish of Wath-upon-Dearn ; 5 miles from Rotherham, 7 from Barnsley. This old Mansion was formerly a seat of the Fitzwilliams. RAKES, or WREAKS, ham. in the township of Birstwith, and parish of Hampsthwaite ; 3| miles from Ripley, 8| from Knares- brough. Mrs Alice Shepherd, by Will, dated June 14, 1806, directed that 1000/. stock, navy five per cent, be transferred, after her death, to Trustees therein named, the interest of which to be paid to the minister and churchwardens of Patcleybridge, for the purpose of educating and clothing twenty poor children of the chapelry of Pateleybridge, by the master of Bakes School. Dr. William Craven, by Indenture, dated August 24, 1812, gave 800/. navy five percent, stock to the same, for the like purpose, and repairing the school. — A new School- House was built in 1816, for which purpose, the Archbishop of York granted a piece of ground upon the waste. The master's salary, who also teaches a Sun- day-School, is twenty-eight guineas, and about thirty guineas is expended in clothing.— Co/nmis. lieport. RAMSGILL, in the township of Lower-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro ; 5 miles from Pateley- bridge, 10 from Masham, 12 from Ripon. Here was born, in 1704, Eugene Aram, who was tried and convicted at York, in 1759, for the murder of Daniel Clarke. On his trial he delivered a written defence, so admirable for its ingenuity, and so replete with erudition and antiquarian knowledge, that it astonished the whole court. Though he derived but little advantage from education, yet from the acuteness of his understanding, and his intensely studious dispositiou, he had acquired considerable knowledge of the Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Celtic and other languages, and had, besides, made great progress in the higher branches of Mathematics, Heraldry, Antiquities, Sec RAMSGILL, 2 /. h. in the township and parish of Ilkley, upper- division of Skvrack ; 5 miles from Otley, 7 from Bingley. RAND-MOOR," or STOCKWELL-GREEN, ham. in the township of Upper-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield ; 3 miles from Sheffield, RASTRICK, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg' and Morley, libert}? of Wakefield ; 4 miles from Halifax, 5 from Huddersfield. — Pop. 2,796. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, *118/. 7s. Patron, the Vicar. Here was a Chapel, as early as 1411, which was taken down and hand- somely re-built, about six and thirty years ago. — Whitaker. By an inquest, taken in 1284, it appears that the village of Rastrick wa9 rated at thirteen shillings, and contained only six freemen ; the rest were, according to that inquest, " Nativi tenentes villains, or bondsmen:" such as were at the arbitrary pleasure of the Lord, both in their persons, children, and goods. — Watsox. RATH M ELL, in the parish of Giggleswick, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 3{ miles from Settle, 15 from Skipton, 16 from Colne. (Lane.)— Pop. 328. RAWSTONSTALL, in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax. Morley-division of A gbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wake- field ; 9 miles from Halifax and Rochdale, (Lane.) RAVENFIELD, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; (the Hall, the seat of the Rev. William Hedges) 4 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Tickhill, 9 from Doncaster, 45 from York. — Pop. 187. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, fll7/. Patron, the Archdeacon of York. — It was formerly a Chapel to Mexbrough. 382 WEST-RIDING. RAVENTOFTS-HALL,/. k. in the township of Bishop-Thornton, and parish of Ripon ; 4 miles from Ripley, 6 from Ripon. RAVENS' KNOWLES,/. h. in the township of Dalton, and parish of Kirkheaton ; 1 mile from Huddersfield. RAW, in the parish of Horton, wapentake of Ewcross; 6| miles from Settle, ]5| from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) RAWCLIFFE, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith ; (the seat of Ralph Creyke, Esq.) 3 miles from Snaith, 7 from Howden and Thome. — Pop. 1,496. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Snaith, dedicated to St. James. RAWCLIFFE-BRIDGE, ham. in the township of Rawcliffe, and parish of Snaith, liberty of Pontefract ; 4| miles from Snaith. RAWDEN, in the parish of Guiseley, upper-di vision of Skyrack ; 5 miles from Otley and Bradford, 7 from Leeds. — Pop. J, 759 The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. * 1 09/. This was the ancient seat of the noble family of Rawden, Earls of Moira. Paulinus de Rawden commanded a body of archers, under William the Con- queror, and had this estate, amongst others, granted to him for his services. In Rawden-Hall, are several vestiges, that have a peculiar air of antiquity, which bespeak the dignity and wealth of its ancient owners. Of this family, was Sir George Rawden, who, with 200 Englishmen, repulsed Sir Philem O'Neal, and 2,000 Irish, in 1641, at Lisburne, in Ireland, where they had massacred 40,000 Protestants.— Camden.— Thoresby. RAWMARSH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 2 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Sheffield, 10 from Barnsley, 46 from York. — Pop. 1,259. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Lawrence, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 8/. 7s. S\d. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. Here is a small Charity School, founded early in 1600, by one Thomas Wilson, and Edward Goodwin. RAWTHORPE-HALL, in the township of Dalton, and parish of Kirkheaton; 1 \ mile from Huddersfield. An old Mansion, divi- ded into dwellings. RED-HALL, /. h. in the township of Shad well, and parishes of Thorner and Barwick-in-Elmet; 5 miles from Leeds. RED-HOUSE, s. h, (Ainsty) in the township and parish of Moor- Monkton ; 8 miles from York, 11 from Boroughbridge. Red- House, situated upon the river Ouse. is an ancient seat of the honour* /" able family of Slingsby. The house was built by Sir Henry Slingsby, in the ieign of Charles I. except the Chapel, built by his father. About the year 1562, Francis Slingsby, Esq. purchased Red-House, and Scagglethorpe of Robert Oughtre, Esq. whose ancestors had resided here from the time of Edward IN. the site of whose Mansion is at a small distance from the west front of the pre- sent edifice. Upon the south front of Red-House, is inscribed : PRO TERMINO YITM, SIC NOS NON NOBIS. On the west front : PAULISPER ET RELUCEBIS : ET IPSE, M. R. 29, 1652. This old Mansion is going to decay, yet there are apartments in this house, sttch as the Star Chamber, Chapel, the Servants' Hall, and the Staircase, still retaining some of its grandeur, which cannot but be interesting to the carious. WEST-RIDING, 8$S The Staircase is thus described by Sir Henry Slingsby himself in his memoirs : " The staircase is above five feet, within the rails, in width : the posts, eight inches square ; upon every post a crest is set, of some one of my especial friendsy and my brothers-in-law : and, upon that post that bears up the half-pace, that leads into the painted chamber, there sits a blackamoor, (cast in lead, by Andrew Kame.) with a candlestick in each hand to set a candle in, to give light to the! staircase." These crests and other interesting particulars will be found fully described in the History of Knaresbrough. From the terrace is a fine view of York, its Cathedral, and neighbourhood \ and through the avenues of the Park^Beningbrough and Allerton Parks. RED-HOUSE, p. A. in the township and parish of Adwieke-in-the= Street; 5 miles from Doneaster, 10 from Pontefract. RED-MIRES, 2 f.h* in the township ofGrautley, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 5 miles from Ripon. REEDHOLME, s. h. in the township of Thorpe-in-Balne, and parish of Barnby-Don ; 4| miles from Doneaster. REEDNESS, in the parish of Whitgift, wapentake of Osgoldeross$ liberty of Pontefract ; 6| miles from Howden, 1\ from Crow le^ ( Line 'j— Pop. 683. REGILL-HOUSES, 2/. h. in the township of Lower-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzearri ; 5 miles from Pateleybridge. RENHOLE, s. h. in the township of Long-Drax, and parish of Drax ; 4 miles from Snaith. RAYNAH, or RANAH, /. h. in the township of Thurlston, and parish of Penretone ; 3 miles from Penistone. RIBSTONE, GREAT, in the parish of Hunsingore, upper-division of Clare : (Ribstone- Hall, the seat of Sir Henry Goodricke, Bart.J 3 miles from Knaresbrough, 4 from Wetherby. — Pop. including Waishfoid, 155, which being united, form a township. After the conquest the manor of Ribstone was in the possession of Williant de Percy, and Ralph Pagnel. Robert Lord Ross became possessed of it in the reign of Henry 111. and in 1224, he settled this estate upon the Knights Temp- lar.-, where they had a preceptory, and which they enjoyed till the dissolution of their order; whpn it was granted to the renowned Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk ; of whom it was purchased by Henry Goodricke, Esq. in 1542 : and here this ancient family, which previously flourished for several generations at 2\"ortingIey, in Somersetshire, have been settled eversince. — The present Baro- net is the seventh : Sir Henry Goodricke, Knight, who took arm9 in the cause of Charles I. being the first Baronet, created August 14, 1641. Ribstone-Hafl is situated upon an eminence, almost encompassed by the 1 River Nidd, and commanding an extensive and beautiful prospect. The house' ie well finished, convenient, and elegant. In the Drawing Room are several good family Portraits; and in the Saloon is a number of excellent Pictures, co- pied by eminent artists, from the best originals in the churches, chapels, and palaces of Rome. In the Chapel are some monuments in memory of the Good^ ricke family ; and in the chapel-yard is that sepulchral monument of the standard- bearer to the ninth Roman Legion, which was dug up in Trinity-Gardens, near Micklegate, in York, in the year 1688; and is described by Drake in his Ebor* amort. Ribstone is remarkable for being the place where that delicious apple, called the " Ribstone Pippin, " was first cultivated in this kingdom. — The original tree* was raised from a pippin, brought from France; from which tree, such numbers have been propagated, that they are now to be met with in alnio9t every orchard in this, and manv other counties. — Hist. Knarerfrrough. RIBSTONE, LITTLE, in the parish of Spofforth, upper-divisiori 3 c BB-i WEST-RIDINO. of Claro; 3£ miles from Knaresbrough, 3| from Wetherby.-* Pop. 195. RICHMOND, ham. in the township and parish of Handsworth ; 4 miles from Sheffield, 6 from Rotherham. RIDDLESDEN, EAST and WEST, 2 h. in the township of East- Morton, and parish of Bingley, tipper-division of Sky rack, liberty of CliffordVFee ; (Riddlesden-Hall, the seat of Thomas Leach i Esq,) 2 miles from Keighley, 12 from Otley. RIDGE-CROSS, /. h. in the township of Wadsworth, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 9 miles from Come, (Lane) RIGGE, and RIGGE-COTE, 2 ham, in the township of A rmley^ and parish of Leeds; 3 miles from Leeds, 9 from Bradford. RIGTON, m the parish of Kirkby -Overblow, upper-division of Claro; 6| miles from Otley, 8 from Knaresbrough.— Pop. 429. Near to Rigton, on a high hill, is that group of rooks, called " Ahnias Cliffy " i. e. Altar Cliff. At a distance they appear like a stupendous fabric,. tumbled into ruins. On the summit of this enormous pile, are several basins, hollowed in the stone ; one of which is fourteen inches deep, and two feet four" inches in diameter. — Hist. Knaresbrough, RIGTON, in the township of Rjo-ton-with-Bardsey, »n4 parish of Bardsey, lower-division of Skyraek ; 4 miles from Wetherby, 5 from Harewood, 8 from Leeds. — Pop. included in Bardsey. RILSTON, in the parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliffe,. liberty of CliffordVFee ; (the seat of Richard Waddilove, Esq.) 4 miles from Gargrave, 5 from Skipton, 10 from Kettlewett, 14 from* Settle. — Pop. 145. Here is a Chapel of Ease to BwrnsaH, dedica- ted to Saint Peter. Rilston, or Rilliston, gave name and habitation fo a family, perhaps of the? first antiquity of Craven ; as there is reason to suppose that William de Risle-' tona, who occurs in the first charters of Cecelia de Romille, was the William, son of Clavenbald, mentioned in the black book of the exchequer, and undoubtedly a Saxon. The manor continued in the bands of the Rilstones, till Isabella, daughter and heiress of John Rillestone, married Miles, son of Walkin Rad- cliffe of Todmorden, a descendant of whom married John Norton, father of Richard Norton, who was attainted for high treason. Among the old tenants on this estate, mention is made of one " Richard Kitchen, butler to Mr Norton, who rose in rebellion with his master, and was executed at Ripon. " Mr Wordsworth lately published a poem, entitled " The White Doe of Rilston. " It relates to a white Doe, which tradition says, tor a long time " made a weekly pilgrimage from hence, over the fells of Bolton, and was con- stantly found in the Abbey chuich-yard, during divine service ; after which she returned home as regularly as the rest of the congregation. ** RIMINGTON, in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 3 miles f.om Gisburn, 5 from CMtheroe, {Lane.) 10 irom Colne, {ditto) 12 from Skipton.— Pop, 698. This Mansion has long been remarkable for a rich vein of Lead-Ore, whi.ch yielded a considerable proportion of Silver ; and it is not more than fifty years since a person was convicted and executed at York, lor counterfeiting tl>e silver^ coin, in metal supposed to be procured from the Lead of Rimington. William Pudsey, Esq. who held the estate from 1577 to i62(?, is reported in the tradi- tions of the neighbourhood, nearly to have forfeited his life lor coining shillings* from Silver-Ore, obtained here. They were marked with an escalop, which the country people called Pudsey shillings. — Whitakkr. JUNG- BECK, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkbymalzeard * 6 miles from Mashain, 8 from Ripon. WEST-RIDING. 385 RINGSTON-HILL, /, k. in the township of Brierley, and parish of Felkirk; 51 miles from Barnsley. RIPLEY, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro? {Ripley- Castle, the seal of Sir William Amcolts Ingilby, Bart.) 31 miles from Harrogate, 5 from Knaresbrough, 7| from Ripon, 9 from Pateleybridge, i 2 from Otley, 23 from York, 205 from JUmdon. — Market. Monday. — Fairs, Easter- Monday, for [horned cattle and sheep; August 25, for sheep, and 26 for horses and horned cattle.— Principal Inn, Star. — Pop. 251. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of BorOughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, 23/. 85. 9c/. Patron, Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Bar*. This is a small market-town, situated about half a mile south of the river Nidd, on an advantageous bank, and well wooded. — The market has fallen into disuse. In the Church, are several monuments of the Ingilby family ; and in the church-yard is a very uncommon pedestal of an ancient Cross, with eight niches, intended, probably, for kneeling in. Here is a Free-School, built and endowed by Catherine and Mary Ingilby, in 1702 ; of which Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Bart, is Trustee. It is endow- ed with an estate at Sproatley, (E. R.J containing- messuages or tenements, and about 153 A. i R. 24 P. subject to a payment of 12/. 8s. 6(1. for tithes , It was let under lease dated Sept. 1800, for thirty years, at the yearly'rent of 40/.. to Thomas Hewitt and his wife, which sum he pays to the schoolmaster — -Mr Hewitt has under-let it for 120/. per ann. The School-premises consist of a spacious School -room, with a house and yard for the master, and a garden in. front. The School is free for the whole parish ,— Comms. Report. Adjoining the town, on the west, is Ripley Castle, the seat of the ancient family of the Ingilbys; which from an inscription carved on the frieze of the waimscot, in one of the chambers of the tower, was built by Sir William Ingilby, Bart, in 1555. In the civil wars of Charles I. it was a garrison for the King, which surrendered to Cromwell a few days after the battle of Marston. It has been much enlarged of late years ; and appears now a spacious and commodious Mansion, embattled only for ornament, except the lodge, and the great tower, which still retain their original traces of caution, strength, and security. In the Library is a valuable collection of books i and in the great Staircase, is an elegant Venetian window ; in the divisions of which on stained glass, are a series of escutcheons, displaying the principal quarterings, and intermarriages of the Ingilby family, since their settling at Ripley, t. Peter and St. Wilfrid, and is built in the form of a cross. Patron, the King. Ripon is situated between the river Lire and the Skell, and stands on an, eminence with declivities on every side. It derives its name from the lati# jvprd Ripa, vvhieh refers to the situation of the town. Here was a Monastery, founded by Eata, Abbot of Melross ; but before the building was completed, the Scottish Monks retired from the Monastery, and St, Wilfred was appointed Abbot in 663. By him it was built new from the ground, and when completed, was consecrated with great solemnity by himself, to the "honour of St. Peter. He died at the Monastery of Oundle, in 71 1, aged 76, and was interred here; but in .040 his remains were removed to Canterbury, by Qdo, Archbishop of that See. The town continues to this day to honour the memory of its benefactor, by an Annual Feast on Saturday following Lammas- Day, when the effigy of St. Wilfred is brought into the town with great cere- mony, preceded by a band of music. King Athelstan, in the year 924, granted to the Church of Ripon the privi-: > Jege of sanctuary, which extended a mite on either side the Church. The boun- daries yet remain in the names of Kan \g el- Cross ; S/tarow- Cross ; and Athph stan- Cross. In the year 950, this town and Monastery were burnt by the Danes. The Monastery was afterwards rebuilt by Odo, Archbishop of Canterbury. The town was soon after rebuilt, and began to flourish ; but, in the year 1069, it shared in the misery inflicted on the Northumbrians, by the Norman Conqueror, and remained in a state of devastation for sixteen years ; after which it again revived, and remained undisturbed till the year 1319 ; when the Scots entering England, laid waste the country with fire and sword, and the town and Monastery pf Ripon were again reduced to ashes; but, by the liberal donations of the Archbishop of York, and the neighbouring gentry, it was again restored to its former flourishing condition. The Church was preserved from the general ruin of religious houses ; pnd" 'the revenues re-granted, by James I. for the support of a Dean and six prebendaries, besides petit canons and singing-men. It is a large, handsome, add venerable gothic pile. In 1604, Ring James gave a new Charter to the town, constituting it to be governed by a mayor, recorder, and twelve aldermen, with twenty-four common- councilman, and a town-cjerk. Here is an Hospital, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, founded by Thurston, Archbishop of York, who died in 1144,— another to St. John Baptist, founded in the 9th year of King John, by one of the Archbishops of York, — a third to St. Anne, founded by one of the Nevils, in the reign of Edward IV.— and a fourth, called Jepsou's Hospital, founded and endowed by Zacbarias Jepson, of York, a native of Ripon. In the Minster-yard is this modest inscription to the memory pf its benefactor, — Hie Jacet Zacfoarius Jepson, cujus cetas fecit 49. Perpaur cos tantum Annas Vixit. WEST-RIDING. 387 The town was first incorporated in the time of King Alfred, and its govern- ment originally vested in a chief magistrate, called Vigilarius, which duty, it was to cause a horn to he blown every night at nine o'clock, and if any inhabitant after that, sustained any loss by his house or shop being robbed, the community was compelled to render him an adequate consideration for the injury, by an annual tax on every inhabitant. In 1767, an Act of Parliament was obtained, for making navigable the river Ure, from its juntion with the Swale, to Bondgate-Green ; on which a number .of vessels are employed, to the great convenience and benefit of the town and neighbourhood. These vessels generally bring coals, groceries, and other mer- chandise ; and take back lead, butter, atriot, Sir George Savile, in a sitting posture, with a map of the river Caider before him." — Hist. Doneaster. This ancient family of the Luroleys, says Camden and Dngdale, is descended from Liulph, a person of great nobility in the time of Edward the Confessor, who married Algitha, daughter to Aldred, Earl of Northumberland; and that they took the name from their lordship of Lumley, on the banks of the river Wear, near Chestcr-le-Street. The first Earl of Scarborough, was Richard, Viscount Lumley, created an English Peer, by the title of Baron Lumley, 1681. He had a principal com- mand of the troops that gained the victory at Sedgemoor, over the Duke of Monmouth; but concurring in the revolution, was, in 1689, created Viscount Lumley, and in 1650, Earl of Scarborough; he died in 1721. The present is the sixth Earl. — Biog. Peerage. SAND-GATE, ham. in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield, liberty of Hallamshire ; 3 miles from Sheffield. SAND-HALL. /. h. in the township of Egbrough, and parish of Kellington; 4 miles from Snaith. SANTJNLEY, /. k. in the township of Wintersett, and parish of Wragby, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Wakefield. SAVILLE-HOUSE, s. h. in the township and parish of Penistone ; 4 miles from Penistone. SAYVLEY. in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro ; (Saivley-Hall, the seat of Airs Norton) 6 miles from Ripon and Pateleybridge. — Pop. 490. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Ripon, value, p. r. fill. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. In the time of Henry If I. this estate was the property of Thomas de Sawley, whose heiress married Robert de Brereton : it afterwards passed into the ancient and honourable family of Norton. SAW-WOOD, ham. m the township of Stainland, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Huddersfield. SAXTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston- Ash, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Tadcaster, 9 from Ferrybridge, 1 1 from Pontefract, 14 from York. — Pop. including Scarthingwell, 378, which being united, form a township. The Church is a per- petual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, p. r. f72/. 10s. Patron, Richard O. Gascoigne, Esq. In the church-yard of this village were interred, the bodies of many of those unfortunate people, slain in the memorable battle of Towton, March 29, 1461 ; the Earl of Northumberland, it is said, reached York to die. Leland says, Westmorland was interred in the Church of Saxton, where, however, he has no distinguishable memorials. Clifford, according to the tradition of his family, was tumbled into a pit with a promiscuous heap of dead bodies. Lord Dacre, it appears, had a more honourable burial, as Leland says, he lay in a (< meane tumb." This tomb is on the north side of the church-yard, now much broken and defaced, and the inscription illegible. When Glover made his visi- tation in 1585, 124 years after the battle, he was told that " Lord Dacres was slayne by a boy at Towton Field, which boy shot him out of abnrtree, when he hadunclapsed his helmet to drink a cup of wyne,in revenge of his father, whom the said Lord had eiayne before, which tree hath beene remarkable ever since by the inhabitants, and decayed within this few years. The place where he was slayne is called the North Awes, whereupon they have this rhyme :— The Lord of Dacres Was slayne in the North Acres. w On a part of the field, most remote from Saxton, Richard III. began a Chapel, in order to pray for the slain, but the completion was prevented by his death. 396 WEST-RIDING, At a very small distance from the field of battle, and on the bank of the Cock; stands the antique and diminutive Chapel of Leod or Lede. This was one of the seats of the ancient family DeTyas, styling themselves in Latin, Teutonici, five of whose tombs still remain in the Chapel, engravings of which are given in Whitaker's Loidis et Elmete. — Drake. SCALES, /. h. in the township of Askwith, and parish of Weston ; 5 miles from Otley, 12 from Knaresbrough. SCALES, s. h. in the township o e West- Hal ton, and parish of Long- Pi -eston, liberty of StainclifFe ; 6 1 miles from Settle. SCAMMONDEN, or DEAN-HEAD, in the parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Huddersfield, 9 from Halifax. — Pop. 855. The Church is a perpetual curacy under Huddersfield. SCARCROFT, in the parish of Thorner, lower-division of Sky rack, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Wetherby, 8| from Leeds. — ■ Pop. 105. SCAR-HILL, (the seat of William Pollard, Esq.) in tbe township and parish of Bradford ; 1 mile from Bradford. SCARO, 2 or 3 cotts. in the township and parish of Ripley ; \ a mile from Ripley, 6| from Ripon. SCARTHINGWELL, (the seat of the Hon. Lord Hawke) in the township and parish of Saxton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Tadcaster, 8 from Ferrybridge, 10 from Pontefract. — Pop. included in Saxton. SCAUSB Y-HALL, s. h. in the township and parish of Brods worth ; 3 miles from Doncaster, 12 from Bamsley. Scausby Lees are noted for being the place, according to the records of the corporation of Doncaster, where the famous Aske was encamped with 40,000 men, duringhis rebellion in the reign of Henry VUl.—Hist. Doncaster. SCHOLES. ham. in the township and parish of Barwick-in-Elmet, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Leeds, 9 from Wetherby. SCHOLES, in the township of Cleck-Heaton, and parish of Birstall, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Halifax, 1 1 from Leeds and Wakefield. SCHOLES, ham. in the township of Stainland, and parish of Hali- fax; 4 1 miles from Halifax, 5^ from Bradford. SCHOLES, in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rother- ham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhiil, liberty of Tickhili; 3| miles from Rotherham, 9 § from Barnsley. SCHOLES, ham. in the township of Wooldale, and parish of Kirk- burton, liberty of Wakeiield ; 6 miles from Huddersfield. SCHOLE'S PLAIN, s.h. in the township and parish of Barwick- in-Elmet: 5 miles from Leeds. SCHOLE'S MOOR, ham. in the township of Horton, and parish of Bradford ; 2 miles from Bradford, 6 from Halifax. SCHOLE-HILL, 2 or 3 cotts. in the township and parish of Peni- stone ; \ a mile from Penistone. SCOSTHROP, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale, west-division of Stainclitfe, liberty of Clifford V Fee ; 6 miles from Settle, 83 from Skipton, 1 1 \ from Kettlewell.— Pop.. 102, WEST-RIDING. 397 SCOTLAND, ham, in the township of Horsforth, and parish of Guiseley ; 4 miles from Otley, 6 from Leeds. SCOTTON, in the parish of Farnham, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough; 2 miles from Knaresbrough, 3 from Ripley, 1 from Ripon.— Pop. 297. This was anciently the residence of the Percies and Pulleyn9, whose Man- sions, still remaining, are convened into farm-houses. Percys' is now the property of the Rev. William Roundell, and retains many marks of antiquity. The house where the Pulleyns resided, is now the property of Sir Thomas Turner Slingsby, Bart, it is a very large building, but hath undergone so thorough a repair, that scarcely any marks of antiquity remain about it. — Hargrove. SCOUT-HALL, s. h. in the township of North owram, and parish of Halifax ; 2 miles from Halifax. SCRAITH, /. h. and Wood, in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield , 3 miles from Sheffield. SCRIVEN, in the parish of Knaresbrough, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; (Scriven-Park, the seat of Sir Thomas Turner Slingsby, Bart.) 1 mile from Knaresbrough, 6 from Bo- roughbridge, 1 1 from Ripon. — Pop. including Tentergate, 1 ,373, which being united, form a township. This was anciently a seat of a family of that name, who were Foresters of the forest and parks of Knaresbrough, from the conquest, to the reign of King Edward III. when William de Slingsby married the heiress ; from which time, it hath continued in the possession of that ancient and honourable family. — Sir Thomas Slingsby, Bart, being the present owner. — Hargrove. SCURF-HALL, s. h. in the township of Newland, and parish of Drax *, 5 miles from Snaith, 8 from Selby. SEACROFT, in the parish of Whitkirk, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 4* miles from Leeds, 10 from Wetherby, 1 1 from Tadcaster.— Pop. 886. A famous battle was fought near this place, 'in the year 655 , betwixt Penda, King of the Mercians, andOswy, King of Northumberland : the Mercians, though far superior in number, were defeated, and a great part of their army cut in pieces, amongst which was Penda, and near thirty of his principal officers. In the year 1643, here happened an engagement between a detachment of the par- liament's army, commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax, and a large body of the king's horse, commanded by Lord Goring, in which the latter gained a complete victory. — Hargrove. SEDBERGH, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Ew- cross; 5 miles from Dent, 11 from Kendal and Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 13 from Kirby-Stephen, {ditto) 141 from Hawes, 22 from Askrigg, 25 from Lancaster, (Lane.) 77 from York, 265 from London. