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ABBERFORD, a market-town, in the parishes of Abberford and Sherburn, wapentakes of Skyrack, (lower division) and Barkston-Ash, liberties of Pontefract and St. Peter; 6 miles from Tadcaster, 8 from Wetherby, 9 from Ferrybridge, 11 from Leeds and Pontefract, 14 from Selby, 16 from York, 186 from London. --Market, Wednesday. --Fairs, last Mondays in April and May, first Monday in October, first Monday after St. Luke, first Monday after All Saints, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, &c.; if either of the two last St. days fall on a Monday, the Fair will be held on that day. --Principal Inn, the Swan. --Pop. Lotherton-with-Abberford, 427 -Abberford, 579 -Total, 1,006. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Richard, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, +6L. 1s. 8d. Patron Oriel-College, Oxford. Abberford is thus singularly situated with respect to the townships, viz. the west-side of the town, from the river Cock, (south-end) is Abberford-cum-Parlington; the east-side of the same end, is Lotherton-cum-Abberford; and all north of the river is Abberford alone. Abberford is situated on the great north road, upon the small river Cock, a river rendered famous in history by the battle of Towton, in 1461, a village a few miles lower down; the market is almost discontinued. At the north end of the town is the vestige of a Roman station, to which place the Roman road from Castleford runs. Abberford had once a good trade for pins, but has long since fallen to decay. On the site of the School, endowed by Lady Betty Hastings, in 1738, is built a National school, conducted on the plan of Dr. Bell. About half a mile north from Abberford, is a farm house, formerly a public house and known by the name of the Black Horse, which is said to have been the occasional retreat of the notorious Nevison, and at which house he baited his favourite mare, on his expeditious journey from London to York. This mare was afterwards given to the Gascoignes of Parlington. Drunken Barnaby seems to have visited this place, for he sings: "Veni Aherford, ubi notum Quod aciculis emunt potum, Pauperes sunt et indigentes Multum tamen sitientes; Parum habent, nec habentur Ulla, quae non tenet venter" ABDY, 2 f.h. in the township oF Brampton-Bierlow, and parish of Wath-upon- Dearne, liberty of Tickill; 5 miles from Rotherham. ACACIA-COT, (the seat of Richard Fawcett, Esq.) in the township and parish of Guiseley; 4 miles from Bradford. ACASTER-MALBIS, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 4.5 miles from York, 7 from Tadcaster. --Pop. 291. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, value, p.r. !32L. Patron, Paul Beilby Thompson, Esq. --Bacon styles it a discharged vicarage, value, 5L. 6s. 5.5d. ACASTER-SELBY, (Ainsty) in the parish of Stillingfleet; 6 miles from Tadcaster and York, 8 from Selby. --Pop. 188. ACKWORTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 3 mile from Pontefract, 5 from Ferrybridge, 8 from Wakefield, 28 from York. --Pop. Including Low Ackworth, 1,575. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 22L. 1s. O.5d. Patron, the King, as Duke of Lancaster. Ackworth is nominally divided into two villages, called High and Low, adjoining each other. The parish and township are co-extensive, in which are the following seats, viz:- Ackworth-Park, John Petyt, Esq. Ackworth-House, John Goldsworthy, Esq. Ackworth-Villa, Thomas St. Quintin, Esq. Ackworth-Lodge. The Rev. George Maddison; Ackworth Moor-Top, Thomas Gee, Esq. Ackworth-Grange, Richard Wilson, Esq. and at Ackworth, D'Oyley Sanders, Esq. The school at this place was originally an appendage to the Foundling Hospital in London, and built partly by original subscription, and partly by aid of Parliament. In 1777 the premises and lands were offered for sale; when Dr. Fothergill, and some of the Society of Friends, purchased the whole for 7,000L. and converted it into a seminary for the children of Quakers. The school has since been supported by legacies, donations, &c. The sum paid for board, education, and clothes, is regulated by a committee. There are generally about 300 pupils on this establishment; and nothing can exceed the order and regularity that prevails in the school, which stands in a beautiful and pleasant situation. The management is under the direction of Mr. Robert Whitaker, subject to the direction of a committee. ACOMB, (Ainsty) a parish-town, in the liberty of St. Peter; 2.5 miles from York, 8.5 from Tadcaster, 12.75 from Wetherby. --Pop. 733. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Stephen, value, +3L. 9s. 2d. p.r. !80L. Patron, the Rev. Thomas Tireman. ACOMB, or AXEHOLME, f.h. in the township of Blaxton, and parish of Finningley, (Notts.) soke of Doncaster; 6.5 miles from Bawtry, 7 from Thorne. ADDINGHAM, a parish-town, in the east division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 6 miles from Skipton, 7 from Keighley, 9 from Otley, 37 from York. --Pop. 1570. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Craven, value, +9L. 7s. 8.5d. p.r. !122L. 18s. 10d. Patroness, Mrs Mary Cuncliffe. The Church, one of the neatest in Craven, with the antique parsonage house, stands at an agreeable distance from the village, on a lingula of land, between the Wharfe and the deep channel of a brook, which unites with it immediately beneath. --Whittaker. ADEL, or ADDLE, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Skyrack; 4 miles from Harewood, 5 from Leeds, 7 from Otley, 24 from York. --Pop. including Eccup, 609, which being united, form a township. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 16L. 3s. 4d. Patron, W.G. Davy, Esq. in right of his wife. Adel or Addle, or "the Adhill of the 'Liber Regis', which probably gives the true etymology of the word, the Hill of Ada, the first Saxon colonist of the place," and supposed to be the 'Bargo-dunum' of the Romans; and from the great number of antiquities discovered here at different times, such as fragments of urns and other Roman vessels, monuments, pillars, aqueducts, inscriptions, &c. we may conclude it to have been a station of considerable importance. This station appears to have been about half a mile north of the church, for particulars of which, we must refer the reader to Thoresby and Whittaker. The Church of Adel, built not long before 1100, is one of the must perfect and beautiful specimens of Norman architecture in the county particularly when we consider its exposed situation. The rich and highly adorned entrance of the south side, appears to have been freed, at the request of Dr. Whittaker, by the present rector, the Rev. George Lewthwaite, in whose possession are many antquities found in the neighbouring station, mentioned before. An engraving of tbe south entrance, and another of the beautiful enriched arch entering the choir, are given in Whitaker's 'Loidis et Elmete', as well as the Norman capitals, and two Roman altars. ADDLETHORPE, f.h. in the township and parish of Spofforth; 2.5 miles from Wetherby, 6 from Knaresborough. ADLINGFLEET, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 8 miles from Howden and Crowle, (Linc.) 17 from Snaith, 28 from York. --Pop. 256. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 9L. 12s. 11d. Patron, the King. ADMERGILL, f.h. in the township of Brockden, parish of Barnoldswick, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Guisburn. ADWALTON, in the township of Drighlington, and parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5.25 miles from Bradford, 6.75 from Leeds, 8.75 from Wakefield. --No Market. --Fairs, Feb. 26, Thursdays in Easter and Whitsun Weeks, for horses and horned cattle; and every other Thursday until Sept 29, for lean cattle. A battle was fought on Adwalton Moor in 1642 between the Earl of Newcastle, who commanded the royalists' troops, and the Lord Fairfax and his son, who commanded the Parliamentarian forces; the latter were totally routed. The old Lord fled to Bradford; Sir Thomas took the road to Halifax, but the next day joined his father at Bradford with his division, where Newcastle prepared to siege them in form. Newcastle's head quarters were at Bowling Hall, from which place he now brought his cannon to bear upon the town, church, and steeple, the last of which was protected by wool sacks. Fairfax now saw his danger, and determined to make his escape by a sally; this he effected with considerable loss, and fought his way to Leeds, whence he retreated to Hull. In this sally, Lady Fairfax, who had bravely accompanied her husband through this campaign, was taken prisoner on horseback, but was generously sent back with an escort by Newcastle in his own coach. The town having now fallen into Newcastle's hands, he ordered it 'tis said, to be given up to military execution; whether the order was really given or not, it certainly was not put in execution; and tradition assigns the following reason for his forbearence: on the night preceding, Newcastle, while in bed at Bowling Hall, was accosted by an apparition of a female form, which implored him to spare the town, and either affrighted, or melted him into compliance; thus saved the lives of the unarmed inhabitants, and the place became a garrison for the King. Fairfax's Memoirs. --Whitaker's Loidis et Elmete. ADWICK-LE-STREET, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Doncaster, 6 from Rotherham, 10 from Pontefract, 13 from Barnsley, 32 from York. --Pop. 346. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Laurence, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 4L. 13s. 4d. Patron, J. Kellerton, Esq. ADWICK-UPON-DEARNE, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 6 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Doncaster, 35 from York. --Pop. 168. The Church a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, !40L. Patron, Lord Manvers. AGBRIGG, ham. (which gives name to the division) in the township and parish of Warmfield; 1.25 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, Dewsbury, 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 178,475 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 daughters, of whom Blanch being married to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, fourth son of King Edward III. had the bailiwick of this hundred assigned for her property with many other estates. -Magna Brit. AGDEN, s.h. in the township of Bashalleves, and parish of Mitton, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) AIKTON, in the parish of Featherstone, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (Aikton-Hall, the seat of Sir Edmund Mark Winne, 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. AIRMYN, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Howden, 7 from Snaith, 8 from Thorne. --Pop. 750. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, p.r. 33L. 12s. 9d. Patron, Henry Yarburgh, Esq. AIRMYN, LITTLE, in the township of Newland, and parish of Drax, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 3.25 miles from Howden, 6.25 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 from Kettlewell. --Pop. 187. AISMUNDERBY, a part of the township of Aismunderby-with-Bondgate, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Ripon; 0.25 of a mile from Ripon. --Pop. including Bondgate, 551, which being united, form a township. AKETON, scattered houses, in the township of Follyfoot, and parish of Spofforth; 3.5 miles from Knaresborough, 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 Knaresborough and Ripon, 16 from York. --Pop. 484. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, +9L. 19s. 5d. 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 particular notice of British antiquaries, is now sunk into a small village, and in danger of losing the remains of its ancient grandeur. Roman coins are frequently dug up, chiefly of Constantine and Carausius 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 part of its inhabitants, and burnt the city to the ground. -Camden. -Higden's Polychron. Though we have no account from history of its origin, yet we have incontestible 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 Caractacus 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 estimation 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 Leland's time the ruins were slender, who observes, "Vestigia quaedam, 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 Conqueror. In the 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, particylarly a votive stone found in 1776, coins, &c. It sends two Members to Parliament; the first retrun of which was in 1542. ALDERMANSHEAD, f.h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone; 2 miles from Penistone. ALDFIELD, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, liberty 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. !74L. Patroness, Mrs. Lawrence. This village is situated about a mile above the venerable ruins of Fountains Ahbey, 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, 125 grains; carbonate of magnesia, 35 grains; sulphate of magnesia, 5 grains; muriate of soda, 208 grains; muriate of magnesia, 96 grains; total 325. -Gaseous contents, carbonic acid gas, 6; azotic gas, 4; sulphurate hydrogen gas, 21; total 31 cubic inches. ALDWARKE-HALL, (the residence of Samuel Walker, Esq) in the parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Wakefield; 2 miles from Rotherham, 10 from Doncaster. --Pop. including Wheatcroft, 35, which being united, form a township. Aldwarke, the ancient seat of the Clarelles, Fitzwilliams, and Foljambes, lies remote from the parish of Ecclesfield; being separated from it by the parishes of Rawmarsh and Rotherham. In this house was born William Fitzwilliam, an eminent naval commander, and Earl of Southampton, in the sixteenth contury. He was the second son of Sir Thomas Fitzwilllam, Knight, of Aldwarke Hall. He died at Newcastle, in 1542, when on an expedition to Scotland. Of the personal 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 but be paid his ships; and not a prize but his seamen shared in as well as himself. --Biog. Dict. ALCOMDEN, ham. in the township of Wadworth, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 9 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) ALLERTON, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division 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 Skyrack, 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; 2.25 miles from Leeds, 5.25 from Harewood, 9 from Wetherby, 11 from Otley. --Pop. 1,678. The Church is a perpetual curacy. Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. Robert Parker, of Browsholme, says Thoresby, built an hospital here for ten widows, to whom he has given 50L. per annum, for nearly twenty years past, and designed to augment the endowment at his death very considerably. Whether this design was put into execution or not, we have not learned. ALLERTON-GLEDHOW, see Gledhow. ALLERTON-GRANGE, in the township of Chapel-Allerton, and parish of Leeds; 3.5 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 it before the dissolution. --Thoresby. ALLERTON-LEE, ham. in the township of AlIerton, and parish of Bradford; 3.5 miles from Bradford, 6.5 from Halifax. ALLERTON-MAULEVERER, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; (the seat of the Right Hon. Lord Stourton) 4.5 miles from Knaresborough, 5 from Wetherby, 7 from Boroughbridge, 13.5 from York. --Pop. including Hopperton, 276, which being united, form a township. The Church is a perpetual curcacy, dedicated to St. Martin, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, p.r. +28L. 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 Grafton Holinshead, &c. He received Allerton as a reward for his services. Sir Thomas Mauleverer about the 21st in succession, was created a baronet in 1640. He took up arms for the Parliament during the civil wars of Charles I. and raised two regiments at his own expense, one of horse and the other of foot, which indicated a state of affluence. He was also governor of Ripon. His name is in the instrument for the execution of the King. The estate continued in the male line till 1720; it was then held by the female line till 1786, when Lord Galway sold it to the Duke of York. The Duke in 1789, sold it to Colonel Thornton for 110,000L. who then gave it the name of Thornville Royal. In February, 1805, this superb mansion, pleasure ground, park, &c. together with the estate particularly annexed to them, were sold at Garraway's Coffee House to Lord Stourton for 163,800L. --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 Phillip Stourton, Lord Stourton, born August 22nd, 1782, succeeded 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, in the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, and parish of Arksey, lower division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 5.5 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, 10.5 from Penistone, 11 from Wakefield, 41 from York, --Pop. 5,679. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 20L. 7s. 11d. Patrons, the Trustees of the Free Grammar School of Clitheroe, (Lanc.) Here is a free grammar school founded by patent of King James I. and now endowed with about 120L. per annum. Here is supposed to have been a Roman station, the Cambodunum of Antoninus, 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 church built by Paulinus, the Northumberland apostle, and dedicated to St. Alban. Afterwards a castle was built here, which was confirmed to Henry Lacy, by King Stephen. --Camden. 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, Almondbury 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 unquestionably Saxon," &c. Of the castle hill, Dr. Whittaker 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 that the place has been destroyed by fire." --Loidis et Elmete. ALTOFTS, in the parish of Normanton, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Wakefield, 5.5 from Wetherby. --Pop. 404. ALVERLEY-GRANGE, (the seat of Bryan William Darwin Cooke, Esq.) in the township and parish of Wadworth; 3 miles from Doncaster, 10 from Rotherham. ALVERTHORPE, in the parish of Wakefield, Agrbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 1 mile from Wakefield, 4 from Dewsbury. --Pop including Thornes, 4,448, which being united form a township. ALWOODLEY, in the parish of Harewood, upper-division of Skyrack; 3 miles from Harewood, 5.25 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. in the number of his wives; for, whereas that monarch, three Kates, two Nans, and one dear Jane had wedded; this Baronet had three honourables, three right worshipfulls, 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, f.h. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard, 5 miles from Kettlewell. ANGRAM, (Ainsty) in the parish of Long-Marston; 4 miles from Tadcaster, 7 from York, 8.5 from Wetherby. --Pop. 66. ANSTON, NORTH, in, the parish of South-Anston, liberties of St. Peter and Tickhill; 6 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 8 from Rotherham, 9 from Tickhill. --Pop. included in South-Anston. ANSTON, SOUTH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberties of St. Peter and Tickhill; 6 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 8 from Rotherham, 9.5 from Tickhill; 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, 33L. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. APPERLEY and BRIDGE, ham. In the township of Eccleshill, and parish of Bradford, liberty of Wakefield; 4 miles from Bradford, 6 from Otley, 10.5 from Leeds. APPLEDAY, 2 f.h. in the township of Notton, and parish of Royston, liberty of Pontefract; 4.5 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 by Adeliza 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 prescribed to the Nuns; that none of the sisters were to use the ale-house, nor the water side where stangers resorted to, &c. Valued at the dissolution at 73L. 9s. 10d. --Dugdale In 1552, Robert Darkual, the grantee, alienated 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. --Dugdale. It is now enjoyed by the present Baronet. Sir William Mordaunt Sturt Milner succeeded his father, Sir William Mordaunt, September 9, 1811, married, first in 1804, the daughter of the Right Hon. Theophilus Clements, and grand daughter of the Right Hon. John Beresford:- Sir William married, second, May 8, 1809, Henrietta, daughter of Lord Edward Bentick, son of William, second Duke of Portland. Heir presumtive, his brother Charles. Creation, February 29th, 1716. APPETON-ROEBUCK, (Ainsty) in the parish of Bolton-Percy; 5 miles from Tadcaster, 8 from York. --Pop. 585. APPLETREWICK, in the parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliffe, 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. A charter for a fair and free warren was granted 4th of Edward II, at the instance of Piers do Gavestone, to the Prior and Canons of Bolton, who were then owners of the Manor. - Whitaker. 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 "equistri dignitate, et senator Londinensis." In 1611, he was chosen Lord Major; the time of his death not known. In him commercial spirit of the family ended as it had begun. William Craven, his eldest son, having been trained in the armies of Gustavus 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 unfortunate 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 of Craven, 16th Charles II. -Whitaker's Craven. ARDSLEY, 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.) 2.5 miles from Barnsley, 9 from Rotherham, 9.5 from Wakefield, 13 from Doncaster. --Pop. 992, ARDSLEY, EAST, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3.5 miles from Wakefield 6 from Leeds, 11.5 from Bradford, 28 from York. --Pop. 832. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Pontefract. Patron, the Right Hon. Earl of Cardigan. ARDSLEY, WEST, or WESTERTON, in the parish of Woodkirk, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 4.5 miles from Wakefield, 5 from Dewsbury, 9.75 from Bradford. --Pop. 1,515. ARKENDALE, in the parish of Knaresborough, lower-division, of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; 4 miles from Knaresborough 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. 81L. Patron, the Vicar of Knaresborough. ARKSEY, a parish-town, in the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, lower division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 3.5 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, 12L. 17s. 6d. p.r. 109L. 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, f.h. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 7 miles from Kettlewell. ARMITAGE-FOLD, ham. in the townships of North and South-Crosland, and parish of Almondbury; 2.25 miles from Huddersfield. ARMISTEAD, (the seat of John Forster, Esq) in the township and parish of Giggleswick; 2.75 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.) 2.25 miles from Leeds, 8 from Bradford. --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 Thoresby, 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 and Tickhill; 4 miles from Doncaster, 7.5 from Bawtry and Thorne, 40 from York. --Pop. 359. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 8L. 18s. 9d. Patron, the King. ARNCLIFF, --modern spelling of Arnecliff (below) -CH. ARNCLIFF COTE, --modern spelling of Arnecliff-Cote (below) -CH. ARNECLIFF, a parish-town, in the west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 7 miles from Kettlewell, 11 from Settle, 16 from Skipton, 50 from York. --Pop. 189. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Craven, value, 13L. 6s. 8d. p.r. 33L. 6s. 8d. Patron, the University-College, Oxford. ARNECLIFF-COTE, 4 f.h. in the townships of Arnecliff and Hawkswick, and parish of Arnecliff; 7 miles from Kettlewell. Here lived 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. --Whitaker's Craven. ARNFORTH, s.h. in the township of Hellifield, and parish of Long-Preston, liberty of Staincliffe; 6.5 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 century, was a Priory of Cluniac Nuns, built and endowed by Peers of Arthington, who gave the site and desmesnes 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, 11L. 8s. 4d. -Dugdale, 13L. 7s. 4d. -Speed. Not a vestige is now to be seen. The site was granted to Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, in exchange. 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 been 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 the 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. -Whitaker. 