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, March 20 ; October 29, for horned cattle, &c. — Principal Inns, King's Arms, and Old Black Bull.— Pop. 2,022. The Church is a vicarage, dedica- ted to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Kirby-Lonsdale, diocese of Chester, value, £12/. Ss. Patron, Trinity-College, Cambridge. Sedbergh is pleasantly situated in a secluded vale, among rugged moun- tains, at the N. W. extremity of the county, upon the small river Rother. The township of Sedbergh is divided into four parts, called hamlets, via. Frostow and Soolbank, Marthicaite, Cautley and Doughbicgin y and Howgill and Bland. The town of Sedbergh doe? not contain any thing of particular interest, except the Grammar-School, founded by Edward III. of which the Masters and 398 WfcSt-RIDING. Fellows o£ St. Jolm'g College, Cambridge, are Patrons, Value, aboat 600/. per" annum ; the present Master is the Rev. Henry Wilkinson. There are three? Fellowships and eight Scholarships, at St. John's- College, Cambridge, for stu- dents from this School. This is also one of the Schools which is entitled to send a candidate for Lady Elizabeth Hastings' Exhibitions. Among the many eminent men educated at this School, was Robert William, a physician of very consider- able eminence, and born at The Hill, near the town, in 1757. He was educated in the principles of the Quakers, and received his scholastic tuition in the Gram- mar-School, of the place of his nativity, under the care of the Rev. Dr. Bate- man, and the celebrated Mr Dawson. By his death in 1812, the profession was deprived of one of its brightest ornaments ! the sick of a humane and discerning physician ; and the world of an estimable and upright man. The humane Dr. Anthony Fothergill, was born at Sedbergh, in 1732—3; and his medical studies were diligently pursued, first at Edinburgh, afterwards at Ley den, and finally at the Sarbonne at Paris. He obtained the degree of M. D. at Edinburgh, in 1763, on his Thesis, " De Febre intermittente," and soon after he commenced practice at Northampton. In 1778, he was elected F. R. S. and in 1781, he removed to London ; and in 1784, to Bath. In 1803, having acquired a fortune sufficient to enable him to relinquish the duties of his profession, he sailed for Philadelphia, where he resided till the political disputes between Great Britain and America assumed a warlike appearance, in 1812, when he returned to London. He died May 11, 1813.— See Nichols' vol. IX. p. 211, wherein is a detailed account of the various works he published, and of the humane acts he performed. SEGSWORTH, 2 or 3 A. in the township of Fountain's-Eartb, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 2| miles from Pateley bridge. SELBY, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston- Ash, apart jn the liberty of St. Peter; 8 miles from Snaith, 10 from Howden, 11 from Ferrybridge, 12 \ from Tadcaster, 14 from Pontefract, 15 from York, 18 from Market- Weighton, 20 front Leeds, 183 from London. — Market, Monday. — Fairs, Easter- Tuesday; the Monday after Boroughbridge Barnabas- Fair, and old Michaelmas-day, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, &c. — the horse show commences September 20, and ends on the 26th ; Line- Fairs are on every Thursday six weeks, from Michaelmas to Saint Peter's day, old style.— Bankers, Messrs. Scholfield, Clarkson, and Go. draw on Messrs. Spooner, and Co. 27, G racechurch-Street. — Principal Inns, George, and King's Head.— Pop. 4,097. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Germain, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, p. r. 1 101/. Patron, the Archbishop of York. This place is situated on the west bank of the Ouse, over which is a fine Draw Bridge, which facilitates the communication with the East Riding. This Bridge, though near seventy tons weight, can be opened and shut in the short space of one minute. Selby, is in all probability, the ancient Salebeia, a name which denotes a Roman origin. History, however, has not marked the era of its foundation, nor preserved any authentic documents of its state in the times preceding the Norman conquest; but as it appears to have been a place of some note at that period, it was probably built by the Saxons, on a Roman foundation. The ancient and famous Abbey, which was once the chief ornament and glory of Selby, was founded by William the Conqueror, in 1069, for Benedictines, and dedicated to St. Mary, and St. Germains. In the following year, that Monarch coming to Selby, to settle the endowment, his Queen, by whom he Was accom- panied, was here delivered of a son, who was afterwards King of England, by the name of Henry I. And it was probably on that account, that the Abbey of Selby was favoured by the succeeding Kings, his descendants, with great pri- vilege as well as adorned with magnificent buildings, The Abbots of Selby^ 1VEST-RID1N6. 399 and of St. Mary's at York, were the only two mitred Abbots, north of the Trent. This Monastery flourished in groat splendour till the time of the dissolution, when its revenues amounted to 729/. 12s. lO^d. according to Da g dale ; or 81 i)/, 2s. 6d. Speed. It was surrendered by Robert de Selby, the last Abbot, 30th of Henry VIII, in 1539, and was granted about two years afterwards to Sir Ralph Sadler, in consideration of 736/. paid down, and a rent of 31. 10*. Sd. per ann. The remains of the Abbey-church shew it to have been a mo6t noble Gothic building, erected at different times, and in different styles of architecture. The nave appears to be the most ancient part : the choir is a newer erection. In 1690, the steeple fell down, and did great injury to the south end of the transept, and the roof of the western part of the south aisle. At what time the present steeple was erected, it is difficult to ascertain, but it appears to have been in the early part of the last century. From the appearance of the west-end of the church, which, with the porch, is deserving of particular notice, Mr Burton seems to think, that "it was intended to have three towers, a large one in the middle of the church, and two smaller ones at the west end." The conventual church of Selby, was made parochial by letters patent, dated 20th March, 1618, the 16th James T. and a minister was thereunto nOmi' nated and appointed by the Archbishop of York. Selby is a tolerably well-built town, where there is a manufactory for Sail-- cloth, an Iron-foundery, and a good Ship-yard, where are built a great number of vessels from 50 to 800 tons burthen. The trade of Selby has considerably increased of late years, by means of a canal from the Ouse to the Aire and Calder. A navigation is opened between Leeds and Selby, by which this place become the loading and unloading port of the West-Riding, and to which it may be said to be the key from the German Ocean. A Branch Custom-house has been lately established here, by the lords of the Treasury, from which vessels can clear out direct to any part of the kingdom : upwards of 800 vessels with cargoes, clear coastwise from hence every year ; and the Steam Packets that ply between Hull and Selby occasion an influx of company hitherto unprecedented in this placev Here is an Hospital for 6 or 7 poor Widows, and a School with residence for the Master, who teaches the poor children, both founded by Mr Leonard Chamber- lain, time unknown ; Rent charges for their support about 21/. 12s. per ann. Here was born Thomas Johnson, a botanist, who published the first local catalogue of Plants in England. In the rebellion he took np arms for the King : and when at Oxford, was created Doctor of Physic. In the army he held the ranU of Colonel and was killed in a Skirmish in 1644. SELSIDE, ham. in the township and parish of Horton ; 9 miles from Settle, 13 from Kirby- Lonsdale, (Westm.') SETTLE, a market-town, in the parish of Giggleswick, west-divi- sion aud liberty of Staincliffe ; 10 miles from Ingleton, ][ from Gisburn, 15 from Kettlewell, 16 from Skipton, 17 from Kirby- Lonsdale, (Westm.) 21 from Dent, 22 from Hawes, 26 from Askrigg, 57 from York, 235 from London. — Market, Tuesday. — Fairs, Tuesday before Palm-Sunday, Thursday before Good-Friday r and every other Friday till Whitsuntide, for cattle ; April 26, for sheep, lambs, and horses; Whit-Tuesday, for pedlary; August 19, for cattle and leather, 20 for sheep and lambs, 21, for pedlary ; Tuesday after October 27 ; and every other Monday throughout the year, for fat cattle. — Bankers, Messrs. Birbecks, Alcock, and Co. draw on Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co, 50, Cornhill, — -Principal Inn, Golden Lion — Pop. 1,508. Settle, the capital of Ribblesdale, is an irregular built town, but very pic- turesque, has a large and spacious market-place, and some good houses in it r incongruously mixed with others of a very inferior complexion. — Under the croas is the Gaol, entered by a trap-door down a flight of steps, and only lighted by a- small grate above the door. The situation of Settle is on the east-bank of the Rii>ble, and under that well known conical roek, called Castleberg, backed by 3 E 400 WEST-RIDING. a cluster of rugged crags, and anciently crowned with a fortification. The sum* mit of Castleberg once formed the gnomen of a rude but magnificent Sun-Dial, the shadow of which passing over some grey stones upon its side, marked the progress of time to the inhabitants of the town beneath ; an instrument more ancient than the dial of Ahaz. But the hour marks have long been removed^ and few remember the history of their old benefactor, whose shadow now takes its daily tour unobserved. — Whitaker. — Northern Star. At Settle is a National-School, on the plan of Dr. Bell, which is supported by subscription. Settle forms part of the Percy-Fee, and is included in a charter of free war- ren, obtained by Henry Percy, in the 4th Edward II. along with " Gygleswyke and Routhonel. >} " On the Fells east of Settle, and near Wardale-Knots, are two Rocking Stones, the larger of which is of an altar shape, about th6 height of a table, and of immense weight, yet moveable with one finger ; and when in motion, making a noise like distant thunder. " — Whitakeb. In this town was born, Thomas Proctor, whose merit as a sculptor, justly places him among the first of the british artists. His works, though few, are uncommonly fine. Whoever has his model of Ixion, is in possession of a treasure, which ought to be guarded with the greatest vigilance^ it being, without dispute, one of the first productions of the british school ; and would have done honour to the best times of Greece or Rome. He was an exemplary and mighty genius, and his merits have been celebrated by Mr West, in one of his discourses. His fine group of Diomedes devoured by his Horses, would have become a point of national taste ; but, alas ! he dashed it to pieces in a fit of despair, because he could not procure fifty pounds for that sublime labour. He died, like Raphael, in the meridian of his days, and full of honour. — He sunk,, unaccountably, under the public neglect, when a small sum would have preserved a valuable life. — Dayes' Tour. SETTLEBECK, ham. in the township and parish of Sedbergh ; \ of a mile from Sedbergh. SHACKLETON, ham. in the township of Wadsworth, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 9 miles from Halifax. SKA DWELL, in the parish of Thorner, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefraet; 5\ miles from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby. — Pop. 197. SHAFTHOLME, ham. in the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, and parish of Arksey, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 5 miles from Doneaster, 8 from Thome. SHAFTON, in the parish of Felkirk, wapentake of Staincros® 9 liberty of Pontefraet ; 5 miles from Barnsley, 7 from Wakefield, 9 from Pontefraet.— Pop. 235. SHARLSTONE, in the parish of Warmfield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pdntefract ; (the seat of Richard Atkins, Esq.) \\ miles from Wakefield, 5\ from Pontefraet. — Pop. 330. SHARO W, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro ; (Sharow Lodge, the seat of Mrs. Cayley,) 1 mile from Ripon, 6 from Borougbbridge. — Pop. 103. SHARROWHEAD, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, 1| mile from Sheffield. SHAW CROSS, 2 or 3 h, in the township of Soothill, and parish of Bewsbury, liberty of Wakefield; 2 miles from Dewsbury. WEST-RIDING. 401 SHAW HALL, ham, in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- dale, (Lane.) 9 miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) SHAW MILL, in the township of Bishop-Thornton, lower division of Claro; 7 miles from Ripon and Knaresbrough. This is a new village on the banks of a small beck, called, Shaw Beck, and the principal place within the township. Here the Bishop of York calls his coHrts for Thornton. SHEEP HOUSE,/, h. in the township ofLangsett, and parish of Penistone; 2 miles from Penistone. SHEEP WASH, /. h. in the township of Rathmell, and parish of Giggles wick ; 3 miles from Settle. SHEFFIELD, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of , Straflbrth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 6 miles Rotherham, 12 from Chesterfield, (Derbys.) 13| from Penistone, 14 from Barnsley, 16 from Bakeweil, 18 from Doncaster and Worksop, (Notts.) 20 from Bawtry, 24 from Mansfield, (Notts.) 24 from Buxton, (Derbys.) by Middleton, and 28 by Bakeweil, 55 from York, 162 from London. — Markets, Tuesday and Saturday.— - Fairs, Tuesday in Trinity-Week, and November 28, for horses, horned cattle, &c. — Bankers, Messrs. Parker, Shaws, and Blake- lock, draw on Messrs. Morland and Co. 50, Pali-Mall ; Sheffield and Rotherham Bank, Messrs. Walkers, Eyre, and Stanley, draw on Messrs. Everett, and Co. 9, Mansion-House Street; Messrs. Rimington, and Youngs, draw on Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co. 2, White-Hart Court, Lombard -Street. — Principal Inns, Tontine, Angel, Commercial, and King's-Head Hotel. — Pop. 42,157. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, or the Holy-Trnity, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 12/. 155. 2\d. Patron, the Rev. Thomas Sutton. Here are also three Churches, viz. St. Paul's Church built in 1740, in Norfolk Street; St. James 1 Church, erected in 1 788, in the VicarVCroft, to both these Church- es the Vicar of Sheffield is Patron. Here is also a Chapel at the Duke of Norfolk's Hospital, opened in 1 777, in which service is celebrated daily : the Rev. Wm. Downs is curate and governor, and the Rev. Thomas Robinson, officiating curate. Sheffield, from Sheaf-field, the most populous town in the connty, except Leeds, is situated upon an eminence at the confluence of the rivers the Manor and Castle paused to the Nevils, afterwards to the Talbots, Earls of Shrewsbury, and lastly, to the illustrious family of the Howards. It was, during the time of George, the 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, who resided here, that this Castle was made the prison of the beautiful Mary, Queen of Scots. In this place, Cardinal Wblsey, on his way 16 London, is said to havedrankthe fatal draught, which soon afterwards terminated his existence. This Castle was demolished in the civil ware, and scarcely any vestiges of it now remains, except that the names of Castle-Hill, Castle-Ditch, Sec. are still retained by several places in the vicinity. The town of Sheffield was incorporated, so far as regards the manufactory in 1624, and is styled " the company of Cutlers of Hallamshire." It is govern- ed by a master, two wardens, six searchers, and twenty-four assistants, and the rest commonalty. By this act of incorporation, it is enacted, that it shall be lawful for the master, &c. to make laws for the good order, rule, and govern- ment of all the members of the said company, &c. and to levy reasonable penalties on those who neglect to observe them. This corporation consists of about 600 members, who have a Hall for the transaction of their business, called Cutler's- Hall, built in 1638, and in 1726 was re-built in its present form. Sheffield has long been celebrated for its cutlery ware; Dr. Gibson, who published his edition of Camden in 1695, says, that Sheffield had been for 300 years, the staple for knives. The cutlery trade in the town and neighbourhood, was afterwards pro- secuted in the various articles of sheath-knive6, scissars, sickles, scythes, &c. and in 1758, the silver-plate manufacture was begun by Mr Joseph Hancock, on a very extensive scale, comprehending an almost innumerable variety of articles. The importance of Mr Hancock's discovery soon began to be fully nnderstood : various companies were formed ; workmen were easily procured from among the ingenious mechanics of Sheffield ; while the streams in the neighbourhood fur- nished opportunities for erecting mills for the rolling out the metals. Birming- ham early obtained a share in this lucrative manufacture ; but the honour of the invention belongs to Sheffield, as it is supposed to stand unrivalled in the ex- tent to which the manufacture is carried, and the elegance and durability of its productions. The introduction of this new branch of trade, gave to Sheffield a share in the manufacture of silver-plate ; and for the encouragement of this ma- nufacture, an essay office was established, and opened in the town in 1731. In 1751, the Don was made navigable to Tinsley, within three miles of the town which greatly facilitates the export of goods. Upon the Don, above the town, a great number of works are erected for forging, slitting, and preparing the iron and steel for the manufactures ; and for grinding knives, scissars, &c. The parish of Sheffield is rich in its mineral productions, and especially in iron, coal, and stone. This place, although large, cannot boast much of its public buildings, which are in general calculated more for utility than shew; we shall therefore briefly point out such as may claim the attention of strangers. The places for divine worship, according to the established Church, are four, viz. St. Peter, or the Holy Trinity, which is the parish-church ; it stands in the centre of the town, was built in the reign of Henry I. about 1100, it is a reatangular building, having neither porch nor chapel protruding beyond the but- tresses. A tower and spire is near the centre of the building. TheSiumerous changes and re-edifications have left nothing remaining of the original fabric, except the massy pillars that support the tower. On the south side of the altar is the Shrewsbury Chapel, founded by George, the fourth Earl, in the time of Henry VIII. in which are monuments of four Earls of Shrewsbury, the Talbots. In the year 1700, was interred here, William Walker, who, from strong cir- cumstances, there is reason to believe, was the executioner of Charles I. — Gents. Magax. vol. XXXFII. St, Paul's is an elegant modern structure, in the Grecian style; it was be- gun in 1720, but not consecrated till 1740, and finished till 1771, being erected through the benefaction of 1000/. from Mr Robert Downs, an opulent silversmith, together with the subscriptions of the gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood. St. James' Church, situated in the Vicarage Croft, erected in 1788. And the Chapel at the Duke of Norfolk's Hospital, opened in 1777, which is calculated to contain a large congregation. Divine Service is daily celebrated in this Chapel, fcy a jainieter of the Church of England, and a sermon is preached every Sunday, WEST-RTDING. 403 For Dissenter?, Sheffield, like other large towns, has places of worship for al- most every sect, there being not less than fifteen edifices used by them for that purpose. Here is an Hospital, situated near the bridge, called " the Hospital-*/ Gil- bert, Earl of Shrewsbury." It was founded and endowed by Will, dated in 1616, by Henry, Earl of Norwich, great grandson of Gilbert, Earl of Shrews- bury. In 1770, Edward, Duke of Norfolk, gave to this Hospital 1000/. which sum was applied to the building of the present Cliapel. The Hospital consists ot two quadrangles, each containing eighteen dwellings, for the accommodation of eighteen men, and the same number of women, being aged and decayed house- keepers, each of whom U provided with a house and garden, and a pension of 5s. per week, with clothing and coals. On the north side of the town is an Hospital and School, erected by Thomas Hollis, a merchant of London, but a native of Sheffield, for sixteen poor cutlers/ widows, who have each a separate habitation, and an allowance of one guinea every three weeks; and the orator, who is also schoolmaster, fifteen guineas quarterly, having also a good house in the Hospital -yard. The children in the School of this establishment, amount to about forty, who are taught to read. About half a mile from the town, is that valuable institution, the Infirmary, bnilt by subscription ; the first stone of which, was laid in 1793. It is a hand- some stone building ; and is supported by voluntary subscriptions; and patients are admitted on the recommendation of subscribers. Here is a Free Grammar-School, founded in 1603—4, by Thomas Smith, of Crowland, (Line.) who left to it 30/. a year. In 1605, it became incorporated by letters patent, of 2nd James I. The present School was erected by subscrip- tion in 1648, in Townhead-street. It is open indefinitely for boys of Sheffield and the neighbourhood. The head master's salary is fixed at 60/. per annum. Here are also National Schools, on the plans of Bell and Lancaster, and several Sunday and Charily Schools, as well as many minor charitable institutions. The Town- Hall, is at the south-east corner of Trinity-church, and was erected in 1700. In Norfolk-street, in the south part of the town, is an elegant building, com- prising the Assembly-Room and Theatre, first erected in 1762 ; but since taken down, and constructed on a larger scale. Sheffield is the capital of a district, known by the name of Hallamshire. Here was born, the learned divine, Johu Balguy. — He was prebendary of Salisbury, and in 1729, he was presented to the vicarage of Northallerton. He wrote religions Tracts and Sermons, on several occasions, were published in 2 vols.Svo. which are in much estimation. He died in 1748. John Roebuck, an eminent physician, and great benefactor to Scotland, was ■a native of Sheffield, and born in 1718. Tn his prosecution of chemical experi- ments, he had been led to bestow great attention to the process of smelting iron stone. He died in 1794. SHEFFIELD, LITTLE, now incorporated with Sheffield. SHEFFIELD-MANOR, in the township and parish of Sheffield; \\ mile from Sheffield. This was formerly a seat of the Earl of Shrewsbury ; now in ruins, one large turret only remaining. SHELFE, in the parish of Halifax, morley -division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 3| miles from Halifax, 4| from Bradford.— Pop. 1,998. SHELLEY, in the parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg-division of Ag- brigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 6 miles from Hudders- field, 1\ from Penistone.— Pop. 1,329. SHEPLEY, NETHER, in the township of Shepley, and parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 6| miles from Penistone and Huddersfield. SHEPLEY, in the parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg-division of Ag- 40£ WEST-RIDING, briggand Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; S miles from Penistone, 1\ from Huddersfield.— Pop. 1000. SHERBURN, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Bark- ston-Ash, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 3| miles from Abber- ford, 6 from Ferrybridge, 7 from Tadcaster and Pontefract, 8 from Selby, 12| from Leeds, 15 from York, 183 from London. — Market, Friday. — Fair, September 25, for horses^ line, &c. — Principal Inn, Red Bear. — Pop. 1,144. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 10/. 17s. Id. p. r. 130/. Patron, the Prebendary of Fenton. The nave of this church is purely eaxon, and the work of some one of the i first Archbishops, who became possessed of the place. — Whitakjsr. Near the south-east corner of the church yard, appears to have been a detached Chapel, among the rubbish of which, was dug up the head of a very rich and elegant cross. — Ibid. At this place formerly the Archbishops of York had a palace, and which once belonged to King Athelstan ; not a vestige remains, except such parts as may appear in the walls-of the church, which was built out of its ruins. Here is a Grammar-School and Hospital, founded in 1619, by Robert Hungate, Esq. who endowed them with 1201. per annum, for the clothing and maintenance of the boys, twenty-four, in the hospital ; and 12/. per annum, to the master, payable out of lands in this parish, of Robert Oliver Gascoigne, of Parlington, Esq. A subsequent endowment of 12/. per annum, was awarded to the master, on a late enclosure. There are eight boys upon the foundation, who are admitted at the will of Mr Gascoigne. There are four exhibitions of It. 10*. each, to St. John's College, Oxford ; and this is one of the schools enti- tled to send a candidate for Lady Eli2abeth Hastings' exhibitions.— Master's salary, 34/. and assistant, 13/. 13s. 4d, per annum. — Carlisle. On the loth of October, 1645, here happened a sharp skirmish between the King's and the Parliament's forces, in which Sir Richard Hutton, Sir Francis Carnaby, and several other officers on the king's side, were slain. — Hargrove. Sherburn and the neighbourhood are remarkable for a particular species of Plum, called the Winesour. SHERWOOD-HALL, (the residence of William Morritt, Esq.) in the township of Egbrough, and parish of Kellington, liberty of Ponte- fract ; 6 miles from Snaith, 7 from Pontefract. SHEEPSCAR, in the township and parish of Leeds, \ a mile from 1 Leeds. SHIBDEN-HALJL, (the seat of James Lister, Esq.) in the township of Southowram, and parish of Halifax? %\ miles from Halifax. SHIPLEY, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-d i vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of Mrs Wainman) 3 miles from Bradford and Bingley. — Pop. 1,606. SHIRECLIFFE-HALL, (the seat of John Watson, Esq.) in the township of Brigbtside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield. The old Hall, of which no part now remains, a good modern house having been built on its site, was anciently the seat of the family of Mounteney, de- scended of Sir Robert de Mounteney, grandson of Maad de Lovetot, in the time of Henry III.— Hunter. SHIRE-GREEN, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper- division of Stratforth and Tickhill ; 3 miles from Sheffield, 4 from Rotherham, 1 1 from Barnsley. SHIRTCLIFFE-HALL, (the seat of William Bingley, Esq.J in the township and parish of Ecclesfield ; % miles from Sheffield. WEST-RIDING. 405 SHITLINGTON, MIDDLE, in the parish of Thomhill, Agbrigg- di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberties of Pontefract and Wake- field ; 3 miles from Dewsbury, 4 from Wakefield. — Pop. 1 ,635. SHITLINGTON, NETHER, or NETHERTON, in the township of Middle-Shitlington, and parish of Thomhill, Agbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Dewsbury and W r akefield. SHITLINGTON, OVER, in the township of Middle-Shitlington, and parish of Thomhill, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Dewsbury, 4| from Wakefield. SHOOTER'S HILL, (the seat of J. C. Hilton, Esq.) in the town- ship and parish of Rossington ; 3£ miles from Bawtry ; 61 from Doncaster. SHORE, /. k. in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax; 13 miles from Halifax. SICKLINGHALL, in the parish of Kirkby-overblow, upper-division of Claro ; 3 miles from Wetherby, 5 from Harewood, 6 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 257. SIGSWORTH, /. k. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield ; 3 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. SILCOATES, ham. in the township of Alverthorpe-with-Thoms, and parish of Wakefield ; 1 mile from Wakefield. Here is a Grammar-School for the Yorkshire Dissenters- SILKSTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Bamsley and Penistone, 1 0| from Wakefield, 39 from York. — Pop. 807. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 17/. 13s. 4d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. SILSDEN, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 miles from Keighley, 7 from Skipton, 12 from Colne, (Lane.) — Pop. 1,904. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedica- ted to St. James, in the deanry of Craven, value, p. r. f86/. Patron, the Earl of Thanet. SILSDEN-MOOR, ham. in the township of Silsden, and parish of Kildwick. liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 miles from Skipton. SKELBROOK, in the parish of South- Kirkby, wapentake of Os- goldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (the residence of the Rev. Charles Cater) 7 miles from Ferrybridge, 7| from Pontefract, 8 from Doncaster, 12 from Bamsley. — Pop. 115. The Church is a per- petual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Doncas- ter, value, p. r. 60/. Patron, the Perrin family. SKELDA, /. h. in the township and parish of Marton, liberty of of Staincliffe ; 8 miles from Skipton. SKELDEN, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro ; 5 miles from Ripon, 6 from Pateleybridge, 8 from Masham. — Pop. 56. SKELDERSLOW, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) 3 miles from Oldham, (ditto) SKELLANDS,/. h. in the township of Scostrop,and parish of Kirkby- Malhamdale ; 7 miles from Settle, 9 from Skipton. 406 WEST-RIiMSG. SKELLOW, in the parish of Owston, wapentake of Osgoldcross> liberty of Pontefract ; 5 miles from Doncaster, 1 from Pontefract. —Pop. 146. SKELLOW-GRANGE, ham. (the seat of Godfrey Higgins, Esq.) in the township of Skellow, and parish of Owston, liberty of Pon- tefract ; 6 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Pontefract. SKELM ANTHORPE, in the townships of Cumberworth, and Cum- berworth-half, and parishes of Higb-Hoyland and Emley , liberty of Pontefract ;. 8 miles from Huddersfield and Wakefield. SKELTON, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower d i vision of Claro ; 2\ miles from Boroughbridge, 3| from Ripon. — Pop. 314. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Ripon, value, p. r. f78/. 8s. 2d. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. SKELTON, /. k. in the township and parish of Leeds; 1 mile from Leeds. SKERETH, ham. in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Low- Bentham ; 1 mile from Ingleton. SKEWKIRK, (Ainsty) /. h. in the township of Tock with, and parish of Kirk- Ham merton ; 7 miles from Wetherby, 9 from York. SKIBEDEN, EAST, and WEST, 2 /. h. in the township and parish of Skipton, liberty of StainclifFe; 2| miles from Skipton. SKIERS-HALL, cotts. in the township of Went worth, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearn ; 6 miles from Rotherham and Barnsley. SKIP-BRIDGE, an Inn, in the township of Wilstrop, and parish of ofKirk-Hammerton; 8| miles from Boroughbridge and York. SKIPTON, a market and parish-town, in the east-division of Staincliflfe, liberty of Clifford's Fee, (Skipton- Castle, the seat of the Earl of Tha- net,) 10 miles from Keighley, 1 1 from Guisburn, 12| from Colne, (Lane.) 13 from Hopper-Lane Inn, 15 from Otley and Pateleybridge, 16 from Settle and Kettle well, 19 from Clitheroe, (Lane) *41 from "York, 220 from London — Market, Saturday. — Fairs, first Satur- day after the old twelfth day, called Black Saturday, March 13 y Saturday before Palm Sunday, Tuesday in Easter- Week, and every other Tuesday until Whitsuntide, for lean cattle ; Saturday before Wbitsun-eve, Saturday before Trinity-Sunday, Old Saint James' Day, and Martinmas Day, viz. November 21, and 23, and every other Tuesday, throughout the year, for fat cattle, &c. —Bankers, Messrs. Chippendale, Netherwood, and Carr, draw on Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co. 2, White Hart Court, Lom- bard-Street. — Principal Inns, Black Horse, Hotel, and Devonshire* Hotel. — Pop. 3,41 J. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to the Holy-Trinity, in the deanry of Craven, value, $10/. 12*. 6d. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Christ-Church, Oxford. Skipton, a respectable built town, consisting chiefly of one 9treet, is the capi- tal and mart of Craven, which, by having the benefit of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal passing close to the town, the greatest facility is afforded to its trade. At the north-end of the town is the Castle, the erection of which elevated this place at once from a poor dependant village to a respectable town ; for in times of turbulence and disorder, the inhabitants of the adjoining country would naturally crowd for protection under its walls.— And although Skipton never WEST-RIDING. 407 had a municipal government, except that of a Reve, and was never represented in Parliament, the town is generally styled in Charters, a Burgb, and its inha- bitants, Burgesses. The Castle, which usually attracts the attention of strangers, was the work of Robert de Romille, about the end of the Conqueror's, or the beginning of his son's reign. Of the original building, little, besides the western door-way of the inner Castle, now remains. It consists of a treble semicircular arch, supported upon square piers. The oldest part of the Castle now remaining, consists of seven round towers, connected by rectilinear apartments, which form an irregular quadrangular court within. The walls are from twelve to nine feet thick. In the civil wars of Charles I. this Town and Ca9tle had a considerable sharp, being a garrison for the King, commanded by Sir John Mallory, of Studley. On the 20th Dec. 1645, it was surrendered to the forces of the Parliament; having held out longer than any other Castle in the north of England. The northern wall of the Castle stands on the brink of a perpendicular rock, washed by a tor- rent, to the bed of which, from the battlements, is a depth of 200 feet. At the west-end of the Bailey stands the Castle Chapel, a well proportioned oblong building, of which the original shell is entire : it appears to have retained its original till after the death of Thomas, the good Earl of Thauet; but is now a stable. Robert de Romille, the founder of this baronial Castle, leaving only an heiress, Alice, married to William Fitz-Dnncan, Earl of Murray, carried along with her the honour of Skipton ; by whose daughter, Cicely, it passed to William le Gross, Earl of Albemarle ; here it remained till the reign of Richard I. when Avelyne de Fortibus, daughfer and heiress, the Countess of Albemarle, married Edmund, Earl of Lancaster ; whose son Thomas, succeeded him, but he, joining in a rebel- lion against King Edward IT. and being taken in arms at Boroughbridge, was beheaded at Pontefract, when all his estates were escheated to the Crown ; and were by that King granted to Robert, Lord Clifford, which family, with the exception of a single attainder, have held this barony 500 years, during the longer part of which they have resided at Skipton Castle, in great wealth and honour. John Lord Tufton, the second Earl of Thanet, having married Margaret, daughter of the Earl of Dorset, by Lady Anne Clifford, in 1629, brought this Castle and Lord- ship into that family, where it still remains. The Church of Skipton, which was also founded by Robert de Romille, is a spacious and respectable building. Perhaps no part of the original structure re- main-*, except four stone seats with pointed arches and cylindrical columns, now in the south wall of the nave. In this Church are several ancient monuments to the Clifford family : and beneath the altar, unusually elevated on that account, is the vault of the Cliffords, the place of their interment, from the dissolution of Bolton Priory to the death of the last Earl of Cnmberland; which, after being closed many years, the late Dr. Whitaker, obtained permission to examine in 1803 ; wherein he found the bodies deposited in chronological order ; particu- lars of which may be seen in his History of Craven. The town of Skipton has long enjoyed the benefit of a well endowed Gram- mar-School, which was founded in the second year of King Edward VI. 1548, by William Ermysted, clerk, Canon Residentiary in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Loudon, for instructing boys In grammar; and who ordained certain sta- tutes for the government of the same. The whole rental of the lands, tenements, drc. with which it was then endowed, amounted to 91. 15s. 4d. is now about 600/. per annum. There is also an annual payment of 41. 4s. \0d. out of the land revenues of the Crown. William Petyt, Esq. in 1707, gave ^200/. for the support of two poor scholars at Chri.-t College, Cambridge. And his brother, Sylvester Petyt, Esq. by his Will, left 24,048/. old South Sea Annuities, and a Library at Skipton, — the gross annual income, in 1815, being 721/. 9s. 2d. The objects of which donation are, persons, wherever resident, standing in need of immediate relief, according to the discretion of the Trustees, — and amongst whom, the remainder of this sum is an- nually distributed, after paying 20/. a year to Christ College, Cambridge, small salaries to a schoolmaster and librarian at Skipton, and for putting out annually about fourteen poor children apprentices in the county of York, and for buying 3 F 408 WEST-R1DIN6. books for the use of the school. Boys are admitted free of expense, indefinitely thronghout the parish.— Carlisle's Gram. School. At this place was born, George Holmes, a learned antiquary, in 1662. He re-published the first 17 vols, of Rt/mer's Foedera, and formed a curious collec- tion of books, prints, and coins. He died in 1749. SKIERAM, or SKIERHOLME, ham. in the township of Apple- trewick, and parish of Burnsall, liberty of Staincliffe; 7 miles from Pateieybridge, 8 from Skipton. SKJRETHORNES, ham. in the township of Threshfield, and parish of Linton, liberty of Staincliffe ; 6 miles from Kettlewell. SKIRCOTE, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 \ mile from Halifax, 7£ from Huddersfield, 9| from Bradford.— Pop. 3,323. Here is a Free Grammar-School, usually called the Halifax School, founded by a charter of Queen Elizabpth, dated the 15th of February, 1585. This charter is said to have been procured by Henry Farrer, Esq. of Ewood, at his own ex- pense, and who was one of the first governors. The management of this School is vested in governors. The origiual endowment being in land, the amount of salary is uncertain. The School is open indefinitely to the children of the parish free of expense, for learning the Classics only. The present master is the Rev. Robert Wilkinson. — Carlisle. SKIRDEN-HALL, /. /*. in the township and parish of Bolton-by- Bolland, liberty of Staincliffe ; 4\ miles from Gisburn. SKYRACK, a wapentake, situated between the rivers Wharfe and Aire; having Barkston-Ash for its eastern, and part of Staincliffe for its western boundary. Jn this wapentake are the market- towns of Leeds, Bingley, Otley, and Harewood, the market of the latter has fallen into disuse. It contains 44 townships, 15 of which are parish-towns, 7,102 inhabited houses, and 30,606 inha- bitants ; independent of the liberty of Leeds, which is situated within this wapentake; — and in which there are 17,418 inhabited houses, and 83,746 inhabitants. SLADES-BARN, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) 1 \ mile from Dobcross, 12 from Huddersfield. SLAIDBURN, a parish-town, in the west division of Staincliffe, li- berty of Bolland ; 9 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 10 from Gisburn, and Long-Preston, 12 from Settle, 20 from Lancaster and Black- burne, (Lane.) 21 from Skipton, 62 from York. — No Market. — Fairs, Wednesday before Easter, and November 4. — Principal Inn, Hark-to-Bounty. — Pop. 914. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to Saint Andrew, in the deanry of Craven, value 28/. Patron the Rev. Henry Wigglesworth. The Church is a large handsome structure, of red Fell stone, built about the time of Henry VIII. and appears to have been repaired in 1726. Within the altar is a stone, inscribed to the memofy of Nicholas Townley, dated 1693. This place is situated near the western extremity of the Forest of Bolland, on the borders of Lancashire. • Here is a Free Grammar-School, but when, or by whom founded, we could not learn. The Master's salary 50/. and the Usher or second Master, about 20/. per annum. The Courts Leet for the higher division of the Forest of Bolland are held here. " Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, procured a chai'ter for a Fair at Slayd- burn, on the eve and festival of St. Peter ad Vine, and two days after,"-— Whitaker. WEST-RIDING. 409 SLAITHVVAITE, in the parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 4 miles from Hud- dersfield, 12 from Halifax, 20 from Manchester, {Lane.) — Pop. 2,871. The Church is a perpetual curacy under Huddersfield, the Vicar of which is Patron, value, p. r. *129/. 8.?. 6d. The new Road recently cut from Huddersfield to Manchester, passes through this place ; also the Canal to aud from the same place, which greatly facili- tates its trade. SLATENBERG, 3/. h. in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Low-Bentham; 8| miles from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) SLEAD-HALL, (the seat of Abraham Firth Maeaidey, Esq.) in the township of Hipperholme, and parish of Halifax ; 2 miles from Halifax. SLENINGFORD, in township of North Stainley-lHth-Sleningford, and parish and liberty of Ripon; (Sleningford-Haft, the seat of Col. Dalton ; theGrange, the seat of John Dalton, -Jim. Esq.) 4| miles from Ripon, 5| from Mashain. — Pop. included in North-Stainley. In the same township and parish is SLENINGFORD, OLD, (the seat of Thomas Kitchingman Stave ley, Esq.) SMALL-FIELD, a few f. h. in the township of Bradfield, and pa- rish of Ecclesfield ; 7 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Penistone. SMALL-HEDGE. /. h. in the township and parish ofFishlake;4 miles from Thome, 9 from Snaith. SMALL-SHAW,/, k. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish of Penistone ; 3 miles from Penistone. SM AW'S-HALL, in the parish of Tadcaster; 1 mile from Tadcaster, 7 from Wetherby. SMEATON, KIRK, See Kirk-Smeaton. SM EATON, LITTLE, in the Parish of Womersley, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Ferrybridge, 6| from Pontefract, 10 from Doncaster, Pop. 176. SMIDLEY, ham. in the township of Wombwell, and parish of Dar- field ; 3 miles from Barnsley, 9 from Rotherham. SMITHY-BROOK, 3 or 4 h. in the township and parish of Thorn- hill; 3 miles from Dewsbury, 5 from Wakefield. SMITHIES-MILL, ham in the township of Monk-Bretton, and parish of Royston, 2 miles from Barnsley, 8 from Wakefield. SMITHALLS, s. h. in the township and parish of Birkin ; 1J- mile from Ferrybridge. SMITHIES, in the parish of of Kirkheaton ; 3 miles from Hudders- field, 101 from Wakefield. 5NAITH, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty and baliwick of Cowick and Snaith ; 7 miles from Thome, 8 from Selby, 10 from Howden, 11 from Ferrybridge, 14 from Pontefract, 23 from York, 175 from London. — Market, Thursday. — Fairs, last Thursday in April, for horned cattle, sheep, and woollen cloth, Aug. 10, for horned cattle, woollen cloth, line, cheese, and quills; and the last Thursday in Sept. which is chartered but 410 WEST-RIDING, not now attended. — Principal Inns. Blue Bell, Black Lion, Bell and Crown, and Green-Dragon. — Pop. 834. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Pon- tefract. Patron, Henry Yarburgh, Esq. The town of Snaith is situated on a gently rising ground, about half a mile south of the river Aire, and within five miles of the junction of the Ouse with the rivers Derwent and Aire. In the Church, which is a neat Gothic structure, is the family vault of Lord Viscount Downe, in which his ancestors lay interred. At the west end of the town stands an old Hall, formerly the residence of the Yarburghs. The country round is extremely flat and uninteresting, but abundantly fertile. Flax is much cultivated in the neighbourhood. SNAYGILL, 2/. h. in the township and parish of Skipton, liberty of Staincliffe; 1 mile from Skipton, 9 from Keighley. SNYDALL, in the parish of Normanton, A gbrigg-di vision of Ag- brigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract, (the seat of Thomas Hod- son, Esq.) 3 1 miles from Pontefract, 6 from Waketield. Pop 119. SNOWDON-HILL, or SNODNELL, ham. in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of Penistone, liberty of Pontefract ; 2 miles from Penistone, 7 from Barnsley. SNOWDON, UPPER, and LOWER, 2 ham.in the township and parish of Wistow, 5§ miles from Otley, 12 from Knaresbrough. SOFTLEY, /. h. in the township of Thuristone, and parish of Peni- stone ; 4 miles from Penistone. A Farm at Softley, pays yearly to Godfrey Bosville, of Gunthwaite, Esq. a Whittle. — Blount. SOOLBANK, ham. in the township and parish of Sedbergh; 5 miles from Dent, 11 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) SOOTHILL, UPPER and NETHER, in the parish of Dewsbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 2 miles from Dewsbury, 4 from Wakeiield, 12 from Halifax. — Pop. 3,093. These are two villages, but one township. SOUTH-CROSLAND, in the parish of Almondbury, Agbrigg-divi- sion of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 2 miles from Huddersfield, 12 from Halifax, 13 from Penistone. — Pop. 1,583. SOUTHEY-GREEN, ham. in the township and parish of Eccles- field ; 3 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. This is a district or part of the parish, that has churchwardens and other officers appointed; hut all collections and payments are made jointly— as the township of Ecclesfield. SOUTHOWRAM, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; 2| miles from Halifax, 7 from Huddersfield. — Pop. 4,256. Here is a Chanel-to Halifax, built and consecrated, in 181,9. SOUTH-WANG, f.k. in the township and parish of Tickhill; 1| mile from Tickhill. SOWERBY. in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Halifax, 9 from Huddersfield.— Pop. 6,890. The Chapel, built in 1763, is a per- petual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter, value, p. r. 78/. Patron, the Vicar of Halilax. WEST-RIDING. 411 In this Chapel, is a statue of Archbishop Tillotson, erected in compliance with the Will of his surviving grand-niece, upwards of thirty years ago. The Archbishop was born at Haugh-End, in this township. — See p. 307. At Sowerby, was once a Castle, the foundation of which may yet be seen in a field near the top of the town, adjoining to which is a piece of ground, called the Hell Croft> where, no doubt, the dead were buried. It is not known at what time it was built, but it is clear, however, that during the possessions of the Earls of Warren, there was a Castle here, and that they frequently resorted hither for the diversions of hunting, hawking, &c. This was conveyed by John, the last Earl, to King Edward II. ; but when the fort was suffered to decline, does not appear. — Watson. SO WERB Y-BRIDGE, at the junction of the townships of Warley, Skircote, Sowerby, and Norland, in the parish of Halifax, Morley - division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 2| miles from Halifax, 8 from Huddersfield, 13| from Rochdale, (Lane.) The Church is a per- petual curacy, value, p. r. *144Z. \~s. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. SOWERBY-CROFT, /. h. in the township of Norland, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Halifax. SOYLAND, in the parish of Halifax, Morley -division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Halifax, 10 from Huddersfield, 11 from Rochdale. (Lane.)— Pop. 3,242. SOYLAND-MILL, o Mill, in the township of Soy land, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Halifax. SPACE Y-HOUSES, 2 Inns, the one on the east-side of the road, is in the township and parish of Kirkby-Overblow ; the other on the west, in the township of Folly foot, and parish of Spoiforth, lower-division of Claro ; 5 miles from Harewood, 6 from Knares- brough, 6£ from Ripley, 12| from Leeds. SPARK-HAGG, /. k. in the township and parish of Selby ; If mile from Selby. SPEN, ham. in the township of Gomersall, and parish of Birstall; 7 1 miles from Halifax, 8| from Leeds. SPICER-HILL HOUSE, /. k. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish of Penistone ; 3 miles from Penistone. SPINKSBURN, ham. in the township and parish ofFewston; 9^ miles from Knaresbrough, 14| from Skipton. SPINK-WELL, ham. in the township and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield ; \ a mile from Dewsbury, 6| from Wakefield. SPITAL, s.h. in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearn ; 5£ miles from Rotherham, 1\ from Barnsley. SPITAL-CROFr, /. h. in the township of Litton, and parish of Arnecliffe, liberty of Staincli fife ; 8 \ miles from Kettlewell. SPITAL-HILL, 2 /. A. in the township and parish of Tickhill; 1 mile from Tickhill. This place has its name from an Hospital or Free-Chapel founded here, in 1326, having several priests and brethren in it. It was afterwards annexed to the Priory of Humberston. — Tanner. SPOFFORTH, a parish-town* in the upper-division of Claro; 3 miles from Wetherby, 4 from Knaresbrough, 5 from Harrogate, 18 from York. — Pop. 895. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to 412 WEST-RIDING. All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 73/. 6s. 8rf. Patron, the Earl of Egremont. Spoiforth Castle is remarkable for having been, for several ages, the princi- pal seat of the noble family of Percy ; and still continues in the possession of one of its descendants, the Earl of Egremont. This Castle is supposed to have been built in the time of Edward III. and is at present in a dilapidated state, but yet displays strong marks of a rude and grand Mansion. After the battle of Towton, so fatal to Henry VI. in which were slain the Earl of Northumberland and Sir Richard Percy, his brother, their estates w r ere laid waste by the enraged con- querors; and this Man ion was dismantled, and reduced from a princely palace to a b-^ap of ruins. — Archjbol.*- Hargrove. Here was born, Lawrence Eusden, a poet, and educated at Trinity-College, Cambridge. Iu 1718, he obtained the Laureatship, which raised him several enemies, particularly Pope, who placed him in the Dunciad. His poems are in Nichols' Collection. ' He died in 1730.— Gen. Biog. Diet. SPOFFORTH-HAGGS, or HAGSIDE, ham. in the township and parish of Spofforth ; 4 miles from Knaresbrough. SPRINGFIELD-HOUSE, (the seat of John Mann, Esq.) in the township and parish of Brad field, to which it nearly adjoins. SPRING-HOUSE, /. L in the township of Hart with- with- Winsley, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 3| miles from Ripley. SPRING-WOOD, (the seat of Joseph Haigh, Esq.) in the township and parish of Huddersfield. SPROTBROUGH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Straf- forth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; (the seat of Sir Joseph Copley, Bart.) 3| miles from Doncaster, 12 from Barnsley, 39 from York. — Pop. 318. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanr} 7 of Doncaster, value, 44/. 18s. 9d. Patron, Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. This place is chiefly noted for having been the residence of the ancient family of Fitzwilliam. Sir John Fitzwilliam, who lived here in the reign of Henry V. caused a Cross to be erected not far from the Church, with these lines engraved on brass : — " Whoso is hungry, and liste to eate, Let him come to Sprotbrough to his meate ; And for a night, and for a day, His horse shall have both corn and hay ; And no man shall ask him when he goeth away." In the Church, are several monuments of the Fitzwilliams and Copleys, who have been Lords of Sprotbrough for centuries. Sprotbrough- Hall w;is built by Sir Godfrey Copley, who was created a Baronet by King Charles II. in the 13th year of his reign. It presents a hand- some elevation of stone, in the style of that period, exhibiting a degree of mag- nificence, not seen in modern houses. Tt contains a fine collection of pictures, procured by Sir Godfrey Copley. Sir Godfrey left a sum of money to the Royal Society, the interest of which was to be disposed of to any person, who should make any new discovery in art or nature, or perform any other work, which should be thought worthy of that reward. It is now changed into a medal. — Hisf. of Doncaster. Here was formerly the Hospital of St. Edmund, called St. Edmund's Chapel, about one mile and a half from the Church, founded by Fitzwil- liam. It has now been demolished some time, and the materials used to repair farm-houses and barns. — Ibid. STACK-HOUSE, ham. in the township and parish of Giggleswick, liberty of Staincliffe ; (the seats of Mrs Clapham, and Misses Lwids) 1 mile from Settle, 1 7 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) WEST-RIDING. 413 STAIN BROUGH, in the parish of Silkston, wapentake of Stain- cross, liberty of Pontefract; 2 \ miles from Bamsley, 5§ from Penistone. — Pop. 194. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Silkston. STAINBURN, in the parish of Kirkby-Overblow, upper-division of Claro; \\ miles from Otley, 9 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 364. The Church is a perpetual curacy under Kirkby-Overblow. STAINBURN-MOOR-SIDE, straggled h. in the township of Stain- burn, and parish of Kirkby-Overblow ; 4| miles from Otley. STA1NCROSS, (which gives name to the wapentake; in the town- ship and parish of Darton, wapentake of Staincross ; 3| miles from Bamsley, 7 from Penistone and Wakefield. STAINCROSS, a wapentake, which is bounded on the north and north-west by Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; on the east by Osgoldcross ; on the south and south-east by Strafforth and Tickhill; and on the west by Cheshire. — The west part of this wapentake is extremely mountainous and bleak. In it are the market-towns of Bamsley and Penistone. It contains 40 town- ships, S of which are parish-towns ; 6,012 inhabited houses, and 32.942 inhabitants. STAINFORTH, in the parish of Hatfield, lower-division of Straf- forth and Tickhill, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 3| miles from Thome, 1\ from Doncaster. — Pop. 694. STAINFORTH, GREAT, in the parish of Giggleswick, west-divi- sion and liberty of Staincliffe ; 2| miles from Settle, 1 4 from Kettle- well, 211 from Askrigg. — Pop. 235. At this place, is a very beautiful Waterfall in the Ribble, called Stainforth Fors. Though on a smaller scale, it may be compared with the celebrated Fors at Aysgarth : there are two or three other waterfalls upon Mr Forster's estate, one in particular, called Cataract Fors. STAINFORTH, LITTLE, or KNIGHT-STAINFORTH, in the township of Great-Stainforth, and parish of Giggleswick, west- division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Settle, 14 \ from Kettlewell. From a petition to the Earl of Cumberland, among the Bolton MSS. it ap- pears that some remains of personal slavery subsisted among the poor people here, as late as the reign of Elizabeth. — Whitaker. STAINLAND, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Halifax and Huddersfield.— Pop. 2,814. At no great distance from Stainland, at a place called Slack, but within the township of Longwood, in the parish of Hudddersfield, is the Cambodunum of Antoninus, as discovered by Mr Watson, the antiquary of Halifax. Particulars of which may be found in his historv, and in Loidis et Elmete. STAINLEY, NORTH, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower- division of Claro; .3 miles from Ripon, 7 from Masham, 10 from Bedale. — Pop. including Sleningford, 285, which being united form a township. STAINLEY, SOUTH, a parish town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; 2} miles from Ripley, 5 from Ripon, 7 from Knaresbrough, 25 from York. — Pop. including Cayton, 232, which being united form a township. The Church is a perpetual 414 WEST-RIDING. curacy, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, p. r. f6ll. Patrons, Horner Reynard, Esq. and the Heirs of the late Mrs Gibson. STAINCLIFFE-HALL, {the seat of Miss Taylor,) in the township and parish of Batley ; 2 miles from Dewsbury, 8 from Wakefield. STAINCLIFFE, a wapentake, and the largest in this Riding, but not so populous, by reason of its mountainousness in the north-west parts. It is bounded on the east, by the wapentake of Claro ; the south and west, by Lancashire ; and by the wapen- take of Ewoross on the north. It has three market-towns, — Skip- ton, Settle, and Gisburn. — The east-division contains 45, and the west, 42 townships; 21 of which are parishes; 10,000 inhabited houses, and 51,416 inhabitants. Staincliffe comprehends the whole of that district called Craven ; — but the deanry of Craven extends beyond the wapentake. STAINTON, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 2§ miles from Tickhill, 6| from Bawtry, 9 from Roth- erham, 45 from York. — Pop. including Hellaby, 218, which being- united form a township. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated, to St. Winifred, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +5/. 15s. Od. p. r. fSOl. Patron, the Earl of Scarborough. STAINTON-COTES, /. h. in the township of Bank-Newton, and parish of Gargrave, liberty of Staincliffe ; 7 miles from Skipton. STAIR FOOT, ham. in the township of Ardsley, and parish of Dar- field ; 2 miles from Barnsley, 8 from Penistone. STANBURY, in the township of Haworth, and parish of Bradford ; 7 miles from Keigh ley, 8 \ from Bradford. STAND-BRIDGE. 3 or 4 h. in the township and parish of Sandal- Magna; 3 miles from Wakefield, 7 from Barnsley. STANSFIELD, a township, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) 12 from Halifax.— Pop. 7,275. In the same township and parish is STANSFIELD-HALL, (the seat of John Sutcliffe, Esq.) Stansfi eld- Hall is situated in a very beautiful part of the valley of Tod- morden. Here lived a family of considerable repute, who took their name from their situation. The original of them was one Wyan Marmions, probably of Nor- man extraction, and a follower of Earl Warren. In Stansfield, are many Druidical places of worship, such as Hawkstones, Bride-Stones, &c. the last consists of one upright stone or pillar, called the Bride, whose perpendicular height is about five yards, its diameter in the thickest part about three, and the pedestal about half a yard ; near this stood another large stone, called the Groom, which is now thrown down by the country people ; and at small distances several others, of different magnitudes, and a vast variety of rocks and stones, so scattered about the common, that at first view, the whole looks something like a temple of the serpentine kind, described by the late Dr. Stukeley. — Watson. STANK-HOUSE, /. h. in the the township of Bolton-Abbey, and parish of Skipton ; 6 miles from Skipton. STANK-HOUSE, .?. h. in the township and parish of Barwick-in Eimet ; 3 miles from Abberford, 7 from Leeds. WEST-RIDING. 