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. ASH-GROVE, (the seat of John Rawson, Esq.) in 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 perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Nicholas, value, p.r. 113L. 2s. 6d. Patron, Harry Croft, Esq. ASKAM-RICHARD, or LITTLE, (Ainsty) a parish-town; (Askam-House, the seat of Robort Swann, Esq.) 4.75 miles from Tadcaster, 5 from York. --Pop. 249. The Church is a vicarage, endowed in 1329, dedicated to St. Mary, value, 4L. 13s. 4d. Patron, Harry Croft, Esq. ASKERN, or ASKRON, in the parish of Campsall, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Pontefract, 10 from Thorne, 11 from Ferrybridge, 12 from Selby, 17 from Wakefield and Barnsley. --Pop. 159. This village has of late years attracted considerable notice, on, account of its mineral water, and probably may, in a few years, vie with many of our fashionable watering places. An accuont of this water is given by Dr. Short in his treatise on Mineral Waters; and in 1818, a treatise on the water and description of the place was publisbed by Mr. Brewerton; a respectable surgeon at Bawtry. Hitherto people afflicted with rheumatism and scorbutic diseases have received the greatest benefit, as they rarely fail obtaining relief. The spring rises at the distance of only a few yards from a piece of water called Askern Pool, and is enclosed in a house, called the Spaw or Well-House, a plain rustic building. The pool or lake covers about seven acres of ground, is well supplied with fish, and beautifully fringed on one side with young plantations, and bordered on the other by a walk of gravel for the accommodation of visitors. The village skirts the road, is rural but not romantic in its scenery; and its cots and its trees harmonising together, give it an interesting appearance. The Hotel is an elegant edifice, built on the side of a gentle sloping hill, converted into a shrubbery. There is another respectable Inn, the Swan, at the north end of the village, and several lodging houses for the accommodation of visitors. --Northern Star. ASKWITH, in the parish of Weston, upper division of Claro; 3 miles from Otley, 13 from Leeds and Skipton. --Pop. 367. ASSON-THORPE, in the township of Sykehouse, and parish of Fishlake; 4 miles from Thorne, 7.5 from Snaith. ASTLEY, in the township and parish of Swillington, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Leeds, 8 from Wakefield and Pontefract. ASTON, a parish town in the upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (the seats of Harry Verelst, Esq. and the Rev. William Alderson) 6 miles from Rotherham, 8.5 from Sheffield, 9.5 from Worksop, (Notts.) 58 from York. --Pop. including Aughton, 556, which being united, form a township. The Church is a rectory, dediotited to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value 12L. 15s. 2.5d. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. Here died in 1797, the Rev. W. Mason, the poet, who bad been presented to this living by his 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, on the ceiling, is an embossed medallion, containing the profiles of himself and his friend Gray, and on the floor stood two urns and pedastals inscribed to Gray and Mason. This garden and grounds contiguous to the rectory, Mason employed himself during his residence here, in laying out and improving. Within a few hundred yards of the church, and once surrounded by a park, stood Aston Hall, the ancient residence of the D'Arcys, afterwards Earls of Holderness; which was pulled down upwards of fifty years ago, and the present mansion erected on the ancient site, under the direction of Mr. Carr of York. The late Sir Harry Verelst purchased the etate of the late Duke of Leeds. In the church are effigies in marble, of John, Lord D'Arcy and Mennil, and his three wives. --Northern star. ATTERCLIFFE, in the parish of Sheffield, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; (Attercliffe Hall, the seat of Gamelial Milner, Esq.) 1.5 mile from Sheffield, 4.5 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. 40L. Patron, the Vicar of Sheffield. Another chapel is about to be erected here, to contain 2000 souls, by the Commissioners for building Churches. AUDZUS, f.h. in the township of Woodset-with-Gildingwells, and parish of South-Anston; 5 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 6.5 from Tickhill. AUGHTON, in the township of Aston-with-Aughton, and parish of Aston, upper- division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4 miles from Rotherham, 9.5 from Worksop, (Notts.) 18 from Mansfield, (Notts.) --Pop. included in Aston. AUKLEY, ham. in the township of Blaxton, and parish of Finningley, (Notts.) upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, soke of Doncaster; 6 miles from Doncaster, 6.75 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 Tickhill; 1.5 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 Osterfield to be detived 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. Trans. vol. 9. AUSTERLANDS, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.); 9 miles from Rochdale. AUSTONLEY, in the parish of Almondbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 7.5 miles from Huddersfield. --Pop. 968. AUSTHORPE, in the parish of Whitkirk, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; (Austhorpe-Hall, the seat of Joseph Fields, Esq.) 4.25 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. Winstanley, who, in 1696, was furnished by the Trinity House with necessary 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 in the October following. In the choir of Whitkirk 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 Skipton. -No Market. --Fair, Thursday before Whitsuntide, for horned cattle, &c. --Pop. 556. AXEHOLME, --see ACOMB (Acomb is the modern spelling -B.T.) AZERLEY, in the parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro; (the seat of Wm. Dawson, Esq.) 5 miles from Ripon, 5.5 from Masham, 15 from Knaresborough. --Pop. 579. BACHELORS-GARDENS, ham. in the township of Bilton-with-High-Harrogate, and parish of Knaresborough; 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, 30L. per annum. BADSWORTH, 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, 32L. 5s. 10d. Patron, the Earl of Derby. BAGDEN, UPPER and LOWER, 2 hams. in the township of High-Denby, and parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincross; 4.25 miles from Penistone, 6 from Barnsley. BAGLEY, f.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; 4.5 miles from Bradford. BAILDON, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack; 5 miles from Otley 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. !113L. 11s. 8d. Patron, the Vicar of Otley. BAITINGS, ham. in the township of Soyland, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.) BAKESTONE-DELF, ham. in the township of Quick, in Saddleworth; 0.75 of a mile from Delf. BALBY, in the township of Hexthorpe-with-Balby, parish and soke of Doncaster, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 1.75 miles from Doncaster, 5.75 from Tickhill, 10.75 from Rotherham. BALK, f.h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Darfield; 3 miles from Barnsley, 9 from Rotherham. BALK-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Dewsbury; 0.25 of a mile from Dewsbury. BALLIFIELD-HALL, (the seat of John Jubb, Esq.) in the township 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 f.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, 4.5 from Barnsley. BANK-HOUSES, ham. in the township of Pudsey, and parish of Calverley; adjoins Fullneck on the west. BANK-NEWTON, in the parish of Gargrave, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Skipton, 9 from Colne, (Lanc.) 11 from Settle. --Pop. 139. BANKSIDE, 3 or 4 f.h. in the township and parish of Thorne; 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; 1.5 miles from Halifax, 7.5 from Huddersfield. BANK-TOP, s.h. in the township of Worsbrough and parish of Darfield, wapentake of Staincross; 1.25 mile from Barnsley. BANNER-CROSS, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; (the residence of the Rev. W. Bagshaw) 2.5 miles from Sheffield. 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 Staincliffe; 5 miles from Skipton, 10 from Pateley Bridge, 11 from Kettlewell. --Pop. 219. Here is a private family Chapel, not subject to archiopiscopal 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 Clifford, 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 furnished, but the bedrooms 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 100L., there is an inscription over the principal entrance to that effect. After 1676, Barden was occasionally 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 dilapidating remains have the privilege of assuming. -Whitaker. BARDEN-PIKE-LODGE, s.h. in the township of Barden, and parish of Skipton; 5 miles from Skipton. BARDSEY; a parish town, in the lower-division of Skyrack; 4 miles from Wetherby and Harewood, 8.5 from Leeds, 19 from York. --Pop. including Rigton, 336, which being united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, +4L. 1s. 8d. p.r. 150L. 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 Loidid et Elmete, we might suppose they were equally perfect. On the north side of the village, and near to the Grange, are large earth works of some ancient castle. This place was born the celebrated William Congreve, the poet, and whose baptism is thus registered:--"William, the sonne of Mr. William Congreve, of Bardsley 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 Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 5.5 miles from Halifax, 6 from Huddersfield, 12 from Rochdale, (Lanc.) --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. --Watson's Halifax. BARKSTON, (which gives name to the wapentake) in the parish 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 wapentake are four market towns, Cawood, Selby, Sherburn, and Tadcaster; 48 townships, 18 of which are parishes; 4,442 inhabited-houses, and 22,264 inhabitants. BARLOW, in the parish of Brayton; wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Selby, 5 from Snaith, 13 from Pontefract. --Pop. 175. BARMBY-UPON-DUNN, a parish town in the upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill; liberty of Tickhill; 5.5 miles Doncaster and Thorne, 7.75 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. 66L. Patron, John Gresham, Esq. Bacon styles it a vicarage, value +9L. 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 rectory dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 23L. patrons, Prebendaries of Southwell, Collegiate Church, (Notts.) Mr. Bingley, in his Animal Biography, relates the following singular anecdote. "At Barnborough 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 combatants. A rude painting in the church commemorates the event; and the accidentally natural red tinge of some of the stone, is considered as stains of blood still remaining." BARNBROUGH-GRANGE, (the seat of Mrs. Farrer) in the township and parish of Barnbrough; 5.5 miles from Doncaster. BARNBOW, ham. in the township and parish of Barwick-in-Elmet, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby. BARNBY-FURNACE and BARNBY HALL, 2 f.h. in the township and parish of Cawthorne, liberty of Pontefract; 3.5 miles from Barnsley, 5.5 from Penistone. BARNFIELD SMITHY, f.h. in the township and parish of Low Bentham; 10.5 miles from Kirby Lonsdale, (Westmoreland.) BARNOLDWICK, ham. in the township of Burton in Lonsdale, and parish of Thornton in Lonsdale; 6 miles from Kirby Lonsdale, (Westmorland,) 11 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, (Lanc.) 49 from York. --Pop. 1334. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Craven, value p.r. 62L. 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 Barnoldswick. The old church was levelled to the ground by the Abbot. After six years residence in continual warfare with the Rector and Parishioners, and frequent ravages committed upon their lands by the Scots, they abandoned Barnoldswick, and went to Kirkstall. --Tanner. The situation of this Monastery was on the margin of the brook, west of the village. -Whitaker. BARNSDALE-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Kirk-Smeaton; 6 miles from Pontefract and Ferrybridge. BARNSDALE-LODGE, s.h. in the township and parish of Campsall; 7.5 miles from Pontefract and Doncaster. BARNSGREEN, ham. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 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 30L. per annum. The old Hall, formerly the seat of the ancient family of the Scotts, is now converted into cottages. BARNSIDE-WOOD, 4 f.h. in the township of Hepworth, and parish of Kirk-Burton; 6 miles from Penistone. BARNSLEY, a market-town, in the parish of Silkstone, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 8 miles from Penistone, 10 from Wakefield, 12 from Rotherham, 14 from Sheffield and Pontefract, 15 from Doncaster, 18 from Huddersfield, 38 from York, 176.75 from London. --Market, Wednesday. --Fairs, the Wednesday before February 28, May 13, and October 11, for horses, horned cattle, pigs, &c. --Bankers. Messrs. Beckett, Birks, and Co., draw on Messrs. Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. Mills, and Co., 12, Birchin Lane; Messrs. Wentworth and Co., draw on Messrs. Wentworth and Co., 25, Threadneedle-Street. --Principal Inns, White Bear and King's Head. --Pop. 8,284. The Church, rebuilding, 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 to interest the antiquary. It is tolerably well built of stone; and it 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 Foundries for casting of steam engines, grates, &c. BARNSLEY, OLD, in the townships of Barnsley and Silkstone, and parish of Silkstone, liberty of Pontefract; 1 mile from Barnsley. BARROW, ham. in the township of Wentworth, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearne, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 5 miles from Rotherham, 13.5 from Doncaster. BARROWBY-GRANGE, f.h. in the township and parish of Kirkby Overblow; 5 miles from Wetherby, 7.5 from Knaresborough, of Garforth, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Leeds, 9 from Pontefract. BARUGH, in the parish of Darton, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Barnsley, 5 from Penistone, 9.25 from Wakefield. --Pop. 396. BARWICK-IN-ELMET, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack, 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 deanry of the Ainsty, value, 33L. 12s. 6d. Patron, the King, as Duke of Lancaster. This place is said to have been the seat of the Kings of Northumberland, and Dr. Whitaker supposes it to have been founded by the great Edwin; "the great extent and magnificence of this fortification, which is four furlongs in circumference, and contains an area of more that thirteen acres, sufficiently prove that it has been a royal work." The mount, called Hall Tower Hill, 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 the parish. From the Lacys it descended to the Dukes of Lancaster, to which duchy it has been ever since annexed. Elmet was not conquered from the Britons till Edwin's reign, in 560, by the Saxons. --Turner's Anglo Saxons. BASHALL or BASHALLTOWN, in the parish of Mitton, west-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Bolland; (Rashall-Hall, the seat of James Taylor, Esq.) 4 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 11 from Blackburn and Burnley, (Lanc.) 10 from Gisburn. --Pop. 348. BASHALLEAVES, s.h. in the township of Bashall, and parish of Mitton; 4 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 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; 2.5, miles from Dewsbury, 6.25 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, +16L. 11s. 8d. p.r. 150L. Patrons, Lords Wilton and Cardigan, alternately. Batley, the field of Batt 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, Fitzwilliams, 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 lifetime. 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; 3.5 miles from Dewsbury, 6 from Bradford. BATTERAX, 2 f.h. in the township of Bowland-Forest, Higher, and parish of Slaidburn, liberty of Bolland; 3 miles from Slaidburn, 8 from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) BAWTRY, a market-town, in the parish of Blythe, (Notts.) lower division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (the seat of the Dowager Viscountess, Galway) 5.25 miles from Barnby-Moor Inn, (Notts.) 9 from Doncaster, and 9 from Retford, (Notts.) 12 from Gainsborough (Linc.) 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 Nottinghamshire,) and on the great north road from London to Edinburgh. It contains nothing of particular interest, except the elegant mansion of the Dowager Viscountess 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 Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Pontefract, 8 from Snaith. --Pop. 546. BEAMSLEY, in the parishes of Addingham and Skipton, upper division of Claro; (Beamsley-Hall the residence of Robinson Chippendale, Esq.) 6 miles from Skipton, 8.5 from Otley, 17 from Knaresborough. --Pop. in Addingham 80, -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 named and appointed by George, Earl of Cumberland, and the said Margaret, and their 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 Cumberland, and has the management of the estates and revenues of the hospital. The total income arising from rents and dividends, amounts to 357L. 9s. 4d. out of which the Mother and sisters receive an annual stipend, of the Mother 18L. and the Sisters, 16L. 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 clergymen for reading prayers, and administering the Sacrament four times a year, and who receives an additional sum of 2L. 10s. per annum, for providing the Elements. And Lord Thanet's Steward receives a salary of 10L. 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 for the Mother and twelve Sisters. The number is duly kept up, according to the foundation deed. The chapel is used for prayer on Sundays and three other days in the week. It is situated on the road side, leading from Knaresborough to Skipton, within the township. --Extracted from Commissioners report on Charities. The old hall at Beamsley was anciently the seat of the family of Claphams. 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-HALL, s.h. in the township and parish of Horton; 8 miles from Settle. 14 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) BEARSWOOD-GREEN, p.h. in the township and parish of Hatfield; 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; 1 mile from Abberford, 6 miles from Wetherby, 8 from Leeds. BECKFOOT and MILL, 2 h. in the township and parish of Bingley; 4 miles from Bradford, 8 from Halifax. BECKMEETING, f.h. in the township and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 5.5 miles from Masham, 8 from Ripon, BECKWITH, scattered houses, in the township and parish of Pannal, liberty of Knaresborough; 2.5 miles from Harrogate. Adjoining is:- BECKWITH-GREEN, and ) in the same township and parish. BECKWITH-SHAW, ) 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 Knaresborough, a lineal descendant of that ancient house. -Hargrove. BECKURMUNDS, ham. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arnecliff; 8 miles from Kettlewell, 14 from Settle, 17 from Leyburn. BEESTON, in the parish and borough of Leeds, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Leeds, 10.5 from Wakefield, 12 from Bradford, 11 from Huddersfield. --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. BEGGARINGTON, 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-Coniston, and parish of Gargrave, liberty of Staincliffe; 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 Wakefield, 9 from Pontefract. BELLWOOD, (the residence of John Harrison, Esq.) in the township of Aismunderby- with-Bondgate, and in the parish and liberty of Ripon; 1.5 miles from Ripon. BELLY-BRIDGE, 2 h. in the township of Hartshead-with-Clifton, and parish of Dewsbury; 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-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 11 from Settle, 16 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, 35L. 7s. 8.5d. 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 Secker. He was a pious, abstemious, mortified man, never married, of weak constitution, of most amiable deportment, yet a zealous reprover of vice in public and in private. He had learned too, from his master, Secker, 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 Remains thus notices him:- "While Modest Wray with silent grace, Just steals a meaning smile." Nichols' Lit. Anecdotes. BENTLEY, in the parish of Arksey, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 1.5 mile from Doncaster, 10 from Thorne. --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 inserted the name of every person by whom he had been employed, 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 583L. 15s. 3d. average, he says, 7s. 9d. per week. --Miller's Doncaster. BENTLEY-GRANGE, f.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; 3.5 miles from Sheffield. BERRY-MOOR, f.h. in the township and parish of Silkstone; 3.5 miles from Penistone. BERRY-BROW, ham. in the township and parish of Almondbury; 2 miles from Huddersfield. BERWICK, 2 f.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.) 0.75 of a mile from Pateley Bridge, 8 from Ripley, 12 from Ripon. --Pop. included in Dacre. BICKERTON, (Ainsty) in the parish of Bilton; 4 miles from Wetherby, 7 from Tadcaster, 10 from York. --Pop. 149. BIERLEY, EAST, in the township of North Bierley, and parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Bradford, 7 from Halifax, 10.25 from Wakefield. BIERLEY, NORTH, see Northbierley. BIGGIN, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; (Biggin-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, 11 from Pontefract. --Pop. 164. BILBROUGH, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 4.5 miles from Tadcaster, 5.5 miles from York. --Pop. 260. The Church is a perpetual curacy, of which Thomas Lodington Fairfax, Esq. is Patron. BILCLIFFE, f.h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Penistone. BILHAM, in the parish of Hooton-Pagnall and Barmbrough, lower-division of Strafforth 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, f.h. in the township of Clayton, and parish of High-Hoyland; 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 BILLINGLEY-GREEN, 2 h. in the township of Billingley, and parish of Darfield; 6.25 miles from Barnsley. BILTON, (Ainsty) a parish town, in the liberty of St. Peter; (Bilton Park, the seat of Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq.) 4.75 miles from Wetherby, 5.5 from from Tadcaster, 9.5 from Knaresborough, 10 from York. --Pop. 223. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, valued, p.r. !124L. Patron, the Prebendary thereof. BILTON, in the parish of Knaresborough, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; (Bilton-Hall, the seat of Henry Hunter, Esq.) 1.5 mile from Knaresborough. --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, 11 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. 6,176. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Craven, value, +7L. 6s. 8d. p.r. !138L. Patron, the King. This is one of the thirty-two Lordships which the Conqueror gave to Erneis de Berun; how long he held it does not appear; but about the year 1120 it was the property of William Paganell, founder of the Priory 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 Bingley and castle near the church, on a hill, called Bailey Hill," of which little more than the name and tradition now remain. The church, a plain and decent structure, was restored in the early part of the reign of Henry VIII. Dr. Whitaker states it to be dedicated to All-Souls. Here is a Free Grammar School, founded 20th of Henry VIII. value about 400L. per annum, present master, the Rev. Dr. Hartley. By a decree of the Lord Chancellor, in December, 1820, it was determined that it should he conducted as a Free Grammar School for teaching the children of the inhabitants of the parish of Bingley, the learned languages. Here is also a National School established 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. BIRDHALL-FLAT, f.h. in the township of Swinton, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearne; 4.5 miles from Rotherham, 9 from Doncaster. BIRDWELL, ham. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Tankersley; 3.25 miles from Barnsley. BIRKBY, in the township and parish of Thorner, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby. BIRKBY, (the seat of Thomas Holroyd, Esq.) in the township and parish of Huddersfield, 2 miles from Huddersfield, 9 from Halifax. BIRKBY-NAB, f.h. in the township of Studley-Roger, parish and liberty of Ripon; 2 miles from Ripon. BIRKIN, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract (the seat of Thomas Toutill, Esq.) 4 miles from 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, 36L. Patron, the Devisees of the late Rev. Thomas Wright. BIRKINSHAW, in the township of Gomersall, and parish of Birstall; Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Bradford, 8 from Leeds, 9 from Halifax. BIRK'S-HALL, (the seat of the late Robert Ramsbottom, Esq.) in the township of Ovenden, and parish of Halifax; 1 mile from Halifax. BIRKWITH, s.h. in the township and parish of Horton 8 miles from Settle, 14 from Hawes. BIRKWOOD, 2 f.h. in the township and parish of Crofton; 3.5 miles from Wakefield. BIRLEY-CAR, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 3 miles from Sheffield, 9.5 from Penistone. BIRTHWAITE, ham. in the township and parish of Ripley; 1.75 miles from Ripley, 7 from Ripon. BIRTHWAITE-HALL, (the seat of Thos. Riskworth, Esq.) in the township of Kexbrough, and parish of Darton, liberty of Pontefract; 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. BIRSTALL, a parish-town, in the township of Gomersall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Leeds and Bradford, 7.5 from Halifax, 8.5 from Huddersfield, 31 from York. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated, to St. Peter, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, +23L. 19s. 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 Birstall was one of them, and being then an inconsiderable place, was passed over without further notice. -Whitaker. This parish, though extensive, does not furnish a township of Birstall, the village being in that of Gomersall. Here was born, 1579, Henry Burton, a puritan divine, who was educated at St. Johns 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 5,000L. and ordered to he 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. Dict. BIRSTWITH, in the parish of Hampsthwaite, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; 3 miles from Ripley, 8 from Knaresborough. --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 Knaresborough, 11 from Ripon. --Pop. 2,072. -It is situated on the north-side of the river Nidd, in the vicinity of Pateley Bridge, the chief town in the township. 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 Knaresborough. --Pop. 473. The Chapel, re-built in 1822, is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. !65L. In the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. BISHOPTHORPE, (Ainsty) a parish-town; (Bishopthorpe-Place, the seat of the Archbishop of York,) 2.5 miles from York, 8 from Tadcaster. --Pop. 301. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, value, +4L. 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 Knaresborough, --Pop. 647. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. !65L. 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; 2.5 miles from Rotherham. BLACKER, LOW, MIDDLE, and OVER, 3 f.h. in the township of Upper-Hoyland, and parish of Wath; 5 miles from Barnsley. BLACK-HORSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Abberford. -See Abbeford. BLACK-MOOR, f.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; 3.5 miles from Huddersfield. BLACKSHAW-HEAD, few h. in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 10 miles from Halifax. BLACKSTONE, f.h. ii the township of Little-Ribstone, and parish of Spofforth; 3 miles from Wetherby. RLACKSTONE-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, f.h. in the township of Southowram, and parish of Halifax; 3 miles from Halifax. BLAKE-HALL, (the residence of Mrs. Ingham) in the township and parish of Mirfield; 3 miles from Dewsbury, 6.5 from Huddersfield. In this house was born, John Hopton, Bishop of Norwich, of a very considerable family, residing alternately at Blake-Hall and Armley, near Leeds. 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 of D.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. --Whitakers Loidis et Elmete. BLAXTON, in the parish of Finningley, (Notts.) and soke of Doncaster, lower- division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 5 miles from Bawtry, 7.5 from Doncaster. -- Pop. 117. BLEAK-ROYD, f.h. 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 Knaresborough; 11 miles from Skipton, 12 from Knaresborough, 18 from Ripon. --Pop. 126. 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; 1.5 miles from Dobcross, 10 from Rochdale,(Lanc.) BODLES, p.h. in the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, and parish of Arksey; 1 mile from Doncaster. BOGG-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Kirkheaton; 4 miles from Huddersfield, 10 from Wakefield. 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 Doncaster, value, p.r. !60L. Patron, J. Rimmington, Esq. The chapel here appears to have been founded as early as 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 manor, 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-HOLLAND, 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, (Lanc.) 14 from Skipton, 55 from York. --No Market. --Fairs, June 28, 29, and 30, or horned cattle, pedlary, &c. --Pop. 1,205. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Craven, value, 11L. 13s. 4d. p.r. 123L. 12s, Patron John Bolton, Esq. Bolton Hall the ancient residence of the family of Pudsay, says, Dodsworth, "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 present 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 his three wives and twenty-five children, all engraven in relief, upon a slab of grey Craven limestone. --Whitaker's Craven. The manor and advowson were purchased for 42,000L. by John Bolton, of Liverpool, Esq. its present owner. BOLTON-ABBEY, in the parish of Skipton, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; (a seat of the Duke of Devonshire), 5.75 miles from Skipton, 10 from Keighley, 11.5 from Pateley Bridge, 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. *46L. 1s. 11d. 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 faultering 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, checked the footstep of the unhappy youth, and precipitated him into the torrent. 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 20L. Besides this there are some rents, which in the whole, amount to 99L. 7s. 6d. 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 Staincliffe; 5.5 miles from Skipton, 12 from Pateley Bridge. 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, (1805.) --Whitaker's Craven. BOLTON-PERCY, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 3 miles from Tadcaster, 9 from York. --Pop. 238. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, value, 39L. 15s. 2.5d. p.r. 150L. Patron, the Archbishop of York. BOLTON-UPON-DEARN, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 7.5 miles from Rotherham, Barnsley, and Doncaster, 38 from York. --Pop. 623. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +6L. 15s. 4d. p.r. 60L. to 70L. Patrons, the Executors, of William Marsden, Esq. Bacon styles it a vicarage. BONDGATE, in the township of Aismunderby-with-Bondgate, 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 Archbishop of York, and dedicated to St. John Baptist. Its revenues valued, 26th Henry VIII. at 10L. 14s. 4d. --Dugdale; and 37th, Henry VIII. at 12L. 0s. 4d. --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 performed 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 public morality, and raise the children to a higher degree in the scale of rationality. BOOTH-FERRY INN, in the township of Airmyn, and parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, and liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Howden, 8 from Snaith, 10 from Selby, 12 from Thorne, 20 from York, 183 from London. Here is a good Inn, and; Ferry across the Ouse, leading to Doncaster. BOOTHROYD, UPPER and LOWER, ham. in the township and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield; 1 mile from Dewsbury, 6 from Wakefield. BOOTH-TOWN, in the township of Northowram, and parish of Halifax, Morley- division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 1 mile from Halifax, 7 from Bradford. BORDLEY, ham. in the township of Hetton-with-Bordley, and parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 7 miles from Kettlewell, 10 from Skipton and Settle. --Pop. included in Hetton. BORHOLME, f.h. in the township of Bowland-Forest, lower, and parish of Bolland, (Lanc.) liberty of Staincliffe; 8 miles from Clitheroe. A bridge here, called Borholme-Bridge, across the river Hodder, connects this county with Lancashire. BOROUGHBRIDGE, in the parish of Aldborough, lower-division of Claro; (the seat of Mrs. Lawson,) 6 miles from Ripon, 7 from Knaresborough, 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. 23 for sheep, and the week preceding, for hardware 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. 12, 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, 10L. p.r. 48L. 16s. 8d. Patron, the Vicar of Aldborough. This place is remarkable for those monuments called the Devils Arrows, but whether Roman or British, is uncertain. "Here was, in the British 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 sports, games, races, and all kinds of exercises, with universal festivity. This was like the Panathenian, the Olympian, Nemean meetings, and games among the Grecians. These obelisks were as the Metae of the Races; the remembrance 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 was pulled down; the remaining ones are placed at unequal distances from each other. The tallest one is 30 feet 6 inches from the bottom, about 6 feet of which are 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 Boroughbridge, seven of these stones, in which he must have been mistaken, as it is not likely that they have increased since the days of Leland. Evident marks of the chisel appear below the surface of the earth. It is 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, near Knaresborough. Doctor Stillingfleet 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 1322, 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 entreaties and solicitations, and after suffering every possible indignity that cruelty could suggest, was mounted 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 execrable 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 Bramham, wapentake of Barkston-Ash ; 3 miles from Wetherby, 4 from Tadcaster. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, the Virgin, value, about 110L. 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 Wharfe 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 overhangs the river; it is conveyed by means of a pump, erected in 1792, into a little room for the purpose, whither the visitors repair to partake of this wholesome beverage. This water, like all others, of fashionable resort, has obtained the notice of Des. Garnett, Munro, Walker, and Hunter. Hot and cold baths are erected immediately adjoining the pump-room. The village of Boston was begun 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 of York. BOTANY-BAY-INN, p.h. in the township of Camblesforth, and parish of Drax; 1.5 mile from Selby, 6.5 from Snaith. BOULCLIFFE, f.h. in the township of West-Bretton, and parish of Sandal-Magna; 5 miles from Wakefield. BOULTON, in the parish of Calverley, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Bradford, 8 from Otley. --Pop. 634. BOUSDEN, f.h. in the township of Newton, and parish of Slaidburn, liberty of Staincliffe; 9 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) BOW-BRIDGE and MILL, 4 cots. in the township of Embsay-with-Eastby, and parish of Skipton; 2 miles from Skipton. BOWCLIFFE, (the seat of John Smyth, Esq.) in the township of Bramham-with- Oglethorpe, and Parish of Bramham; 4 miles from Wetherby. BOWERHILL, scattered houses, in the township of Oxspring, and parish of Penistone; 2 miles from Penistone. BOWLAND-FOREST, in the parish of Slaidburn, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Clitheroe, 18 from Lancaster and Preston, (Lanc.) --Pop. lower-division 360, 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 deer, under the jurisdiction of a master forester here, in allusion to the name of the Forest, called Bowbearer, 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; 1 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 Bolling, 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 considerable but uncertain antiquity. The Earl of Newcastle, commander of the King's Forces, made this house is 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. BOWTHWAITE, ham. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 5 miles from Pateley Bridge. BOYN-HILL, ham. in the township of Crigglestone, and parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty of Wakefield; 3.5 miles from Wakefield. BRACEWELL, a parish-town, in the east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 5 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) 9 from Skipton, 11 from Burnley, (Lanc.) 50 from York. --Pop. 176. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Craven, value, +2L. 9s. 9.5d. p.r. 60L. 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 VI. --Whitaker's Craven. BRACKEN-BOTTOM, ham. in the township and parish of Horton ; 6 miles from Settle. BRACKEN-FOOT, 3 or 4 f.h. in the township of Rigton, and parish of Kirkby Overblow, upper-division of Claro; 6 miles from Otley, 7 from Knaresborough and Ripley. BRACKEN-HILL, ham. in the township of Rigton, and parish of Church-Fenton; 6 miles from Tadcaster. BRACKENTHWAITE, scattered hs. in the township and parish of Pannall; 5.5 miles from Ripley, 6 from Knaresborough. BRADOP-HOUSE, s.h. in the township of Bashall, and parish of Mitton, liberty of Staincliffe; 4 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) BRADFIELD, in the parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth 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, for horned cattle, pigs, &c. --Pop. 5,298. The Church is a perpetual curacy, under Ecclesfield, of which the Vicar is Patron, value, p.r. !124L. The Chapelry 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 Apennines. "Near the church is Bailey-Hill, a Saxon camp, as fair and perfect as when first constructed, save that the keep is overgrown with bushes." --Hunter's Hallamshire. BRADFIELD, NETHER, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 6.25 miles from Sheffield. Here is a School founded in 1712, by Mr. Thomas Marriott, of Ughill, who endowed it with 10L. per annum BRADFORD, a market and parish-town, in Morley-division of Agbrigg and 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 London. --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 Esdaile, and Co. 21, Lombard-Street. --Principal Inns, the Sun, and the Talbot. --Pop. 13,064. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 20L. Patron, Richard Fawcett, Esq. Here is also a Chapel of ease, called Christ's Church, in Darley-Street, built by subscription, and consecrated in 1815. This Manor belonged to John of Gaunt, 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. Martins 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 afterwards 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 Hornmen 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 Anc. Tenures. --Gough's Camden. Bradford, pleasantly situated on one of the tributary streams of the river Aire, 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 powerful 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 of Bradford is affixed to the memoirs of Sir Thomas Fairfax. Bradford is situated in the very heart of a manufacturing county, and possesses every advantage for trade; it is in the neighbourhood of coal and iron 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 this town; to which is attached a library, and porters 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, February 2, 1713/14, and was buried in his Cathedral at York, where a handsome monument is erected to his memory, a plate of which is given in Drake's Eboracum. --Chalmer's Biog. Dict. --Nichol's Anecdotes. In Bradford also was born, in 1622, David Clarkson, a divine, and educated at Clarehall, Cambridge, of which society he became Fellow, and had Mr, afterwards Archbishop, Tillotson, for his pupil. He held the living of Mortlake, in Surrey, but was dispossessed of it in 1662, for non-conformity. 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, after his death. --Calamy. BRADFORD, WEST, in the parish of Mitton, west-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Bolland; 2.5 miles from Clitheroe, 7 from Guisburn. --Pop. 564. BRADFORD-MOOR, ham. in the township and parish of Bradford; 1.5 miles from Bradford, 8.5 from Leeds. BRADGATE, ham. in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham, liberty of Tickhill; 1.5 miles from Rotherham. BRADHOLME, f.h. in the township and parish of Thorne, liberty of Tickhill; 1.5 mile from Thorne. BRADLEY, ham. in the township and parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 3 miles from Huddersfield. BRADLEY-BROOK, the junction of three townships, Linthwaite, Lingards, and Meltham, and parish of Almondbury; 5 miles from Huddersfield. BRADLEY-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Huddersfield; 4 miles from Huddersfield. BRADLEY-HALL, f.h. ,in the township of Stainland, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles from Halifax. This Hall was once the seat of the Savilles, the principal part of which appears to have been burnt down in 1629; over the gateway are the figures 1577, and the letters I.S. John Saville; the Chapel annexed to it, was pulled down in the time of the civil wars. This "Chapel being re-edified," says Mr. Watson, "serves the tenant for a barn; most of the tower also remains, and the whole has the appearance of a church, to such as are travelling between Eland and Ripponden." --Watson's 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, in the township of Upper and Lower Bradley, and parish of Kildwick; east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 3.5 miles from Skipton, 6.5 from Keighley, 12 from Colne, (Lanc.) --Pop. including Upper-Bradley, 506, which being united, form the township usually denominated Bradleys-both. 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-both, parish and liberty of Cliffords-Fee; 3 miles from Skipton. --Pop. included in lower Bradley. BRADSHAW, f.h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone; 3 miles from Penistone. BRAIM, or BRAHAM-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Spofforth; 3 miles from Knaresborough. BRAITHWAITE, ham. in the township and parish of Kirk-Bramwith, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Doncaster. BRAITHWAITE, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley; 1.25 miles 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 1778, by will of Edward Yates, for the children of Deer-Ing Houses, Braithwaite, and Padside. The masters salary 20L. per annum, arising out of lands which now let for 32L. per annum. --Commissioners Report BRAITHWAITE-HALL, f.h. in the township of Azerley, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 4 miles from Ripon. BRAITHWELL, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 5 miles from Tickhill, 6 from Rotherham, 8 from Doncaster, 45 from York, --Pop. 438. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +7L. 7s. 6d. p.r. 70L. Patron, the King. BRAMHAM, 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 Oglethorpe, 970, which being united form a township. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, value, +6L. 7s. 6d. p.r. !130L. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Christ-Church College, Oxford. On Bramham-Moor are the remains of a Roman consular road, from which came divers Viae Vicinales, by Thorner and Shadwell, through Sheep-Lane and Haw-caster-Rig to Addle. --Drake. --Thoresby. 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 upon 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 BRAMHAM-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 acknowledgement 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 as the effigies of the ancestors of the family. BRAMHAM-LODGE, the residence of the Hon. Edward John Stourton. BRAMHOPE, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack; (Bramhope-Hall, the residence of Wm. Rhodes, Esq.) 3 miles from Otley, 7 from Leeds, 11 from Wetherby. --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 suspend 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. 4,916. 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. BRAMLEY-HALL, (the seat of T. Weldon, Esq.) in the township and parish of Handsworth; 4 miles from Sheffield, 6 from Rotherham. BRAMPTON, in the township and parish of Cantley; 4.75 miles from Doncaster, 6.5 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-Dearne, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 6 miles from Rotherham and Barnsley, 12 from Sheffield. --Pop. 1,263. BRAMPTON-ULLEY. --See Ulley. BRANDFIELD-HOUSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Sprotbrough; 3.5 miles from Doncaster, 11.5 from Barnsley. BRANDON, ham. in the township of Wigton, and parish of Harewood; 4 miles from Leeds, 6.75 from Wetherby, 12 from Tadcaster. BRANDRITH-CRAGGS, in the township of Blubber-Houses, and parish of Fewston; 2 miles from Hopper-Lane Inn; 10 from Harrogate. Brandrith-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 in depth: here are, also, several other basins of smaller dimensions. --History of Knaresborough. BRANDY-CARR, ham. in the township of Alverthorpe-with-Thorns, and parish of Wakefield; 2 miles from Wakefield. BRANIERS, f.h. In the township and parish of Low-Bentham; 14 miles from Settle. BRANTON-GREEN, ham. in the township of Upper-Dunsforth-with-Branton-Green, and parish of Aldborough; 4 miles from Boroughbridge, 10 from Ripon, 11 from Knaresborough. --Pop. included in Upper-Dunsforth. BRAYSTAY-WOOD, f.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 Ainsty, value, +7L. 14s. 4.5d. Patron, the Hon. E. Petre. BREARLEY-HALL, (an ancient Mansion,) in the township of Midgley, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles from Halifax, 11.5 from Rochdale. BREARTON, in the parish and liberty of Knaresborough, lower-division of Claro; 4 miles from Knaresborough, 5 from Boroughbridge, 7 from Ripon. --Pop. 226. BREAREY, EAST, ham. in the township and parish of Addle; 5 miles from Otley, 6 from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby. BREAREY, WEST, f.h. in the township of Arthington, and parish of Addle; 6 miles from Leeds. BRECKAMOOR-HOUSE, (the seat of Marmaduke Hodgson, Esq) in the township of Stainley-with-Stenningford, and parish of Ripon; 2 miles from Ripon. BRECKS, f.h. in the township of Gomersall, and parish of Birstall; 4 miles from Bradford, 7.25 from Leeds. BRENNARD, f.h. in the township of the Forest of Bowland, Higher, and parish of Slaidburn; 12 miles from Clitheroe and Lancaster. BRETTON, WEST, in the parishes of Sandal-Magna and Silkstone, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberties of Pontefract and Wakefield; 6 miles from Wakefield, 6.5 from Barnsley. --Pop. in Agbrigg, 154, -in Staincross, 364, total, 518. BRETTON-DYKES, f.h. and Mill, in the township and parish of High-Hoyland; 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 of Silkstone; 6.5 miles from Wakefield and Barnsley. Bretton-Hall was originally erected by Sir William Wentworth, Bart. in 1720, when the old chapel and family-house were pulled down. Sir William married Diana, daughter of Sir William Blackett, Bart. -Col. Beaumont became possessed of this Mansion by his marriage with Diana, daughter of the late Sir Thomas Wentworth Blackett, Bart. --Neale's Gents. Seats. BRIDGE-HEWICK, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Ripon; 1.75 mile from Ripon, 4.5 from Boroughbridge. --Pop. 77. Here was, says Leland, "a faire Chapel of free-stone, on the farther ripe of We (Ure) at the very end of Hewick bridge, made by an Heermite 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, ham. in the township of Dacre-with-Bewerley, and parish of Ripon; 0.25 of a mile from Pateley Bridge. BRIDGE-FOOT, p.h. in the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, and parish of Arksey; 0.25 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; 5 miles from Barnsley, 7.5 from Wakefield, 8.5 from Pontefract. --Pop. 452. BRIERLEY-MANOR, s.h. in the township of Brierley, and parish of Felkirk; 5 miles from Barnsley. BRIERS-CHAPEL. -See Chapel-le-Grove. BRIERY-BUSK, f.h. in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of Penistone; 3 miles from Penistone. BRIESTWISTLE, ham. in the township of Whitley, and parish of Thornhill, liberty of Pontefract; 6.5 miles from Huddersfield. BRIGG-FLATTS, 2 h. in the township and parish of Sedbergh; 1.5 mile from Sedbergh. --Here is a Quaker's Meeting-house, founded by George Fox. BRIGHOUSE, in the township of Hipperholme-with-Brighouse, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; (the residence of the Miss Walkers,) 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. Taylors wife, of Brighouse, buried in her garden, with head upwards, standing upright by her husband, daughter, &c. Quakers." --Watson's Hist. of Halifax. BRIGHTSIDE-BIERLOW, in the parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 3 miles from Sheffield, 5.5 from Rotherham. --Pop. 6,615. The Church is a perpetual curacy, of which the Vicar of Sheffield is Patron. 