415 STANKS, ham. in the township and parish of Barwick-in-EImet ; o\ miles from Leeds. STANLE Y, in the parish of Wakefield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 \ mile from Wakefield, 8 from Leeds, 14 from Huddersfield. — Pop. including Wrenthorpe, 4,620, which being united form a township. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Wakefield, building. Here is the Field, famed in ancient story, where, " all on the Green," Robin Hood, Little John, and Scarlet, fought the Finder of Wakefield ; the place is yet called Pinder's Field. Here was a Roman station, where several Roman coins have, at different times been found. STANLEY- HALL, (the seat of Benjamin Heywood, Esq J in the township of Stanley -with- Wrenthorpe, and parish of Wakefield, liberty of Wakefield ; \\ mile from Wakefield, 6| from Leeds. STANNINGLEY, in the townships of Calverley-with-Farsley, Pudsey, and Bramley, and parishes of Caberley and Leeds, JVlor- ley-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 4 miles from Bradford, 6 from Leeds. STANN1NGTOX, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecelesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 4 miles from Sheffield, 12 from Penistone. This is only the name of an extensive tract of high ground declining on the north to the river Loxley, and on the south to the Riveling ; there being, proper- ly speaking, no village of Stannington, the principal collection of houses being known as Upper- Gate and Nether- Gate. Here, is a School, endowed in 1723, with 40/. for which five children were to be taught, to be chosen by Francis Rouksley, of Ki\e\\ng>idt.-^ Hunter's Hallamshire. STANS1LL, 2 /. k. in the parish of Tickhill, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 2 miles from Tickhill, 7 from Doncaster, 10 from Rolherham. — Pop. including Welling- ley and Wilsick, 54, which being united, form a township. STAPLETON, a township, in the parish of Darrington, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; (Stapteton-Park, the seat of the Hon. Edward Robert Petre) 4 miles from Ferrybridge, 4£ from Pontefract, 12 from Doncaster. — Pop. 109. This Mansion stand* in a large and beautiful Park, watered by a stream that fV.lls into the river Went, in the midst of the most fertile part of the county, bounded by an expanded range of distant hills ; it was built by Edward Lascelles Esq. afterwards Earl of Harewood, and in which the present Earl of Harewood was born. The centre of the principal front is ornamented with four Ionic co- lumns supporting a pediment. The whole building is of stone, and is now en- tered by a handsome doric portico, lately added. In the Chapel, which is par- ticularly neat, is an admirable. Painting of the Crucifixion ; and in the Library, is a Portrait of the great Lord Petre, by Romney ; also one of Lady Petre, by Gainsborough ; the father and mother of the present proprietor, the Hon. Lord Petre. — Neate's Hews. STAR BECK, ham. in the township of Bilton-with-High- Harrogate, and parish of Knaresbrousrh ; 2 miles from Knaresbrough. STARBOTTOM, in the parish of Kettlewell, liberty of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Kettlewell, 1 5 from Leyburn, 1 7 from Settle. — Pop. included in Kettlewell. STAVELEY, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberty ©f Knaresbrough ; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 4 from Knares- 3 G 416 WEST-RIDING. brough, 7 from Ripon, 20 from York.— Pop. 331. The Churef* is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Borough- bridge, diocese of Chester, value, 8/. 17s. Id. Patron, the Rev, James Hartley, the present Rector. STEAD, /. h. in the township of Upper-Hoy land, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearn ; 5\ miles from Barnsley. STEAN, ham. in the township of Lower-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard : 9 miles from Pateleybridge, 10 from Kettlewell. STEEL-BANK, ham. in the township of Nether- Hallam, and parish of Sheffield ; 1 \ mile from Sheffield. STEETON, (AinstyJ in the parish of Bolton-Percy ; 3 miles from Tadcaster, 7 from York. —Pop. 83. Steeton hath for some ages been the seat of the ancient and honorable family of Fairfax. It was, by the Conqueror's survey, in the possession of Qsbera de Arches. Sir John Cbamont, knight, was owner of the greatest part of the lands here, in the reign of Edward III. and had issue two daughters— Joan, who was a nun, and Margaret, married to William, Lord Mowbray. In this manor was anciently five carucates and a half of land ; whereof, Richard de Steeton, held four and a half of Walter de Falconbridge J who held the same of the heirs of Brus, and they of the Barons Mowbray ; who held them of the King, in ca- pite, at the annual rent of seven-pence halfpenny. Another carncate was of the fee of Percy, as of his baronry of Spofford ; whereof, the Abbot of St. Mary's at York, held the one half, and the Prioress of Appleton the other. It beeame, afterwards, the seat of Sir Guy Fairfax, knight ; one of the judges of the King's- Bench, in the times of Edward IV. and Henry VII. — Drake. It hath ever since continued in a younger branch of his family. STEETON, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; (Steeton-Hall, the seat of William Sugden, Esq.) 2 miles from Keighley, 7 from Skipton, 1 1 from Colne, (Lane.) — Pop. including Eastburn, 753, which being united, form a township. STEETON-HALL, /. h. in the township of South-Milforth, and parish of Sherburn ; 8 miles from Pontefract and Tadcaster. It was formerly the seat of the Rygate family. STEPHEN-PARK, /. h. in the township of Easington, and parish of §laidburn ; 10 miles from Settle, 18 from Skipton. STIRK-HOUSE, /. k. in the township and parish of Gisburn, west- division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 1 \ mile from Gisburn. STJRTON, in the parish of Skipton, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; I| mile from Skipton, 12 from Colne, (Lane.) — Pop. including Thorlby, 168, which being united, form a township. STOCKDA LE, ham. in the township of Settle, and parish of Giggles- wick, liberty of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Settle* It pays poor rates to Settle, and church rates to Stainforth. STOCK, in the township and parish of Bracewell, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford VFee ; 5| miles from Colne, (Lanc.J 9 1 from Skipton. STOCKBRIDGE, ham. m the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, and parish of Arksey, liberty of Tickhill ; %\ miles from Doncaster, STOCKELD, in the township and parish of Spofforth, upper-division of Claro ; (Stockeld-Hall, the seat of Peter Middleton, Esq.) 2 mile* from Wetherby, 6 from Knaresbrougb.—Pop. of the Constablery of StockeW ? 69* WEST-RIDING. 417 The ancient family of Middleton is descended from Hippolitus de Brame, Lord of Middleton, who was living in the reign of Henry II. Robert de Brame bad issue, Sir Peter, who was the first of the family that took the name of Mid- dleton ; he had issue, Sir Adam, who was living in the year 1324. — A statue of this knight, in armonr, is in the Church at Ilkley. Sir Peter Middleton was High-Sheriff of the County of York, in 1334. -Sir William Middleton of Stoc- keld, was High-Sheriff, in 1526. — Hist. Knaresbrough. STOCKS, ham. in the township of Easington, and parish of Slaidburn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 9 miles from Settle. STOCK WELL-GREEN.— See Rand-Moor. STONE, ham. in the township and parish of MaJtby ; 3 miles from Tickhill, 6 from Bawtry, 8 from Rotherhara. STONEBECK, UPPER and DOWN, two townships, in the parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro ; the former is on the north-side of the river Nidd, containing 568 inhabitants ; the latter on the south-side, containing 361 ; commences about 5 miles from Pateleybridge. STONE-BREAKS, ham. in. the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) 8 miles from Rochdale. STONE-GAP, s. h. in the township of Glusburn, and parish of Kildwick, liberty of Staincliffe ; 4 l » miles from Skipton. STONER-HALL, /. h. in the township and parish of Selby ; 1 \ mile from Selby, 7| from Snaith. STONE-ROYD, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkheaton ; 5 miles from Huddersfield, 9 from Wakefield. STONE-STYLE, ham. in the township of Calverley-with-Farsley, and parish of Calverley ; 2§ miles from Bradford. STONESHA W-G ATE, (the seat of Gamalial Sutcliffe, Esq.) in the township of Heptonstall, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 9 miles from Halifax. STONE-TROUGH, ham. in the township of Kellbrook, and parish of Thornton, liberty of Staincliffe; 2 1 miles from Colne, (Lane.) STONE Y-BANK, 2/. h. in the township of Easington, and parish of Slaidburn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 9 miles from Settle. STONEY-ROYD, (the seat of Mrs Rawson) in the township of Southowrara, and parish of Halifax ; 1 mile from Halifax. STOODLEY, s. h. in the township of Langfield and parish of Hali- fax ; 11 miles from Halifax. STORITHES, in the township of Hazel wood -with-Storithes, and parish of Skipton, lower-division of Claro ; 7 miles from Skipton, 13 from Pateleybridge, 17| from Knaresbrough. — Pop. included in Hazelwood. 6TORRS, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Eccles- field ; 7 miles from Sheffield, 1 1 from Penistone. STORRS, /. h. in the township and parish of Silkston ; 3 miles from Penistone, 5\ from Barnsley. STORTHES-HALL, (the seat of Charles Horsf all Bill, Esq.) in the township of Thurstonland, and parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg- division of Agbrigg and Morley ; 5\ miles from Huddersfield. STORTH, /, h. in the township of Newton, and parish of Slaidburn; 418 WEST-RIDING. 6 1 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 10 from Gisburn. STOTFOLD, in the parish of Hooton-Pagnall, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 7 miles from Doncaster, 8i from Barnsley. Pop. 9. The township consists only of one honse. STOTT-HILL, ham. in the township of Cowling, and parish of Kildwick, liberty of StainclifTe ; 5 miles from Coine, (Lane.) STRAINDS, /. h. in the township of Denby, and parish of Penistone ; 3 1 miles from Penistone. STRAFFORTH and TICKHILL, the southernmost, as well as the most extensive wapentake in this County ; being bounded by the counties of Derby, Nottingham, and Lincoln, on the south-west and east ; and by the wapentakes of Osgoldcross and Staincross, on the north. It contains four market-towns, — Doncaster, Rother- ham, Bawtry, and Sheffield, also Tickhill, the market of which is almost disused ; 100 townships, 49 of which are parish-towns ; 27,369 houses, occupied by 132,640 inhabitants, which includes the liberty or soke of Doncaster. STRAW-HOUSE, /. h. in the township of Sutton, and parish of Ripon ; \\ mile from Ripon. STREET-HOUSES, 2/, h. in the township ofSnydall, and parish of Normanton ; 4 miles from Pontefract, 5 from Wakefield. STREE7IMIQUSES, fAinstyj ham, in the townships ofSteetonand JBilbrough, and parishes of Bolton-Percy and Bilbrough ; 4 miles from Tadcaster, 6 from York. The situation of this hamlet near the Roman road, leading from York to Tadcaster, occasioned its name. All the Roman roads, being firmly paved with stone, were called streets, as Watling-Street, &c. Stratum, is the word made u§e of by venerable Bede, quite through his work, to denote a Roman road. — Drake. STREET-FARM, or LODGE, /. h. in the parish of Wath-upon- Dearn ; 6 miles from Rotherham and Barnsley. STREETSIDE, ham. in the townships of Ossett and Soothill, and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield ; 1 \ mile from Dewsbury. STREET-THORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Kirk- Sandal ; (Street-Thorpe Hall, the seat of George Parker, Esq.) 4 miles from Doncaster, 8 1 from Thorne. George Cooke Yarborough Esq. built here, about fifty years ago, a handsome Mansion, in which he used to reside. This place was formerly in the possesion of the Swift family, whose old mansion is still remaining. — Hist. Doncaster. STRIDE-COTTAGE, /. h. in the township of Bolton, and parish of Skipton ; 6 % miles from Skipton. STRiNDS, s. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Eccles- field ; 6 miles from Sheffield, 1 1 from Penistone. STUBBING, /. h. in the township and parish of Rawmarsh ; 3\ miles from Rotherham. STUBBS-HALL, /. h. in the township of Hampole, and parish of South-Kirkby ; 7 miles from Doncaster, 9| from Pontefract.— Pop, included in Hampole. STUBBS-WALDEN, in the parish of Womersley, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; 7 miles from Pontefract a»4 Ferrybridge.— Pop. 158. WEST-RIDING. 419 STUBHAM-LODGE^/. h. in the township of Middleton, and parish of Ilkley ; 7 miles from Otley, 9 from Skipton. STUDFIELD, ham. in the township and parish of Horton ; 5 miles from Settle, 17 from Hawes. STUDFOLD, ham. in the township of Lower-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 8 miles from Pateley bridge. STUDLEY-ROGER, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower- division of Claro ; 1 \ mile from Ripon, 7| from Boroughbridge, , 8 from Ripley. — Pop. 144. STUDLEY-ROYAL, extraparochial ; {the seat of Mrs Lawrence) The celebrated Park and Pleasure Grounds hero, have long been admired as the first in the north of England, and which are visited by many hundreds every season. They consist of about 6.50 acres, diversified by various inequalities, cloathed with large and beautiful timber, and well stocked with deer. The views are many and grand. Ripon and its Minst r are seen to great advantage. It is full of lofty hedges, which are neatly trimmed, and the waters, which are numerous, are kept within borders, " shaven with the scythe, and levelled with the roller," and lined with statues, and refreshed with cascades. These grounds were begun to be laid out about the year 1720. The Mansion-House, which is large and spacious, is highly finished and well protected by stately woods, and ornamented with numerous paintings by the first masters. No fanciful description can do justice to the exuberant distribution of nature and art, which surrounds one on every side, on entering these beautiful and enchanting grounds ; the mind can never cease to wonder, in contemplating, nor the eye tire in beholding them. The first of the name of Aislabie who possessed this enchanting place, was George Aislabie, Esq. principal Registrar in the Ecclesiastical Court at York, who died in 1674. He married Mary, the eldest daughier of Sir John Mallorie; Sir John's son dying under age, he became master of his fortune. His son John was Mayor of Ripon, in 1702, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, iu 1718; he died in 1742, and his son William, in 1781. Being no male issue, the estates descended to his two daughters ; the eldest was widow of Charles Allanson, Esq. On her death in 1808, it descended to the wife of William Lawrence, Esq. whose daughter is the present possessor. In these grounds stand the Ruins of Fountain's- Abbe}-, the grandest, and most beautiful, perhaps, the kingdom can produce, and which give an additional interest to the unequalled grounds of Studley.— See article, Fountain's- Abbey. STUMP-CROSS, ham. in the township of Morley, and parish of Batley, liberty of Wakefield ; 3§ miles from Dewsbury. STUMPER LOW-HALL, s. h. in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield ; 3 miles from Sheffield. STURTON-G RANGE, a township, in the parish of Abberford, lower-division of Skyrack ; 3 miles from Abberford, 8 from Leeds, 1 1 from Tadcaster. — Pop. 92. STUTTON, in the parish of Tadcaster, wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; 1 mile from Tadcaster, 11 from ferrybridge, 13 from Pontefract. — Pop. including Hazelwood, 256, which being united, form a township. SUMMER-SCALES, ham. in the township of Beamsley, and parish of Skipton ; 7 miles from Skipton, 16 from Knaresbrough. SUMMER-CROFT, s. h. in the township of Long-Drax, and parish of Drax ; 5 miles from Selby. JSUNLEY-RAINS, /. A. in the township of Studley-Roger, and 420 WEST-RIDING. parish of Ripon ; 1 \ mile from Ripon. SUTTON, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 2 miles from Ripon, 8 from Masham. — Pop. 86. SUTTON, in the parish of Brotherton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract ; 1 mile from Ferrybridge, 3 from Pontefract, 12 from Tadcaster. — Pop. 74. SUTTON, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division of Stainclifle, liberty of Clifford's- Fee ; 5 miles from Keighley and Skipton, 9 from Colne, (Lane.)— Pop. 1,092. SUTTON, in the parishes of Campsall and Burghwallis, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Doncaster, 11 from Ferrybridge. — Pop. 145. SUTTON-GRANGE, /. h. in the township of Sutton, and parish of Ripon ; 2 miles from Ripon. SWALLOW-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Darton ; %\ miles from Barnsley, 5| from Penistone. SWAITHE-HALL, /. h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Darfield ; 2 miles from Barnsley. SWARCLIFFE, a district, in the township of Birstwith, and parish of Hampsthwaite, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrough ; (Swarcliffe-Hall 9 the seat of —Greenwood, Esq,) 3| miles from Ripley, 8 1 from Knaresbrough. SWARTHEY, kam. in the township of Silsden, and parish of Kildwick, liberty of Staincliffe; 4 1 miles from Keighley. SWETTON, 4 /. h. in the township of Laverton, and parish of Kirkbymabzeard ; 5 miles from Masham, 9| from Ripon, SWIFT-PLACE, /, k. in the township of Soyland, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 6| miles from Halifax. SWILLINGTON, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract ; (Swillington-Hall, the seat of John Lowtker, Esq.) 6* miles from Leeds, 8 from Pontefract and Wakefield, 20 from York.— Pop. 5 J 0. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to Saint Mary, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 16/. Is. 8rf, Patron, John Lowther, Esq. In this Church, which is an uniform and decent structure, of rather late Gothic architecture, are a number of monumental inscriptions to the Lucatus Leod. there is a remarkable instance of filial affection, relating to that gentleman.— His son passing through Tadcaster, many years after, had the curiosity to enquire where his father was buried; and, finding the sexton digging in the choir, he shewed him a skull, jnst dug up, which he averred to be his father's ; the skull, upon handling, was found to have a bullet in it ; which testimony of the truth of the sexton's words, so struck the son, that he sickened at the sight, and died soon after. The neighbourhood of this town, is particularly remarkable for the bloody field of Towton, the P/tarsalia of England. — See Towton. TAME, NEW, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- dale, (Lane.) 7 miles from Rochdale. TAME, OLD, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- dale, (Lane.) 6 miles from Rochdale. TAME, WATER, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) a \ of a mile from Dobcross. TANKERSLEY, a parish- town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Rarnsley, 6§ from Rotherham, 7 from Penistone, 43 from York. — Pop. 625. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 261. 05. 2K Patron, Earl Fitzvvil liana. TANSHELF, in the parish of Pontefract, wapentake of Osgold- cross, liberty of Pontefract. — Pop. 35(5. Adjoins Pontefract on the west. T APTON-GROVE, (the teat of William Shore, Esq.) in the town- ship of Upper-Bailrim. and parish of Sheffield ; \\ mile from Sheffield. WEST-RIDING. 423 TEMPLE-HIRST, in the parish of Birkin, wapentake of Barkston- Ash ; 4 miles from Snaith, 5 from Selby, 7 from Ferrybridge. — Pop. 14]. TEMPLE-NEWSAM, in the parish of Whilkirk, lower-division of Skyrack; 4| miles from Leeds, 8 from Wakefield, 9 iromPon- tefract. — Pop. 1,16*6. Here formerly stood a Preceptory for Knights Templars, whence it derives its name of Temple-Newsam, being called in Domesday oniy Newhusum. After the suppression of the Knights Templars, it was granted by Edward ITI. together with Temple-Hirst, to Sir John Darcy, and his heirs male ; in whose descendants it remained until the time of Thomas, Lord Darcy, on whose attainder, for the active part which he took in the Pilgrimage of Grace, became forfeited to the Crown. Henry VIII. granted it to Matthew, Earl of Lenox, who resided here at the birth of his celebrated, but unhappy son, Henry, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary Queen of Scots, and father of James I. On the death of the Duke of Lenox, it came into the possession of James I. who conferred the same upon his kinsman, Esme Stuart, Duke of Richmond. The Duke sold it to Sir Arthur Ingram, son of a wealthy citizen of London, and founder of the Irvine Peerage, who pulled down the old house, and built the present magnificent structure on its site. The old house, was not however completely demolished, for Thoresby asserts that the identical apartment, in which Lord Darnley was born, remained in his time, and was distinguished by the name of the King's Chamber, It is now the property of the Marquis of Hertford, in consequence of his marriage with Isabella Ann Ingram Shepherd, the eldest daughter of Charles, the 10th Viscount Irvine. The last Viscount Irvine died here in 1807. " In the window of the Kitchen," says Dr. Whitaker, " is a long and curi- ous series of armorial bearings, from the Lacies, the first lords of this place, down to the Ingrams.' > This house boasts a fine collection of Pictures, by the most eminent masters, the Gallery for which is 119 feet long, and above 20 wide. Thoresby.- — Xeale. TENTERGATE, in the township of Scriven-with-Tentergate, and adjoins Knaresbrough. THACKLE Y, ham. inthe township of Idle, and parish of Calverley ; SI miles from Bradford, 6| from Otley. THEABER, s. h. in the township of Burton-in-Lonsdale, and parish of Thornton-in-Lonsdale ; 2>\ miles from Ingleton. THICK-HOLLINS, (the seat of Joseph Green Jrmitage, Esq.) in the township of Meltham, and parish of Aldmondbury ; 5 miles from Huddersfield. THONG-NETHER, or NETHER-THONG, in the parish of Ald- mondbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Huddersfield, 10 from. Penistone. — Pop. 927. THONG. UPPER, in the parish of Aldmondbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 6 miles from Hud- dersfield, 10 from Penistone. — Pop. 1,437. THORNTNG-HIRST,/. h. in the township and parish, of Fisblake; 4 miles from Thome, 1\ from Snaith. THORLBY, in the township of Stirton-with Thorlby, and parish o£ Skipton, east-division of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Skipton, 11 from Colne, {Lane.) 14 from Settle. — Pop. included in Stirton. THORN BER-HOUSE, s. h. in the township of West-Halton, and* parish of Long-Preston, liberty of Stainclifte ; 7] miles from Settle- 3 u 424 WEST- RIDING, THQRNBOROUGH-HILL, s. h. in the township and parish of Maltby ; 3 miles from Tickhill. THORNBOROUGH, NORTH,/, k. in the township and parish of Ailerton-Mauleverer ; 5 miles from Knaresbrough. THORNCLIFFE, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkburton ; 6 miles from Huddersfield, S\ from Wakefield. THORNE, a market and parish-town, in the lower-division of Straf- forth and Tickhill, (the seats of Henry Ellison, and R. Pemberton M ilnes, Esqrs.) 6 miles from Crowle (Line.) 7 from Snaith, 1 1 from Doncaster, 13| from Howden, 14 from Bawtry, 30 from York, 170 from London. — Market, Wednesday. — Fairs, Monday and Tuesday after June 1 1 , and Monday and Tuesday after October 1 1 , for horned cattle, woollen cloth, &c. — Principal Inns T White Hart, Red Lion, Granby's Head, and Royal Oak.— Pop. 3,463. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Nicholas, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. -f72l. Patron, Lord Deerharst, in right of his wife. This place is pleasantly situated in a fruitful country, about a quartet of* milefromthe south bank of the Don. Since the cutting of the Stainforth Canal, near the side of the town, the trade has considerably increased, and vessels haw trade regularly from this town to Loudon. The Castle, named by Leland, vol. I. page 38, is no more, and no traces re- train, except the foundation on the hill on which it stood. The place now bears- the name of " Pile-Hill:" and is the property of John Benson, Esq. who lately bared the foundations ; the top of them was found to be from four to five feet thick of cement, ING. 431 since. In the reign of Charles I. it was regarded as a strong fortress, and gar-^ risoned by the King's troops. After the battle of Marston-Moor, and the sur- render of York to the Parliament's forces, the Earl of Manchester sent CoL Lil- burn to reduce this Castle, being induced to it by the complaints of the inhabi- tants of the surrounding country, to whom it was exceedingly oppressive. After two days siege, the garrison capitulated ; and Major Monkton, the Governor, Col. and Major Redhead, with other officers, some of their wives, eighty mus- keteers, and sixty horse, surrendered themselves prisoners of war* There was only one piece of cannon mounted, one hundred muskets, some powder and match, and above a hundred quarters of grain, many barrels of salt, butter, store of cheese, powdered beef, besides beasts and sheep. In 1646— 7, the Parliament ordered that this Castle, with several others, should be dismantled, and rendered unte- nable. The circular tower was, in consequence, demolished. Since its' unions with the Crown, in the time of Henry IV. the honour of Tickhill, appurtenant to the Castle, has been held either by the Monarch, or leased out to courtiers. In the 17th of James I. 1620, the King demised it to Sir John Walker, and other trustees, for ninety-nine years, in trust for Prince Henry, then alive, and after- wards for Prince Charles, and to grant, assign, and surrender it upon request, according to their discretions : after this, it was granted to the Sandersons, Earls of Castleton, whose seat was at Sandbeck, and has descended in lease, with the possessions of that family in 1723, to the Earls of Scarborough. — Camden. — Hist* Doncaster. — Northern Star. In the Market-Place is an " Hospital, dedicated to St. Leonard, the sad condition of the brethren whereof Archbishop Grey recommended to the charity of all good people, A. D. 1225." Over the doorway is an inscription, which seem* hitherto to have puzzled all antiquaries to decypher. A little to the west of the town are seen the ruins of an ancient Priory, of Augustine Friars, founded in the reign of Henry IIT, Tanner states it to have been granted in the first year of Queen Mary, to Thomas Reeve and George Cotton. This house, in a low si- tuation, is now occupied by a farmer, and some remains appear of its ancient state* Clarell-Hall, the seat of that ancient and respectable family, the Clarells, is now only to be found in a heap of stones, at no great distance from the Church* In the olden time there appears to have been three Churches or Chapels in this parish, viz. St. Mary's, the present Church ; St. Nicholas' Chapel, in the Castle, and Allhallows, the situation of which is ascertained to have been on a bill hall a mile north-west of the town. At this place was born Ezreel Tonge, D.D. a schoolmaster at Churchill, and at Islington, where he taught both boys and girls. He first discovered ta his Majesty, King Charles II. the popish plot, being told it by Dr. Oates. He wrote several books against the Papists, as " the Royal Martyr ; the Jesuits unmasked ; Jesuits' Assassins, &c. He died in- 1680." — Magna Brit. TILTS, 2 h. in the township of Langtb/waite-with-Tilts, and parish of Doncaster, lower-division of Straffdrth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 4 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Thome. — Pop. included in Langthwaite. TIMBLB, GREAT, in the parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresbrougb ; 5 miles from Otley, 12 from Knaresbrough, 14 from Skipton. — Pop. 233. TIMBLE, LITTLE, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Claro, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley; 4| miles from Otley, 13| from Knaresbrougb, 14 from Skipton. — Pop. 62, TIMBLE-INGS, /. h. in the township of Great-Timble, and parish of Fewston ; 6 miles from Otley, 13 from Skipton. TINGLE-BRIDGE, s. h. and Bridge, in the township of Brampton- Bierlow, and parish of YVath-upon-Deam; 6 miles from Rotherharo, TINGLEY, ham. in the township of West-Ardsley, and parish of Woodkirk; (Ting ley- House, the residence of the Rev. W. Wood) \\ miles from Wakefield, 5 from Leeds. a i 432 WEST-RIUING. TINKER-BROOK, 5. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish ol Ecclesfield ; 7 miles from Sheffield, 8 from Penistone. TINSLE Y^ in the parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; f Z\ miles from Rotherham, 3| from Sheffield.— Pop. 327. The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. fill /. In Bacon it is stated to be a Chapel to Rotherham, certified value, 29/. ISs. TYTHE-DALE, /. h. in the township and parish of Fishlake ; 4 miles from Thome, 7| from Snaith. TOAD-HILL, and '} 2/. h. in the township of Thurgoland, and parish TOAD-HOLE, > of Silkston ; 3 miles from Penistone. TOCKWITH, fAinsty) in the parish of Bilton, 7| miles from Tadcaster, %\ from York.