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 Ecclesfield, upper- division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 7 miles from Sheffield, 10 from Rotherham. BRIMHAM, ham. in the township of Hartwith, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro; 5 miles from Pateley Bridge. In the same township are BRIMHAM-CRAGS. These celebrated Druidical Monuments, which are of various forms and of immense magnitude, arc 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 accommodation of persons whose curiosity might prompt them to visit this world of wonders. --Archaeologia. BRINDSWORTH, 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 Sedburgh. BROADLANE-HOUSES, 2 f.h. in the townships of South-Kirkby and South-Elmsall; 7.5 miles from Doncaster. BROADROYD-HEAD, ham, in the township and parish of Darton; 3 miles from Barnsley, 8 from Wakefield, 8.5 from Penistone. BROADSHAW, 2 f.h. in the township of Hazzelwood-with-Storithes, and parish of Skipton; 7.5 miles from Skipton. BROCKDEN, ham. in the parish of Barnoldswick, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) 9 from Skipton, 11 from Burnley, (Lanc.) --Pop. 233. BROCKHOLE, f.h. in the township and parish of Cantley; 4.5 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 f.h. in the township of Easington, and parish of Slaidburn; 3.5 miles from Slaidburn. BRODSWORTH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (Brodsworth-Hall, the residence of the Trustees of the late Peter Thelluson, Esq.) 4 miles from Doncaster, 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, +6L. 6s. 10d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. It was 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, (Lanc.); 9 miles from Manchester, (Lanc.) BROOKFOOT, ham. in the township of Southowram, and parish of Halifax; 3.5 miles from Halifax. BROOK-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone; 4.5 miles from Penistone. This Farm pays yearly to Godfrey Bosville, Esq. a Snowball at Midsummer, and a Red-Rose at Christmas. --Blount's Ancient Tenures. BROOK-HOUSE, ham. in the township and parish of Laughten-en-le-Morthern, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of St. Peter; 5 miles from Tickhill. BROOM-HALL, (the seat of John Tillotson, Esq.) in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 1 mile from Sheffield. BROOMHEAD-HALL, (the seat of James Rimmington, Esq.) in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 7 miles from Penistone, 10 from Sheffield, 11 from Hope, (Derby.) This house was for many years the seat of the family of Wilson; and was built in the reign of Charles I. by Christopher Wilson, who was one of those gentlemen in this part of this county, who were fined for having neglected to appear at the King's Coronation, to receive the order of Knighthood. He had afterwards a Captain's commission in the Parliament army. This house, says Mr. Hunter, "has a strong claim on the notice and respect of every lover of 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 documentary matter, which, but for his care, it is too probable, would have been entirely 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 many of its principal Inhabitants." --Hist. Hallamshire. BROOM-HOUSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Edlington; 4 miles from Doncaster. BROOM-HOUSE, s.h. in the township of Whiston, and parish of Rotherham; 1 mile from Rotherham. BROOM-RIDDINGS, 2 f.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, 8.25 from Abberford, 11 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, +5L. 6s. 8d. 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 named Thomas de Brotherton; he was born June 1, 1300. --Camden. Not far from the church, is a piece of ground, surrounded by a wall and a trench, where, as tradition informs, stood the house 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, (Lanc.) 12 from Keighley, 15.5 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. 0.5d. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Christ-church, Oxford. Broughton-Hall, the ancient seat of the Tempests, was built in 1597, just behind their former house, called Gilliott's-Place, from a Knightly family of that 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 Laici;" the other of Francis Tempest, Abbot of Lambspring, a venerable old man, with a gold cross. The Church of Broughton 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 between the hostile garrison of Skipton and Thornton, had its full share of devastation and misery. It was a tradition told in the hall, that the village had been so completely pillaged of common utensils, that an old helmet 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, f.h. in the township of Newton, and parish of Slaidburn, liberty of Staincliffe; 11 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) BROWSHOLME HALL, (the seat of Thomas Parker, Esq.) in the township of Bowland Forest, lower parish of Mitton, liberty of Bolland; 5 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 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 relic 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 Word 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 tarnished with numerous antiquities, such as the Ribchester inscription of the 20th Legion, celts, fibulae, different pieces of armour, and a small spur found in the apartment called King Henry VI. at Waddington-Hall. --Whitaker. A particular description of Browsholme-Hall appears to have been painted by permission of the munificent owner, and which is noticed in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1815. BRUMLEY, ham. in the township of Wortley, and parish of Tankersley, wapentake of Staincross; 5.5 miles from Barnsley. BRUMTHWAITE, in the township of Silsden, and parish of Kildwick, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Keighley, 8 from Skipton. BRUNCLIFFE-THORN, scattered houses, in the township of Morley, and parish of Batley, Morley-division of Agbrigg 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, 10 from Barnsley. BUCKDEN, in the parish of Arnecliff, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 4 miles from Kettlewell, 14 from Settle, 16 from Leyburn. --Fair, October 12, for horned cattle, &c. --Pop. 382. BULL-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Thurlston and parish of Penistone; 2.5 miles from Penistone. BURGHWALLIS, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of Michael Tasburgh, Esq.) 6.5 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Pontefract, 30 from York. --Pop. 237. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 14L. 6s. 10.5d. Patron, Michael Tasburgh, Esq. BURLEY, in the township of Heddingley, and parish of Leeds; 1.75 miles from Leeds, 8 from Bradford, 9 from Otley. BURLEY IN WHARFEDALE, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack; (Burley-Hall, the seat of the Rev. T. Wilson,) 2 miles from Otley, 12 from Leeds, 13 from Skipton. --Pop. 1,200. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. *37L. 1s. Patron, Matthew Wilson, Esq. No burial-ground. BURLEAS, s.h. in the township of Wadsworth, and parish of Halifax; 7 miles from Halifax. BURMANTOFTS, in the township, parish, and part of Leeds. BURN, in the parish of Brayton, 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. BURNHOUSE, f.h. in the township of Newton, and parish of Slaidburn, liberty of Staincliffe ; 9 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) BURNSALL, a parish-town, in the east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 9 miles from Pateley Bridge, 9.5 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, 36L. p.r. 63L. Patrons, the Earl of Craven, and Robinson Chippendale, Esq. Two houses and a small parcel of land 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 church, 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 pulpit, 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 Barnsley, 9 from Pontefract, 10 from Doncaster. BURNT-YATES, in the township of Hartwith, and parish of Kirbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro; 2.75 miles from Ripley, 6.25 from Pateley Bridge, 7.75 from Knaresborough. Here is a Free-School founded in 1760, by Rear-Admiral Robert Long, which he endowed with a farm, called Flask farm, and the lands thereto belonging, in the township of Hartwith-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. Mountaine, Esq. F.R.S. was given to it in 1779. The government of the school is vested in trustees. The master occupies the school premises, estimated at 20L. or 25L. per annum. His salary for himself and wife, 70L. and two guineas as librarian. Twenty-two toys and girls in the school. --Commiss. Report. BURROW-LEE, ham. in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 2.5 miles from Sheffield. BURTON. -See Monk-Bretton. BURTON-IN-LONSDALE, in the parish of Thornton-in-Lonsdale, wapentake of Ewcross; 3 miles from Ingleton, 6 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 13 from Settle, 15 from Lancaster. --Market, Monday. --Pop. 746. Here is a Chapel to Thornton, value, p.r. *15L. 2s. 6d. BURTON-HALL, s.h. in the township of Gateforth, and parish of Brayton; 3 miles from Selby. BURTON, HIGH, ham. in the township and parish of Kirk-Burton, liberty of Wakefield; 4.5 miles from Huddersfield. BURTON, KIRK, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 6 miles frown 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, 13L. 6s. 8d. Patron, the King. BURTON-LEONARD, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberties of St. Peter and Knaresborough; 5 miles from Boroughbridge, Ripon, and Knaresborough, 22 from York. --Pop. 518. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, +3L. 1s. 0.5d. p.r. *73L. 10s. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of York. BURTON-SALMON, in the parish of Monk-Fryston, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 4 miles from Pontefract, 9 from Selby, 10 from Tadcaster. --Pop. 182. BUSKER, ham. in the lordship of Skelmanthorpe, and parish of High-Hoyland; 8 miles from Huddersfield. BUSLINGTHORPE, in the township and parish of Leeds, liberty of Pontefract; 1 mile from Leeds. BUTTERBUSK, f.h. in the township and parish of Warmsworth; 4 miles from Doncaster. BUTTERTHWAITE, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4.5 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.) in the parish of Brotherton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract; 2 miles from Ferrybridge, 4 from Pontefract, 11 from Selby. --Pop. including Poole, 61, which being united, form a township. CADEBY, in the parish of Sprotbrough, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill, 4.5 miles from Doncaster, 8.5 from Rotherham. --Pop. 169. CALDCOTES, ham. in the township of Potter-Newton, and parish of Leeds; 3 miles from Leeds, 8.5 from Abberford. CALTON, in the parish of Kirby-Malhamdale, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 7 miles from Skipton, 8.75 from Settle, 12 from Kettlewell. --Pop. 76. This is a small village situated upon a hill, on the east banks of the Aire, consisting entirely of abbey-land, which was shared between the houses of Fountains, Dereham, and Bolton; the last of which had the manor. It is chiefly memorable 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 excepted. After the restoration, the decent and respectful behaviour which he maintained 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 ware granted to Lord Fauconberg, and by him restored to the family. --Whitaker's Craven. CALVEL-HOUSES, 3 f.h. in the to township of Fountain's-Earth, and parish or Kirbymalzeard; 4 miles from Pateley Bridge. 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, +9L. 11s. 10d. p.r. 140L. 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 or Hooton-Pagnall and Thorpe-Arch, were given by letters patent of Queen Elizabeth, to the poor of this parish, value, about 4L. per annum. CALVERLEY-BRIDGE, in the township of Calverley-with-Farsley, and parish of Calverley; 4.25 miles from Bradford, 6.5 from Leeds. CAMBLESFORTH, in the parish of Drax, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; (Camblesforth- Hall, the seat of Sir Charles Blois, Bart.) 3.75 miles from Snaith, 4.25 from Selby, 14 from Pontefract. --Pop. 257. CAM-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of Horton; 9.5 miles from Askrigg, 14 from Settle. CAMPSALL, 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 +16L. 16s. 8d. p.r. !120L. Patron, Cook Yarbrough, Esq. Of this place was Richard Frank, Esq. F.R.S. Recorder of Pontefract and Doncaster, a polite scholar, and a lover of Antiquities. He died May 22, l762, aged 60. His valuable collections, including those of Dr. Johnston, a Physician at Pontefract, (which came into his hands on the death of the author's grandson, Henry Johnston) were, in 1780, in the hands of the late Bacon Frank, Esq. nephew and heir to the Recorder. --Nichol's Anecdotes. CAMPS-MOUNT, (the residence of General Sir John Bing, K.G.B.) 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; 1.5 miles from Rotherham. CANNON-HALL, (the seat of John Spencer Stanhope Esq.) in the township of Cawthorne, and parish of Silkstone; 4 miles from Penistone, 5 from Barnsley, 9 from Wakefield. Cannon-hall, anciently pronounced Camel-Hull, is rendered famous by being the retreat of Wm. 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 of 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. CANTLEY, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (Cantley-Lodge, the seat of John Childers, Esq.) 3.5 miles from Doncaster, 6.5 from Bawtry, 40.5 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, +6L. 6s. 5.5d. Patron, 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 Rathmell, and parish of Giggleswick; 3.5 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. In this hamlet is Carbrook-Hall, 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 commission 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 Darton; 2.75 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 Kidwick, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) 6 from Skipton. CARHOUSE, s.h. in the township of Greasbrough, and parish of Rotherham; 0.5 miles from Rotherham. CARHOUSE, (the residence of H. Cooke, Esq.) in the township, of Warmsworth, and parish of Doncaster, liberty of St. Peter; 1.5 miles from Doncaster. This house was built in 1604, by Hugh Childers, 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. --Miller's Doncaster. CARLCOTES, ham. in the township of Thurlston, and parish of Penistone, liberty of the honour of Pontefract; 5 miles from Penistone. Two farms in this township, pay to Godfrey Bosville, Esq. the one a Righthand, and the other a Left-hand Glove yearly. --Blount's Ancient Tenures. CARLESMOOR, ham. in the township of Grewelthorpe, and parish of Kirbymalzeard; 6.5 miles from Masham, 9 from Ripon. CARLETON, in the parish of Pontefract, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 1.5 mile from Pontefract, 3.5 from Ferrybridge, 14 from Doncaster. --Pop. 132. CARLETON, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; (Carleton-Hall, 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 Guiseley, 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 Staincliffe; 2 miles from Skipton, 10 from Keighley and Colne, 43 from York. --Pop. 1218. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Craven, value, +5L. 2s. 1d. p.r. 52L. 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, 6.5 from Rotherham. CARRIS, or CARHOUSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill, 1.5 miles from Tickhill. CARRWOOD, (the seat of Samuel Smith, Esq.) in the township of Brightside- Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 1.75 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. CARTWORTH, in the parish of Kirk-Burton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 6 miles from Huddersfield, 17 from Wakefield. --Pop. 1,211. CASTLEFORD, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract, 3 miles from Ferrybridge, 3.5 from Pontefract, 22.5 from York. --Pop. 1,022. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 20L. 13s. 1.5d. Patron, the King, as Duke of Lancaster. Castleford, situated on the Ermine-Street, near the confluence of the rivers Aire and Calder, is called by Marianus, Casterford. Here was a Roman station, named Legeolium, by Antoninus; and which Hovedon, the historian, expressly calls a city. Here many Roman ruins, and other antiquities have been frequently found; 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 receives 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 Almondbury; 2.5 miles from Huddersfield. CASTLESHAW, 2 hams. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.); 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.). At Castleshaw, is 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 Knaresborough. --Pop. 110. CATCLIFFE, in the parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 3 miles from Rotherham, 6 from Sheffield. --Pop. 202. CATGILL, f.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 Wakefield; 2 miles from Halifax, 6.5 from Bradford. CATHERINE-SLACK, ham. in the township of Northowram, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 2 miles from Halifax. CATHILL, f.h. in the township of Hoyland-Swaine, and parish of Silkstone; 1 mile from Penistone. CATTAL, in the parish of Hunsingore, upper-division of Claro; 4.75 miles from Wetherby, 7 from Knaresborough. --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 h. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale (Lanc.); 2 miles from Dobcross. CAUTLEY, scattered houses, in the township and parish of Sedbergh; 1.5 mile from Sedbergh, 6.5 from Dent. CAWDOR, f.h. in the township and parish of Skipton; 1 mile from Skipton. CAW-WELL, or CALLWELL, ham. in the township of Austonley, and parish of Almondbury, liberty of Wakefield; 6 miles from Huddersfield. CAWOOD, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Cawood, Wistow, and Otley; 5 miles from Selby, 7.5 from Tadcaster, 10 from York, 12 from Pontefract, 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 vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, p.r. !34L. 14s. 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 10th century, by Archbishop Wulstan. Alexander Nevil, the 45th Archbishop, is said to have bestowed great cost on this palace, and in 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 conduct him to London, for trial, but his death at Leicester, on his journey, terminated the business. ------------"Full of repentance, Continual meditations, 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 afterwards 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, 20L. per annum. CAWTHORNE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of Thomas West, Esq.) 4 miles from Barnsley, 4.5 from Penistone, 9.5 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. 100L. Patron, the Freeholders who vote according to the quantity of land they possess; 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 5L. 4s. out of its revenues; and the inhabitants pay the master 5L. 5s. 6d. and find him a dwelling-house, &c. valued at 4L. 4s. per annum. CAYTON, 3 or 4 f.h. (Cayton-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-HILL, f.h. in the township and parish of Silkstone; 3 miles from Barnsley. CHAPEL-ALLERTON. --See Allerton-Chapel. CHAPEL-HOUSE, s.h. in the township of Conistone-with-Kilnsey, liberty of Staincliffe; 4 miles from Kettlewell. CHAPEL-HADDLESEY. --See Haddlesey-Chapel. CHAPEL-LE-DALE, or INGLETON-FELL, ham. in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Low-Bentham, wapentake of Ewcross; 10 miles from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 13 from Settle, 21 from Lancaster. Here is a Chapel to Low-Bentham, of which the Rector is Patron, value, p.r. 82L. 10s. CHAPEL-LE-GROVE, BRIERS-CHAPEL, or St. ANN'S-IN-THE-GROVE, in the township of Southowram, and parish of Halifax; 3.5 miles from Halifax, 7 from Huddersfield. The Chapel is a perpetual curacy, value, !123L. 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 houses." --Hist. Halifax. CHAPEL-THORPE, ham. in the township of Crigglestone, and parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles from Wakefield and Barnsley. The Chapel is a perpetual 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, 7.5 from Barnsley. CHARLSTON. --See Sharlestone. CHELCAR, f.h. in the township of Draughton, and parish of Skipton; 4.5 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; 1.5 miles from Wetherby. CHESTER-COTES, (the seat of Samuel Wilks Waud, Esq.) in the township of Camblesforth, and parish of Drax; 4 miles from Selby and Snaith, 10 from Pontefract. CHEVET, 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. CHICKENLEY, ham. in the township of Soothill, and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield; 1.25 mile from Dewsbury. CHIDSALL, ham. in the township of Soothill, and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield; 3 miles from Dewsbury. CHURWELL, in the parish of Batley, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3.25 miles from Leeds, 9 from Bradford, 12.25 from Huddersfield. --Pop. 814. CISSET, ham. in the township of Clayton, and parish of High-Hoyland, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 8 miles from Huddersfield 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 Settle, 11 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 22 from Skipton, 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 the deanry of Kirby-Lonsdale, diocese of Chester, value +5L. 17s. 1d. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. In 1815, Henry Winterburne founded a school here, for the education of eight poor children of Clapham, and endowed it with 20L. In the same township and parish is :- CLAPHAM-LODGE, the seat of James Farrer, Esq. CLARETON, 2 f.h. in the parish of Goldsbrough; 4 miles from Knaresborough, 5 from Boroughbridge. --Pop. 14. CLARE-HILL, (the seat of Mrs. Prescott,) in the township and parish of Halifax, from which it is distant .25 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, Knaresborough, Ripon, and Wetherby; 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 times, was held the Gemote, or assembly of the people of this wapentake, for the transacting of all public concerns, relative to the district; 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 purpose, and was there met by the principal persons in that district; after he had quitted 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 ceremony of touching of armour, was looked upon to confirm that community in one common interest; and hence the term Weapontouch, or Wapentake. CLAY-CLIFFE, ham. in the township of Barugh, and parish of Darton; 2 miles from Barnsley, 5.5 from Penistone. CLAY-HILL, f.h. in the township of Middleton, and parish of Ilkley; 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. including Frickley, 360, which being united, form a township. The Church, (styled Frickley-with-Clayton) is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. 120L. Patron, Saint Andrew Warde, Esq. CLAYTON, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3.5 miles from Bradford, 4.5 from Halifax. --Pop. 3,609. CLAYTON-HEIGHTS, ham. in the township of Clayton, and parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 4 miles from Bradford and Halifax. CLAYTON, WEST, in the parish of High-Hoyland, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Barnsley and Penistone, 9 from Wakefield. --Pop. 854. CLECKHEATON, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5.75 miles from Bradford, 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. !92L. Patron, the Vicar of Birstall. At Cleck-Heaton, "Dr. Richardson discovered the site and remains of a Roman town, of which he gave a distinct and satisfactory account to Thomas Hearne." 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 Huddersfield, 6.5 from Bradford. CLIFFE-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Anston with its members, and parish of South-Anston; 4.5 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,) 0.25 of a mile from Rotherham. CLIFTON, in the parish of Dewsbury, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles from Halifax and Huddersfield, 10 from Wakefield. --Pop. included in Hartshead. CLIFTON, in the parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; 6 miles from Otley, 11 from Knaresborough. --Pop. including Norwood, 420, which being united, form a township. CLIFTON, in the township and parish of Conisbrough, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 6.5 miles from Rotherham and Doncaster. This out of copyright material has been transcribed by Colin Hinson, who has provided the transcription to the UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service on condition that any further copying and distribution of the transcription is allowed only for noncommercial purposes, and includes this statement in its entirety. Any references to, or quotations from, this material should give credit to the original author(s) or editors. CLIFTON, in the township of Newhall-cum-Clifton, and parish of Otley, upper-division of Claro; 2.5 miles from Otley, 13 from Knaresborough, 13.5 from Skipton. --Pop. included in Newhall. CLINT, in the parish of Ripley, upper-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; 2 miles from Ripley, 7 from Knaresborough, 8 from Ripon. --Pop. 412. 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 building, with an arched portal, situated on a lofty eminence, commanding an extensive prospect. Some remains of the moat, that once surrounded this ancient mansion, are still discernible. CLOCK-HOUSE, (the seat of Miss Jowetts,) in the township of Manningham, and parish of Bradford; 1.5 mile from Bradford, 8 from Otley. CLOSE-HOUSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Skipton; 2 miles from Skipton. CLOTHERHOLME, 2 f.h. in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 1.5 miles from Ripon. --Pop. 16. CLOUGH, (the seat of Henry John Hirst, Esq.) in the township of Kimberforth, and parish of Rotherham; 0.5 of a mile from Rotherham. COALEY-LANE, 2 f.h. in the township of Wentworth, and parish of Wath-upon- Dearne; 6 miles from Rotherham and Barnsley. COATES, or BARNOLDWICK-COATES, in the parish of Barnoldwick, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 6 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) 7 from Skipton, 11 from Burnley, (Lanc.) --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; 1 mile from Bingley. COCKHILL, (Ainsty) ham. in the township and parish of Moor-Monkton; 7 miles from York, 10.5 from Boroughbridge. COCKHILL-HOUSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Edlington; 6 miles from Doncaster, 7 from Rotherham. COCKLETT, f.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, f.h. in the township and parish of Silkstone; 2 miles from 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-division 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. 84L. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. COLLINGHAM, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack; 1 mile from Wetherby, 6.25 from Tadcaster, 9 from Leeds, 12.75 from Otley, 15.25 from York. --Pop. 286. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, +3L. 11s. 5.5d. Patrons, the Trustees of Lady Betty Hastings. COLNE-BRIDGE, in the township and parish of Kirkheaton; 4 miles from Huddersfield, 5 from Halifax. COLTHOUSES, 2 f.h. in the township of Lower-Stonebeck; 4 miles from Pateley Bridge. COLTON, in the township of Temple-Newsam, and parish of Whitkirk; 5 miles from Leeds, 9 from Wakefield, 10 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, f.h. in the township of Anston with its Members, and parish of South-Anston; 6.5 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; 5.75 miles from Penistone, 6 from Barnsley, 7.25 from Sheffield. CONEYTHORPE, in the parish of Goldsbrough, upper-division of Claro; 4 miles from Knaresborough, 5 from Boroughbridge, 7 from Wetherby. --Pop. 112. This place was formerly written Kingsthorpe. CONYNGHAM-HOUSE, or COGHILL-HALL, (the seat of the Hon. Col. Burton, now occupied by Dr. William Harrison,) in the township of Scriven-with- Tentergate, and parish of Knaresborough; 0.75 of a mile from Knaresborough. This house, built upon the 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-Hall; but Sir John Coghill, Bart. having sold it to the 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 pleasantest 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, +8L. 12s. 8.5d. 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 Norman mode of securing loop-holes. In the latter end of the Saxon period, it belonged to King Harold, and was afterwards given by the Conqueror to Earl Warren; 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 octagonal tower of Dover Castle appears to be almost the only one of the same era. 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 this time of Cartismandua. Conisbrough seems, even in its earliest history, to have been a royal residence; hence its British name, Caer-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 same direction; and with the interposing valley, forms a scene on which the eye expatiates with delight; --a cheering animated landscape, which bursts unexpectedly on the sight, and fills the mind with pleasurable emotions. Within the walls too it affords many beautiful detached views, and such as the 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 Ambrosius, 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. CONISBROUGH-PARK-HOUSE, s.h. 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-cum-Kilnsey, and parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Cliffords-Fee; 3 miles from Kettlewell, 12 from Skipton and Settle. --Pop. including Kilnsey, 137, which being united, form a township. Here is a Chapel to Burnsall, dedicated to St. Mary. CONISTON, COLD, in the parish of Gargrave, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 6.5 miles from Skipton, 9.5 from Settle, 12 from Colne, (Lanc.) --Pop. 345. CONONLEY, in the township of Farnhill-with-Cononley, and parish of Kildwick, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; (Cononley-Hall, the seat of John Swires, Esq.) 4 miles from Skipton, 6.5 from Keighley, 10 from Colne, (Lanc.) --Pop. included in Farnhill. COOKRIDGE, in the township and parish of Addle, upper-division of Skyrack; (Cookridge-Hall, the seat of Richard Wormald, Esq.) 4.5 miles from Otley, 5.5 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 different 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 Claro; (the seat of Thomas Duncombe, Esq.) 4 miles from Knaresborough and Boroughbridge, 6 from Ripon. --Pop. 87. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, +5L. 9s. 7d. p.r. !80L. Patron, Thomas Duncombe, Esq. Before the conquest, Gospatric, a northern nobleman, was Lord of this village, where he had six caracutes of land; three of which, were arable. In the 20th of William I. Erneis de Borun, a Norman, had this manor; whose servant, Trusten, held here one caracute, with one plough, and seven villeins. 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-mentioned time, only at 16s. --Vide Doomsday Book. COPLEY-HALL, f.h. in the township of Skircoat, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 2.5 miles from Halifax. COPMANTHORPE, (Ainsty) in the parish of St. Mary, Bishop-Hill the younger, York, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 4 miles from York, 5.5 from Tadcaster. --Pop. 281. COPT-HEWICK. ----See Hewick-Copt. COPT-HEWICK 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 Colne, (Lanc.) 7 from Skipton, 5 from Keighley. CORTWORTH, in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearne, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Barnsley. COTTINGLEY, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley; 2.25 miles from Bingley, 31 from Bradford. COTTINGLEY-BRIDGE, 2 h. in the township and parish of Bingley; (the seat of C. P. Busfield, Esq.); 0.25 miles from Bingley, 4.75 from Bradford. COTTINGLEY-HOUSE, (the seat of Mrs. Sarah Ferrand,) in the township and parish of Bingley; 2.25 miles from Bingley. COWGILL, f.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, 5 from Halifax. COWICK, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith, (Cowick-Hall, the seat of Lord Viscount Downe, 1.5 miles from Snaith, 8.5 from Howden. --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 Acon, 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 memorian, 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 Viscount Downe. In a direct line from the above, descended Sir Nicholas Dawnay, summoned 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 Cowick, the first Viscount, was created Viscount 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, May28, 1798. --Magna. Brit. --Debrett. Cowick 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 Cowick 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 Clifford's-Fee; 5 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) 6 from Skipton, 8 from Keighley. --Pop. 1,870. COWMS, ham. in the township of Lepton, and parish of Kirkheaton; 2.5 miles from Huddersfield. COW-ROYD-HILL, s.h. in the township of Dalton, and parish of Kirkheaton; 2 miles from Huddersfield, 11 from Wakefield. COWTHORPE, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; 4 miles from Wetherby, 7 from Knaresborough, 13.5 from York. --Pop. 120. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St-Michael, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, +4L. 15s. 10d. p.r. !111L. Patron, the Hon. Edward Petre. Cowthorpe is remarkable on 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 is decaying fast, the trunk and several of the branches appearing to be completely rotten, except the bark; tradition speaks of its being in decay for many generations. The intermixture of foliage 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. Knaresborough. The church at Cowthorpe appears to have been built by a Brian Roucliffe, 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, f.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. 179. CRACOW-HILL, f.h. in the township of Gisburn-Forest, and parish of Gisburn; 5 miles from Settle, 16 from Skipton. CRAGG-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Fewston; 7 miles from Otley, 11 from Knaresborough. CRAGG-HOUSE, s.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 Pateley Bridge. Here formerly stood an old cross, which was one of the boundaries of Knaresborough Forest. CRAWSTONE-HALL, s.h. in the township of Elland-with-Greetland and parish of Halifax; 4 miles from Halifax. CRAY, ham. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arnecliff, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Kettlewell, 9 from Askrigg and Hawes, 5 from Middleham. File supplied to Wishful Thinking BBS 051195 CRIDDLING-PARK, f.h. in the township of Criddling-Stubbs, and parish of Darrington, liberty of Pontefract; 2.5 miles from Ferrybridge. CRIDDLING-STUBBS, in the parishes of Womersley and Darrington, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 2.5 miles from Ferrybridge, 4.5 from Pontefract. --Pop. 96. CRIGGLESTONE, in the parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 4.5 miles from Wakefield, 6 from Barnsley. --Pop. 1,265. CRIMESWORTH-HALL, s.h. in the township of Wadsworth, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 9 miles from Halifax. CRIMESWORTH-DEAN, f.h. in the same township and parish, and liberty of Wakefield; 10 miles from Halifax. CRIMPLE-HOUSE, (the residence of Mrs. Bainbridge,) in the township and parish of Pannall; 2 miles from Harrogate, 5 from Knaresborough. CRINGLES, ham. in the township of Silsden, and parish of Kildwick, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Skipton and Keighley. CROFTON, a parish-town, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract, (the seat of Sir Henry Wright Wilson, Bart.); 3.5 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, 10L. 0s. 2.5d. Patron, the King, as Duke of Lancaster. Here was born Richard Fleming, founder of Lincoln College, Oxford: in 1406, he was Prebendary of South Newbald, and in 1407, served the office of 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, zealous in supporting Wickliffe's doctrines, which afterwards, however, he as strenuously opposed. --Biogr. Dict. CROFT-HOUSE, (the residence of John Atkinson, Esq.) 2 miles from Skipton. It is one of the houses formerly called Cobbs-houses. CROFT-HOUSE, (the seat of Samuel Hailstone, Esq.) in the township of Great- Horton, and parish of Bradford; from which it is distant 0.25 of a mile. CROMWELL-BOTTOM, in the township of Southowram, 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, f.h. in the township of Stock, and parish of Bracewell; 10 miles from Skipton. CROOK-HALL, (the seat of John E. Woodyear, Esq.) in the township of Conisbrough, and parish of Edlington; 5 miles from Doncaster, 5 from Rotherham. CROOK-OF-LUNE, f.h. in the township and parish of Sedbergh; 3.25 miles from Sedbergh, 8 from Kendal, (Westm.) CROOKS, in the townships of Nether-Hallam and Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 1.5 miles from Sheffield. Here is a small School founded by will of William Ronksley, in 1723, for the education of 11 poor children of Crooks and the neighbourhood. The trust is vested in the Burgesses, for the Free School in Sheffield, for the time being. CROOKS-MOOR, ham. in the same township and parish; 1 mile from Sheffield. CROSLAND-HALL, s.h. in the township of South-Crosland, and parish of Almondbury, liberty of Wakefield; 4 miles from Huddersfield. Crosland-Hall, an ancient Mansion of the Beaumonts, which was surrounded 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, Beaumonts of Crosland, and Lockwoods of Lockwood, in the time of Edward III. when Sir Robert Beaumont was slain in this Hall. For particulars, see Watson'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-GATES, 2 or 2 h. in the townships of Seacroft and Barwick-in-Elmet, and parishes of Whitkirk and Barwick-in-Elmet; 4 miles from Leeds. CROSS-HILLS, in the township of Glusburn, and parish of Kildwick, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Keighley and Skipton, 8 from Colne, (Lanc.) CROSS-ROYD, f.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.) 1.1 from Halifax. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. !90L. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. "This place," says Mr. Watson, "takes its name from an ancient stone cross, the top of which is now destroyed, and the bottom is made into a seat, whence is 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, 5.5 from Wakefield. CROW-TREES, (the seat of Joshua Pollard, Esq.) in the township and parish of Bradford; 1.5 miles from Bradford. CUBLEY, 3 or 4 f.h. in the township and parish of Penistone; 1 mile from Penistone. CUCKOLDS-HAVEN, f.h. in the township and parish of Flirbeck; 4 miles from Tickhill. CUCKOO-NEST, f.h. in the township and parish of Bingley; 1 mile from Bingley. CUDWORTH-NETHER, corn-mill, in the township of Over-Cudworth, and parish of Royston, liberty of Pontefract, 3.5 miles from Barnsley. CUDWORTH-OVER, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 3.5 miles from Barnsley, 5 from Wakefield. --Pop. 487. CULLINGWORTH, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley; 3.5 miles from Keighley, 7 from Bradford. CUMBERLAND-ROW, or NEW-STREET, (Ainsty) and part of Davygate, York. CUMBERWORTH-HALF, or UPPFR, in the parishes of Kirk-Burton, and Emley, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 5.5 miles from Penistone, 8 from Huddersfield, 10 from Barnsley. --Pop. 1,120. 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 Penistone, 8 from Huddersfield, 10 from Barnsley. --Pop. 1,295. CUMPTON, f.h. in the township and parish of Collingham; 1.5 miles from Wetherby, 6 from Tadcaster. CUSWORTH, ham. in the township of Sprotbrough, 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- division of Agbrigg and Morley; 1.5 mile from Bradford, 9 from Halifax and Leeds. DACRE, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 4 miles from Pateley Bridge, 6 from Ripley, 12 from Ripon. --Pop. including Bewerley, 2,185, which being united, form a township. The higher part of this township abounds in Lead Mines; particulars of which, see Greenhow-Hill. DACRE-BANKS, ham. in the same township and parish; 3.5 miles from Pateley Bridge. Here is a small School founded about 1693, 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 Staincliffe; 6 miles from Skipton, 9 from Keighley, the end of Lothersdale, and where the Quakers have a burial ground. DALLA, HIGH, or HOLE, ham. in the township of Laverton and parish of Kirbymalzeard; 8 miles from Masham and Ripon. It gives name to Narrow-Gill, &c. west of Kirbymalzeard, called Dalla-Gill. DALTON, in the parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 1 mile from Huddersfield, 9 from Halifax, 12 from Wakefield. --Pop. 2,289. DALTON-MAGNA, in the parish of Rotherham, south-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 2.25 miles from Rotherham, 10.5 from Doncaster. --Pop. 225. DALTON-PARVA, in the township of Dalton-Magna, and parish of Rotherham; 2 miles from Rotherham, 10 from Doncaster. DANDERMIRE, p.h. in the township of Garsdale, and parish of Sedbergh; 5.5 miles from Hawes. DARFIELD, a parish-town, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 5 miles from Barnsley, 10.5 from Doncaster, 42 from York. --Pop 512. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, value, 53L. 1s. 8d. and a vicarage, +14L. 11s. 7d. p.r. 90L. Patron of the rectory, the Rev. H. Cooke; and of the vicarage, Trinity College, Cambridge. DARLANDS, or DEARLAND, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4 miles from Sheffield, 6 from Rotherham. 9 from Penistone. DARLEY, in the township of Menwith-with-Darley, and parish of Hampsthwaite, liberty of Knaresborough; 4 miles from Ripley; 8 from Ripon, 9 from Knaresborough. --Pop. included in Menwith. DARNALL, in the township of Attercliffe-with-Darnall, and parish of Sheffield, liberty of Hallamshire; (Darnall Hall, the seat of Samuel Stainforth, Esq.) 2 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. --Pop. included in Attercliffe. The family of the Stainforths have resided upon lands here, possessed by their ancestors in the reign of Richard II. --Hunter's Hallamshire. DARRINGTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of Robert Oliver, Esq.) 3 miles from Ferrybridge and Pontefract, 12.25 from Doncaster, 14.5 from Barnsley, 24 from York. --Pop. 510. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Lake and All-Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, +16L. 11s. 3d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. DARTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 3.5 miles from Barnsley, 6 from Penistone, 8.5 from Wakefield, 36.5 from York. --Pop. 1,340. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +12L. 10s. p.r. *150L. 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 500L. for the founding of the Free Grammar School at this, his place of nativity, in 1675. Its annual value at present is about 120L. In the church, which is a beautiful structure, is a handsome marble monument 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 aged 70, in 1722. DAW-GREEN, in the township and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield; half a mile from Dewsbury, 5.5 from Wakefield. DAY-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Barugh, and parish of Darton; 2 miles from Barnsley, 6 from Penistone, 9.5 from Wakefield. DEAN-HEAD, f.h. in the township of Hunshelf; and parish of Penistone; 3 miles from Penistone. DEAN-HEAD, -See Scammonden. DEANSHAW, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.); 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 f.h. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arnecliff, liberty of Staincliffe; 6 miles from Kettlewell, 15 from Settle. DEEP-DALE, ham, in the township of Dent, and parish of Sedbergh; 1.5 miles from Dent. DEEP-DALE-HEAD, s.h. in the township of Wigglesworth, and parish of Long-Preston, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Gisburn. DEERSTONES, 4 f.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, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2.5 miles from Huddersfield. DEIGHTON-KIRK, a parish town in the upper-division of Claro; (the seat of the Rev. J. Geldart, L.L.D.) 1.5 miles from Wetherby, 5.5 from Knaresborough, 16.5 from York. --Pop. 371. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 15L. 11s. 10.5d. Patron, Rev. Jas. Geldart. L.L.D. DEIGHTON, NORTH, in the parish of Kirk-Deighton, upper division of Claro; 2 miles from Wetherby, 4.5 from Knaresborough. 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 William Ingilby, Bart. in 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 vestige remains, except their names, which are still retained in the fields, where they stood; viz. Peesbury Hill, Maunberry Hill, Ingmanthorp Hill, and Ingbarrow 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 heptarchy. The Danes obtained a complete victory over the Saxons and Scots, not far from the river Ouse, in the year 1010. --Hist. Knaresborough. DELPH, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.); 1 mile from Dobcross, 8 from Rochdale, 11.5 from Huddersfield, 12.25 from Manchester, (Lanc.) DELPH, NEW, in the same township and parish; 0.75 of a mile from Dobcross. DENABY, in the parish of Mexborough, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 6 miles from Rotherham and Doncaster. Pop. 141. DENBY-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 Colne, 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 that unfortunate monarch as colonel of horse and suffered much during the civil wars, but 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 Denby 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 Denby Grange, sole heir to the estates of the families of Lister and Kaye, by will. --Betham's Baronetage. --Neale's Views. DENBY, UPPER, in the township of Whitley, and parish of Kirk-heaton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 7 miles from Huddersfield and Wakefield. --In the same township is, DENBY, LOWER, 2 f.h. DENBY, HIGH, in the parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Penistone, 6.5 from Barnsley; 11 from Huddersfield. --Pop. 1,412. It is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. !50L. Patron, the Vicar of Penistone. DENBY, LOW, in the township of High-Denby, and parish of Penistone; 4 miles from Penistone. DENHOLME-CARR, ham. in the township of Thornton; and parish of Bradford, 6 miles from Halifax and Keighley. DENT, a market town in the parish of Sedbergh, in the wapentake of Ewcross; 5 miles from Sedbergh, 8 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 11.5 from Hawes, 16.5 from Askrigg, 2.5 from Settle, 59 from York, 266 from London. --Market, Friday. --Fairs, 1st Friday after February 13, and every fortnight until May 12, for horned cattle, &c. --Pop. 1,782. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Kirby-Lonsdale, value, p.r. !102L. 10s. Patrons, 24 Sidesmen. This town is situated near the extremity of Craven, in the centre of a dale to which the town gives the name of Dent-dale. "This dale is entirely surrounded with high mountains, and has only one opening from the west, where a carriage can enter with safety. It is about twelve miles in length, and from one and a half to two miles in breadth. The whole dale is enclosed; and viewed from the higher grounds, presents the picture of a terrestrial paradise." --Brown's Survey of West Riding. DENTON, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Claro; (Denton Park, the seat of Sir Henry Carr Ibbetson, Bart.) 5.5 miles from Otley, 8 from Keighley, 10.5 from Skipton. --Pop. 192. Here is a donative Chapel, value, p.r. 20L. Patron, Sir Henry Carr Ibbetson, Bart. Denton-Park is delightfully situated upon the banks of the Wharf; and "was for several generations the principal residence of the Fairfaxes, of whom Sir William Fairfax married Isabel, daughter of Thomas Thwaites, by whom he had the manor of Denton. This line, in seven generations, produced two judges, Sir Guy and William Fairfax; and two distinguished generals, Ferdinando and Thomas, successively Lords Fairfax, the well-known commanders for the Parliament." To Thomas Lord Fairfax, the public are indebted for the voluminous collections of Dodsworth. In the old house at Denton, Prince Rupert lodged on his way from Lancashire to York, a few days before the battle of Marston-Moor in 1644, and was only prevented destroying the house, by the sight of a fine portrait of John Fairfax, younger brother of the then Lord, who had been slain while defending Frankendale, in the palatinate, A.D. 1621. "In this house, where he had been born 60 years before, died Thomas, Lord Fairfax, the general, Nov. 12, 1671. In the same house, April 9, 1688, died Henry, Lord Fairfax, and was interred in the chapel at Denton." And here was born Edward Fairfax, an English poet, the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax. He had a liberal education, but led a retired life at Fewston, his favourite seat, where he devoted himself to the muses; and died about 1632. --Neale. --Whitaker. Denton-Park was purchased by Henry Ibbetson, Esq. of Red-Hall, near Leeds, in the year 1690; and at his death his eldest son, the late Samuel Ibbetson, succeeded to it; who leaving an only daughter, Alice, the estate being entailed on male issue, descended to the late Sir James Ibbetson, the eldest son of a younger brother, Henry Ibbetson, Esq. created a Baronet in 1748, during the life-time of his elder brother Samuel. The original Castle, a very magnificent building, was burnt by accident in the time of Henry Ibbetson, the first purchaser, and rebuilt on a modern and moderate scale, by his son Samuel, on whose death it was pulled down by Sir James, and the present elegant structure resurrected by him, from a plan of that celebrated architect, Mr. Carr, of York. DENTON, UPPER, ham. in the township of Denton, and parish of Otley, upper- division of Claro; 6 miles from Otley, 10 from Skipton. DEWSBURY, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of the manor of Wakefield; 5 miles from Wakefield, 8 from Huddersfield and Leeds, 9 from Bradford, 10 from Halifax, 33 from York, 187 from London. --Market, Wednesday. --Fairs, Wednesday before New Michaelmas-day, October 5, and Wednesday before Old May-day, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, &c, --Principal Inns, the George Hotel, Man and Saddle, and the Commercial Coffee-house. --Pop. 6,380. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints in the deanry of Pontefract, value, +22L. 13s. 9d. Patron, the King. Camden supposes that the name of this place is derived from Dui, a local deity, of the Brigantes, for it resembles Duis Burgh in sound; and the town, he observes, has been considerable from the earliest date of Christianity, for a cross, which was to be seen here having this inscription: Paulinus hic praedicavit, et celebravit. This Paulinus, the Northumbrian apostle, was the first Archbishop of York, about the year 626. The learned Dr. Gale was of opinion, that this place received its name from some Roman auxiliaries of the 6th Legion, who had camps in many parts of this Riding. DEWSBURY-MILLS, ham. in the township and parish of Dewsbury; 1 mile from Dewsbury. DEWSBURY-MOOR-SIDE, ham. in the township and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield; (the seat of Abraham Greenwood, Esq.) 1 mile from Dewsbury, 6 from Wakefield. DEYKIN-BROOK, ham. in the township and parish of Cawthorne; 3 miles from Penistone, 5.5 from Barnsley. DICK-ROYD-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish of Penistone; 5 miles from Penistone. DIGGLE and BRIDGE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.); 2.75 miles from Dobcross. DIGLEE-ROYD, f.h. in the township of Austonley, and parish of Almondbury; liberty of Wakefield; 7 miles from Huddersfield. DIKES-MARSH, 2 f.h. in the township and parish of Thorne; 2 miles from Thorne. DINNINGTON, a parish-town, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (the seat of John Middleton, Esq.) 8 miles from Tickhill, 8 from Worksop, (Notts.) 8.5 from Rotherham, 51 from York. --Pop. 189. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Nicholas, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +4L. p.r. 68L. 3s. 11d. Patron, the King. DIRTCARR, ham. in the township of Crigglestone, and parish of Sandal-Magna, manor of Wakefield; 4 miles from Wakefield. DOBCROSS, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.); 9 miles from Rochdale, 12 from Manchester, 12.5 from Huddersfield. --Bankers, Saddleworth Bank, Messrs. Buckley and Co. draw on Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co.; and Saddleworth Union Bank, Messrs. Harrop, Lees, Brown, and Co. draw on Messrs. Kenworthy, and Co. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Manchester, diocese of Chester, value, p.r. !85L. 12s. Patron, the Vicar of Rochdale. DODWORTH, in the parish of Silkstone, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Barnsley, 5.5 from Penistone, 10 from Wakefield. --Pop. 1,227. DODWORTH-BOTTOMS, scattered houses, in the township of Dodworth, and parish of Silkstone,; 1.75 a miles from Barnsley. DOG-PARK, f.h. in the township of Askwith, and parish of Weston; 5 miles from Otley, 12 from Knaresborough. DOLEBANK, in the township of Bishop-Thornton, and parish of Ripon; 3 miles from Ripley, 6 from Ripon. At this place, Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Bart. built a Nunnery, which he endowed with 90L. per annum, out of an estate at Maunston. --It is now only a Farm-House, in which some part of the old building is to be found, and is the property of Mr. Greenwood, merchant. DONCASTER, a market and parish-town, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, in the soke of Doncaster; 7 miles from Tickhill, 9 from Bawtry, 11 from Thorne, 12 from Rotherham and Blythe, (Notts.) 15 from Ferrybridge and Pontefract, 16 from Worksop, (Notts.) 20 from Wakefield, 37 from York, 165 from London. --Market, Saturday. --Fairs, April 5 and August 5, for horses, horned cattle, &c. --Bankers, Messrs. Cooke, Childers, and Co. draw on Messrs. Gosling and Sharp, 19, Fleet Street; New Bank, Messrs. Leathams, Tew, and Co. draw on Messrs. Dennison, and Co. 106, Fenchurch-Street. --Principal Inns, Angel, Red Lion, Rein Deer, Black Boy, and Green Dragon. --Pop. 8,544. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. George, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 32L. 19s. 2d. p.r. !100L. Patron, the Archbishop of York. Doncaster, pleasantly situated on the river Don, whence it has its name, is nearly a mile in length, and is one of the neatest towns in the kingdom, and the neighbourhood is remarkable for opulent families. It was formerly a Roman station, by Ninius called Caer-Daun; by Antoninus, Danum, and so likewise by the Notitia, which relates, that the Prefect of the Crispinian horse garrisoned here: this body of cavalry probably took its name from Crispus, son of Constantine the Great. The remains of a Roman road are still visible; and in digging a cellar in St. Sepulchre's Gate, in 1781, a Roman votive altar of a exquisite workmanship was discovered, which, from the inscription, appears to have been dedicated to the Deae Matres. Mr. Watson supposes Doncaster to have been the campadonum of Bede; an opinion controverted by Dr. Whitaker, but his arguments are not very satisfactory. The Church is a very ancient structure, and was given to the abbey of St. Mary's, York; the chief relic contained in it is a Saxon font, still used for the purpose of baptism. In this church is a curious monument to the memory of Robert Byrks, who gave Rossington wood to the poor of the parish, with this uncouth inscription on his tomb :-- How, how, who is here? I Robin of Doncaster, and Margaret my freare, that I spent that I had, that I gave that I have, that I left that I lost, A.D. 1597, quoth Robertus Byrkes, who in this world did reign three-score years and seven, and yet lived not one. --Camden. "Here was," says Leland "a right goodly house of White Freres, in the mydle of the towne, now defaced." There was also, he says, "a house of Grey Freres at the north ende of the bridge, communely caulled the Freres Bridge." Here is a mansion-house, a handsome theatre, a free grammar school, alms house, and public dispensary. The Corporation possesses a revenue of about 7,000L. per annum, which is liberally expended for the benefit of the inhabitants. It is governed by a Mayor, a Recorder, 12 Aldermen, and 24 Common Councilmen. The first charter was granted by King Richard I, and confirmed, and others granted, by many of his successors. Here is an excellent race course, and the grand stand is inferior to none in the kingdom. The races, which have for many years been increasing, are of considerable advantage to the town; and the St. Leger stakes excite a lively interest among the votaries of the turf. At or near this place was born that celebrated naval commander, Sir Martin Frobisher, who distinguished himself by attempts to discover a north-west passage to China. In 1585, he served under Admiral Drake in the West Indies; and in 1588, he had a share in the defeat of the Spanish armada. He was killed in assaulting a fort near Brest, in l594. --Biog. Dict. The Rev. William Bingley, was born at this place in January, 1774. Having completed the early part of his education at the grammar school in this town, he was entered as a student in St. Peter's college, Cambridge, where he took the degree of M.A. He was afterwards chosen a fellow of the Linnaean Society. In 1800, he published a Tour through Wales, in 2 vols. 8vo. and in 1802, his Animal Biography, which has met with general approbation. DON-POTTERY, ham. in the township and parish of Mexbrough; 5.5 miles from Rotherham. DOUGHBIGGIN, ham. in the township and parish of Sedbergh; 1.5 miles from Sedbergh, 6.5 from Dent. DOUK-CAVE, a cave, in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Low-Bentham; 9.5 miles from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 15.5 from Askrigg. The Douk-Cave, one of those natural curiosities (Caves) in which this part of the Riding abounds: it is situated near to the foot of Ingleborough on the south; it somewhat resembles Weathercote Cave, but is not heightened so much with the grand and the terrible. The stream of this cascade does not fall more than five or six yards, but the subterranean passage, out of which it issues, is very curious, and by the help of a ladder, and by means of candles, may be explored. --Tour to the Caves. DOCTOR-HOUSES, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.); 1 mile from Dobcross. DOWGILL-HALL, f.h. in the township of Hartwith, and parish of Kirbymalzeard; 4 miles from Ripley, DRANSFIELD-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 3.75 miles from Huddersfield, 9 from Wakefield. DRAUGHTON, in the parish of Skipton, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 3.25 miles from Skipton, 8 from Keighley, 12 from Otley. --Pop. 279. DRAX, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 4 miles from Snaith, 7 from Selby, 14 from Pontefract, 22 from York. --Pop. 370. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, +4L. p.r. !88L. Patron, the King. The Free Grammar School at Drax was founded in 1667, by Charles Read, Gentleman, of Darleton, in the county of Nottingham, who was born in this parish. He erected a school-house and dwelling for a master, as also six alms-houses, in the town and parish of Drax; and designed the same school-house for a free school and a master for ever, to teach the youth of the parish to read write, accompt, and also Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. The original endowment was 30L. per annum to the master, which yet remains the same, but an advance of salary is expected to take place. "If any of the boys he deemed fit for the University, they shall be sent to either Cambridge or Oxford." --Carlisles Gram. Schools. DRAX, LONG, or LANGRICK, in the parish of Drax, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 5 miles from Snaith, 8 from Selby, 14.5 from Pontefract. --Pop. 187. Philip de Tallevilla had here a Castle strongly fortified, who relying on the courage of his men and store of arms and provisions, held out against King Stephen, but it was quickly taken and reduced by the King. --Gulielm. Newbrigensis. William Pagnall, in the time of Henry I. at the instance of Thurstan, Archbishop of York, founded a Priory here for canons of the order of St. Austin, and dedicated it to St. Nicholas: valued, at the dissolution, 121L. 10s. 3.5d. -Speed, 104L. 14s. 9d. -Dugdale: --Not a vestige of this priory is now to be found, nor was there in Burton's time, without digging; and its site is only known by a farm-house in the township, bearing the name of :- DRAX-ABBEY, 5 miles from Snaith. DREBLEY, in the township of Barden, and parish of Skipton, east-division of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Skipton, 10 from Pateley Bridge. DRIGHLINGTON, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Bradford, 7 from Leeds. --Pop. 1,719. The Chapel of Ease here to Birstall, after having been built 30 years, was consecrated by the Archbishop of York in 1815. At Adwalton Moor, in this township, in the year 1643, a bloody battle was fought between the royalist troops, under the Earl of Newcastle, and the Parliamentarian forces under Lord Fairfax and his son Sir Thomas, the latter of whom were attempting to relieve Bradford, then besieged by the King's Troops. After a most obstinate and wall contested engagement, the troops under the Fairfaxes were defeated; Lord Fairfax taking the road to Bradford with part of his scattered army, and Sir Thomas took towards Halifax with the other part; and joined his father at Bradford the next day. Lord Fairfax, the night following, retired to Leeds, to secure it; and a few days afterwards, Sir Thomas, with his officers and a handful of men, cut his way through the enemy, and retired to Leeds. --Memoirs of Gen. Fairfax. The Free Grammar-School at Drighlington, owes its origin to the benevolence of James Margetson, Archbishop of Armagh, a native of this village, who having built a school here, but not having endowed the same in his life-time, by his Will, dated the 31st of May, 1678, gave all his lands, tenements, &c. in Drighlington and Newhall, to his son, Robert Margetson, and his heirs, to pay yearly for ever towards the maintenance of the school, 60L. out of the rents and profits of those lands, which King William and Queen Mary, by their letters patent, in 1691, granted -that Sir John Tempest, Bart. and other persons there-in named, should be a body corporate; by the name of "the Governors of the Free School of James Margetson, late Lord-Archbishop of Armagh," with perpetual succession, and be able to receive the said yearly sum of 60L. &c. &c. --The right of nominating the head master, was vested in the master and senior fellows of Peterhouse, in Cambridge. The number of governors being reduced to one - the survivor, in 1811, chose eight others; since which several regulations and ordinances conducive to the welfare of the institution have been made. The head master receives the whole of the 60L. although originally only 40L. the rest being paid to the Usher, 13L. 6s. 8d. --English master, 6L. 13s. 4d. --Carlisle. DRINGHOUSES, (Ainsty) in the parishes of St. Mary, Bishop-Hill the Elder; Holy-Trinity, Micklegate, York; and Acomb, liberty of St. Peter; 1.75 miles from York, 7.75 from Tadcaster, 15 from Wetherby. --Pop. 156. Here is a Chapel of Ease, but no chapelry attached. This place in Domesday Book it is written Dreng-houses, which Drenges were Vassalli Militares. -Thoresby. DUDLEY-HILL, ham. in the township of Bowling, and parish Bradford; 2 miles from Bradford. DUMPLING-CASTLE, f.h. in the township and parish of Tickhill; 1.5 mile from Tickhill, 3.5 from Bawtry. DUNGWORTH, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield, upper- division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 6 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Rotherham, 10 from Penistone. DUNKESWICK, in the parish of Harewood, upper-division of Claro; 7 miles from, Wetherby, 8.5 from Knaresborough, 9.5 from Leeds. --Pop. 257. DUNKIRK, ham. in the township of Denby, and parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincross; 4 miles from Penistone. DUNNAH-HALL, f.h. in the township of Newton, and parish of Slaidburn, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) DUNNINGLEY, 2 or 3 f.h. in the township of West-Ardsley and parish of Woodkirk, liberty of Wakefield; 6 miles from Wakefield and Dewsbury. DUNSCR0FT, 2 f.h. in the township and parish of Hatfeld; 3.5 miles from Thorne, 8 from Doncaster. 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. Warburton, was engraved at the expense of the late Edward Rowe Mores, Esq. F.A.S. --Nichols. Anecdotes. DUNSFORTH, LOW, in the parish of Aldborough, upper-division of Claro; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 8 from Knaresborough. --Pop. 115. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, value, p.r. +35L. 10s. Patron, the Vicar of Aldborough. DUNSFORTH, UPPER, in the parish of Aldborough, upper-division of Claro; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 7 from Knaresborough. --Pop. including Branton-Green, 156, which being united, form a township. DUNSOP-BRIDGE, ham. in the township of the Forest of Bowland, higher, and parish of Slaidburn; 10 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 16 from Settle. DYSON-COIT, f.h. in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of Penistone; 2 miles from Penistone. DYSON-HOLM, or COTE, f.h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 6 miles from Sheffield, EADSFORD-BRIDGE, ham. in the township and parish of Mitton, liberty of Staincliffe; 1.5 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) EAREBY, in the township and parish of Thornton, east-division of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) 7 from Skipton, 11 from Burnley, (Lanc.) Here is a School endowed in 1594, by Robert Hindle, Esq. with 20L. per annum, free for reading, for boys within the township and parish of Thornton. EASDIKE, (Ainsty,) f.h. in the township and parish of Wighill; 1 mile from Tadcaster. EASINGTON, in the parish of Slaidburn, west-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Bowland; 12 miles from Settle, 21 from Skipton. --Pop. 801. EAST-BIERLEY, see Bierley, East. EASTBURN, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's Fee; 2.5 miles from Keighley, 5.75 from Skipton, 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; 2.5 miles from Skipton, 17 from Settle. --Pop. included in Embsay. EASTFIELD, f.h. in the township and parish of Silkstone; 3 miles from Penistone. EASTFIELD, f.h. in the township and parish of Tickhill; half a mile from Tickhill. This old mansion, (now much modernised) was formerly the residence of the ancient family of the Eastfields, descendants of William Eastfield, Esq. who was Lord Mayor of London in 1386. "The Laughton family resided here for many years, but whether they hold the estate by descent or purchase is uncertain. --Northern Star. EASTOFT, (a part in Lincolnshire) in the township of Haldenby, and parish of Adlingfleet, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Howden and Thorne, 7.5 from Crowle, (Linc.) EASTWOOD, scattered houses, in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 7.5 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.) EASTWOOD-HOUSE, (the seat of Mrs. Sarah Walker) in the township and parish of Rotherham; half a mile from Rotherham. EASTWOOD-HOUSE, (the seat of William Sugden, 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 Knaresborough. --Pop. 73, ECCLESALL-BIERLOW, in the parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 3 miles from Sheffield, 11 from Chesterfield, (Derby.) --Pop. 9,113. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. !110L. Patron, the Vicar of Sheffield. ECCLESFIELD, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 4.5 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, 19L. 3s. 4d. p.r. 150L. Patron, the Duke of Norfolk. It is a very extensive 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 iron-stone, yet still the general character is rather that of an agricultural than a manufacturing district. In the village of Ecclesfield, very soon after the conquest, a religions house was erected, dependant on the foreign monastery of St. Wandrille. It was under the superintendent of a Priory; but of its founders we are ignorant. --Hunter's Hallamshire. William the Conqueror gave this parish to Roger de Busli, one of his captains, from whose posterity it passed through the families of De Lovetot, Vipont. Furnival, Nevil, Talbot, and lastly, to the noble family of Howard. ECCLESHILL, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 2.5 miles from Bradford, 7 from Otley. --Pop. 2,176. ECCUP, in the township of Addle-with-Eccup, and parish of Addle, upper-division of Skyrack; 3 miles from Harewood, 5.5 from Leeds, 8 from Otley. --Pop. included in Addle. ECKLANDS, ham. in the township of Thurstone, and parish of Penistone, 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 Kildwick, east-division of Staincliffe; 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 Pateley Bridge. EDGERTON, ham. in the township and parish of Huddersfield, liberty of Pontefract; 6.5 miles from Huddersfield. EDLINGTON, a parish town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4.5 miles from Doncaster, 8.5 from Rotherham, 41 from York. --Pop. 141. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +9L. p.r. 130L. Patron, Lord Molesworth. Here are some remains of an ancient residence, supposed, by Mr. Beckwith, to be that of Athlane, the Dane, the place being originally called Athlane town. EGBROUGH, HIGH, in the parish of Kellington, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Snaith, 8 from Pontefract. --Pop. 215. EGBROUGH, LOW, in the township of High-Egbrough, and parish of Kellington; 6 miles from Snaith, 8.5 from Pontefract. ELLAND, or EALAND, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Halifax, 5 from Huddersfield, 15 from Leeds. --Pop. including Greetland, 5,088, which being united, form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, value, p.r. 130L. 13s. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. A Charter of 10th Edward II. (now lost) was granted at the request of John de Warren, Earl of Warren and Surrey, to John de Elland, for a free market on Tuesday at his Manor of Elland, and two fairs. The market, has for generations been discontinued, but in Watsons time "a small market-place and cross were remaining, and tolls taken by the lords steward, when any thing was offered 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 Beaumonts, in the reign of Edward III. The result of this quarrel was the total extinction of the name of Elland: full particulars of which, with an ancient ballad written on the occasion, is to be seen in Watsons History of Halifax. ELLAND-EDGE, ham in the township of Elland-with-Greetland, and parish of Halifax: 4 miles from Halifax. ELDWICK, and ELDWICK-HALL, in the township and parish of Bingley, upper-division of Skyrack; 4 miles from Keighley. ELLENTHORPE, f.h. in the township of Paythorn, and parish of Gisburn; 1.5 mile from Gisburn. ELLERKER, f.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; half a mile from Ripon. ELM-GREEN, ham. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield; 3 miles from Sheffield, 7.5 from Rotherham. ELMHURST, f.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-Lode, the seat of Charles Cholmley, 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, Barnsley, and Pontefract, 11.5 from Wakefield. --Pop. 453. ELPHABROUGH-HALL, s.h. 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-Dearne, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 5.25 miles from Barnsley, 6.75 from Rotherham, 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, 5 from Colne, (Lanc.) 13 from Keighley. --Pop. included in Broughton. "At Elslack," saith Dodsworth, "is a close whereon stood a castle, called Burwen Castle." The manor formerly belonged to the Malhams, at the dispersion of whose estates, it was purchased by the Benson family. It is now the property of James Fox, of Bramham Park, Esq. In the 12th of Edward II. 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 forgotten. The manor and principal estate passed through the Altaripas and Radcliffes, to the Malhams. --Whitaker's Craven. EMBSAY, in the parish of Skipton, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 1.5 miles from Skipton, 16 from Settle. --Pop. including Eastby, 861, which being united, form a township. In the year 1121, William de Machines and Cecilia his wife, founded a Priory here for Canons regular, which was dedicated to St. Cuthbert and St. Mary: It continued about 33 years, and was then translated to Bolton. --Burton --Whitaker. "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 ancient 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 discovered." --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-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 7 miles from Huddersfield; 8.5 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, 14L. 0s. 7.5d. Patron, the Hon. and Rev. J. Lumley Saville. Here is a public school built by a Mr. Wigglesworth, to the master of which, The Hon. and Rev. J. L. Saville, gives 8L. per annum, likewise 10L. per annum is payable out of a close, called Honley-Wood, in Flockton. EMLEY-LODGE, f.h. in the township and parish of Emley; 7 miles from Huddersfield. ENDCLIFFE-HALL, (the seat of William Hodson, Esq.) in the township of Nether-Hallam, 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, (Lanc.) 14 from Huddersfield. --Pop. 1,471. ESHOLT, in the parish of Guiseley, upper-division of Skyrack, liberty of Cawood, Wistow and Otley; (Esholt-Hall, 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 13L. 0s. 4d. --Dugdale, 19L. 8d. --Speed. The site was granted in I. Edward VI, 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 Calverley. His son, Sir Walter Calverley, Bart. built on the site, in the early part of the last century, a very magnificent house, called Esholt priory, or hall. About 1754-5, this house and furniture were sold to Robert Stansfield, Esq. of Bradford, in the line of whose collateral descendants it has passed to the present proprietor, Joshua Crompton, Esq. of Derby, he having married Ann Marie, the third daughter of Wm. Rookes, of Roydes Hall, Esq. by Ann his wife, the heiress of Robert Stansfield. A few pointed arches in some of the offices alone remain to attest that a religious house once occupied the site. --Burton. --Whitaker. ESHTON, in the parish of Gargrave, east-division of the wapentake of Staincliffe, 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. Helens Well, which fills at its source a circular basin twenty feet in circumference, from the whole bottom of which it boils up, without any visible augmentation in the 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 Launcelot 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 2000L. with a clause, that upon non-payment of that sum in five years, the purchase should be absolute: it never was redeemed, and the Bindlosses held Eshton till the year 1648, 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, (Lanc.) 9 from Gisburn. ETHERTHORPE, 4 f.h. in the township and parish of Darfield, Lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4.5 miles from Barnsley. EWCROSS, a wapentake, situated in the northernmost part of this Riding, having Westmoreland 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 nature, known by the name of "the Caves in Craven;" several accounts, as well as views of which, are now before the public. Ewcross contains 11 townships, 5 of which are parishes, 2,249 inhabited houses, and 11,614 inhabitants. Staincliffe and 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. EWOOD-HALL, s.h. in the township of Midgley, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 5.5 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 Dr. Fawcett and at present by his son. At this place, in all probability, was born, Robert Farrar, an English martyr, and Bishop of St. David's, in the 16th century. He became a canon regular, 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 reformation, be was made chaplain to Archbishop Cranmer, after whose example he took a wife. In 1548 he was consecrated Bishop of St. David's 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 to the flames; which sentence was executed at Caermarthen, March 30th, 1555. --Biog. Dict. --Watson's Halifax. --Fox. EXA, s.h. in the township of Bashalleaves and parish of Mitton; 5 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 13 from Gisburn. EXLEY, ham. in the township of Southowram, and parish of Halifax; 2.5 miles from Halifax, 5.5 from Huddersfield. EXLEY-GATE, f.h. in the township of Denby, and parish of Penistone, 4.5 miles from Penistone. EXLEY-HEAD, 3 or 4 f.h. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of Staincliffe; 1 mile from Keighley. FAIRBURN, in the parish of Ledsham, wapentake of Barkston Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 2.5 miles from Ferrybridge, 4 from Pontefract, 6.75 from Abberford, 11 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; 1.5 miles from Bradford, 7 from Halifax. FALDRING, f.h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 5 miles from Sheffield. FALL-HEAD, f.h. in the township and parish of Silkstone, 3.5 miles from Barnsley. FALL-HOUSE, ham. in the township of Whitley, and parishes of Kirkheaton and Thornhill, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 3 miles from Dewsbury, 7 from Wakefield. FARFIELD-HALL, (the seat of Wm. Cunliffe, Esq.) in the township and parish of Addingham; 5 miles from Skipton, 7 from Keighley. FARFIELD, ham. in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 1 mile from Sheffield. FARM, (the seat of John Houseman, Esq.), in the township and parish of Sheffield; 1 mile from Sheffield. FAR, or BURN-CROSS, ham. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield; 7 miles from Sheffield and Barnsley, 8 from Rotherham. FARNHAM, a parish town, in the lower division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; 2.5 miles from Knaresborough, 5.5 from Boroughbridge, 7 from Ripon, 20 from York. --Pop. 141. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value 6L. 12s. 1d. p.r. 32L. Patrons, the Heirs of the late Col. Harvey, and James Collins, Esq. FARNHILL, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 4.5 miles from Skipton, 5.5 from Keighley. --Pop. including Cononley, 1,350, which being united, form a township. FARNLEY, in the parish and borough of Leeds, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of Edward Armitage, Esq.) 4 miles from Leeds, 7 from Bradford. --Pop. 1,332. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value p.r. 122L. 6s. Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. Here Sir Wm. Harrington, 5th Henry V. obtained license to found a chantry for a priest to celebrate divine service daily. By the survey under Hen. VIII. in 1545 it was returned at 11L. 10s. 8d. This Lordship anciently belonged to Sir John Danville, and passed, by marriage into the family of the Nevilles: from whom it descended to the Harringtons, Langtons, and Danbys. Farnley 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, Esq. of Swinton, near Masham, to Mr. James Armitage, merchant of Leeds. After the battle of Marston Moor, in 1644, a party of flying cavaliers took post 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 Farnley- Wood, it obtained the name of "Farnley Wood Plot." Their pretences for rebellion were to redeem themselves from the excise, and all subsidies; to re-establish a Gospel Magistracy and Ministry, to reform all orders, especially lawyers and Clergymen; 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, Wistow, and Otley ; (Farnley Hall, the seat of Walter Fawkes, Esq.) 2 miles from Otley, 10 from Ripley, 11 from Knaresborough. --Pop. 172. The small antique Chapel is a perpetual curacy, under Otley, p.r. !38L. Here is no Burial Ground. Farnley Hall stands on a lofty brow, commanding noble views up and down; the vale of Wharfe, with the planted ridge of Chevin in front. Attached to the old mansion of Queen Elizabeth's time is a magnificent modern house, built by the late proprietor, soon after he became possessed of the estate. --Farnley has been distinguished by the residence of its lords from the earliest times on record. These, from the origin of local surnames bore the name of de Farneley; but Falcasius de Farneley, temp. Hen. III. had a son, who adopting the patronymick Falcasii, or in his own dialect Fawkes, i.e. son of Fawkes, transmitted that appellation to his posterity. --Whitaker's Loidis et Elmete. FARNLEY-MOORSIDE, in the township of Farnley, and parish of Leeds, Morley division of Agbrigg and Morley; 5.5 miles from Leeds, 6 from Bradford. FARNLEY-TYAS, in the parish of Almondbury, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Huddersfield, 9.5 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 Pontefract; 3.75 miles from Bradford, 6.25 from Leeds. --Pop. included in Calverley. FARTOWN, ham. in the township and parish of Huddersfield; (Flash House, the seat of Benjamin Shires, Esq.) 1.5 miles from Huddersfield, 7.5 from Halifax. FAULFITT, f.h. in the township of Stainbrough, and parish of Silkstone; 3.5 miles from Penistone. FAWEATHER, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley; 3 miles from Bingley, 5 from Bradford. FEARNLEY, HIGH, ham. in the township of Wike, and parish of Birstall, 4.5 miles from Bradford, 5 from Halifax. FEARNE-LEE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) 3 miles from Dobcross, 10 from Rochdale. FEATHERSTONE, a parish town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Pontefract, 4 from Ferrybridge, 7 from Wakefield, 25 from York. --Pop. 337. The 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, f.h. and a parish, in the township of South-Hiendly, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Barnsley, 6.5 from Wakefield, 9 from Pontefract, 33 from York. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value 7L. 1s. 10.5d. p.r. 140L. Patron, Archbishop of York. FELLBECK, ham. in the township of High and Low Bishopside, parish and liberty of Ripon; 3 miles from Pateley Bridge. FELLISCLIFFE, in the parish of Hampsthwaite, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; 4 miles from Ripley, 7 from Knaresborough. --Pop. 382. FELL-LANE, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of Staincliffe; 1 mile from Keighley. FENAY-HALL. s.h. in the township and parish of Almondbury; 2.5 miles from Huddersfield. FENAY-LODGE, (the seat of John Brook, Esq.) in the township and parish of Almondbury; 2 miles from Huddersfield. FENAY-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; 5.25 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. !120L. 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. FENWICK, in the parish of Campsall, wapentake of Osgoldcross; 8 miles from Doncaster, 11 from Pontefract. --Pop. 295. FERHAM, (the seat of Henry Hartop, Esq.) in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham; 1 mile from Rotherham. FERRENSBY, in the parish of Farnham, lower-division of Claro; 2.75 miles from Knaresborough, 4.25 from Boroughbridge. --Pop. 110. FERRYBRIDGE, a post-town, in the township of Ferry-Fryston, and parishes of Ferry-Fryston and Pontefract, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Pontefract, 9 from Abberford, 11 from Snaith and Selby, 12 from Tadcaster, 15 from Doncaster and Leeds, 21 from York, 177 from London. --Principal 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 severe 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. FERRY-HOUSE, Inn and Farm House, in the township of Airmin, and parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross; 4 miles from Snaith, 6 from Howden. FERRY-FRYSTON, a parish town in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberties of St. Peter, and Pontefract; 1 mile from Ferrybridge, 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 +5L. 19s. 2d. p.r. *113L. 8s. 10d. Patrons, Succentar and Vicars Choral of York. On the 23rd of March, 1522, 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 complete 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 unmutilated body was a stone. The teeth were all perfect, and the bones that 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 exposed 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 Lancaster, 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 great 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, 11 from Knaresborough, 14.5 from Skipton, 29 from York. --Pop. 610. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value +6L. 13s. 4d. p.r. !113L. Patron, the King. FIELD-HEAD, (the seat of H.W. Oates, Esq.) in the township of Horton, and parish of Bradford; 1 mile from Bradford. FIELD-HEAD, f.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, 7.5 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. Of ten 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 remaining two, one year within Clapham, and the next within Giggleswick. --The inhabitants have seats in both churches, and resort to them alternately, and pay corn-tithe to the Rectors, and Easter-dues to the Vicars of the two churches alternately; but all pay their assessed taxes to Stainforth. --Whitaker's Hist. of Craven. FINKLEY-STREET, s.h. in the township of Wortley, and parish of Tankersley; 5 miles from Penistone, 8 from Sheffield. FINNINGLEY-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, a 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 curiosities were found near Mr. Harvey's mansion. FINTHORPE, (the seat of Richard Clay, Esq.) in the township and parish of Almondbury.; 2.5 miles from Huddersfield. FIRBECK, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberties of St. Peter and Tickhill; (Firbeck Hall, the seat of John Gally Knight, Esq.) 4 miles from Tickhill, 6 from Worksop, (Notts.) 7.5 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. 41L. Patron, the Chancellor of St. Peters, York. This church was rebuilt on the site of the old one, in 1820-1, by Mrs. Gally Knight. FISHLAKE, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 2 miles from Thorne, 8 from Snaith and Doncaster, 31 from York. --Pop. 723. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 13L. 3s. 9d. p.r. !67L. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. FIXBY, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; (Fixby-Hall, the seat of Thomas Thornhill, Esq.) 2.5 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.) 21 miles from Gargrave, 6 from Skipton, 11 from Kettlewell. --Pop. including Winterburn, 134, which being united, form a township. FLASH-HOUSE, f.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 Knaresborough, 6 from Boroughbridge, 6.75 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 15L. 10s. 0d. per ann. --Report of Commissioners. FLOCKTON, NETHER, in the parish of Thornhill, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; (Flockton-Hall, the residence of George Horseington, Esq.) 6.5 miles from Huddersfield, 7.5 from Wakefield, 10.5 from Barnsley. --Pop. 988. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, p.r. 110L. 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; 6.5 miles from Wakefield, 7 from Huddersfield. FOCKERBY, or FOCCARBY, in the parish of Adlingfleet, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Crowle, (Linc.) 9 from Howden, 16.5 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, f.h. in the township and parish of Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 1.5 miles from Tickhill. FOLLYFOOT, in the parish of Spofforth, upper-division of Claro; 3 miles from Knaresborough, 4 from Wetherby. --Pop. 293. FOALSTONE, in the parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 6 miles from Huddersfield, 8.5 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 Gisburn and Clitheroe. FOSTER-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of Fishlake; 2.5 miles from Thorne, 7 from Snaith. FOWGILL, ham. in the township and parish of Low-Bentham; 11 miles from Settle, and Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) FOUNTAINS-ABBEY, in the township of Markington, and parish of Ripon; 3.75 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 scars, slope gently to the brook. " In these deep solitudes and awful cells, Where heavenly pensive contemplation dwells." In 1132, 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 preparing to oppose his resolutions, and threatened to punish the discontented Monks. He was refused admittance into the Chapter house, when a riot ensued and the Prelate having interdicted the Abbot and Monks, left the Monastery, 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 melancholy shade of seven yew trees, growing near where the Abbey now stands. One of them was blown down in 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 Monastery was built. The fame of their sanctity induced many to resort to them; 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 Knaresborough, supplied them with a cart load of bread. For more than 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 between Stephen and his competitor, a party of 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 1245. 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 1125L. 18s. 1d. --Dugdale, 998L. 0s. 8.5d. --Speed, 1073L. 0s. 7.5d. At that time their plate was valued at 708L. 5s. 9d. they also had in possession 2356 horned cattle, 1326 sheep, 86 horses, 79 swine, 117 quarters of wheat, l2 of rye, 134 of oats, 392 loads of hay: In their granary were 18 quarters 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 windows, in others the circular arches. The great east window is magnificently grand, 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 occupied nearly twelve acre 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 era 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 an other, Among these the two Cloisters, the Chapter-house, the Refectory, the Dormitory, and the Kitchen are the principal; 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 solicitous 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. FOUNTAINS-EARTH, in the parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower division of Claro. --Pop. 441. This township is situated on the north-side of the river Nidd, and extends from the top of Nidderdale, down to Lofthouse. FOUNTAINS-HALL, in the township of Markington, and parish of Ripon; 3.5 miles from Ripon. On 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 1163L. Sir Richard sold Fountains, with some of the lands, to Sir Stephen Proctor, who built Fountains-Hall out of its ruins. In 1627, it was in the possession of Richard Ewens, Esq. of South Cowton, whose daughter and sole heiress married John Messenger, Esq. of Newsham. It remained in the Messenger family till the year 1767, when John Michael Messenger, Esq. sold it to William Aislabie, Esq. of Studley, for 18,000L. FOX-HALL, f.h. in the township of Kexbrough, and parish of Darton; 4.5 miles from Barnsley. FOXUP, ham. in the township of Halton-Gill, and parish of Arnecliff, 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, 13.5 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. 120L. Patron, Saint Andrew Warde, Esq. FRIERHEAD, f.h. in the township of Winterburne, and parish of Gargrave, liberty of Staincliffe; 6.5 miles from Skipton. FRIERMERE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.); 1.5 miles from Delph. Here is a Chapel, which is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Thomas, in the deanry of Manchester, diocese of Chester, value, p.r. *97L. Patron, the Vicar of Rochdale, (Lanc.) FRIZING-HALL, ham. in the township of Heston, and parish of Bradford; (the seat of George Lister, Esq.) 2 miles from Bradford FROSTRAW, ham. in the township and parish of Sedbergh; 1.5 miles from Sedbergh, 6 from Dent. FRYSTON, MONK -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; 4.5 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 chapel, 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; situated 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 skills 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. FULWOOD-BOOTH and FULWOOD-HEAD, 2h. in the township of Upper-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield, 6 miles from Sheffield. FURNACE, scattered houses, in the township and parish of Silkstone; 3 miles from Barnsley. GAISGILL, ham. in the township of Rimington, and parish of Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe; 3 miles from Gisburn. GALFAY, in the township of Azerley, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 4 miles from Ripon, 10 from Knaresborough 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, +8L. 17s. 8.5d. Patron, the Rev. W. Whitaker, the present incumbent. GARFORTH-MOOR, in the township and parish of Garforth, liberty of Pontefract; 2.75 miles from Abberford. GARFORTH, WEST, ham. in the township and parish of Garforth; 6.5 miles from Leeds. GARGRAVE, a parish-town, in the east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; (Gargrave-House, the seat of John Nicholas Coulthurst, Esq.) 4.5 miles from Skipton, 8 from Gisburn, 11.5 from Settle, 12 from Colne, (Lanc.) 14 from Kettlewell, 45 from York. --No Market. --Fairs, Feb. 27, third Wednesday in June, October 13, and December 11, for horned-cattle, &c. --Pop. 972. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Craven, value, 12L. 13s. 11.5d. Patron, John Marsden, Esq. About half a mile beneath the town, on a fertile plain, are the buried remains of a Roman Villa, called Kirk-Sink, from a tradition that some great ecclesiastical 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 300 feet long, and 180 wide. It was dug into, about 70 years ago, and the frame of a tessellated 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. GARSDALE, in the parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of Ewcross; 5 miles from Dent, 7 from Sedbergh, 10 from Hawes, 15 from Askrigg. --Pop. 679. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Kirby-Lonsdale, value, p.r. 80L. 2s. Patron, the King. GARSTONES, or GEARSTONES, 2 h. in the township of Ingleton, 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. GATEFORTH, in the parish of Brayton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 5 miles from Selby, 6 from Ferrybridge, 8 from Pontefract. --Pop. 192. GATEHAM, or YATEHOLME, f.h. in the township of Holme, and parish of Almondbury; 9 miles from Huddersfield. GATEHEAD, 2 h. in the township of Marsden, and parish of Almondbury; 6 miles from Huddersfield. GATEUP, f.h. in the township of Appletreewick, and parish of Burnsall, liberty of Staincliffe; 8 miles from Pateley Bridge. GATEWOOD, f.h. in the township and parish of Cantley; 6 miles from Doncaster and Thorne. GAWBER-HALL, f.h. in the township of Barugh, and parish of Darton; 1.5 miles from Barnsley. GAWTHORPE, in the township of Ossett, and parish of Dewsbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 2 miles from Dewsbury, 3.5 from Wakefield, 8 from Leeds. GAWTHORPE, in the township of Lepton, and parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Huddersfield, 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, 2 f.h. in the township of Whitley, and parish of Thornhill; 3.25 miles from Dewsbury, 5 from Huddersfield. GIBRALTAR-MILL, in the township of Pudsey, and parish of Calverley; 4 miles from Bradford, 6.5 from Leeds. GIGGLESWICK, a parish-town, in the west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 1 mile from Settle, 7 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 57 from York. --Pop. 746. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Alkald, in the deanry of Craven, value +21L. 3s. 4d. p.r. 75L. Patrons, J. Coulthurst, and J. Hartley, Esqrs. alternately. This place has long been celebrated for its Grammar School, founded by King Edward VI. in 1553 on the Petition of John Nowell, Clerk, then his Majesty's Chaplain and Vicar of Giggleswick, and of other inhabitants of the town and parish. The endowment in lands, value 23L. 3s. 6d. was part of the possessions belonging to the dissolved Monastery of Nether-Acaster, laying at North Cave, South and North Kelthorp, &c. -but in consequence of the drainage, inclosures, and other improvements, its present amount is upwards of 1000L. per ann. The grant 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 Globe," if their moral characters be good, 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, under his father who was Head Master nearly fifty years. --Carlisle. Here is also a National School, very liberally endowed by the Rev. John Clapham, Vicar, and others; its revenues worth about 50L. per ann. About the centre of that prodigious Scar, called Giggleswick Scar, which skirts the road for nearly two miles from Giggleswick to Clapham, and close to the road side, is situated the celebrated Ebbing and Flowing Well, whose waters, clear as crystal, are constantly ebbing and flowing, although at thirty miles distance 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 minutes, 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 our 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, hidden from the observation of men 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 uninfluenced by the water to a certain extent, closes the outlet, and consequently causes an accumulation between the valve end 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; Ibi vena prope viae 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. GILDINGWELLS, in the township of Woodsets-with-Gildingwells, and parish of South-Anston, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4.5 miles from Worksop (Nott.) 9.5 from Bawtry, 12 from Rotherham. --Pop. included in Woodsets. GILDERSOME, in the parish of Batley, Morley-division of Agbrigg 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. !102L. GILKIRK, or CHURCH. -See Barnoldswick. GILLBOTTOM, scat. f.h. in the township of Clifton-with-Norwood, and parish of Fewston; 6.5 miles from Otley. GILSTEAD, ham. in the township and parish Bingley; 1 mile from Bingley, 6 from Bradford. GILTHWAITE, ham. in the township of Whiston, and parishes of Whiston and Rotherham, upper-division of Stainforth and Tickhill; (Gilthwaite-Hall, the seat of John Outram, Esq.) 2 miles from Rotherham, 5 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. GINGLE-POT, in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Low-Bentham, wapentake of Ewcross; 3.5 miles from Ingleton, 10 from Hawes, 13 from Settle. Gingle-Pot is one of those curious Caves in Craven, which attracts the notice of most tourists. This chasm is situated at the head of a grotesque glen, through which the river Wease winds its subterraneous passage, at the bottom of a precipice. --Tour to the Caves. GINHOUSE, s.h. in the township of Greasbrough, and parish of Rotherham; 1 mile from Rotherham. GIPTON, in the township of Potter-Newton, and parish of Leeds, lower-division of Skyrack; 2 miles from Leeds, 6 from Harewood. Amongst the Thickets here, Thoresby, in his survey of the parish, discovered 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 Staincliffe; (Gisburn-Park, the seat of Lord Ribblesdale); 7 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc) 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 Saturday 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 11L. 6s. 8d. p.r. !120L. 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 chiefly 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, especially when guarding their young -they breed with tame cattle. Gisburn Park is beautifully situated at the confluence of the Ribble and Stockbeck. The Lodge, through which is the entrance into the Park, is a fine piece of Gothic architecture, 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, among 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. --Whitaker. GISBURN-COTES, ham. in the township and parish of Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe; 3 miles from Gisburn. GISBURN-FOREST, a township, in the parish of Gisburn, west division and liberty of Staincliffe; 8 miles from Settle, 15 from Colne, (Lanc.) 17 from Skipton. --Pop. 457. Here is a Chapel, which is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, value, p.r. 49L. 9s. 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 owner 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. GIVENDALE, 4 f.h. in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower division of Claro; 2.5 miles from Ripon, 3.5 from Boroughbridge. --Pop. 31. GLEADLEYS, or GLEADLESS, ham. in the township and parish of Handsworth, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 3.5 miles from Sheffield. A part of this place is in the parish of Sheffield. GLEDHOW, ALLERTON, in the township of Potter-Newton, and parish of Leeds, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; (the residence of Sir John Beckitt,) 3 miles from Leeds, 7.5 from Harewood, 10 from Otley. GLEDSTON-HOUSE, (the seat of Richard Roundell, Esq.) in the township of East and West-Marton, and parish of East-Marton, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Skipton, 5.5 from Keighley, 8 from Colne, (Lanc.) 11 from Settle. GLUSBURN, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 5 miles from Skipton, 5.5 from Keighley, 8 from Colne, (Lanc.