— Pop. 436. At the comrnen cement of the memorable battle of Marston-Moor, in the year 1644, the front of the parliament's army extended from the north end of Marston-moor, to this village — a distance of nearly three miles.— Drake. TODBER,/. h. in the township of Rimington, and parish of Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Gisburn. TODMORDEN, a market- town, in the parishes of Halifax and Rochdale, (Xanc.jMorJey-divisionof Agbriggand Morley,and hun- dred of Salford, (Lane.) 9 miles from Rochdale, (Lane.) 9| from Burnley, {ditto) 12 from Halifax, 48 from York, 207 from Lon- don.— Market, Thursday. — Fairs, Thursday and Friday before Easter; September 27 and 28, for homed cattle, pedlary ware, &c. TODWICK, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 7 miles from Rotherham, 7| from Worksop, (JSotts) 10| from Sheffield, 49 from York. — Pop. 210. The Church is a rec- tory, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, in the deanry of Don- caster, value, 61. 14s. Id. p. r. 148/. 17/. 7d. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. — In the same township and parish is TOD WICK-GRANGE, (the seat of George Fox, Esq.) TONG, in the parish of Rirstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract ; (Tong-Hall, the seat of John PLumbe, Esq.) 4 miles from Bradford, 6 from Leeds and Wakefield.— Pop. J ,893. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Ponte- fract. Patron, John Plumbe, Esq. Tong, usually styled a Lordship, although within the parish of Birstall, is not subject to the vicarage of that Church, excepting the annual payment of two shillings to the vicar for synodals ; to the repairs of a part of the church-yard wall ; and an annual payment of five shillings to the Churchwardens, under the denomination of rogues money. Tong, the Tuinc of Domesday,, and the lordship of a family of that name, from which family it has been successively transmitted to the Mirfields and Tempests ; Sir George Tempest having built the stately mansion here, in 1702. — Thoresby— Whitakjer. It is now enjoyed by John Plumbe, Esq. TONG-LANE-END, ham. in the township of Tong, and parish of Birstall ; 4 miles from Bradford. TOOTHILL, s. h. in the township of Rastrick, and parish of Hali- fax, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Halifax. TOPCLIFFE, 2/. h. in the township of West-Ardsley,and parish of Woodkirk, liberty of Wakefield ; 4| miles from Leeds, WEST- RIDING, 133 TOPPIT, ham. in the township of Clayton, and parish of High-Hoy- land ; 6 miles from Penistone. TOSSIDE, in the township of Sawley-with-Tosside, and parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty of Stainclrife ; 1\ miles from Settle, 1J from Clitheroe. (Lane.) 16 fromSkipton. — Pop. included in Saw ley. This township consists of a large tract of pasture and moov lands, not having anv particular cluster of houses or village, called Tosside. TOSS1DE-HOVV, (extraparochiai) in the township of Saw ley-witb Tosside; 8 miles from Settle, 14| from Clitheroe, (Lane.) TOTTIS, ham. in the township of WooLdale, and parish of Kirk? barton; 7 rajlesfrom Huddersfield, 81 from Penistone. TO ALSTON, in the township and parish of Newton-Kyrae, wapen- take of Barkston-Ash • (Towlston- Lodge, the seat of William Prest, E*q.) 3 miles from Tadcaster, 5 from Wetherby. TOW 7 N-END, in the township of Wooldale, and parish of Kirk? burton, Agbrioor_cii v j s i on of Agbrigg and Morley ; 6 miles frqm Hnadersfield, 9 from Penistone. TOWN-GATE, ham. in the township and parish of Mirfield; 2| miles -rom Dewsbury, 6 from Wakefield. TO -EAD, (the seat of the Rev. James Wigglesworth,') in the t< lip and parish of Slaidburn, which it adjoins. T< . i LL, {the seat of F. Nuffield, Esq.) in the township and ;h of Bradford. TOWTON, in the parish of Saxton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty ol Pontefract; (Towton-Hall, the seat of the Hon. Martin ftladen Bawke.) 2\ miles from Tadcaster, 10 from Ferrybridge, 1$ from Pontefract. — Pop. 94. This plnce mustever remain famous in our history for the greatest engage- ment of nobility and gentry, and the strongest army that was ever seen in Engi land, under daring and furious leaders, and vyhich Camden calls the English Pharsalia. This battle was fought on Palm Sunday, 1461, between the York party and the Lancastrians. The right wing of Edward's army, was commanded t?y the Earl of Warwick, the left by Lord Fauconberg, the main body by Ed- ward himself; the Lancastrians by the Duke of Somerset, the Earl of Northum- berland and the Lord Clifford ; but the latter was shot in the throat before the. action commenced, a fate too good for such a monster, who in cool blood, some- time before, murdered an innocent child 12 years old, the Earl of Rutland, Ed- ward's youngest brother, whose moving intercession for mercy might have soften^ ed the most obdurate heart. The number of the Yorkists was 40,660 men, the other full 60.000. Before the action commenced, Edward issued a proclamation that no quarter should be given. The conflict lasted ten hour?, and victory fluctuated from side to side, till at length it settled in the house of York. The Lancastrians gave way and fled to York, but seeking to gain the bridge at Tadcaster, so many fell into the; small river Cock, which runs into the Wharf, as quite filled it up, and the Yorkists went over their hacks to pursue their brethren. The number of the slain was estimated at 36,776, among them the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland, and a great many others of the nobility ; and the wounds they died of being made by battle-axes, arrows and ewords, caused an immense effusion of blood, which lay caked with the snow, which at that time covered the ground, and afterwards dissolving with it, ran down, in the most horrible manner, the furrows and ditches of the fields for two or three miles. The Dukes of Somerset and Exeter fled the field, and carried the fatal news Jo Henry and ibis Queen and the Prince of Wales, at York, who soon fled ir.to 434 WEST-RIDING. Scotland. After the battle, the T)nke of Exeter and the Earl of Devonshire went beheaded ; and the heads of the Duke of York, and the Earl of Salisbury, which had been set upon the Gates at York, were taken down, and theirs sefc'ITp in their place. Most of the bodies of the slain were thrown into five large pits, one of which Drake says he saw opened in 1734. The quarrel between the two Roses, extinguished most of the ancient families in the kingdom : more than 100,000 men lost their lives, either by the sword or the executioner. At Towton, King Richard III. begun a Chapel, as Leland says, over the bodies of the Yorkists slain in this battle, who were buried here, but did not liye to see it finished. — Rapin — Stow— Camden — Drake. TRANMORE, /. h. in the township of Egbrough, and parish of Kel- lington; 6 miles from Snaith, 7 from Pontefract. TREETON, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire ; 4 miles from Rotherham, 7 from Sheffield, 52 from York.-— Pop. 364. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 12/. Patron, the Duke of Norfolk. Dr. Samuel Drake, brother of the author of the Eboracum, was rector of this Church in 1728, where he was buried in 1753. Like all the Drakes, he was a man of learning, and like many of them, an author. — Hunter's Hallamshire. Treeton, the lordship of Morcar, Efirl of Northumberland, before the con- quest ; afterwards it became the estate of the Furnivals: Thomas de Nevil, mar- rying the heiress, brought this estate into his family, with the title of Lord Fur- nival. It afterwards, by marriage, came into the possession of John, Lord Tal- bot, the famous general ; who, for his eminent services, was created Earl of Shrewsbury, by King Henry VI. To this family succeeded that of Pierpoint; of whom, Robert de Pierpoint was, by King Charles I., created Lord Pierpoint, of Holm-Pierpoint, Viscount Newark, and Earl of Kingston; who, in gratitude and loyalty to his royal benefactor, raised a regiment for his service, and was taken prisoner at the surrender of Gainsbrough ; and, being sent, with others, in a boat, towards Hull, a party of cavaliers, as they passed by, called to the boat to stop ; and, because they did not, the cavaliers fired upon them, and the Earl, with his man, was slain by their friends, 1643.— Magna Brit. The Duke of Norfolk is now the sole Lord. TROOP,/, h. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parish of Kirkbymajzeard; 9 miles from Pateleybridge and Masham. TOUMFUiET, in the township and parish of Kirk-Sandal, lower- division of StrafForth and Tickhill ; 6 miles from Thome, 7 from Doncaster, TUD WORTH, 2 or 3 /. A. in the township and parish of Hatfield ; 1 1 mile from Thome. TUNNERCLIFFE,GATE,Jf. h. in the township of Dalton, and parish of Kirkheaton ; t miles from Huddersfield. TUNSTED, ham, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale ; (Lane.) I \ mile from Dobcross. TURNBRIDGE, scatt. hs. in the township of Cowick, and parish of Snaith, liberty of Pontefract', 2 miles from Snaith. TURVIN-VALE, in the chapelry of Sowerby, and parish of Halifax. TWIGENJBURY, s. L in the township and parish of Tankersiey ; 5 miles from Barnsley. T WISLETON, ham. in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Low-Bentham ; 7 miles from Kirby«-Lonsdale, (Westm.) TYRESALL, in the township of Pudsey, and parish of Calverley, Morjey-division of Agbriggand Morley,. liberty of Pontefract; 2>\ miles from Bradford, 8 from Leeds, WEST-RIDING. 435 TYERS-HILL, /. A. in the township and parish of Darfield ; 3| miles from Barnsley. u UDEN, 2 or 3 /. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecelesfield ; b" miles from Hope, (Derbys.) UGHILL, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Eceles- field ; 8 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Penistone. ULLEY, or BRAMPTON-ULLEY, in the parishes of Treeton and Aston, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4 miles from Rotherham. 9 from Sheffield.— Pop. 203, ULLESKELF, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of St. Peter ; {the seat of John Shilleto, Esq.) 2 miles from Tadcaster, 9 from Selby, 14 from Pontefract.— Pop. 426. The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 34/. lis, 9d. Patron, the Prebendary thereof. UNDER-BANK, in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of Peni- stone ; (the seat of John Fenton, Esq.) 3 miles from Penistone, 8 from Barnsley, 10 from Sheffield. UNDER-BANK, (the seat of James Rawde?i, Esq.) in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 9 miles from Halifax, 12 from Rochdale, (Lane.) UNDERCLIFFE, ham. in the township and parish of Bradford; (Under cliffe- Hall, the seat of J. Hustler, Esq.) 1 mile from Bradford. UNSHRI YEN-BRIDGE, s. h. in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of Penistone ; 3| miles from Penistone. " This Farm," says Blonut, " pays yearly to Godfrey BosvilJe, Esq. of Gunthwaite, two broad-head and two feathered Arrows." UPPER and NETHER-GATE.— See Stannington. UPPER-MILL, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lane.) ; 9 miles from Rochdale, 13 from Huddersfield. — A Fair for horned cattle is held on the 13th of June. UPPER-THONG.— See Thong. Upper. UPPER-THORPE, ham. in the township of Nether-Hallam ; 1 mile from Sheffield. UPTON, in the parish of Badswortb, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Pontefract, 10 from Doncaster and Wakefield.— Pop. 184. UTLEY, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of Staincliffe ; 1 mile from Keighley, 9 from Skipton. VIEWS, /. h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Dar- field ; 1 5 mile from Barnsley. VISIT, /. h. in the township and parish of Hemsworth; 6 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield. w WADDINGTON, in the parish of Mitton, west divivion of Stain- diffe, liberty of Bolland ; 8| miles from Gisburn, 14 from Black- 436 WEST-RIDING. burn, (Lane.) 16 from Burnley, (ditto) 20 from Skiptonv-^Pop, 687. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Helen, Patron, T. L. Parker, Esq. This place, at the time of Domesday, was a parcel of the Terra Rogeri Pier taviensis. In the time of Edward I. it appears to have been in the possession of the Tempests, in which family it continued till the reign of Charles 1. Wadr dingtonrHall, though constructed of strong old masonry, has nearly lost all ap- pearances of antiquity. — VVhitaker. Here is an Hospital, founded in 1701, by Robert Parker, for ten widows; attached to which, is an oratory for divine worship, for which the founder or- dered prayers to be read daily, morning and evening. In 1709, the rental of the estate belonging to this Hospital, was 66^. 8*. Jn 1799, it amounted to 254/. instead of ten ; there were then fifteen widows. The pious founder died early in life, and was buried in the churchy-yard of Waddington. An Alras-House was founded here in 1690, for twenty poor people of the townships of Aighton, Bailey, Chidsley, Mitton, Wismell, and Ribchester ; and endowed with 61. 13s. 4d. per month, and a suit of clothes to each, every year.. WADDO W-H ALL, (the seat of B. N. R. Bqttye, Esq.) in the town- ship of Waddington, and parish of Mitton, liberty of Staincliffe ; 2 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 12 from Blackburn and Gisburn. WADLANDS, /. h. in the township of Calverley-with-Farsley, and parish of Calverley ; 3 miles from Bradford. WADSLEY, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-divi- sion of StrafForth and Tickhiil; 3 miles from Sheffield, on the left of the Manchester road. This was formerly the seat of the knightly family of Wadsley, who held their estate here, by the name of a manor of the great Baron at Sheffield Castle ; and they had at Wadsley, a Hall, a Park, and a domestic Chapel, which were not wholly destroyed in the reign of Elizabeth,, but of which, now only the names remain.— Hunter. WADSLEY*BRIDGE, ham. m the township and parish of Eccles- field •, 3 miles from Sheffield. WAOSWGRTH, a township, in the parish of Halifax, Morley- division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 8 miles from Halifax, 12 from Rochdale, (Xa?ic.J— -Pop. 4,£Q9 WADSWOJITH-LANES, ham. in the township of Wadswortb, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 7 miles from Halifax. WAD WORTH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of StrafForth and Tickhiil, liberty of Tickhiil ; (the seat of Sir George Scovell, Bart.) 3 miles from Tickhiil, 4 from Doncaster, 8| from Rother- ham. — Pop. 614. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated tq St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £4/. 2s. 6d. Patrqns, Mrs Verelst, and Sir Charles Kent, Bart, as heirs of the late Mfs Wordsworth. WAKEFIELD, a market and parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Dews- bury, 9 from Leeds and Ppntefract, 10 from Barnsley, 13 from Huddersfield an4 Abberford, 15 from Bradford, 20 from Doncas- ter, 28 from York, 182 from London.— Market , Friday. -r-Fairs % July 4 and 5, for pedlary wars; November 11 and 12, for horses, homed cattle, &c. and every other Wednesday, for horned cattle.-^ Bankers, Messrs. Leathams, Tew, Trueman, and Co. draw on Messrs. Deunison and Co. 106, Fenohurch-Street • Messrs. Went- WEST-RIDING. 437 worth, Chaloner, and Rishworth, draw on Messrs. Wentworth, and Co. 25, Threadneedle-Street. — Principal Inns, White Hart, Straf- ford Arms, George, Black Bull, and Woodman Inn. — Pop. 10,764. There are two Churches, the parish-church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 20/. 19s. %d. Patron, the King. The other is called St. John's Church, Value, p. r. 100/. Patron, the Vicar of All-Saints. Wakefield is delightfully situated on the side of a hill, gently sloping to the Calder. The town is well built, most of the streets regular, and many of the houses are handsome, large, and lofty. The Market Cross is an elegant struc- ture, being an open colonade of the Doric order, supporting a dome, with an ascent of stairs leading to a large room, in which the business of the town is transacted. The Markets are very good, and the fortnight Fairs have long been noted for their large supplies of fat cattle, sheep, &c. The improvement of the woollen cloth Manufacture, m the town are numerous Coal Mines, and great quantities of coals are carried by water to York, Hull, and other places. The Manor of Wakefield, of which his Grace the Duke of Leeds is Lord, is one of the most extensive manors in the county. In 1460, a bloody battle was fought at this place between Richard, Duke of York, and Margaret, the Queen of Henry VI. The Duke had not been in his Castle of Sandal with his men, more than two days before the Queen approached, at the head of 18,000 men, and much sooner than the Duke expected. She ap- peared before the Castle with a small party of ber army, and tauntingly up- braided him with being afraid to face a woman. Her insults repeated, the Duke could refrain no longer, but four days after-his arrival, drew up his men upon 438 WEST-RIDING. the Green facing Wakefield, and after marching ^.little way down the hill, the battle began. It should seem that two detachments were sent to lie in ambush to attack the Duke in his rear. It is, however, certain that the Duke was de- ceived in the number of the Queen's troops. The ambush parties were commanded by the Earl of Wiltshire, and Lord Clifford. These two parties attacking the Duke on the right and left at the same moment, quickly surrounded him. The battle lasted half an hour, and tis proba- ble that the Duke was killed, about 400 yards from the Castle, by Clifford, who had sworn destruction to every member of the House of York. He, however, cut off the Duke's head when slain, placed on it a paper crown, and carried it on a pole to the Queen, who, rejoicing as much as himself, caused it to be placed on the walls of York. In this fatal Conflict fell Sir John and Sir Hugh Mortimer, the Duke's uncles, Sir David Hall, Sir Hugh Hastings, Sir Thomas Neville, and about 2800 men. The Earl of Salisbury, Sir Richard Limbric, and others, were taken prisoners and beheaded, and their heads placed on Micklegate Bar, York. H A LL— HOLINGSHED — RAPIN. The Earl of Rutland, a child of 12 years old, probably remained in the Cas- tle with his tutor, Mr Aspell ; but when the battle was lost, he fled for safety, with- out knowing whither to fly. The savage Clifford had intelligence ; in a fright the child ran into the house of an old woman, near the bridge, begging protection, which the woman darst not grant. He then hastened down a footpath, by the riverside; the furious Clifford overtook him and his tutor. The child fell on his knees, wrung his hands, but could not speak. The tutor begged for mercy to the child, but the monster, with more than savage ferocity, stabbed him to the heart. The place where he fell is called The Fallings. Edward IV. in commemoration of this battle, erected a beautiful little Cha- pel upon the bridge, in which, two priests sung requiems for the souls of the slain. The Chapel is ten yards long, and six yards wide. One end of the build- ing constitutes part of the bridge. It is three stories high, and has nine rooms, three on each floor. On the outside is curious Gothic work, but some of it is gone to decay. The front is divided into compartments, with arches in relief r their spandrils arp richly flowered, and over each compartment, are five shorter ones, with historical relics. In one is a woman reclined, lamenting a youth, who, at her feet, sits wringing his hands : this is probably the Earl of Rutland, beg- ging protection of the old woman at the foot of the bridge. The buttresses are beautifully caived, the windows have a rich tracery, and the whole has a charm- ing effect. Since the priests left it, the place has often changed its use. — Hutton. It is now converted into a News-Room, having been previously occupied by an old clothesman, who was in the habit of hanging on the precious traceries, his filthy ware, and afterwards by a den of flax-dresers. A writer in the Gentle- man's Magazine, 1808, observes, that " it has been repaired : — repaired ! yes, and in a truly gothic style : — the beautiful tracery of the windows, rarely to be equalled, is totally demolished — not a wreck is left behind ; — and its place is now supplied by plain cross-headed mullions, filled up with spruce sash squares. The front, that inimitable specimen of rich tracery and chaste ornament, pre- sented itself to the despoiler; and in order to give a finish, probably, as he thought, to the delapidated buttresses, he propped them up with short round pillars,— four little short round laughable things all in a row." The following eminent men were born at Wakefield : — Dr. John Potter, the son of a linen-draper in Wakefield, and afterwards Archbishop of Canter- bury, a celebrated antiquary, critic, historian, and theological writer, was born here in 1674. His best works are " Variantes Lectiones et Notae ad PJutarchi librum de Audiendis Poetis ; an edition of Lycophron ;" " Antiquities of Greece ; " a discourse on Church Government;" and "Divinity Lectures." He died in 1747. Joseph Bingham, born in 1668. He wrote a learned and laborious work, " Origines Ecclesiastical ;" the first volume of which was published in 1708. in 8vo. and was completed afterwards in 9 vols. more. He died, Aug. 17, 1723, The celebrated John Burton, M. D. author of the Monafcticon Eboracense, a work of infinite labour and research, published in 1758. After he had finished his studies at Edinburgh, he settled at York, where he practised as a phyaician^ WEST-KIDING. 439 Dr. John RadclifTe, a very eccentric character, and most popular physician of his age, was born here in 1850. He was physician to King William, but when the Kin? returned from Holland in lb'99, being indisposed, he sent for Radclifte, and having shewn him his swoln ancles, while the rest of his body was emaciated, and skeleton-like, said, "what think yon of these ? u why truly," replied the phy- sician, " I would not have your Majesty's two legs for your three Kingdoms," by which freedom, he tost the King's favour. His practice was very considerable among the first persons in the Kingdom. He died in 1J14. WAKEFIELD-LODGE, in the township of Stanley-with-Wren- thorpe, and parish of Wakefield ; 1 mile from Wakefield. WALDERSHELF, a part of the township of Bradfield, in the parish of Ecclesfield, which with Westnall, form the constablery of Bradfield, Westnall. and Waldershelf ; 7 miles from Sheffield. WALBIXG-WELL. (the seat of Sir Thomas White, Bart.) in the township of Woodsett-with-GSding wells; 5 miles from Tickhill. This House is somewhat remarkable for standing on the line of contact be» tween Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, a small brook or rivulet, which runs un- der a part of tf>e out-buildings, forming the boundary between the two counties. In the Park was a Priory of Nuns, called St. Mary in the Park, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, founded by Ralph de Cheurolcourt. — Burton. WALES, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Straflbrth and Tick-* hill, liberty of St. Peter; 7 miles from Worksop, (Notts, j 7i from Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield, 55 from York. — Pop. 277. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. John, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. 751. Is. 2d. Patron, the the Duke of Leeds. WALES- WOOD. ham. in the township of Wales, and parishes of Wales and Treeton : 5\ miles from Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield. WALKING HAM-HILL. /. h. (extraparochialj lower-division of Claro; 4 miles from Knaresbrough and Doroughbridge, 5 from Ripley. — Pop. including Ockeney, 24, which being' united form a township. WALKLEY, in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Straiforth and Tickhill ; 2 miles from Sheffield. WALLERTH WAITE, 2 or 3 /. h. in the township of Markington- with-Wallerthwaite. and parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-divi- sion of Ciaro ; 4 miles from Ripley, 4| from Ripon. — Pop. included in Marking* on. WALL-HILL, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- dale, (Lane.) 9 miles from Rochdale. WALSHFORD, in the township of Ribston-with-Walshford, and parish of Hunsingore. upper-division of Claro ; 3 miles from Wetherby, 5 from Knaresbrough, 9 from Borough'oridge.— -Pop, included in Great- Ribston. WALTON, in the parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-division of Ag- briggand Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Wakefield, 8 from Barnsley. — Pop. 385. WALTON, (Ainstyj a parish-town; 2 miles from Wetherby, 5 from Tadcaster, 13 from York. — Pop. 247. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f50l. Patrons, Mrs Agnes Goodall^ and William Brian Farra. Esq. 3 K 440 WEST-RIDING, This village hath been long in the possession of the family of Fairfax ; an $ anciently contained three carucates of land, held by the heirs of Roger de Bros and divers others, who held the same of the Barons Mowbray, but paid no cer- tain rent. Peter de Brus granted to William Fairfax and his heirs, nine oxgaags one acre, and three perches of land, with tofts and crofts in Walton, of the feeoL Mowbray, by a deed without date. WALTON-HALL, (the seat of Charles ffaterton, Esq.) in the township of Walton, and parish of Sandai-Magna, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 4 miles from Wake- field, 8 from Bamsley. WALTON-HEAD, ham. in the township of Folly foot and parish of Kirkby-Overblow ; 6 miles from Knaresbrough. WALTON, UPPER, 2/. h. in the township of Walton, and parish of Sandal-Magna ; 3 miles from Wakefield, 8 from Barnsley. WALTON- WOOD, /. h. in the township of Upton, and parish of Badsworth; 4| miles from Pontefract, 8 from Wakefield. WARDSEND, /. h. in the township and parish of Ecciesfield; 2§ miles from Sheffield. This ancient place has been held under the Duke of Norfolk's family, a part of whose estate it is, by several generations of the family of Rawson, in which family it still remains — a pedigree from the 1 6th Edward IV. may be seen in Hunter's Hallamshire. WARLEY, a township, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; "Z\ miles fjom Halifax, 8 from Huddersfield.— Pop. 4,982. This place is mentioned in Domesday-Book, as one of the nine berewics be- longing to the lordship of Wakefield, by the name of (Verla. Earl Warren w&s found to be Lord of it, at the time of Kirby's inquest. In this family it remained, till the last Earl gave it, with the manor of Wakefield, to the Crown. WARMFJELD, a parish-town, in A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Wakefield. 5 from Pontefract, 25 from York. — Pop. including Heath, 741, which being united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, dedica- ted to St. Peter, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 51. 4s. 2\ miles from Rotherham, 8 from Sheffield. WHITCLIFFE, 2/. h. in the parish and liberty of Ripon. lower- division of Claro; i| mile from Ripon, 7| from Boroughbridge. — Pop. including' Littiethorpe, 157, which being united, form a township. WHITCROSS, /. k. in the township and parish of Emley, liberty of Wakefield ; 7 miles from Huddersfield and Wakefield. WHITE-HILL, .9. h. in the township of Greasbrongh. and parish of Rotherham ; %\ miles from Rotherham, 5 from Sheffield. WHITE-HOUSES, ham. in the township of High and Low-Bishop- side, and parish and liberty of Ripon ; I mile from Pateleyferidge. WHITE-LEE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Roch- dale, {Lane.) 10 miles from Rochdale. WHITE-LEES, ham. W the township of Scammonden, and parish of Huddersfield ; 6\ miles from Huddersfield. WHITELEY-WOOD HALL, (the seat of William Silcock, Esq.) in the township of Ecclesali-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield ; 3| miles from Sheffield. WHITE- WELL, in the township of. the Forest of Bowland, lower, and parish of Whailey. (Lane.) west-division and liberty of Stain- cliffe; 8 miles from Clitheroe, (Lane.) 13 § from Gisburn, 17 from Lancaster. Here is a Chapel of Ease under Whailey, built in 1817. value, p. r. 82/. 9s. WHITE-WINDOWS, (the seat of George Preestley, Esq.) in the township of Sowerby, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 3| miles from Halifax, 8 from Huddersfield. WHITGIFT, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Howden, 8 from Crowle, (Line.) 13 from Snaith, 26 from York. — Pop. 310. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, in the deanry of Pontefract. Patron, Lord Yarborourgh. This place is one of those many villages which encompass the river Island, wherein are Ditchmarsh and Marsh- Land. Tt was anciently the estate of the Lacys, Earls of Lincoln, and afterwards descended to Henry, Lord Scroop, of Bolton, Chief Justice of the King's Bench. — Magna Bril. In December, 1614, the. Hon. Sir John Sheffield, with his brothers, Sir Ed- mund and Mr Philip Sheffield, sons to the Lord Sheffield, Lord President of the North, in passing Whitgift- Ferry over the Oase, were drowned, with all their servants, and their bodies never found. — Drake. During the siege of Hull in 1643, the royalists erected a Fort here to pre- vent Hull from receiving supplies by water. — Tic/cell's Hist. Hull. WHITKIRK, a parish, in the township of Temple-Newsam, lower- division of Skyrack ; 4i| miles from Leeds, 8 from Wakefield, 10| from Ferrybridge, 21 from York. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, £13/. £>s. l\d. p. r. 120/. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. WEST-RIDING. 447 In the Church of Whitkirk, was a chantry for two priests on the south side of the choir, and valued, 37 Henry VIII. at 121. 3s. Ad. founded by William Scargill., Esq. of Thorpe-Stapleton. And on the north wall of the choir is a mu- ral insc ipiion to the memory of John Smeaton. F.R. S. the builder of the Edy- stone Li k ht-house. — WrttakeR. WHITLEY, in the parishes of Kellington and Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaitb ; 6| miles from Snaith, 6| from Pontefraet. — Pop. 284. WHITLEY, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (Whitley-Hall, the seat of William Bingley, Esq.) 5 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Bamsley. WHITLEY-HALL, (the residence of Mr W. Rayner.) in the town* ship of Whitley, and parish of Kirkheaton, liberty of Pontefraet ; 5j miles from Huddersfield, 7| from Wakefield. This is the seat of the ancient family of the Beaumonts, the heir to which is a minor and a ward in Chancery ; the Hall is, in consequence, at present occu- pied by Mr Rayner, their agent. This Hall, built by Sir Richard Beaumont, about the end of Elizabeth's reign, and enlarged in 1704, stands advantageously on an elevated plain declining to the west. On the western side of the principal entrance is the family Chapel, fitted up with excellently carved oak, and in the taste formed by Gibbons, if not executed by him. The house abounds with an unusual number of portraits. It has been the seat of the Beaumont's family since the reign of Henry III. — ^V^HITAKER WHITLEY-HOUSE, (the seat of Mrs Hollings) in the township of Manningbam, and parish of Bradford ; I mile from Bradford. WHITLEY, UPPER, in the parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-divi- sion of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefraet; 5| miles from Huddersfield, 7| from Wakefield.— Pop. 764. WHITLEY, LOWER, in the parish of Thornhill, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefraet; 61 miles from Huddersfield, 8£ from Wakefield.— Pop. 903. WHITLEY-THORPE,/. h. in the township of Whitley, and parish of Kellington, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith; 7 miles from Pontefraet and Snaith. WHITWELL, /. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield ; S miles from Penistone. WHITWELL-PLACE, s. h. in the township of Elland-with-Greet- land, and parish of Halifax ; 5§ miles from Halifax. WHITWOOD, in the parish of Featberstone, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefraet ; 4 miles from Ponte- fraet, 6 from Wakefield.— Pop. 292. WHITWOOD-MERE, ham. in the township of Whitwood, and parish of Featherstone ; 3| miles from Pontefraet. WHIXLEY, a parish-town, in the upper-di vision of Claro; 6 miles from Boroughbridge, 1\ from Wetberby, 8 from Knaresbrough, 1 1 from York. — Pop. 467. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, 11. 17*. Id. p. r. t41/. Patron, the Heirs of the Tancreds. This wa9 formerly a seat of the ancient family of Tancred, the last of whom, Christopher Tancred, Esq. died in August, 1754, and by his will, left his house and estate here, for the maintenance of 12 decayed Gentlemen, four in each of the three learned professions ; who must be 50 years of age or upwards, andl 3 L 448 WEST-RIDING. unmarried, each of whom received, in 1814, about 501. per ami. and 1*. 6rf. per day for providing victuals, &c. besides the use of two large gardens ; a separate apartment is assigned to each, but, if in health, are required to dine together in the dining-room every day. The Hall is 27 feet square. The Chapel ia 27 feet by 21, in it a pulpit and reading desk ; the former of which appears as if it had never been used ; having no entrance. Ina vault underneath this Chapel, it is said, the noble founder lays. 20/. per ann. is allowed to a Clergyman for offi- ciating here at stated times. The Inmates of this Hospital are not allowed to be absent a night without leave, and the longest time of absence allowed, is five days. In the Staircase is a Pedigree of theTancreds, commencing with Richard Tancred, Esq. who married Adelira, daughter of Jordan de Bussey, and ending with the founders of this Hospital. At the end is an account of the several places where the family had estates. Annual value in 1786, was about 1.300/. ■ — The trdst Of this Hospital is vested in seven Governors, viz. The Governors of Greenwich and Chelsea Hospitals ; the Master of the Charter- House; the President of the College of Physicians ; the Treasurer of Lincoln's- Inn, London.; the Masters of Caius College ; and Christ's College, Cambridge. The Church formerly belonged to the Prioryjaf Knaresbrough. Mr Drake fcupposes that it was built with stones, brought from the ruins of Aldburgh ; as the marks of fire are very apparent in some parts of the building: it is, nevertheless, very probable, that it was burnt, with many other Churches in this neighbour- hood, by the Scots, in thenar 1319. The Park-wall, and most of the houses in this village, are built with pebbles, said to have been taken from the remains of the Roman road. WIBS&Y, in the township of North-Bierley, and parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pbntefract ; 3 miles from Bradford, 5 from Halifax* The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to the Holy-Trinity, in the deanry of Ponte- fract, value, 104/. Patron, the Vicar of Bradford. WIBSEY-LOW-MOOR, i*r the township of North-Bierley, and parish of Bradford, xMorley -division of Agbriggand Morley, liberty of Pontefract^, 3 miles from Bradford, 5 from Halifax. WICKERSLEY, a parish-town, in the upper-division ofStrafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Tickhill, 9 from Sheffield , 47 from York.— Pop. 432. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Alban, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 8/. Qs. 2§it£ Patron, Henry Kater, Esq. This place is famous for a fine bed of Stone, peculiarly adapted for the making of Grindstones, 5000 of which, are annually sent by laud carriage to Sheffield. -Miller's Hist. Doncaster. WIDDINGTON, a township, in the parish of Little-Ouseburn, upper-division of Clato; 8 miles from Boroughbridge, 11 from Knaresbrough. — Pop. 31. WIGHILL, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 2\ miles from Tadcaster, 6 from Wetberby, 8| from York. — Pop. 250. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, value, %5L 3s. 6\d. p. r. 130/. Patron, Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq. WIGHILL-PARK, (Ainsty) in the township and parish of Wighill ; (the residence of Richard Vorke, Esq.) 4 miles from Tadcaster and W^therby, 9 from York. The family of Stapleton, of which there have been a succession of many worthy Knights, hath long been in possession of this estate. Sir Robert Staple- ton, who was Sheriff of this county 23 Elizabeth, met the Judges with seven- score men in suitable liveries. He was descended of Sir Miles Stapleton, one of first founders of the Garter, and Sheriff' for five years together, from 29 Edward ill.— Sir John Harrington, in his book, addressed to Frince Henry, gives WEST-RIDING. 449 him this great character : " Sir Robert Stapleton, a Knight of Yorkshire, whom your Highness hath often seen, was a man well spoken off; had scarce an equal, and no superior, in England, except Sir Philip Sidney." The Church of Wighill, was given to the Priory of Helagh-Park, in the year 129J. — Drake, The estate is now the. property of Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq. WIGGLES WORTH, in the parish of Lon£- Preston, west-division and liberty ofStaincliffe ; 5 miles from Settle^ 13 from Skipton and Colne, {Lane.)— Pop. 479. Here is a School, free for all the Children in the township, founded by Lawrence Clark, about the year 1800. WIGTON, a township, in the parish of Harewood, upper-division of Sky rack; 3| miles from Harewood, 5 from Leeds, 8 irorn Wetherby.— Pop. 164. WIGTvVfZLE, /. h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesf'eld ; 6 miles from Penistone, 12 from Sheffield. WIKE, in the parishes of Harewood and Bardsey, upper-division of Sky rack ; 2 miles from Harewood, 6£ from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby.— Pop. 139., WIKE, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4| miles from Bradford, 5 from Halifax, 3 from Haddersfield. — Pop. 1,509. About | mile south is WIK E, LOWER,, in the same township and parish. WIT. B Y, /. h. in the township and parish of Oantley ; 2§ mtles from Doncaster, 7 from Bawtry. / WILCROSS-BRO W, /. k. in the township and parish of Gisburn ; J mile from Gisburn. WILLOW-EDGE, (the seat of Thomas Dyson, Esq.) in the town, ship of Skircoat. and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 2 miles from Halifax. — In the same township is WILLOW-FIELD, the seat of Mrs John Dyson, and . WILLOW-HALL, the seat of the Miss Dysons. WILSDEN, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-diyision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Bradford and Keighley, 8 from Halifax.— Pop. 1,711. WILSALL, in the township of High and Low-Bishopside, and parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro ; 2 miles from Pate- leybridge, 7 from Ripley, 9| from Ripon. WILSICK, in the township of Stansill-with-Wellingley and Wil- sick, and parish of Tickhill, lower-division of Strafforth and Tick- hill, liberty of Tickhill; {the seat of George Parker, Esq.) 2 miles from Tickhill, 5 from Doncaster, 6 from Bawtry. — Pop. included in Stansill. WILSTROP, orWILSTHORP, fAinsty; in the parish of Kirk- Hammerton; 8| miles from York, 10 from Knaresbrough.-^ Pop. 95. WINCO-BANK, ham. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield ; ( Winco-Bank Hall, the seat of Joseph Reads, Esq.) 4 miles from Sheffield and Rotherham, 10 from Barnsley. WINDFIELD, s. h. in the township of Greasbrough, and parish o( Rotherham \ 2 miles from Rotherham, 10 from Barnsley. 450 WEST-RIDING. WINDHILL, ham. in the township of Idle, and parish of Calverley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Pontefract, 1\ from Otley. WINDHILL-GATE, /. h. in Jhe township of Woolley, and parish of Royston ; 5 miles from Barnsley and Wakefield. WINDLEDEN, s. h. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish of Penistone ; 6 miles from Penistone. WIND-MILL-HOUSE, p. h. in the townshipand parish of Crofton; 4 miles from Wakefield, 5 from Pontefract. WINKSLEY, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 5 miles from Ripon, 6 from Masham. — Pop. 176. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Ripon, value, p. r. 70/. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. WINMORE, in the parish of Thorner, wapentake of Skyrack; 6 \ miles from Leeds. This place is famous for a great battle fought here, on the 15th of Novem- ber, 655. Penda, King of the Mercians, bore a constant enmity to the North- umbrians, and very often made ravages in their dominions, without any regard to treaties. Oswy, the Northumbrian Monarch, did all he could to stop these ravages ; but, being unable by force of arms, he had recourse to bribes, and offer- ed great sums of money, and all the royal ornaments ; but the haughty Penda, grown grey with age, old as he was, would not hearken to any offers; being ob- stinately resolved to ruin all his territories, and extirpate the whole nation. His army appeared more than sufficient to execute his cruel resolution, being thirty times the number of that of Oswy. In this dreadful dilemma, the devoted North- umbrians, seeing no alternative but that of conquest or death, received the charge of the Mercians with an heroic firmness, scarcely to be equalled in the annals of war. Oswy, and his son Alkfryd, at the head of their troops, charged like men in despair. — the Mercians gave way, and the greatest part of their ar- my was cut to pieces ; amongst which, was the haughty Penda, and nearly thirty of his principal officers,— Thouesby. WINSLEY, in the township of Hartwith-with-Winsley, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro; 3 miles from Ripley, 6 from Pateleybridge, 7 from Ripon.— Pop. included in Hartwith. WINSKILL, /. h. in the township of Langcliffe, and parish of Gig- gleswick ; 1 mile from Settle. WINTERBURNE, in the township of Flasby-with-Winterburne, and parish of Gargrave, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe ; 7 miles from Skipton, 9 from Settle, 11 from Kettle well. — Pop. in- cluded in Flasby. WINTEREDGE, s. h. in the township of Hipperholme, arid parish of Halifax ; 3 miles from Halifax. This House appears, at some remote period to have been of some conse- quence, although in Watson's time it was "not the residence of any Gentleman." Under the Garden House is the following inscription : — '•• Garrulus insano erucietur mundus amore, Dion mea placide vita serena placet." Over the door of the Garden House, '■ Meliora spero." " Still higher over the window, (t Contra vim mortis, non est medicamen in hortis." -And in the said Garden-house in an Out-building, called the Workhouse, and in the Kitchen, are a variety of figures in stained glass, with appropriate mottos. — fj/atsori's Mist. Halifax. Winteredge was held, 42 Elizabeth, of the Crown in fee, by Samuel Sal- tonstall, of Huntwike, and has lately been, says Mr, Watson, in the possession of the Priestleys— Ibid, WEST-RIDING. 46l WINTERSCALE, /. h. in the township of Garsdale, and parish of Sedbergh; 4 miles from Sedbergh, \5\ from Askrigg. WINTER.SETT, in the parish of Wragby, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; 6 miles from Wakefield, 6| from Bamsley, 9 1 from Pontefract.— Pop. 135. VVISTOW, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston- Ash, liber- ties of St. Peter, and of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley ; 2 miles from Cawood, 3 from Selby, 12 from York.— Pop. 633. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deaury of the Ainsty, value, £8/. Patron, the Prebendary thereof. The Archbishop of York usually holds a Court of Pyp&wder at the Lammas Fair, at York, the jury of which is impanuelled out of this place. — DiUkE. WIT HENS, a few h. in the township of Erringden, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 10| miles from Huddersfield. WITHER, s. h. in the township of Armley, and parish of Leeds ; 3 1 miles from Leeds, 6| from Bradford. WOLFIT, /. h. in the township and parish of Tickhill ; 2 miles from Tickhill. WOMB WELL, in the parish of Darfield, upper-division of Straf- forth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill ; 4| miles from Bamsley, rf from Rotherham, 10 from Sheffield. — Pop. 811. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Darfield. WOMB WELL-WOOD HEAD, 2/. h. in the township of Womb- well, and parish of Darfield, liberty of Tickhill ; 4 miles from Barn&ley, 8 from Rotherham. WOMERSLEY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract ; (the seat of the Right Hon. Lord Hawke) 5 miles from Pontefract and Ferrybridge, 8 from Snaith, 26 from York. — Pop. 316. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Martin, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, $6/. 11 s. 5\d, Patron, The Right Hon. Lord Hawke. WOOD ALE, HIGH and LOW, 'If h. in the township of Upper- Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard ; 7 miles from Kettlewell. WOOD ALL, in the township and parish of Harthill, upper-division of Stralforth and Tickhill; 5 miles from Worksop, (jftotts.) 9 from Rotherham, 1 1 from Sheffield. WOODKIRK, a parish, in A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of YVakefield ; 6 miles from Wakefield and Dewsbury. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, p. r. 150/. Patron, the Earl of Cardigan. WOOD-FOOT, s. h. in the township of Greasbrough, and parish of Rotherham ; 2 miles from Rotherham. WOOD-HALL HILLS, ham. in the township of Calverley-with- Farsley, and parish of Calverley, liberty of Pontefract ; 3 miles from Bradford, 7 from Leeds. WOOD-HALL, (the seat of William Lister Fenton Scott, Esq.) in the township of Sicklinghall, and parish of Kirkby-Overblow ; 21 miles from Wetherby, 8 from Knaresbrough. 452 WEST-RIDING* WOOD-HALL, 2 h. in the township and parish of Womersley ; 5 miles from Pontefract and Ferrybridge. WOOD-HALL, NETHER, (the seat of John Garland, Esq.) in tin township and parish of Darfield, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill ; 4 miles from Barnsley. WOOD-HALL, OVER,/, h. in the township and parish of Dar- field ; 4 miles from Barnsley. WOOD-HOUSE, (the seat of John Armitage, Esq.) in the township of Rastrick, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield ; 5 miles from Halifax, 6 from Dewsbury. Wood- House, a very ancient Mansion, which, about the year 1330, gave name to a family of some account, as already mentioned under the pedigree of Rastrick. It had its name from the materials of which it was built, to distinguish it from those of stone. — Watson. WOOD-HOUSE, ham. in the township and parish of Norm an ton, liberty of Wakefield ; 4 miles from Pontefract, 5§ from Wakefield. WOOD-HOUSE, (the seat of John Whitacre, Esq.) in the township and parish of Huddersfield ; 1 mile from Huddersfield, 8 from Halifax. WOOD-HOUSE, GREAT, in the township and parish of Leeds. lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 1$ mile from Leeds. WOOD-HOUSE-CARR, in the township and parish of Leeds, lower-division of Skyrack ; 1 mile from Leeds. WOOD-HOUSE, LITTLE, in the township and parish of Leeds, lower-division of Sky rack, liberty of Pontefract; 1 mile from Leeds. WOOD-HOUSE, UPPER, (the seat of John White, Esq.) in the township of Rawden,and parish of Guiseley ; 4 miles from Bradford. WOOD-HOUSE, YATE, /. h. in the township and parish of Slaid- burn; 1 mile from Slaidburn. WOODLANDS, (the seat of Mrs Watertorx) in the township and parish of Advvick-in-the-Street, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 3| miles from Doncaster, \\\ from Pontefract. WOOD-HOUSE-HALL, s. h. in the township of Skircoat, and parish of Halifax ; 4 miles from Halifax, 1 from Huddersfield. Wood-House is a very ancient situation, as appears from its name. The pre- sent building has the date 1580. It was purchased for 1800/. by Simon Sterne, third 6on of Dr. Richard Sterne, Archbishop of York. Sterne, author of Trist- ram Shandy, was of this family.— Watson. WOODLAND-COTTAGE, (the residence of John Jaques, M. D.) in the township of Bilton-with- Harrogate, and parish of Knares- brough; | a mile from Harrogate. It was originally built by Daniel Lascelles, Esq. abqut the year 1771. Alexander, Lord Loughborough, having purchased the estate some years after,- made considerable additions to this house, raised a very extensive plantation ; and Also built the house, now the residence of John Jaques, M. D. ; who purchased the estate of his Lordship's successor, the present Earl of Rosslyn. WOODLEE-MILL, a Mill, in the fownsfap and par jsb of Alaltby ; 5 1 miles from Tickhill and Bawtry. WOODLESFORD, in the parish of Rothwell, Agbrigg-division of ^ghrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4§ miles from Leeds, WEST-RIDING. 4£3 $ from Wakefield. Pop. including Oulton, 1,526, which being united, form a township. WOOD-NOOK, 3 or 4 cotts. in the township of Honley, and parish of AMmondbury ; 4| miles from Huddersfield. WOOD-ROW. s. h. in the township of Shelley, and parish of Kirk- burton ; 6 miles from Huddersfield. WOOD-SEAT, NORTH, > 2 /. h. in the township and parish of WOOD-SEAT, SOUTH, $ Ecclesfield; 6\ miles from Sheffield, 7 from Penistone. WOODSETS, in the parish of South-Anston, upper-division of Straf- forth and Tickhill, liberty of St. Peter ; 4| miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 6 1 from Tickhill, 9| from Rotherham. — Pop. including Gildingwells, 218, which being united, form a township. WOODSOME-HALL, (the residence of Richard Gill, Esq.) in the township of Farnley-Tyas, and parish of Almondbury, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Huddersfield, 10 from Penistone. Woodsome, so called from its situation, almost imbosomed in flourishing oak woods, and anciently a seat of the Kayes, but lately of the Earl of Dart- mouth, whose great-grandfather married the heiress of the Kayes. The house is quadrangular and spacious. The Hall is of the latter end of the reign of Henry VIII. or that of his son, Edward VI. This apartment is preserved en- tire, the rest of the front has been rebuilt, and bears the date of 1600. In this Hall, are two very singular paintings, on board, dated 1573. One contains a flat full-faced figure of John Kaye, son of Arthur Kaye, and Dorothy Mauleverer, his wife. Around the father, are the figures of his sons, and around the mother, her daughters. At the feet of the lady i* a cumbent figure of an aged man, mark- ed 76, in black. On the margin of each is a long catalogue of the noble and ge- nerous kin of the parties, and on the backs, (for they are painted on both sides) the respective arms of the same. To all these are added, several singular and rude inscriptions, particulars of which are given by Dr. Whitaker, in his Leo- diensis. WOODSIDE, scatt. hs. in the township and parish of Kildwick, li- berty of StainclifFe; 4§ miles from Keighley, 6 from Skipton. WOODTHORPE, (the seat of the Rev. William Wood,) in the town- ship and parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 3 miles from Wakefield. WOODTHORPE, (the seat of Hugh Parker, Esq.) in the township and parish of Handsworth ; 3 miles from Sheffield. WOOLDALE, or WOLFSDALE, in the parish of Kirkburton, A gbrigg-di vision of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 6 £ miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Penistone. This place, like many others, very probably took its name from its abound- ing with wolves ; which were once so numerous in this part of the kingdom, that they attacked and destroyed great numbers of the tame beasts of the villages. The inhabitants, finding all their efforts to destroy them in vain, petitioned King Athelstan, beseeching him to grant them relief, by taking some effectual method to destroy those ferocious animals ; for which service, they bound themselves, and their successors for ever, to give every year one thrave of corn, out of every carncate of land in the Bishopric of York. Their petition was granted, and build- ings erected in many places, particularly in the woods and forests, for the re- ception of dogs and huntsmen ; by whose means, those ravenous creatures were, in a little time, entirely extirpated. It is curious to remark, that the thrave of corn, given out of every carucate of land, was afterwards given by government, to the Cathedral of York ; and is, to this day, called Peter-Corn WOOLLEY, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of Staincross, 454 WEST-RIDING. liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Barnsley and Wakefield, 10 from Penistone.— Pop. 482. The Chapel is a perpetual curacy. Patron, G. W. Wentworth, Esq.— Similarly situated, is WOOLhEY-PARK,(theseatof Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth, Esq.) WOOLLEY-EDGE, scatt. ks. in the township of Woolley, and parish of Royston ; 6 miles from Barnsley and Wakefield. WORLD'S-END, ham. in the township of Bilton with High-Harro- gate, and parish of Knaresbrough; f of a mile from High-Harrogate. WORMLEY-HILL, 2 or 3/. h. in the township of Sykehouse, and parish of Fishlake ; 4 miles from Thome, 7| from Snaith. WORRALL, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4| miles from Sheffield. WORSBROUGH, in the parish of Darfield, wapentake of Stain- cross, liberty of Pontefract ; (Worsbrough-Hall, the seat of Francis Edmunds, Esq. ; and Darlay-Hall, the seat of William Newman, Esq.); 3 1 miles from Barnsley, 7 from Penistone, 11 from Shef- field. — Pop. 1,392. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p. r. *63L Os. 6d. Patron, the Rector of Darfield. This village was anciently styled Washingburgh ; which in the reign of King Edward IV., was the estate of George, Duke of Clarence, that King's bro- ther ; who, according to History, was attainted, condemned, and suffocated in & butt of malmsey wine. Here is a beautiful parochial Chapel, and a Free School. — Magna Brit. Here is a School for six poor Girls, founded in 1714, by William Skiers.' Obadiah Walker, a divine of considerable abilities and learning, was born here, in 1616. Among his published Works, the best is " The Greek and Ro- man History, illustrated by Coins and Medals, 1692, 8ro. WORTLEY, UPPER and LOWER, in the parish and borough of Leeds, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Leeds, 8 from Bradford. — Pop. 3,126. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Leeds, under the Patronage of five Trustees. WORTLEY, in the parish of Tankersley, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract ; ( Wortley-Hall, the seat of James Archibald Stuart Worthy, Esq.) 5 miles from Barnsley, 5| from Penistone, 8 from Sheffield, 10 from Rotherham.— Pop. 904. The Chapel is a perpetual curacy, value, p. r. f98/. Patron, James Archibald Stuart Wortley, Esq. The ancient seat of the Wortleys, of which Sir Thomas Wortley was High Sheriff of the County, in the 6th and 17th years of Heury VJI. and a man of great power and consequence in the neighbourhood. In the pedigrees of this great family, he is said to have allied himself in marriage with two of the principal houses in the north of England, the Fitzwilliams and the Pilkingtons. He built the Lodge, upon Wharncliffe Chase, now called Wharncliffe Lodge. — Hunter. There is an amusing account of Taylor, the Water- Poet's visit to this place, given in Hunter's Hallamshire, transcribed from one of his rare Tracts, entitled "Part Of this Summer's Travels, or News from Hell, Hull, and Halifax; from York, Linne, Leicester, Chester, $i strong towers, which, in Leland's time, were in a complete state of defence. The firsc production of the York Press, was the Pica of the Cathedral, by Hugh Goes, in lo09. -Home on Bibliography. The Castle, built by William the Conqueror, is now a County Prison, for debtors and felons: the area of this prison is larger than either tliat of the Fleet or King's Bench, in London, thfsituatiou high, pleasant, and airy. In the right wing is a prison for D j btors, which reflects honour on the County. — In the left wing is an handsome convenient Chapel, ascend d to by a flight of steps uniform with the right wing, and ornamented with suitable Fur- niture. — The Women Felons are confined in the New Buildings, opposite the County Hall. — Mr. Staveley is the present Governor. On the west side of th e area, is the new County- HalU opened at tbe Sum- mer Assizes, in 1777. It is a superb building, of the Ionic order, ]50feetin length, and 45 in breadth. In the south end thereof, is the Court for trial of prisouers; and in the north end, the Court of Nisi Prius. Each of them is thirty feet in diameter, covered with a Dome forty feet high, which is supported by tliirteen Corinthian pillars. The extent of the City's Liberties is within seventy-seven feet of the Castle Gate, distinguished by the City Arms of the five Lions, placed in the wall on each side. Here the Sheriffs of the City wait to receive the Judges of Assize, and conduct them to the Guild-hall. Adjoining the Castle is a very high Mount, on which stands a Tower, con- tisting of four segments of circles, joined together, called Clifford'? Tower. It was built by the Conqueror, and derived its name from one of the Clifford family, who was made the first Governor of it ; and though now a ruin, it is a consi- derable ornament to the City. It was formerly defended by a deep moat, draw- bridge and palisadoes. The Mamion-House, erected for the Lord Mayor, in the year 1725, is a very handsome building — the basement is a rustic arcade, which supports an Ionic order, with a pediment. Thf» State-room, where the Lord Mayor entertains the Corporation, is forty-nine feet six inches by twenty-seven feet nine inches. The Guild-Hail is situated behind the Mansion- House, and is supposed to be one of the finest Gothic Halls in the Kingdom. The City is governed by a Lord Mayor, a Recorder, two City Council, twelve Aldermen, two Sheriffs, seventy-two Common Couocilmen, and six Chamberlains. The Assembly- Rooms, in Blake-street, were erected in 1730, from a design of the celebrated Lord Builington. From the ceiling are suspended thirteen large Lustres of crown glass, each holding eighteen wax candles; but the principal ene, given by Lord Burlington, is so brilliantly cut, as tode-erve particular notice. The Theatre- Royal is at the upper end of Blake-street, and was erected in 1769, by Mr Baker, and a patent procured for it by his successor, the late Tate Wilkinson, Esq. It is fitted up in a very neat uniform style, capable of contain- ing a numerous audience: several judicious alterations have lately taken place in the interior. The Lunatic Asylum, first established in 1777, is a handsome structure ; extending in length 132 feet ; in depth 52 ; and in height three stories. The patients in this place are treated with all the tenderness and indulgence, com- patable with steady and effectual government. The strictest economy is observed in the management of the family, and the utmost attention i9 paid to decency and cleanliness. 460 WEST-RIDING* There is another institution in the vicinity of York, belonging to the Quakers, for the same class of patients, called the Retreat. County Hospital, or Public Infirmary, is a spacious building, situated out of Monk-Bar, north-east of the city. Is was first instituted in 1740, by a legacy of 500/. bequeathed by Lady Hastings, for the relief of the diseased poor in the county of York, and since raised and supported by the benefactions, or annual contributions of the humane. It was for many years the only institution of that nature north of the Trent, and in its infancy had many difficulties to struggle with ; but through the care and economy of its first patrons, those difficulties were soon overcome, and the extensive utility of the institution becoming obvious, quickly procured it many liberal donations. The front extends seventy-five feet in length, ninety feet in depth, and encloses a court of twenty-six feet four inches by thirty-five feet. There is a public Medical Library, (established in January 1810) for the improvement and diffusion of medical and surgical knowledge. This excellent charity is entirely dependent upon the benevolence of the public for its support. Here is likewise a City Dispensary, for administering relief to the diseased poor, instituted in 1788. The York Subscription Library was first instituted in 1 794. The ion ndalion- stone of a new building, opposite the Post-Omce, in St Helen's Square, was laid in 1811. It now contains about 7000 volumes. The ground-floor, underneath the Library, is occupied as a Subscription News-Room. The City Gaol, adjoining the Old Baile, wa9 begun in 1802, under the di- rection of Mr Peter Atkinson, architect, and completed in 1807. In the front is a large Court-yard, where debtors have the privilege of walking. In 1814, a new House of Correction was erected on Toft Green, near Mickle- gate-Bar. At a short distance on the Fulford Road, are the Cavalry Barracks, erected at the expence of about 27,000/. These handsome buildings stand in an area of an oblong square occupying twelve acres of ground ; they are constrncted on a plan for containing about 260 officers and privates, with stabling for 266 horses. The Race-Ground is about a mile south of the city. It is a plain flat, called Knavesmire. In 1754, the Grand Stand was built by subscription, and tickets of admission issued at five guineas each : their present value is now nearly 14/. Here are Chapels for Roman Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians, Inde- pendents, and a Meeting-house for Quakers. York is an Archbishop's See; 6ends two Members to Parliament, being first summoned 23rd Edward I. For a particular account of the antiquities of York,-see Drake's Moraeum t and Hargrove's Hist of York. WEST-RIDING. 461 Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rofulorum, THE RIGHT HON. HENRY, EARL OF HAREWOOD. ACTING MAGISTRATES. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Downe, Cowick-Hall, Snaitfa The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Milton, .... Wentworth-House, Rotherham The Right Hon. Lord Haw ke, Womersley-Park The Hon. Edward Robert Petre, Stapleton-Park, Ferrybridge Sir William C. Bagsfaaw) Knight, ' The Oakes, Sheffield Sir Henry Wright Wii-on, Knight, Ch> Isea-Park Sir Francis Lindley W< od, Bart Hemswortb, Pontefract Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Bart Ripley Sir Joseph Cop'ev, Bart Sprotbrough-Hall The Rev. Dr. Geldart, Kirkdeighton, Wetherby The Rev. Dr. C»rbett, Wortley, Sheffield The R^v. Dr. Milner, Thribergh, Doncaster The Rev. Dr. Waddilove, Ripon Alderson, the Rev. William, Aston, Rotherham Allan, Benjamin Haigh, Esq Green-Head, Huddersfield Barstow, William, Esq Halifax Benyon, Thomas, Esq Leeds Brooksbank, Benjamin, Esq Healaugh-Hall, Tadcaster Bland, Thomas Davnon, Esq Kippax-Park, Ferrybridge Beckott, Christopher, Esq Leeds Blayds, John, jun. Esq Oulton, Leeds Barnes, the Rev. Tbeophilus, Canleford, Ferrybridge 1 Brooksbank, the Rev. Edward Hawke, .. Tickhill, Bawtry Cams, Roger, Esq Lunefield, Kirkby-Lonsdale Chandler, the Rev. George, Treeton, Rotherham Cooke, the Rev. Alexander, Loversall, Doncaster Creyke, Ralph, Jun. Esq Rawdiffe-Hall, Snaith Cunliiie, William, Esq Addingham. Skipton Cator, the Rev. Charles, Skelbrook, Doncaster Cooke, William Bryan, Esq Wheatley, Doncaster Cooke, Philip Davis, Esq . Owston, Doncaster Coulthnrst, John Nicholas, Esq Gargrave, Skipton Currer, the Rev. Danson Richardson, . . Whitvyell- House, York Deal try, Benjamin, Esq Loft house- Hall, Wakefield Deardeo, John, Esq HoU'mps-Hall, Halifax Dixon, tbe Rev. Jeremiah, Woolley, Wakefield Dawson, Richard Kennet, Esq Frickley-Hall, Doncaster Edmunds, Francis, Esq. Worsbrongh, Barusley Egremont, John, Esq Wakefield Entwi Thos. Hessay, Bishop- Wilton ; Wm. Taylor, Hustbwaite ; and Wm. Fisher, York. LIBERTY OF RIPON. MAGISTRATES, The Mayor of Ripon. The Right Hon. Lord Grantham, . . , Newby-Hall, Ripon. Rev. Robert Darley Waddilove, D. D. ... Ripon. Rev. Thomas Newton, Cox wold, Thirgk. Rev. George AUanson, . . Ripon. Charles Harrison Batley, Esq. . ^ Masham. John Williamson, Esq. Ripon. John Dalton, Esq. ?...., Slenningford, Ripon. Charles Oxley, Esq. , Ripon. Marmaduke Lawson, Esq. ,...., Boroughbridge, Rev. William Dent, Crosby-Hall. Henry Richard Wood, Esq : . Hoilin-Hall. Gregory Elsley, Esq. .,,...,,...... Burneston. OFFICERS OF THE LIBERTY. Clerk of the Peace, Chief Bailiff, and Under Steward of the Court Military, Charles Harrison, Esq. Deputy ditto, and Coroner, John Cartman, Ripon. Chief Constable and Treasurer^ J, Gilbertson, Westwick, DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS, For the East-Riding, and the Toivn and County of the Town of Kingston-ujpon- Hull, . Vice-Lieutenant, RICHARD BETHELL, Esq. Rise. The Right Hon. Beaumont, Lord Hotbam . . South Dalton. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Morpeth, Castle- Howard. Sir Mark Masterroan Sykes, Bart. , . . . Sledmere. Sir Henry SI tile Mervin Vavasour, Bart. .. Melbourne. Bell, lue Rev. Or. John, Bainton. Bower. Kobert, Esq. YVelham. Betheil. Richard, Esq. .............. Rise. Beverley. William, Esq. Beverley. Blayd^s Benjamin, Esq. .....,..». Beverley. Bowes, the Rev. Timothy FyshFoord, .... Cowlam. Creyke. Ralph, Esq. Marion. Croft, the Rev. Robert, Rowley. Clubley, Thomas. Esq. Be\ eriey. Constable, the Rev. Charles, ............ Beverley. Creyke, Ralph. Jun. Esq Marton. Courtney, the Rev. John, Beverley. Coltmau, the Rev. Joseph Beverley. Denison, Robert. Esq. , Kilnwick-Percy. Ewbank, the Rev. Andrew, t ... Londesbrough. Ellison. Henry, Esq. .......,* Beverley. Egginton. Joseph, Esq. .., , Sculcoates. Foulis, John Robinson, Esq West Heslerton. Gilby. the Rev. John, Barmston. Grimston, John, Esq . . . . Neswick. Grimston, Charles, Esq. Grimston-Garth. Gilby, the Rev. VVm. Robinson, Barmston. Holme, the Rev. Nicholas, .... Rise^ Hudson, Harrington, Esq , Bessingby.. Hildyard, the Rev. Wm. ,. *....... Winestead. Jarratt, William, Esq. ................ Kingston-upon-HulI. Machell, Christ. Esq. •"...... Beverley. Maister, Arthur, Esq * e , . . Kingston-upon_-Hull. Mansfield, the Rev. John, Patrington. Osbaldeston, Humphrey Brooks, Esq Hunmanby. Osbourne, Robert, Esq Sculcoates. Osbourne, Wm. Esq. Sculcoates. Pool, Charles, Esq. ...^ Kingston-upon-HulI. Popple, the Rev. Miles, Welton. Palmes, George, Esq. ,..>., Naburn. Sykes, the Rev. Richard, ..... .^ .... . Foxholes. Schonswar, George. Ferriby. Walker, James, Esq. , Beverley. Yarburgh, Henry, Esq Heslington. C3=» The above List came too late to be inserted in its proper place. Ml VERS AND CANALS. RIVERS. The AIR, or ARE has Us source from above Malham, about 5| miles north-east of Settle; it takes the name of Air ^ of a mile below Malham, at the junction of Malham Tarn-water and Gordale-Beck, and runs south by Kirby-Malham, Air- ton, Calton, Conistone, Gargrave, and passes by Skipton, where it runs by the hide of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, by Keighley and Bingley to Leeds, passing through which place, and running to Castleford, about 3 miles north-west of Fer- rybridge, it receives the Calder, then passes by Brotherton, Ferrybridge, Snaith> Rawcliffe, and collecting, during its course, many tributary streams, joins the Ouse below Air my n, 3 miies south-west of Howden. It is navigable as far as Leeds, The CALDER flows on the borders of this county and Lancashire, and enters the former at Todmorden, 12 miles west of Halifax, passes by Elland, Kirklees, Dewsbury, Sandal, Wakefield, and runs into the Air at Castleford. The J) EARN rises north-west of Barneley, a little above Bretton -Dikes, and passes by Darton, Barnsley, Darfield, Bolton, Adwicke, and joins the Don, near Co- nisbrough. The DERfVENTi&kes its rise in the North-Riding, a little north of Harwood-Dale, about 4 miles distant from the east-coast, and takes a southerly direction parallel to the coast, until it comes near Ganton, when it takes a west and afterwards a, south-west direction, and passes by the town of Malton, to which it is navigable from the Humber, for vessels of 45 tons burthen. — It is the boundary between the North and East*Ridings, from its junction with the little river Hertford, until it arrives near Stamford-Bridge, where it enters the East-Riding, and, passing by Elvington, Bubwith, Wressle, joins the Ouse at Barmby. The DON takes its rise west of Penistone, on the borders of Cheshire, and passes by Wortley, Sheffield, Rotherham, Conisbrough, Doncaster, Barnby and Fish- lake, leaving Thome about 1 mile on the east ; after which it runs north towards Cowick, near to which place it divides into two streams, both of which are soon lost; one in the Air, near Rawclifle, and the other in the Ouse, near Goole. — It is navigable nearly to Sheffield. — Over this river, between Snaith and Thorne, there is a wooden bridge which turns upon a pivot, and affords a passage for the nu- merous shipping employed in the inland trade. The FOSS, a small stream which rises near the western end of the Howardian- Hills, in the NorthrRiding, passes by Stillington, Haxby, and joins the Ouse at York. — It was made navigable, by a subscription of .£25,000, in 1793. The HULL takes its rise in the Wolds, not far from Driffield, (Ea-^t-Riding) pursues a southern course, and passing the towu of Beverley, to which it is united by a canal, falls into the Humber at Hull, contributing to form the port.— A canal from Great-Driffield communicates with this river. The HUMBER is formed by the junction of the Ouse and Trent ; the former hav- ing first received the Nidd, Wharfe, Derwent, and Air. Jt divides Yorkshire from Lincolnshire, and falls into the German Ocean at Spurn-Head.^r-It has a canal communication with the Mersey, Dee, Ribhle, Severn, Thames, and Avon. The NIDD has its rise at the npper-end of Nidderdale, about 3 miles north-east of Kettleweil ; after running a considerable distance from its fountain, enters the earth, by a wide and rocky cavern, called Goydon-Pot-Hole : then taking a sub- terraneous course of some miles, again emerges to the light by two issues, whose waters are soon united, a little below Middlesmoor, and passing by Ramsgill, Pateleybridge, Hampsthwaite, Killinghall, Ripley, Kuaresbrough, Ribeton, Walshford, Cowthorpe, and Nun-Monkton, where it empties itself into the Ouse., The OUSE, a name given to the river Ure, after its junction with the river Swale^ about 3 miles below Boroughbridge, whence it proceeds by Nun-Moukton, to York ; and passing by Naburn, Nun-Appleton, Cawood, Selby, Barnby, Airniyn, Uopks^ Goojcj and W}}kgift, receives the Trent, where U forms the llumber, hav^. RIVERS AND CANAlS. 4?t fag, during its course, received the river9 Nidd, Foes, Wharfe, Derwent, Art, and many other tributary streams. The RIBBLE rises in the wapentake of Ewcross, about 11 miles norih of Settle ; it runs south by Horton, Settle, Gisburn-Park, Clitheroe, Mitton, crosses Lan- cashire, and falls into the Irish Sea, below Preston. The RYE rises in Snilesworth, (North-Riding) passes through Bilsdale, by Ri- vaulx-Abbey, Helmsley, Butterwick, Wycomb, below which place it runs" into the Derwent* having previously received the Dove and Costa. — It gives name to the wapentake of Rydale. The Rye sinks above Helmsley, and riaes at a small distance from its proper channel, about 1 mile below* The SKELL rises a few miles north of Pateleybridge ; it passes by Grantley, Foun- tain's-Abbey, through that part of Ripon called Skelgate, below which it empties itself into the Ure. — It is a small river, but of great utility to the inhabitants of Ripon, supplying them with excellent water, by means of an engine erected by W. Askwith, Esq. by which water is conveyed into every house, at a small annual rent. The TEES rises between the counties of Westmoreland and Durham, beyond the north-west extremity of the North-Riding, and taking an easterly direction near Cronkley, divides it from the county of Durham through its whole extent, and falls into the German Ocean below Stockton ; it is navigable for vessels of large burthen from the Ocean to Yarm, where the spring tide rises 7 feet. The SIVALE rises near Wild-Boar Fell, on the borders of Westmoreland, after which it passes through a vale from thence, called Swale-Dale, by Richmond/ Catterick, Ellerton, Langton, Morton, Maunby, at which place there is a Ferry, Skipton-Bridge, Topclifle, Helperby, and runs into the Ure at Myton. The Swale, the Esk, and the Rye, though considerable streams, are scarcely capable of navigation, for having their sources in very mountainous countries, they are shallow, rapid, and, as well as other streams in this Riding, except the Wiske alone, subject to sudden, violent, and frequent floods.-^ An Act was some years since obtained, for rendering the Swale navigable to Morton, with a branch up Codbeck to Thirsk, and an other up Bedale-Beck to Bedale ; but the navigation was never completed. — The benefits arising from, and the necessity of such a Canal, or one up the Wiske, which was surveyed some very few years ago, must be evident to the most careless observer. The URE rises on the borders of Westmoreland ; passes by Askrigg, Middleham, Masham, Tanfield, Ripon, and Boroughbridge ; where after being jonied by the Swale at Myton, passes by Ouseburn, where it changes its name from Ure to Ouse, and proceeds to York. — It is navigabie with the aid of a short canal, for Vessels of 30 tons, as far as Ripon, (West-Riding) where, on account of the rapidity of the stream, all prospect of navigation ceases. The fVHARFE rises above Oughtershaw, and runs by Beckurmonds, Deepdale, Yokenthwaite, Hubberholme, Buckden, Starbottom, Kettlewell, Conistone, Burosall, Appletreewick, Barden-Tower, Bolton-Abbey, Ilkley, Otley, Ar- lington, Harewood, crosses the great north-road at Wetherby, passes by Thorp- Arch, Tadcaster, and joins the Onse from York at Nun-Appleton. The fVISKE rises onthe breast of the hills near Osmotherley, taking a southerly, and afterwards a northerly direction, as far as Staddlebridge, leaving the Monas- tery of Mount-Grace on the right, where it changes its course westerly, passes by West-Rounton, Appleton, and Smeaton, then veering to the south, passes by Danby, Yaffortb. Otterington, and Kirby-Wiske, a mile below which, it empties itself into the Swale. CANALS. The RIPER EOSS NAVIGATION proceeds from the junction of the River Foss, with the Ouse at York. Its course is the river Foss, as far as Farlington- Common ; thence, by a new cut, to Marton-Lordship, and the river Foss to StiUington-Mili ; the total length is about IS miles. - ■ . • This Brook is generally called Codbeck, and even so long since as 1612, by Drayton, in his Polyolbion ; but it evidently derives its name from the British word, Cottce y signifying Woody : so Cottee Alpes, to distinguish them from Grace or Craggy Alpet. 472 CANALS. The LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL begins out of the river Mersey, at low water, just at the lower extremity of the town of Liverpool, by Bank-Hall, and goes over the river Alt to Mill-House, it then takes a large half circle round the town of Ormskirk, and crosses Toadbrook, near Newborough, whence it proceeds by .the Douglas-Navigation to Wigan and Blackburn; it then proceeds in a circular course to Burnley and Colne to Foulridge, near Pendle-hill, where a basin is cut to supply the Canal, of which it is the head. The Canal here, begins to fall to Leeds, and goes from Foulridge, by Salterford, East-Marton, and crosses the river Air, near Gargrave, by Th oral by/ Stirton, -and the town of Skipton, by Bradley, Kildwick, near the town of Keighley, and by Bingley ; a little below which it crosses the river Air again, passes Shepley, and takes a semi-circular course round the Idle, near Apperleybridge, Kirkstall- Abbey, by Burley and Holbeck, to the town of Leeds, making. in the whole, a course of 127 miles, with 838 feet fall. There is also a collateral cut from near Shepley to Bradford. The fall on the Yorkshire side, is 446' feet; and on the Lancashire side, 529 feet. The HUDDERSFIELD CANAL joins- Sir John Ramsden's Canal on the south- side of Huddersfield, and taking a westerly course, runs parallel with the river Colne, which it passes twice, passing Longwood, Siaithwaite, and Marsden ; from Marsden, under Pule-moss and Brunn-Top, there is a tunnel of nearly three " miles and a half long, which brings the Canal to Rasp-Mill, on the Digglewater, and within about two miles of Dobcross ; passing which, it takes the rout of the river Tame, the windings of which it frequently intersects, and passes within one mile of Lidgate, by Mossley, Steyleybridge, and there joins the Ashton and Old- ham Canal on the south-side of Ashton, being a course of nineteen miles and five furlongs, with 770 feet lockage. The BARNSLEY CANAL joins the River Calder, below the town of Wakefield, and passes Croiton, Felkirk, Royston, and Barnsley, whence it takes a circular course to Barnbybridge, near the town of Cawthorne, where it joins the Dearn and Dove Canal, the length about 14 miles. There are several rail-ways to the Canal from Barnsley, and others from Barnbybridge. The fail from the junction with the Dearn and Dove Canal, is 120 feet to the river Calder. Tlie DEARN and DOVE CANAL commences from the cut whicli has been made for the accommodation of the river Don navigation, between Swinton and Mexbrou^h, and proceeds by Wath, Wombwell, and Ardsley, to near Barnsley Canal, which joins the river Calder. There are two small branches, one parallel with Knolbeek-brook, at the Iron- Work at Cobcar-Ing; the other along the head stream of the river Don, to Worsbrough-bridge ; with a proposed extension of this branch, near one mile and a half, to Rockclifte-bridge, adjoining the grounds of Earl Strafford, at Wentworth-Castle. The branch to Cobcar-Ing is one mile and three quarters, and is level, by means of some deep cuttingat the extremity. The branch to Worsbrough-bridge, is one mile five furlongs in length. The STA INFO RTH and KEADBY CANAL commences at the river Don, about a mile to the west of Fishlake, and runs parallel with the river opposite to Thorne ; whence in a line due east, it passes Crowle, and Keadby, where it join* the river Trent. There is a branch about a mile across Thome's Common, to a place called Hangman-hill, xvhich joins the river Don. Ihe total length of this Canal is between 14 and 15 miles, and running through a part of the fenny country has little elevation, and no lockage, except out of the rivers at the ex- . tremeties. The CALDER NAVIGATION commences at the junction of the Air and Calder at Castleford, passes by Wakefield, to Horbury-bridge, Dewshury, Cooper-bridge, Brighouse, Elland, and Salterhebble, where goods are left for Halifa::, Sowerby- bridge, and then joins the Rochdale and Manchester Canal, and passes by Heb- den-bridge, to Rochdale and Manchester. — There is a branch from Cooper-bridge, to Huddersfield, of 3 miles, called Sir John Ramsden's Canal, which joins'fche Huddersfield and Ashton Canal. The AIR and CALDER NAVIGATION commences at Se! by from the Tiver Ouse, and proceeds by Haddlesey, Knottingley, Ferrybridge, -Brotherton, and joins the Air at Castleford, and whence it proceeds up the Air to Leeds, where it joins the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. A LIST OF THE VISCOUNTS OR HIGH-SHERIFFS Of the County of York. FROM THE REIGN OF WILLIAM I. TO THE PRESENT TIME, WILLIAM I, A. D. 1069 Guhelmus Mallet. Robert Fitz Richard, Radulph. Paganel. Hugo vicecomes. Galf. de Estotevile, HENRY I. 1118 Guliel. Pnnctell. Osbertus vel Osbertius de Arcliis. Robert de Oketon. STEPHEN* 1140 Bertram de Buhner. HENRY II. 1154 Bertramde Bulmer, pro novem annis. 64 Radulph. de Glanvile. 70 Idem et Robert de Stutevile. 71 Robert de Stutevile, pro quinquean 77 Radulph. de Glanvile, ad term. regni Hen. II. RICHARD I. $189 Radulphus de Glanvile. 90 Johan. Mareschallus. Osbertus de Longocampo. 91 Osb. de Longocampo. 92 Hugo Bardulf. Hugo de Boebi. 93 /idem. 94 I idem. 95 Galfrid, archiep. Ebot. et Rog. de Batuent. pro qUin an. JOHN. 1199 Galfrid filius Petri, et Jacob, cte Paterne 1201 Iidem. 3 Will, de Stutevile, et Will. Breto. 3 Iidem. A. r>. 1204 Gal f rid. filius Petri, Will, de Percy et Radolph. de Normanvile. 5 Galfrid. fil. Peter, et Rao\ de Normanvile. 6 Rob. de LacyConsL Cestrien, el Rob. Wallensis, pro qainqiie an. 11 Galfrid. fil. Renfredi, et Henricus Rademan sice Radenor, pro qua- tuor an. 15 Rob. de Percy, et Hen. de MidletoS 16 Petrus^Jms Herberti, et Ric. de Husseburn. HENRY III. 1117 Galfrid de Nevile. ^Simoilde Hale . 18 Iidem. 19 Iidem. 20 Galfrid de Nevile. 21 Idem et Simon de Hales. 22 Iidem. 23 Iidem. 24 Simon de Hales. 25 Eustachius de Ludham. 26 Idem et Rob. de Cokefeld. 27 Rob^de Cokefeld. 28 Idem. 29 Idem. 30 Will, de Siutevile, et Phil, de Ascelles. 31 Iidem. 32 Iidem. 33 Petrus de Rivall. 34 Brianusde Insula. 35 Johan. filius Galfridi. 36 Idem. 37 Brianus filius Alani, et Roger d^ Stapleton. 38 Iidem. 39 Brianus^/ Alani. Nich. de Moli*, et Will, de Midelton. 40 Nicholas de Molis. 41 Idem et Will, de Midelton. 42 Nich. de Molis, Hen. de Bar*, (4 Remery de Cerve. a, SJST OF HIGH-SHERIFFS. Appendix. A. D. Jgl3 Hen. de Bada, pro qtcat. ann. 47 Hen. de Bathon, pro duo an. 49 Will.Dacre 50 Idem et Rob de Creppings, 51 Rob. de Creppings. 42 Will. Dacre f 53 Rob. de Creppings. 54 Will, de Horsenden, 55 Willi le Latimer. 56 Jrf^w ei Joh, de Oketon, pro quin- que an. 61 Petrus de Percy. 62 Idem, 63 /dm. 64 Idem et Rob. de Nevile. 65 Will, de Basale. 66 Idem et Joh. de Oketon, 6T Idem. 68 Will, le Latimer, <>9 We>n, 70 Idem. 71 Roger Extraneuse* Hen de Kirkby 72 Jttfejp, EDWARD I. |273 Roger de Estraneus. 74 Idem. 75 Alex, de Kyrketon, pro quat> an. 79 Ran ill de Dacre. SO Idem et Joh. de Lytbgrenes. 81 Jeh. de Lytbgrenes, pro quin. an. 86 Gervasius de Clifton, pro sex an. 92 Job.de Meaux. 93 Idem. 94 Joh. de Byrun, pro sex an. 1300 Rob.Oughtred. 1 Sirnon de Kyme, pro quat an. 5 Will, de Houkes, pro ires an. EDWARD II. 1307 Joh. de Cripling. 8 Idem. 9 Johan. de Guas, et Johan de Eure. JO Gerard, de Sahvayae, et Joh. de Enre, 11 lidem. 12 Gerard de Salvayne. 13 Idem. 14 John Malebys, et Nich Meynel. 15 Synion Warde. 16 Nich. de Gray, et Symon Warde. 17 Nich. de Gray, et Symoff Warde. 18 lidem. 19 Symon Warde. 20 Idem. 21 Idem. %% Roger de Somervile, pvo quin. an. A.D. 1327 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 50 51 52 53 54 55 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 EDWARD III. Rog de Somervile. Joh. Darcy. Hen. Falconberg. Idem. Rad. Bulmer. Petrus deSalso Marisco, Saltmarsh Idem. Petrus de Middleton. Idem. Petrus de Salso Marisco. Rad. de Hfistinges, et Tbo. de Rokeby. Rad. de Hastinges. Idem. Idem. Joh. de Eland. Joh. Falconberg. Tho. de Rokeby, pro septem an. Gerard. Salvayne. Will, de Plompton. Pet. de Nuttelle. Milo Stapleton. Petrus de Nuttelle. Milo Stapleton, mil. pro quin. an. Tho. de Musgrave. Marm. de Constable. Idem. Tho, le Mu3grave, Idem. Idem. Marm. Constable. Idem. Joh. Chamont, vel de calvo monte et Will. Acton. lidem. lidem. Joh. Bygod, Rob, de Roos, Will. Acton. Joh. Bygod de Setterington, Will. Perciehay. Will, de Melton. Rad. de Hastinges. RICH.4RD II. 1378 Job. Constable de Haleshaai. 79 R. Nevill de Hornby 80 Joh. Savyle. 81 Rad. Hastinges, miles. 82 Will, de Erghaaj, S3 Joh. Savyle. 84 Gerad. Usfleet. 85 Rob, Constable, 86 Idem. 87 Rob. de Hyltoa, 88 Joh. Savile. 89 Joh. Godard, jippendix. LIST OF HIGH-SHERIFFS. iii A. D. 1390 Jac. 9J Will 92 Rad. 93 Job. 94 Jac. (35 Rad. 96 Rad. 97 Rob, 98 Jac. 99 Joh. IV Pykeryng. . de Melton, de Eure. Upeeden, miles. Pykeryng, miles. , Constable. , de Eure. . de Nevile. Pykeryng. Upeeden, 1st Hen HENRY IV. i 400 Job. Constable, niles. 1 Tho. Broainete, miles et Wil. Drousfield, m. 2 Job. Savile. 3 Ric. Redman. 4 Idem. 5 Will. Dronsfleld, miles. 6 Job- de Etton, miles. 7 Tho. Rokeby, m iles. 8 Will.Harrington , miles 9 Edw. Hastings, miles. 10 Edw. Sandford. miles. 11 Tbo. Rokeby, miles. HENRY V. 1413 Will.Harrington, miles 14 Tbo. Bromflete, miles. 15 Ric. Redman, miles. 16 Edvr. Hastings, miles. 17 Rob. Hylton, miles. 18 Joh. Bygod, miles. 19 Tho. Bromflete, miles. 20 Halnatbeus Maleverer, miles, de Allerton. 21 Will.Harrington, miles 22 Haln. Maleverer, miles HENRY VI. 1423 Will.Harrington, miles 24 Rob. Hylton, miles. 25 Job. Langton, miles. 26 Ric. Hastings, miles. 27 Will. Ryther, mj/ei. 28 Rob. Hylton, miles. 29 Will.Harrington, miles 30 John Clarevaulx. 31 Will. Ryther, miles. 32 Ric. Pykeriog, miles. 33 Hen. Bromflete, miles 34 Ric. Hastings, miles. 35 Will. Ryther, m iles. 36 Will. Ty r whit, miles. 37 Job. Constable de Hal- sham, miles. A. D. 1438 Rob. Constable, miles. 39 Will. Ryther, miles. 40 Joh. Tempest, miles. 41 Rob. Waterton, mites. 42 Will. Gascoign de Gauthorp, miles. 43 Tbo. Met bam, miles. 44 Edmund Talbot de Ba shall, miles. 45 Will. Eure, miles. 46 Jac. St range ways de Ormsby, miles. 47 Rob. Oughtrede. ]y,iies. 48 Will. P&.epton de Piumptou, /titles. 49 Job. Conyers, miles. 50 Jac. Pykeryng, miles. 51 Rob. Oughtrede, miles. 52 Rad. Bygod, miles. 53 Jac. Strange ways, m. 54 Job. Melton, jun. miles 55 Joh. Savile. miles. 58 Tbo. Harrington miles 57 Joh. Hotham. miles. 58 Rad. Bygod, miles. 59 Joh. Tempest, miles. CO Tho. Metham, miles. EDWARD IV, 1461 Joh. Savile, miles. 62 Rob. Constable, miles. 63 Idem. 64 Joh. Constable, miles. 65 Ed. Hastings, miles. 66 Ric. Fitzwilliams, m. 67 Jac. Harrington, miles 68 Job. Conyers, miles. 69 Jac. Strangeways,m. 70 Hen. Vavasor, miles. 71 Ed. Hastings, miles. 72 Rad. Ashton, miles, 73 Idem. 74 Walt. Griffith, miles. 75 Joh. Conyers, miles. 76 Joh. Harrington, miles 77 Ed. Hastings, miles. 78 Will, Ryther, miles. 79 Rob. Constable, miles. 80 Hugo Hastings, miles. SI M arm. Cod "stable, miles 82 Rad. Bygod, miles. RICHARD III. 14S3 Will. Eure, miles. 84 Ed. Hastings, miles. 85 Tho. Markenlleld miles A. D. HENRY VII. 1488 Joh. Savile, miles. 87 Robert Ryther, miles, 88 Joh. Nevile, miles. 89 Marm. Constable. 90 Hen. >Veut worth de Woodbouse, miles.. 91 Tho. Wort ley, miles: 92 Henry Wentworth, ua. 93 Jac. Strangeways, m 94 Marm. Constable miles "J Jini. rxeviic, mile*. 96 Will. Gascoign, miles. 97 Joh. Melton, miles. 98 Joh. Conyers, miles. 99 Joh. Hotham, miles. 1500 Idem. 1 Walterus Griffith. m ? 2 Tbo. Wortley, miles. 3 Wili. Conyers, miles, 4 Rad. Ryther, miles. 5 Joh. Cutis, miles. 6 Rad. Eure, miles. 7 Job. Norton miles. 8 Idem. HENRY VIII. 1509 Marm. Constable de Flamborough, miles, 10 Rad. Eure, miles. 1 1 Joh. Constable, miles. 12 Joh. Everingham,miles de W 7 adsley . 13 WiiL Percy, miles. 14 Joh. Norton, miles. 15 Joh. Carre, miles. 16 Rad. Tempest, miles. 17 Wili. Bulmer. miles, 18 Joh. Nevile, miles. 19 Pet. Vavasor, miles. 20 Tho. Strangeways, m. 21 Will. Maleverer, miles. 22 Hen. Clifford, miles. 23 Joh. Nevile miles. 24 Joh. Constable de Con- stable-Burton, miles. 25 Jac. Metcalf, arm. 23 Will. Middleton, mites, 27 Joh. Nevile, miles. 28 Joh. Constable, miles. 29 Rad. Ellerker, Ben. m. de Ellerker. 30 Joh. Strangeways, m. 31 Nic. Fairfax, miles. 32 Marm. Constable, m. 33 Joh. Constable, miles. 34 Will. Fairfax, miles. 35 George Darey, miles, h LIST OF HIGH-SHERIFFS. Appendix. A.D. 1536 Bryan Hastings, miles 37 Hen. Savile, miles. 38 Jac. Strangeways, m. 39 Will. Fairfax, miles. 40 Rob. Nevill, miles. 41 Hen. Savile, miles, 42 Tho, Tempest, miles 43 Tho. Dawney de Co- wicke, miles. .44 Nieh. Fairfax, miles. 45 Christ. Dauby, miles, 40 Joh. Tempest, miles. EDWARD VI. 1547 Ric.Cholmleyde Whit- by, miles. 48 Will. Vavasour^ miles. 49 Walt. Calverley, de Calverley, miles. 50 Leon. BeckWith, de Aketon, miles. 51 Tho. Gresham, miles. 52 Tho. Maleverer, miles. PHILIP AND MARY. 3553 Tho. Waterton, miles 54 Ingram Clifford, miles. 55 Christ. Metcalfe, miles 56 Rich. Cholmley, miles. 57 Rob. Constable", miles. 58 Rad. Ellerker, miles. ELIZARETH. 1559 Joh. Vaughan, de Sut- ton, arm. 60 John Nevill, miles. 61 Nich. Fairfax, miles. 62 Geo. Bowes, de Stra- tham, miles. 63 Will. Vavasour, miles. 64 Will. Ingleby, de Rip- ley, miles. 65 Tho. Gargrave, de Nosthall, miles, 66 Joh. Constable, miles. 67 Hen. Savile, miles. 68 Ric. Norton, arm. 69 Tho. Gargrave, miles. 70 Christ. Hildyard, miles 71 Tho. Fairfax, miles 72 Joh. Dawney, de Co- wick, arm. 73 Marm. Constable, m. 74 Joh. Bellasis, de New borough, miles. 75 Tho. Danby, miles. A. D 1576 77 ?8 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 1600 1 2 3 Tho. Boyp/tdn, de Barrsston, arm. Will. Fairfax, arm. Christ. Wandsford, de Kirklington, miles. Ric. Goodrick, de Rib- ston, arm. Rad. Bourchier, arm. Rob. Stapleton, miles. Tho. Wentworth, arm Cotton Gargrave,miles Joh. Hotham, de Scar- borough, arm. Bri«!? Stapleton, miles Hen .Constable, d« Con- stable-Burton, arm. Rob. Aske, arm. Ric. Maleverer, arm. Joh. Dawney, miles. Phil. Constable, arm. Ric, Goodrick, arm. Will. Mallery, miles. Rad. Eure primogen. D. Eure. Fran. Vaughan, arm. Christ. Hildyard, arm. Fran. Boynton, miles. Tho. Lascells, arm. Marm. Grimston, de Grimston-Garth, arm Rob. Swyfte, de Don- caster, arm. Fran. Clifford, de Lon- desbro' arm. Will.Wenfworth, arm. Tho. Strickland, arm. Hea. Bellasis, miles. JAMES I. 1604 Hen. Bellasis, miles. 4 Ric. Gargrave, miles 5 Will. Bamburgh, de Housam, miles. 6 Hen. Griffith,de Agnes- Burton, miles, 7 Timothy Hutton, de Mask, miles 8 Hugh Bethell, de Alne, miles. 9 Fran. Hildesley, miles 10 Tho. Dawney, miles 1 1 Hen. Slingsby, deScri- ven, miles. 12 Christ. Hildyard, miles 13 Geo. Savile, mil. et bar 14 Joh. Ar mil age, de Kirklees, arm. 15 Ed. Stanhope, miles A.D> 1616 Mic. Warton, de Bever- ley, miles. 1 7 Rob. Swyfte, de Don- caster, miles. 18Wil.Alford, deBilton, miles. 19 Apth. Ingram, de civit. Ebor, miles. 20 Tho. Gower, de Stiten- ham, m. et bar. 21 Ric. Tempest, miles 22 Gudo Palmes, de Lind- ley, miles 23 Hen. Jenkins,de Grim- ston. juste. Ebor. na. 24 Ric. Cholmley, miles. CHARLES I. 1625 Tho, Wentworth mile* et bar. 26 Tho. Norcliffe de Ma- nythorpe, miles. 27 Tho. Fairfax, miles. 28 Matthew Boynton,mil. et bar. 29 Arthur Ingram, jun. 30 Joh. Gibson, miles. 31 Tho. Layton, de Lay- ton, miles. 32 Arthur Robinson, de Newby, miles. 33 Marm. Wy v ille,de Con- stable-Burton, mile* et bar. 34 Joh. Hotham, miles et bar. 35 Will. Pennyman, de Maske, bar. 36 Joh. Ramsden, miles.' 37 Tho. Danby, miles. 38 Will. Robinson, miles, 39 Marm. Langdale, de' Dalton, miles. 40 Joh. Buck, de Filey, rtf 41 Tho. Gower, jun. de Stitnam, miles. 42 Ric. Hutton de Golds- bro' miles 43 Matthew Boynton de Barmston, m. et bar 44 Idem 45 Joh. Bourchier, miles 46 Rob. Darley de Butter- crumb, miles 47 Joh. Savile de Medley, miles 48 Will. S. Quintin, de II arpham, bar. Appendix. LIST OF HIGH-SHERIFFS. Vi A. D. 1576 Tho. Boynton de Barmston,rtr/;?. 77 Will. Fairfax, arm. 73 Christ Wandsford dc Kirkllngton, miles. 79 Ric. Good rick de Rib- ston, arm. SO Rad. Bourchier, arm. 81 Rob. Stapleton, miles. 82 Tho. Wentworth, arm 83 Cotton Gargrave, m. 84 Job. Hotham de Scar- bro', arm. "85 Brian Stapleton, miles. 86 Hen. Constable de Con- stable-Burton, arm. 87 Rob. Aske, arm. 88 Ric. Maleverer,orm. 89 Joh. Dawney, miles. 90 Phil. Constable, arm. 9i Ric. Goodrick, arm. 92 Will. Mallery, miles. 98 Rad. Eure primogen. D. Eure. 94 Fran. Vaughan, arm. 95 Christ. Hildyard, arm. 96 Fran. Boynton, miles. 9" Tho. Lascells, arm. 98 Marm. Grimston de Grimst on -garth, arm 99 Rob.Swyftde Doncas- ter, arm. 1600 Fran. Clifford de Lon- desbro', arm. 1 Will. Wentworth, ar. 2 Tho. Strickland, arm. 3 Hen. Bellasis, miles. A. D. 1615 F.d. Stanhope miles. 16 Mich. Waiton, de Be- verley, miles. 17 Rob. Swyft de Don- caster, miles. lSWill.AlforddeBilton,™ 19 Arth. Ingram, de civit. Ebor. miles. "20 Tho. Gower de Stiten- ham, miles et bar. 21 Ric. Tempest, miles. 22 Guido Palmes de Lind- ley, miles. 23 Ken. Jenkins de Grim- ston juxta Ebor. mil. 24 Ric. Cholmley, miles. JAMES I. 1603 Hen. Bellasis, miles. 4 Ric. Gargrave, miles. 5 Will. Banburgh de Howsam, miles. 6 Hen. Griffith de Agnes Burton, miles. 7 Tim. Hutton, de Mask, miles. 8 HughBethelldeAIne,m 9 Fran. Hildesley, miles. 10 Tho. Dawney, miles. 11 Hen. Slingsby de Scri- ven, miles. 12 Christ. Hildyard, 7niles 13 Gftorg.Savile, m.etbar 14 Joh. Armitagede Kirk- lee.*.. irm. CHARLES mil. 1625 Tho. Wentworth et bar. 26 Tho. Norcliffe de Ma- nythorpe, miles. 27 Tho. Fairfax, miles 28 Matthew Boynton, mil et bar. 29 Arthur Ingram, jun. 30 Joh. Gibson, miles. 31 Tho. Lay ton de Lay- ton, miles. 32 Arthur Robinson de Newby, miles. 33 Marm. Wyvil de Con- st&ble-Burton,m.etb. 34 Joh. Hotham, m. et b. 35 Will. Pennyman de Maske, bar. 36 Joh. Ramsden, miles. 37 Tho. Danby, miles. 38 Will. Robinson, miles. 39 Marm. Langdale de Dalton, miles. 40 Joh. Buck de Filey, m. 41 Tho. Gower, jun. de Stitnam, miles. 42 Ric. Hutton de Golds- bro', miles. 43 Matthew Bointon de Barmston, m. et bar. 44 Idem. 45 Joh. Bourchier, miles. 43 Rob. Darley de But- tercrumb, miles. 47 Joh. Savile de Medley, miles. 48 Will. S. Quintin de Harpbam, bar. CHARLES II. A. D. 1619 Joh. Savile of Lupsit,m 50 Ed. Roads, miles. 51 Geo. Mar Wood, arm. 52 Hugh Betheli, jun. de "Rise. 53 Will. Constable de Flambro', m. et bar. 54 Col. Joh. Bright of Badsworth. 55 John Bright. - 56 Thomas Harrison, esq. 57 The same. 58 Barrington Bourchier esq. 59 Robert Waters, esq. 60. Sir Tho. Slingsby, bart„ 61 Sir Tho. Osborne, bt, 62 Sir Tho. Gower of Stit- nam, knt. and bt. 63 Sir Roger Langley of Sheriff-Hoton,bart. 64 Sir Francis Cobb, knt. 65 The same. 66 Sir John Reresby, bart. 67 Sir Richard Maulever- er, knt. and bt. 68 Sir John Armitage, bt. 69 Sir Phil. Monckton,A:rc£ 70 Sir Solomon Swale, bt. 71 SirWill.Wentworth,*f. 72 John Ramsden, esq. 73 Sir Tho. Yarborough, knight. 74 Henry Marwood, esq. 75 Sir Ed. Jennings, knt. 70 Sir Godfrey Copley, bt. 77 The same. 78 Rich. Shuttle worth, esq. 79 Sir Tho. Daniel, knt. 80 Sir Rich. Grahme of Norton-Coniers, bt. 81 Will. Lowther, esq. 82 Ambrose Pudsey, esq. 83 Sir Brian Stapylton,6f. 84 Christ. Tancred, esq. JAMES II. 1685 Christ. Tancred, esq. 80 Thomas Rookeby, esq. 87 The same. 88 Sir Rich. Grahme, dis- placed, and in April 1689. \l LIST OF HIGH SHERIFFS, 'Appendix, WILLIAM in. & MARY. A.D. 1689 William Robinson, esq. 90 Sir Jon. Jennings, knt. 91 Henry Fairfax, esq. 92 John Gill, esq. 93 Ambrose Pudsey, esq. 94 Charles Tancred, esq. 95 Ingleby Daniel, esq. 98 John Bradshaw, esq. 97 Thomas Pulleine, esq. 98 Will. Lowther, esq. 99 John Lambert, esq. 1700 Fairfax Norcliff, esq 1 Robert Constable, esq ANNE. 1702 Robert Mitford, esq. 3 Sir Tho. Pennyman, bt. 4 Tho Pulleine, esq. 5 Godfrey Bosville, esq 6 Sir Matt h . Pierson, knt . 1 Sir Rog. Beckwith, bt. 8 Hen. Iveson, esq. 9 Will. Ellis, esq. JOWflf.Turbutt,es£. 11 Will. Neville, esq. 12 Will. Vavasonr, esq. 13 Rich. Beaumont, esq. 14 Tho. Wrightson, esq. GEORGE I. 1715 Fairfax Norclifle, esq. 16 Char. Wilkinson, esq. 17 Sir Will. Hustler, knt. 18 Sir Hen. Goodrich, bt. 19 Daniel Lascelles, esq. 20 John Bourchier, esq, 21 Sir Walter Hawkes- worth, bart. 22 Sir Ralph Milbank, bt. 23 SirWill.Wentwor*h,6f. 24 Hugh Cholmley, esq. 25 Cholmley Turner, esq. 26 Tho. Ramsden, esq, 27 Charles Batliurst, esq. GEORGE II. 1728 Thomas Duncombe of Duucombe park, esq. 29 William Harvey, esq. 30 SirWill. S. Quintin, bt. A.tt* 1731 Bielby Thompson 1 , esq. 32 Sir Rowland Wynne,bt 33 Tho. Condon, esq. 34 Hugh Bethell, esq. 35 Francis Barlow, esq. 36 James Hustler, esq. 37 Mark Kir by, esq. 38 Sir Hugh Smithson, bt. 39 Sir Geo. Cooke, bart. 40 Sir S. Armytage, bart. 41 Sir Lionel Pilkington, bart. 42 Henry Darcy, esq. 43 Ralph Bell, esq. 44 Godfrey Copley, esq. 45 Tho. Thornhill, esq. 46 Henry Ibbetson,esq. 47 Sir Will. Milner, bart. 48 Will Thompson, esq. 49 John Bourchier, esq. 50 Sir Will. Pennyman, bt 51 Sir Griffith Boynton,bt 52 Richard Sykes, esq. 53 Sir Ralph Milbanke,bt. 54 Nathan. Cholmley, esq 55 Tho. Foljambe, esq. 56 Sir G. M. Metham, kt. 57 Henry Willoughby,esq 58 Jeremiah Dixon, esq. 59 Charles Turner, esq. 60 James Shuttleworth, esq. GEORGE III. 1761 Sir John Lister Kaye, bart. 62 Hugh Bethell, esq, 63 Boynton Langley, esq. 64 Sir Will. Foulis, bart. 65 Sir Thomas Wentworth bart. 66 Tho. Thornhill, esq. 67 Tho. Arthington, esq. 68 Sir Geo. Strickland, bt. 69 Sir James Ibbetson, bt. 70 SirBeilingham Graham bart. 71 Sir Griffith Boynton,bt 72 Sir W. St. Quintin, bt. 73 Sir M. Asty Wyville,bt 74 Mann Horsfield, esq. 75 Sir Geo. Armytage, A.D. 1776 Giles Earle, esq. 77 Bacon Frank, esq. 78 John Sawrey Morritt r esq. 79 Tho. Duncombe, esq. 80 Will. Bethell, esq, 81 Humph. Osbaldeston, esq. 82 Sir John Ingilby, bart. 83 Sir R. D. Hildyard, bt. 84 William Danby, esq. 85 Sir T. T. Slingsby, bt. 86 Richard Langley, esq. 87 F. F. Foljambe, esq. 88 John Yorke, esq. 89 Walter Fawkes, esq. 90 C. Duncombe, jun. esq. 91 Sir G. Armitage, bt. 92 Sir T. Frankland, bt. 93 R. H. Beaumont, esq. 94 Thomas Lister, esq. 95 Mark Sykes, esq. 96 Godfrey Wentwortfr Wentworth, esq. 97 Sir J. Ramsden, bart, 98 Sir T. Pilkington, bt. 99 Sir RowlandWynn, bt. 1800 JamesMilnes, esq. 1 Rich. Thompson, esq. 2 Sir William Foulis, bt. 3 Sir H. C. Ibbetson, bt. 4 James Fox, esq. 5 Henry Cholmley, esq. 6 J. B. S. Morritt, esq. 7 R.F.Wilson, esq. 8 Robert Denison, esq. 9 Sir G. Wombwell, bt. 10 T. E.W.Bellasyse, esq. 11 Richard Watt, esq. 12 Sir T. Slingsby, bt. 13 Robert Crowe, esq. 14 Sir F. L.Wood, bt. 15 William Garforth, esq. 16 R. O. Gascoigne, esq. 17 Sir W. M. Milner, bt. 18 John Yorke, esq. 19 Wm. Wrightsou, esq. GEORGE IV. 1820 Henry Vansittart, esq. 21 SirW. A. Ingilby, bt. 22 Richard Bethel!,. esq. ♦* A JList of Eminent Men, NOTICED IN THIS WORK. Alcock, John 143 Elphin, Bishop 428 Alfred, King of Northumberland 155 Eusden, Lawrence 412 Aram, Eugene 33T, 381 Fairfax, Thomas 270 Ascham, Roger 61 Fairfax, Edward 365 Aske, Robert 138 Farrer, Robert (Bishop) 279 Babthorpes, Ralphs 138 Fisher, John 142 BacoQ, Fryer 356 Fitzwilliam, William 216 Balguy, Rev John 403 Fiddes, Richard 175 Baltimore, Lord 59 Fleming, Richard 264 Barnaby, Drunken, alias Richard Frobisher, Martin 272 Braithwaite 4 Fothergill, John 18 Beloe, William 47 Fothergill, Doctor Anthony 398 Bentley, Richard 372 Foulis, Henry 56 Berkenhout, John 344 Frank, Richard 251 Beverley, John of 166 Gale, Dr. Thomas 101 Bingham, Joseph 438 Gascoigne, Sir William 303 Bingley, William 272 Goes, Hugh 143 Blackburn, Francis 93 Gower, Sir John 111 Bosvill, James 389 Green, John ( Bishop) 143 Bramhall, John 378 Hartley, David 325 Bridlington, John de 147 Hastings, Lady E. 340 Briggs, Henry 299 Hatfield, de William 307 Brompton, John of 14 Hickes, Doctor 61 Brookbank, Joseph 299 Hickes, John 61 Brooke, John Charles 314 Hill, Joseph 243 Brown, Tom 63 Holmes, George 408 Brotherton, Thomas de 247 Holden, Rev. Dr. 319 Bubwith, Nicholas de 148 Holgate, Archbishop 312 Burton, Henry 144, 233 Hood, Robin 334, 388, 415 Burton, John 438 Hopton, John ( Bishop ) 234 Byrks, Robert 272 Hurtley, Mr. 351 Cappe, Newcome 344 Hoveden, John of 172 Carr, John 318 Hutchinson, John 108 Cholmley, Sir Hugh 97 Hutton, Archbishop 72 Clapham, John 229 Ingram, Robert 143 Clarke, Rev. John 60 Jackson, John 103 Clarkson, David 241 Jenkins, 11, 34 Clifton, Sir Gervaise 217 John, Constantine (Lord Mulgrave,) 78 Comber, Rev. Thomas 81 Johnson, Thomas 174 Congreve, William 225 Johnson, Dr. Thomas 399 Cooke, Captain 73 Kirton, George 87 Coverdale, Bishop 18 Knivet, Sir Thomas 158 Craven, William 219,293,428 Langtoft, Peter 179 Cuitt, George 86 Lamplngh, Archbishop 200 Dade, William 149 Lambert, Major General 251 De Foe, Daniel 300 Lee, Rev. William 228 Deane, Doctor 393 Lockwood, William 252 Dodgson, Doctor 428 Lodge, William 344 Dodsworth, Roger 82 Lun 378 Drake, Doctor Samuel 434 Mary, Queen of Scots 11 Edwards, William 300 Marvel, Andrew 204 V11I. LIST OF EMINENT MEN. Appendix, Dutchman, Billy 230 Scrope, Jeffrey 74 Margetson, James 273 Sezevaux, John de 198 Marre, John 352 Sharp, John 241 Mason, Rev. William 221 Sharpe, Abraham 319 Melton, de William 183 Shaw, Cuthbert 91 Metcalfe, ofNappa 79 Sheepshanks, Rev. William 429 Metcalfe, John 337 Shipton, Mother 337 Montague, Mrs. Elizabeth 3 Skirlaugh, Bishop 194 Moore, Zachary 68 Smeaton, John 222 Newbrough, John of 80 Stevenson, John Hall 105 Newburgh, William of 147 Storr, Rear Admiral 160 Newman, Thomas 147 Terrick, Bishop 178 Nevison, William 394 Thompson, Captain 174 Neville, Bishop 144 Thoresby, Ralph 344 Noble, Rev. John 101 Thoresby, Archbishop 117 Oglethorpe, Doctor Owen 367 Tillotson, Archbishop 307 Oglethorpe, General 370 Tong, Esreel 431 Palliser, Archbishop 61 Topham, John 71 Plantagenet, Richard 261 Torre, James 368 Potter, Dr. John 438 Tunstall, James 6 Proctor, Thomas 400 Tunstall, Bishop 44 Pryme, Rev. Abraham de la 424 Tunstall, Marmaduke 129 Quarmby, Sir Hugh 380 Villiers, Duke of Buckingham 60 Ramsden, Jesse 300 Wandesford, Christopher 149 Ratcliffe, Doctor John 439 Walker, Samuel 354 Reed, Joseph 6 Washington, John 152 Ripley, Sir George 147 Willan, Robert 398 Robert, the Scribe 147 /Wilson, John - /Wilson, Benjamin 247 Robinson, John 21 344 Roebuck, John 403 Wilson, Mr. 300 Role, Richard 301 Wolsey, Cardinal 255 Saunderson, Nicholas 429 Woodhead, Abraham 355 Saville, Sir Henry 242 Wray, Thomas 230 Savilles, 425 Wrightson, Roger 12 Saxton, Christopher 344 Wycliffe, John de 129 Scott, Doctor James 344 Zouch, Rev. Doctor 394 Scott, Thomas (Bishop) 390 NAMES OF NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN, OT$o £abe Jkeate in t$t County, AND Inserted in this Work, with reference to the Pages where mentioned. North Riding, p. 1 to 135— East, p. 13T to 210— West, p. 211 to 460. AGAR 23 Ailesbury 56 Alderson 128, 221 Allen 294 Allot 297 Amherst 67 Araeman 190 Ausop 171 Anderson 114 Armitage 13, 80, 280 334, 358, 423 452 Arden 66, 88 Askwith 84 Atkinson 264, 346 Atkins 400 Bagshaw 224 Bailes 249 Bainbridge 264 Baldwin 326 Barrett 18 Barker 66 Barstow 106 Barnard 199 Barkworth 200 Barlow 357 Bateman 106 Battye 362, 436 Baines 140, 156 Beaumont 245, 315 Beckett 118 Beckitt 292 Belasyse 80 Benson 2 Benyon 364 Bethell 189 Bill 417 Bingley 404, 447 Blackburn 110 Bland 324, 331 Blaydes 372 Blomberg 60 Blois 251 Bolton 235 Booth 58, 248 Bosville 199 Bowes 206 Bower 202 Boynton 149 Brewin 368 Bridges 319 Brown 294, 296, 349, 374 Brooksbank 3, 309 Broadley 157, 159 Broderick 284 Brook 282 Brooke 347 Burton 200, 260 Busfield 262 Butler 429 Byng 251 Cater 405 Carrick 202 Carroll 308 Carlisle 19 Carter 115 Cayley 14, 108, 400 Chaloner 69 Champion 32 Chapman 110 Charnock 234, 262 Charlesworth 328 Chaytor 1,21,25, 108 Cheape 158 Chippendale 228 Childers 252 Cholmley 13,124,173, 277 Chorley 294 Clarke 107, 178 Clay 284 Clayton 339 Clapham 412 Clough 373 Coates 106 Consett 13 Constable 201 128, 150 Cook 88, 112, 349, 351, 373 Cooke 217, 252, 445 Coore 48 Copley 363, 412 Corbett 260 Coulthurst 288 Craddock 47 Crawshaw 250 Crathorne 25 Creyke 1 82, 382 Croft 111 Crompton 104, 128,278 Crowder 247 Cunliffe 280 Currer 126, 329 Cust 28 Dalton 409 Danby 114 Darley 2, 108 Dailington 82 INDEX TO NAMES. Appendix* North Riding, p. 1 to 135— East, p. 137 to 210— West, p. 211 to 460. Dawson 104, 223, 287, 353, 391 Dawnay 103 Davy 220 Dearden 316 Dealtry 126, 348 Dent 26 Dennison 176 Devonshire 235 Dickins 332 Dixon 362 Dobson 217 Dodsworth 119, 366 Downe 28, 262 Dowker 98 Drake 220, 335 Drury 105 Dunnington 1 98 Duffield 433 Dundas 5, 68, 72, 122 Duncombe29, 79,261 Dyson 368 449 Earle 9 Easterby 106 Edmunds 440, 454 Edwards 380 Elliott 277 Ellison 424 Elmhirst 373 Elsley 78, 88 Empson 208 Erne 445 Errington 21 Etherington J 54 Fairfax 40, 367 Fitzwiilian 442 Farrer 226, 257 Favell 36 Fawcett 211443 Fawkes 281 Fenton 42 428 435 Ferrand 262, 302, 393 Fields 222 Field 310 Firth 331 Fisher 349 Fothergill 18, 59 Forth 39 Foulis 55 150 168 Forster 220 Fox 243, 432 Foxcroft 300 Frankland 115 Frank 251 Fullerton 243 429 Gale 48, 101 Galway 228 Galley-Knight 284 339 Garland 452 Garforth. 126 Gaskill 350, 425 Gascoigne 374 Gee 212 Geldart 231, 252, 268 Gill 453 Gilpin 109 Goldsworthy 212 Gott 220 Gossip 306, 427 Goodricke 383 Gordon 391 Grantham 79, 364 Graham 84, 85 Grimston 164, 177 Greame 193 Griffith 225 Greenwood 270, 420 Grantley 293 Greaves 295, 374 Hague 265 Haigh 412 Hailstone 264 Hall 188 Hamerton 311 Hartley 76 Harland 113 Harrisonl60, 230,260 Harris 275 Hartop 282 Harvey 284 Harewood 303 Hawksworth 314 Hawke 396, 433 451 Haworth 175 Hayes 2 Headlam 128 Heaton 289 Heber 354 Heek 38 Hedges 381 Hemsworth 340 Hepworth 374 Hewgill 51 Heywood 415 Higgins 406 Hilton 405 Hill HI, 118 Hillyard 42, 112 Hirst 259 Hodgson 244, 297 Hodson 278, 410 Holt 19 Holroyd 232 Hollings 447 Hopkinson 1 43 Horseington 284 Horton 320 Horsfall 427 Hotham 50, 86, 154 Houseman 280 Howden 295 Howard 429 Hoyie 317, 391 Hudson 141, 194 Hunton 69 Hunter 91 232 Hustler 1, 435 Hutton 2, 21, 72 Hutchinson 28,31, 50 Ibbetson 269 Ikin 345 Ingilby 223, 339, 340 385 Ingham 197, 234 Jackson 83, 297 Jaques 31, 452 Jefferson 199 Johnson 230 Appendix* INDEX TO NAMES. North Riding, p. 1 to 135— East, p. 137 to 210— West, p. 211 to 4d0. Johnstone 45 Jowetts 259 Jubb 224 Kaye 268 Kendall 79 King 223 Kitchingman 18 Lacy 170 Langdale 170 171 Langley 129 Lawson 15, 237 Lawrence 38, 59, 419 Leatham 8 Leach 384 Ledger 374 Leeds 51 Lee 90, 296 Legard 158, 162, 201 Leighton 389 Lister 287, 351, 404 Livesey* 58, 108 Lodge 81 Lowther 127, 420 Lowe 442 Lunds 412 Lumley 430 Macauley 409 Mac Leod 55 Maddison 212 Maister 204, 206 Maire 65 Mann 352, 412 Marwood 1 6 Markham 229 Marsden 249 Marsham 333 Martin 394 Mason 239 Mather 148 Mauleverer 5 Maud 307 Maude 361 Maxwell 158 Maynard 47 Meller 363 Messenger 255 Metcalfe 17 Mexborough 356 Meynell 129 Micklethwaite 219 Middleton 143, 271, 347, 357, 416 Milbank 7, 45, 119 Milner 218, 222 Milnes 283, 819, 424 xMirfin 317 Mitchell 38, 295,314 Mitford 80 Moiser 204 Monson 9 Moorsora 107, 124 Morley 72 Morritt 95, 260, 404 Moss 82 Milton 442 Mulgrave 78 Muncaster 201 Murray 316 Musgrove 243 Myddleton 42 Naylor 230, 365, 366 Newton 224 Newman 454 Nowell 363 Noble 2 Norclifte 179 Norton 395 Nicholson 389 Oates 283 Oliver 267 Ombler 150 Osborne 145 Osbaldeston 54, 175 Other 35 Outram 290 Overend 159 Palmes 184 Palmer 430 Parker 248, 302, 348 366, 418, 449,453 Park 151 Parke 69 Paul SG Pease 169 Peirse 9, 92, 115 Pennyman 86, 97 Petch 151 Petyt 212 Petre 415 PilkingtoTi 256. 374 Place 105 Plumbe 432 Pollard 265, 396 Powlett II Prescott 257 Prest 433 Preston 144, 183,284 Prickett 186 Priestley 327, 345, 427 Priestly 307 Preestley 446 Prudhoe 111 Pulleine 25 Purchas 1 6 Raikes 202 Ramsbottom 233 Ramsden 80, 250 Raper 349 Rastrick 346 Rawden 435 Rawson 221,318,417 Rayner 447 Read 98 Reads 449 Redfearn 65 Reeves 18 206 Reynard 197 Rhodes 243, 318 Ribblesdale 291,351 Richardson 37, 124 187, 189 Riromington 247 Rishworth 233 Roberts 374 Robinson 51,123,427 Rokeby 66 68 Roundell 292 Rudd 73, 120 Xll. INDEX TO NAMES. Appendix. North Riding, p.. 1 to 135— East, p. 137 to Zld—JVest, p. 211 to 460. Saint Quintin 181 212 Sales 246 Saltmarshe 191 Sanders 109,212 Saunders 22 Saville 357 Scarborough 394 Scholfield 183, 191 Scott 223, 451 Scovell . 436 Scroope 27 Serjeantson 17, 302 Sharpe 319 Shepherd • 29 Sherwood 190 Shilleto 435 Shires 281 Shore 422 Silcock 446 Simpson 85, 87, 124 Slingsby 348, 397 Smithson 310, 350 Smith 23, 34, 78, 90, 253 301 Smyth 80, 137 238 310 Stanhope 252 Stansfield 283 Stainforth 267 Stapyiton 78 Stepleton * , 253 Staveley 409 Stocks 254 Stourton 216, 243 Stovin 389 Strangways 50,- 123 Strathmore 128 Straubenzie 108 Strickland 50, 145, 185, 189, 256 Sugden 275, 416 Sutcliffe 414, 417 Sutton 295 Swales 339 Swallow 365 Swann 221 Swires 261 Sykes 157. 161, 178, 182, 188, 192, 195, 198, 203 Tancred 4 Tasburgh 248 Taylor 219, 227, 380, 414 Tempest 247 Thanet 406 Thelluson 246 Thornhill ' 284 Thorpe 224 Thorold 184 Thornton 1 59 Thompson 104, 105, 152, 158, 182, 332 348, 352 Tillotson 247 Tiram 361 Tower 102 Tottie 196 Toutill 232 Trestram 246 Trapps 367 Turton 46, 65 Turner 330 Twiss 362 Tyrconnel - 59 Upton 326 Vansittart 62 Vavasour 182, 309, 444 Verelst 22l Voase 137 Waddilove 384, 428 Wainman 252,404 Wailes 96 Waterton 440 452 Walker 74, 86, 215, 258, 265, 275, 330, 339, 357, 365 Walkers 245 258 Walmesley 180 Warde 317 Ward 362 Wasney 282 Watt 149 Watson 169, 404 Waud 256 Weldon 243 Wentworth 443 454, West 200, 255 Wharton 40 105, 182 Wheat 369 Wheeler 341 W T hitelock 22 Whitacre 452 White 439 452 Whytehead 79 Wigglesworth427,433 Wilson 107, 162, 183, 212,232, 249, 264, 279, 326 ,341,355 371, 421 Wilkinsonl52, Williamson 178, 316 Winn 369 Witham 21 Winne 214 Wood 140, 162, 192, 312,316 , 431, 453 Woodyear 264 Woodhead 314 Worsley 52 Wortley 104, 454 Wormald 261 Wrightson 53, 266 Wright 231 Wyville 16 Yarburgh 168 Yeoman 80, 128 York 112, 234 Yorke 231 ,301,448 ERRATA ET ABBE NBA NORTH RIDING. AsArigg— for 49, read 55 from York. Beare-Purk — Note, for had, read has. Bolton, or Cusfle- Bolton — Note, for^gi- lence, read Vigilance. Boltm-Hall — Note, last line, read centre of Wensleydale. Breckenbrough—iov Lineage, read Leathlcy Armitage, Esq. Brignall — for ef, rend of, and for value, read value. Burton- Constable — Note, for absenee, read absence. Caldbergh — read Hang-West, instead of Gilling-West. Carr-End — Noie, last line, for Letson'r, read Letsorn's. Clifton, near York — read a j)art in the liberty Of St. Peter, Cowsby — for Tennants, read Tenants. EasUTJutrpe—iov Rev. — Gatcliffe, read E. Taylor, E^q. Gilling-West— for 17,785 inhabitants, read 21 ,331 . Giles* Alley, read Gilefc-Alloy. Hang-West— for 18,31 7 inhabitants, road 14,771. Hawes— for 17, read 14 from Kettlewell. Hovingham— Note, for Sarifice, read Sacrifice. Howlsikc — for Glaudale, rpad Glazedale. Hutton, High and Low-~for St. Magaret, read St. Margaret. Jerveaux — Note, for kooledge, read knowledge. Lartington. — for Fitshughes, read Fitzhughs. Leyburn — for 44 from York, read 43. Middleham — Note, for chorristers, read choristers. Middleton— for Clayiey, read Cayley. Mortham-Toioer — Note, last line, for Tower, read Tour. My ton— - Note, for Highill, read Wighill ; and for Heming, read Fiemming. Marrick— Note, line 3, ior to, read of King Stephen. Malton — Note, page 71, for monuments, read muniments. Manfield — for origine, read origin. Mulgrave — Note, last line but three, for who was created, read was created, <£c^ Newbiggin — Note, for Manleys, read Mauleys. Nicholas, St. — Note, for Ay6cogh, read Ayscough. Northallerton — add, It returns two Members to Parliament, a privilege first grant- ed in the 26th Edward I. The Bishop of Durham's Bailiff is the returning officer. — There are 204 burgage houses, 92 of which are the property of the Earl of Harewood, and Henry Peirse, Esq. (Jrmsby — for Mask, read Marsk. Oswaldkirk- Hall— dele the Rev. F. Simpson. Reeth—Xote, for 1877, read 1778. Rokeby—tor Kokeby, read Rokeby ; for Knig, read King. Rookyvith — for Thorton, read Thornton. RomaUlkirk — Note, for Ronald, read Romald. Silton — for Leasee, read Lessee. Stearsby— for Bransdby, read Brandshy. Sivain- by — Note, for Premonstatentian, read Preraonstratentian. Stettenham, read Stittenham. Sessions — page 135, instead of the first Tuesday after the 11th of October, read the first Tuesday in the first whole week after the Uthof October. Thornton — Note, forupards, read upwards. Thirkleby, High— ior Sir William Smelt, read William Smelt, Esq. Topcliffe — Note,line 2, after river, read Swale. TanfieUt, West— for Maud Marion, read Maud Marmion. Ibid. — Note, page 115, line 23, after village, add from the parish-church. Wliitby — Note, for inhabitants, read inhabitants. IVycliffc — for Francis, read Sir Thomas Constable, Bart. Yawn— for coajuls, read consols. / £iV. •'•■ £#RAfA E't ADftENfitf, Appendix. EAST RIDING. Sainhn-^The authority of Blount should be read after the word weeks, line 6. in note, and not at the end of the note. Booth — for across the Humber, read across the Ouse, Boynton — Note, line 8, top Dellaway, read Dallaway. Brigham — for Foster, read Ftfston, Bubwith-^ate, for Jerome Ragoe, read Jerome of Prague. Burton Agrte* — dele the letter t at the end of temp. Henry VI1T. Cave, North — for Patron, Robert Christie Burton, read Mrs Peters; Castleholmes — for Lawthorpe, read Lowthorpe. Cottingh-am—tot Estoteirlle, read Estoteville. Ella, /Vest— Note, for views of the and port of Hnl!, read views of the town stfd port of Hull, Ergham—fov Thomas, read Charles Gritnston, Esq, Heslertm-^de\e the comma after Robinson. Heslingtvti—ior Ampleworth, read Amplefortb. Ibid — Note, line 3, p. 169, for entermarriages, read intermarriages.-. Hornsea — for 33, read 43 from York. I/utton, East and /Vest — for Wavethorpe, read Weaverthorpe^ Market /Veighton—'Sote, for 27|, read 2| miles north of Market- Weighton, Moor- Houses— for Burton Agness, read Barton Agnes. Melbourne — Note, for was created a Baronet in 1801, read succeeded his fether y Sir' Henry, March 15, 1813— creation,— March 20, 1801. Bdutk — Note, for Brasser, read Brasses. Bowlston — for Aipiman, read Arneman. Budston — Note, line 5, for extracts, read extract *■ Sculcoates — for dedicated to Mary, read dedicated to St.- Mary • Sutton, Full—Note, for Idle Monk, read Idle Monks. Thorganhj— for to St, Elen, read to St. Helen, Tunstall — for disharged, read discharged. TValkington—iox wapentake, read wapentakes of Howdenshire, &c /Vharram-Percy — dele Esq. after Sir Charles Buck. /Vincstedd— Note, for Englahd, read England; and at line 24, p. 205, for form> react from the mouth, &c. /Void-Newton — Note, for continues a email annual sum, read continues to pay tf small, &c. /Vressle — Note, for eight sqnres, read eight squares. Sessions— p. 210, for Tuesday after the eleventh of October, read Tuesday in the first whole week after the eleventh of October. Yftpfiam— Note, for and served by the, read and has been served, &x* POPULATIONS OMITTED. Anfafoy, . ....^* -.': 307 Beverley, 6,728 Camerton, included in Rvhill, . . Ferribv, North, ." 347 Hedon, 902 Hessle, 1,021 Kirk-Ella, ., 246 Molesciroft,. }U NWba-ld, North, vw......... 543 Newbald, South, .....,...,.< 179 Sandholme and Stockhill, .... 48 Swanland,' ................. ^ 418* Tickton and Hull-bridge* .... 110 Thearne, 90 Weel, ......:. 101 Woodmansea and Beverley-Park, 27$ West-Ella, ..........;..... 123, YVillerby, V ^ ...... . .,. ....... 9W WEST RIDING.- Aidirtgham— Nofe, Hne 1, dele w, after Church. Afmholme—hv Spotted, read Strafforth and TielvbHL Appendix. errata et addenda. xv, Appleton, Nun— Note, line 7, for alineated, read alienated. Armistad, read Armistead. Arnecliffe- Cote— Note, line 1, after Here, insert lived. Arthington — Note, line l,forcentuary, read century^. Borden — Note, line 10, for be drooms, read bed rooms. fiertfham, Low — Note, line 5, for pnlic, read public. Bitham- Grange — : for Holland, read Hoyland. Bingley — Note, line 1, dele of, after Lordship. Birkby — for Tborne9, read Thorner. Brandrith-Craggs— Note j for Brand with, read Brandrith. Broughton — Note, line 9, p. 248, for hermit, read helmet. Browsholme- Hall— Note, line 17, for Weddington-Hall, read Waddingltm-HaiL Busker — for Hogland, read Hoyland. Vastfe/ord — Note, line 3, for Legolium, read Legeolium. Cattal — for Aunsingore, read Hunsingore. Ceufthorpe—^S ote, line 4, for ts, read is, and dele tf in appeearing. Cauood — Note, line 15, for medidations, read meditations. Crojton— Note, line 2, for on, read of. DaUc, High — line 3, for to Narrow-Gill, read to a Narrow-Gill, &c. Darley—fov Hempsthwaite, read Hampsthwaite. Dean Read—to* Hunshef, read Hunshelf. Deighton t North— line 4, for Sir John, read Sir William Ingilby. Dent— instead of a market and parish-town of Sedberg-b, read a market-town, in the parish or Sedbergh. Dick- Roy- Heuse, read Uick-Royd-Honse; Dungworth— for Bradford, read Bradfield. Elphlebroitgh-Ha.il. read Elphabrough-Hall. Farfield-Hall — for Addringbam, read Addinghairf. Farnham — for Collings, read Collins. Fountains- Hall— Note, line 5, after ruids, add, " In 1627, it was iri the pr/ssession of Richard Ewens, Esq. of Sooth Cowton, whose daughter and sole heiress married John Messenger, E9q. of Newsham. It remained in the Messenger family till the year 1767, when John Michael Messenger, Esq. sold it to William Aislabie, Esq. of Studlev, for ,£18,000." dele the last lines, commencing, it was formerly, , line 1, for lead, read led. Kirkheaton — Note, last line, for me* morials of, read memorials in. Knaresbrough — Note, line 35, for Pierce, read Piers. Killinghall — Note, and line 5, for Tankred, read Tancred ; and at end of Note, insert Hist. Knaresbrough. LedsUri— Note, for Mora, read Moira. Leeds— iot 24, read 25 from York; Leeds—Note, line 39, for Bnrlay-Bar, read Burley-Bar. Levels, High and Low— for This township, read This place is named, &c. Malham— Note, line 1, dele and, after vale* Masbroxigh — Note, line 9, for founda- ries, read foundries- Menston — for Westow, read Wistow. MenuHth — for Hamps* waite, read Hampsthwaite. Micklethivaite- Grange— for extraparochial, read in the parish of Collingham, vide Wetherby-Geange, which is one and the same place — tbe information for correcting it at Mickletnwaite, came too late . Millwood — insert of, after township. Newton- Hall— for Ripley, read Nid ; the house being within the township and parish of Nid ; but nearly the whole of the land is in Ripley. Newton- tVillwvs — for Ledsame, read Ledsham. Chtsebxtm, Little — after Boroughbridge, insert diocese of Chester. Bed- House- Note, for Robert Oughtre, read Robert Oughtred. Rimmgton^Note f line 1, fat Mansion, read Manor. Roecliffc— for A 1 borough, read Aldb«Tougb. XVI, ERRATA ET ADDENDA. Appendix, Sheflidd^-y). 402, line 34, for essay, read assay office. . Swinion — The chapel has been recently re-built, but whether the Saxon doorway has Ijeen destroyed or not, we have not hoard. Sedbergh — Note,;p. 398, for Sarbonne, read Sorbonne. Tadcaster— for 14, read 15 from Leeds. Thorne—Note, line 7, for Pile, read Pill* Hill. Thornhills—for Harthead, read Hartshead. Waldingwell — Note, for Burton, read Dugdale. fVentworth- House— Note, line 36, for Warren's, read Warner's. Ibid. — p. 443, line 2, for Fitz Godrie, read .Fitz Godric. fVentworth- Ca&tk — Note, line 5, for founders, read founder. Whixley—Note, page 448> line 11, for Adelira, read Adeliza— and in next line, far founders, read founder. Page 469, John Williamson, Esq. for Ripon, read Hollings, Harrogate. J. LANGDAIE, P-RINTER, NORTHALLERTON, v or c BINDERY 1903