> --Pop. 787. GODDARD-HILL, s.h. in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 2.25 miles from Sheffield. GOLCAR, in the parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 3 miles from Huddersfield, 7 from Halifax, 23 from Manchester, (Lanc.) --Pop. 2,606. GOLDSBROUGH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; 2.5 miles from Knaresborough, 6 from Wetherby and Boroughbridge, 16 from York. --Pop. 195. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value 10L. 1s. 0.5d. Patron, the Earl of Harewood. GOLDTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Bolton-upon-Dearne, liberty of Tickhill; 7.5 miles from Barnsley and Doncaster. GOLTHORPE LANE-ENDS, ham. in the township and parish of Bolton-upon-Dearne,; 7 miles from Barnsley, 8 from Doncaster. GOMERSALL, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5.5 miles from Bradford, 7 from Leeds. --Pop. 5,952. GOMERSALL, LITTLE, in the township of Gomersall, and parish of Birstall,; 6 miles from Bradford, 7.5 from Leeds. GOOLE, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 4.5 miles from Snaith and Howden. --Pop. 450. GOOLEFIELD-HOUSES, ham. in the township of Goole, and parish of Snaith; 4 miles from Howden, 7.5 from Snaith. GOOSENER-HEIGHT, 2 or 3 f.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 thunder storm, 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 is the noise of the overwhelming torrent, after rain, that if a person be under the rock, he is unable to make himself heard at ten yards distance. This is a solid mass of limestone, of, perhaps, equal height with Malham Cove, cleft assunder by some 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, pent up beyond, suddenly forced a passage, within the memory of man, which, at every swell continues to spout out of one of the boldest and most beautiful cataracts that can be conceived. Wherever a cleft in the rock, or a lodgment of earth appears, 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 inhabitant of situations inaccessible to every other quadruped, has been lately banished from the sides of Gordale. -History of Craven. GOTHER-BOTTOM, scattered houses, in the township and parish of Silkstone; 1.5 miles from Penistone. GOWBUSK, f.h. in the township of Sawley, parish and liberty of Ripon; 6 miles from Ripon. GOWDALL, 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 f.h. in the township of Gowdall, and parish of Snaith; 1.5 miles from Snaith. GOWTHWAITE-HALL, f.h. in the township of Lower-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 3 miles from Pateley Bridge. In this Hall was born, in 1731, William Craven, D.D. and educated at St. John's College, Cambridge. He took his Batchelor's Degree in 1753, and was fourth wrangler, as well as Chancellors Medallist. He succeeded to the Arabic professorship in 1770, and resigned in 1795. He was elected Master of his College in 1789; and died in 1815. Dr. Craven published "Sermons on the Evidence of a Future State, of Rewards and Punishments," 8vo. and "The Jewish and Christian Dispensations compared," 8vo. --Gent. Mag. --Whitaker's Craven. GOYDEN-POT-HOLE, (in Nidderdale) and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 10 miles from Pateley Bridge. Goydon-Pot-Hole is a large Rock, into which the river Nidd 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 hundred 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 Marton, upper division of Claro, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 2.75 miles from Boroughbridge, 6.25 from Knaresborough. --Pop. included in Marton. GRANGE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) 8 miles from Rochdale, 12 from Huddersfield. GRANGE-ASH, p.h. in the township of Whitley, and parish of Kirkheaton; 6.5 miles from Huddersfield and Wakefield. GRANTLEY, a township, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower division of Claro; (Grantley-Hall, the seat of Lord Grantley) 5 miles from Ripon and Ripley, 6.5 from Pateley Bridge. --Pop. 233. Sir Fletcher Norton, descended from the noble house of Conyers. The first Lord Grantley, was created Lord Grantley, Baron of Markenfield, April 9, 1782: being bred to the law, he was, December 1761, appointed Solicitor-General, and received the honour of Knighthood during his holding that office. In November, 1763, he was made Attorney-General; and in 1769, was Speaker of the House of Commons, in which station he continued till 1780; and was advanced to the Peerage, 1782. His lordship dying, January 1, 1789, was succeeded by his son William, the present noble lord. --Debrett. --Heir Presumptive is his Lordship's nephew, the son of Fletcher Norton, who was one of the Barons of the Exchequer in North Britain. Grantley-Hall stands in a low warm situation, and well sheltered with wood, on the road side leading to Pateley Bridge, but contains nothing particular to interest the tourist or antiquary. In it are two of the Speaker's 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, (Lanc.) 2.5 miles from Dobcross. GRASSFIELD-HOUSE, s.h. in the township of Dacre-with-Bewerley, and parish of Ripon; half a mile from Pateley Bridge. GRASSGARTH, ham. in the township and parish of Weston; 2.5 miles from Otley. 12.5 from Leeds. GRASSINGTON, in the parish of Linton, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; (the seat of Henry Brown, Esq.) 6 miles from Kettlewell, 10 from Skipton and Pateley Bridge, 14 from Settle. --It has a small Market on Tuesday, (chartered for Friday) --Fairs, March 4, April 24, June 29, September 26, for pedlary, &c. --Pop. 983. The neighbourhood of Grassington is 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 Craven. GRAYSTONE, or GRITH, ham. in the township of Laverton, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 3 miles from Kirkbymalzeard. GRAYSTONEGILL, in the township and parish of Low-Bentham, wapentake of Ewcross; It is a fourth part of the township of Low Bentham, in which are several farm-houses. GREASBROUGH, in the parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 2 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Sheffield, 10 from Barnsley. --Pop. 1,252. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to the Holy-Trinity, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. !110L. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. GREEN-CLOSE, ham. in the township of Clapham-with-Newby, and parish of Clapham; 8.5 miles from Settle. GREENFIELD, 2 f.h. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arnecliff, liberty of Staincliffe; 10.5 miles from Kettlewell. GREENFIELD, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.); 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 Whixley, upper-division of Claro; 7 miles from Boroughbridge and Wetherby, 8 from Knaresborough, 10 from York. --Principal Inn, the George, a Posting House. --Pop. 329. GREENHEAD, in the township and parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of Benjamin Haigh Allen, Esq.) half a mile from Huddersfield, 8 from Halifax. A handsome Gothic Church was built here, at the sole expense 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; 1 mile from Bingley, 6 from Bradford. GREENHOUSE, (the residence of Dr. Chorley) in the township, parish, and soke of Doncaster, 1.5 mile from Doncaster. GREENHOW-HILL, in the township of Dacre-with-Bewerley, and parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 3 miles from Pateley Bridge, 7 from Grassington, 14 from Ripon. A large straggling village, upon an eminence, west of Pateley Bridge, abounding with lead Mines, and in which there are rarely less than five hundred inhabitants of this village employed. --The Mines are Sun-side, Prosperous, Providence, Cock-hill, and Merryfield, which produce annually about 2000 tons. GREENHOLME, a part of Burley in Wharfedale, in Otley parish, called Greenholme Cotton-Factory. ---This was later a Woolen Mill, and was producing until at least the late 1950s. -B.T. 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, 12.5 from Rochdale, (Lanc.) GREENWOODLEY, s.h. in the township of Heptonstall, 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 Pontefract; 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 DI BRIG On the other side, ET NVM GG. T. AVR AVRELIAN ANTONINO VS DD RPO SE III. ET GET. COSS. ET SVOS S. M. 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. GRENOFIRTH, 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, GREWELTHORPE, in the parish of 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,) 2.5 miles from Sheffield. GRIMESTHORPE, in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 2.5 miles from Sheffield, 3.5 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 Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; (Grimston Hall, the seat of Lord Howden,) 1.5 miles from Tadcaster, 11.5 from Ferrybridge, 13 from Pontefract. --Pop. 62. Sir John Francis Cradock, of Grimston Hall, was created a Baron of Ireland 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 Lordship's family is of ancient Welsh 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-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Bolland; 4.5 miles from Gisburn, 14 from Burnley, and Colne, (Lanc.) 15 from Skipton. --Pop. 1,125. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value p.r. +95L. Patron, the Vicar of Mitton. GRISEDALE, (a small dale,) in the township and parish of Sedbergh; 8 miles from Sedbergh and Hawes. GROVE-HALL, (the residence of William Lee, Esq.) in the township and parish of Darrington; 2 miles from Ferrybridge, 3 from Pontefract. GRUNSEY-GILL, (the seat of William Brown, Esq.) in the township 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, 26L. Patron, Trinity-College, Cambridge. Trinity-College, Cambridge, "has only the third turn of presentation, which is the next." --Camb. Caland. 1822. GUNTHWAITE, a township, in the parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Penistone, 7 from Barnsley, 11 from Huddersfield. --Pop. 86. HACKFALL, in the township of Grewelthorpe, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard, 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 upright 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 octagon Room, built of petrifactions, called Fisher's Hall; a Grotto, situated in front of a Cascade which falls forty feet; a Rustic Temple, on the margin of a sheet of water, in the middle 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 judgement 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 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 from it 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, Fishers Hall, Mowbray Castle, and at a short distance, the Weeping 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, and groves, 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 Castlehill, 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. HADDINGLEY, f.h. in the township of Shelley, and parish of Kirkburton, 9 miles from Huddersfield and Penistone. HADDLESEY, CHAPEL, in the parish of Birkin, wapentake of Barkston-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-Haddlesey, 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; 5 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 Almondbury; 4.5 miles from Huddersfield. HAGGSIDE, -See Spofforth Haggs. HAGUE, HIGH and LOW, scattered houses, in the township of Kellbrook, and parish of Thornton, liberty of Staincliffe; 3 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) 9.5 from Skipton. HAGUE-HALL, (the seat of James Allott, Esq.) in the township and parish of South-Kirkby, wapentake of Osgoldcross; 7 miles from Pontefract, 5 from Barnsley. HAIGH, ham. in the township of Kexbrough, and parish of Darton, liberty of Pontefract; (Haigh-Hall, the residence of Robert Hodgson, Esq.) 6 miles from Barnsley, 7 from Penistone and Wakefield. HAINSWORTH, in the township and parish of Bingley; 2 miles from Bingley, 7 from Bradford. HALDENBY, in the parish of Addlingfleet, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (Haldenby Park, the seat of John Jackson, Esq.) 6 miles from Crowle. (Linc.) 10 from Howden. --Pop. 69. HALES-DRAX, f.h. in the township and parish of Drax; 3 miles from Snaith, 6 from Selby. HALIFAX, a market and parish-town, in Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 8 miles from Bradford and Huddersfield, 10 from Dewsbury, 12 from Keighley and Todmorden, 16.5 from Rochdale, (Lanc.) 18 from Leeds, 42 from York, 197 from London. --Market, Saturday, for woollen cloth, provisions, &c. --Fairs, June 24. and the first Saturday in November, for horses, horned cattle, &c. --Bankers, Messrs. John Rawson, William Rawson, John Rhodes, and Rawden Briggs, draw on Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co. 48, Lothbury. --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, 84L. 13s. 6.5d. Patron, the King. -The other is called the Holy Trinity Church, a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. +100L. in the patronage of the Vicar of Halifax. The latter was built under the sanction of an act of parliament by Dr. Coulthurst, the late Vicar; the masonry of which, like all modern masonry about the town, is excellent and elaborate. 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 Vicarage Church, there are in the parish twelve Chapels to which the Vicar appoints the Curates, independent of the New Church of Halifax, and the Chapel at Marshaw-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 Rokeby, Vicar of Halifax, and afterwards Archbishop of Dublin, who died November 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, 8,886 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 parish 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, four feet and a half long, which moved 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 Revolution, and so fatal to thousands, seems to have been copied from this machine. The Earl of Morton, Regent of Scotland, passing through Halifax, and happening to see one of these executions, caused a model to be taken, and carried it to 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 himself, 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 Warrein to the Priory of Lewes, in Sussex. The origin of its name has been variously given: Dr. Whitaker supposes it to be half Saxon, half 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 roads by which the Pilgrims entered, and hence the name Halifax, or Holyways, for fax in Norman French, is an old plural noun, 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 be seen in Watson's History of Halifax. --In the beginning of the 18th Century, the manufacture, of Woollen Stuffs was introduced; Shalloons, Everlastings, Moreens, Shags, &c. have been made to great perfection; and within these few years, the cotton-trade has extended in to this neighbourhood. For the convenience of trade, the manufacturers erected, at the expence of 12,000L. a handsome structure, in the lower part of the town, for the sale of their goods, called the Piece Hall, which was first opened for sale in 1779, where the goods of the manufacturers, in an unfinished state, are deposited, and exhibited for sale, every Saturday. The building contains 300 separate cells, and is proof against fire and thieves. In 1642, Nathaniel Waterhouse, by Will, founded an Alms-House, in this town for twelve poor Widows, and a Blue Coat Hospital for twenty poor Children. He also bequeathed 60L. per ann. to the Curates of the twelve Chapels within the Vicarage; a legacy to the Free School at Skircoats, founded by Queen Elizabeth, &c. --These bequests, according to returns published by order of Parliament, made in 1786, amounted to 475L. 16s. 6d., per annum --a copy of Mr. Waterhouse's will is inserted in Mr. Watson's History of Halifax. In 1610, (according to Mr. Watson) Ellen Hopkinson, and Jane Crowther, built in their life-times, Alms-Houses, containing eighteen rooms, for as many poor Widows, and two rooms for a Schoolmaster, which they endowed with Money and Tenements; the annual produce, in 1787, was 13L. These alms-houses being rebuilt, were made to contain twenty-four rooms, twenty of which are for twenty Widows, and three for the Master. In Halifax there are Chapels for almost every class of Dissenters; two National Schools, on the plans of Dr. Bell and Mr. Lancaster; Public Baths, Assembly Rooms, Theatre, &c. Here is also a Benevolent Society for clothing the Sick and Destitute; and to the Public Foundations already noticed, we may add that beneficent Establishment, the Dispensary, which is supported by voluntary Subscriptions. The Lord of the Manor has here a Gaol for the imprisonment of debtors, within the Manor of Wakefield, and in this gaol is the Gibbet-axe of the well known" Halifax Gibbet Law," Of the eminent men born in Halifax, whose names are on record, find the following:- Henry Briggs, an eminent mathematician, was born in 1556, and educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was Fellow in 1588. In 1596, he was chosen Gresham Professor of Geometry, which place he resigned in 1620, on being appointed Savilian Professor at Oxford, where he died in 1630. He was the first improver of Logarithms after Napier, the original inventor, whom he visited in Scotland, and published in 1624, a work of stupendous labour, entitled "Arithmetica Logarithmica," containing logarithms of 30,OO0 natural numbers. He also wrote some other valuable books on mathematical subjects. --Biog. Dict. Joseph Brookbank, born in 1612, son of George Brookbank, of Halifax, was entered at Brazen-Nose College, in 1632, took a degree in Arts, went into orders, and had a curacy. At length removing to London, he taught school in Fleet-Street, and preached there. The time of his death is not known. He published, "Breviate of Lilly's Latin Gram. 8vo. &c." London, 1660, Sermons, &c. He, by indenture, bearing date Oct. 4, 1712, conveyed to trustees, certain lands and tenements, for the founding of the school at Elland. --Watson's Halifax. That excellent Optician and Mechanist, Mr. Jesse Ramsden, was born here in 1735. He greatly improved Hadley's Quadrant. In 1786, he was chosen Fellow of the Royal Society. He died at Brighton in 1800. The celebrated Daniel De Foe, although not a native, was for some time resident at Halifax. Here be employed himself in writing his books, "De Jure Divino," the famous romance of "Robinson Crusoe," and other literary works. --Whitaker. William Edwards, bookseller, Halifax, a character of very great eminence In his profession, died Jan. 10, 1808, aged 86. The catalogues which he occasionally published, were astonishingly rich in scarce and valuable books, of which the ornamental bindings were peculiarly elegant. --Nichols' Lit. Anec. Of Halifax and the parish, there are no less than three separate histories, viz. "Halifax and its Gibbet Law," by John Bentley, 12mo. published in 1761. "Antiquities of the town of Halifax," by Thomas Wright, 12mo. Leeds, 1738; and the "History and Antiquities of the parish of Halifax," by the Rev. John Watson, M.A. and F.S.A. 4to. London, 1775; besides an edition in 8vo. entitled the "History of the town and parish of Halifax," &c. published in numbers, by E. Jacobs, in 1789. This last appears to be an abridgement of Watson's. HALLAM, UPPER, a township, in the parish of Sheffield, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 3 miles from Sheffield. --Pop. 1,018. HALLAM, NETHER, a township, in the parish of Sheffield, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 1.5 miles from Sheffield. --Pop. 3,200. HALL-GATE, 3 f.h. in the township and parish of Handsworth; 4 miles from Sheffield, 6 from Rotherham. HALL-GREEN, in the township of Crigglestone, and parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty of Wakefield; 4 miles from Wakefield, 7.5 from Barnsley. HALLOWS, ham. in the township of Wilsden, and parish of Bradford; 3.75 miles from Keighley, 4 from Bradford. HALSTEAD, (the seat of Mrs. Jane Foxcroft,) in the township and parish of Thornton in Lonsdale, wapentake of Ewcross; 1 mile from Ingleton, 6.5 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) HALTON, in the township of Temple-Newsam, and parish of Whitkirk; 3.25 miles from Leeds. HALTON-DIAL, (toll-bar) in the township of Temple-Newsam, and parish of Whitkirk; 2.25 miles from Leeds. HALTON, EAST, in the parish of Skipton, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Cliffords-Fee; 4 miles from Skipton, 9 from Keighley, 14 from Otley. --Pop. including Bolton, 141, which being united, form a township. HALTON-GILL, in the parish of Arnecliff, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 9 miles from Kettlewell, 10 from Settle; 14 from Hawes, 20 from Skipton. --Pop- 114. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. !60L. 7s. 7d. Patron, the Vicar of Arnecliff; The Chapel was rebuilt in 1636; it has no churchyard or interments, but is dependent on Arnecliff. "Amongst the singular characters of this country, was Mr. Wilson, formerly curate of this place, and father of the late Rev. Edward Wilson, canon of Windsor, he wrote a Tract entitled "The Man in the Moon;" which was seriously meant to convey the knowledge of common astronomy in the following strange vehicle: A cobbler, Israel Jobson by name, is supposed to ascend, first to, the top of Penigent; and thence, as a second stage, equally practicable, to the Moon; after which he makes a tour of the whole solar system. From this excursion, however, the traveller brings back little information which might not have been had upon earth, excepting that the inhabitants of one of the planets, were made of Pot-metal." The book is now rarely to be met with. --Whitaker's Craven. HALTON, WEST, in the parish of Long-Preston, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; (Halton-Place, the seat of John Yorke, Esq.) 7 miles from Settle, 12 from Skipton, 15 from Colne, (Lanc.) --Pop. 190. This village gave name to a very ancient family, which bore, Argent, two bars Azure, the last heiress of whom, 3rd Richard III, added it to the great estate of the Talbots, of Bashall, by marrying Sir Thomas Talbot, Knight. Halton remained in the Talbot family till their extinction, about the year 1660. It is now, by purchase, the property of John Yorke, Esq. who has greatly enhanced the value of the estate, by judicious improvements. --Whitaker's Craven. HAMBLETON, in the parish of Brayton, wapentake of Barkston Ash; (Hambleton-House, the seat of Samuel Smith, Esq.) 3.75 miles from Selby, 7 from Ferrybridge, 9 from Pontefract. --Pop. 488. HAMBLETON-HOUSE, s.h. in the township of Bolton-Abbey, and parish of Skipton; 6 miles from Skipton. HAMERTON, f.h. in the township of Easington, and parish of Slaidburn; 1.5 mile from Slaidburn. This place, which gave name to one of the most ancient families in Craven, is now only a large farm-house, which, with the estate annexed, belongs to Manchester school. Here was a Chantry founded by Stephen de Hamerton, in the chapel of St. Mary, within his manor of Hamerton, in 1332, for a competent secular chaplain, presentable by himself during his life, and after his decease, by his son John, and his heirs, in the said chapel, to celebrate masses, &c. for the said Stephen, Richard his father, and Agnes his mother. For the support of which chaplain, he amortized two messuages, thirty-six acres of land, and twenty acres of meadow, in Slaidburn, and New Laund in Rowland, for ever. This endowment was confirmed by William, Archbishop of York, in February, 1332. Two institutions only occur for this chantry, and as it does not appear in the catalogue of Archbishop Holgate or Browne Willis, it seems most probable that it fell long before the general dissolution. HAMMERTON, GREEN, -See Greenhammerton. HAMPOLE, (extraparochial) in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 6.75 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Pontefract, 13.5 from Wakefield. --Pop. including Stubbs, 140, which being united, form a township. A Priory was built here about the year 1170, by William de Clarefai and Avicia de Fanai, his wife, for fourteen or fifteen Cistercian Nuns, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary; valued at the dissolution at 63L. 5s. 8d. Dug.; 83L. 6s. 11d. Speed. The site, with demesnes, were granted to Francis Aislaby, in 6th Edward VI. 1552. This Nunnery stood in a pleasant vale, in a fine country, near to the high road leading from Wakefield to Doncaster. At present there is an old hall, which seems either to have been part of the Priory, or built out of its ruins. --Dugdale. --Burton. Here lived Richard Role, a hermit, whom Gray, in his introduction to his Key to the Old Testament, says, "one of the first attempts at a translation Into the English language of the Bible, as spoken after the conquest, appears to have been made by Richard Role, an hermit of Hampole, in Yorkshire, who translated and wrote a Gloss. upon the Psalter, and a metrical paraphrase of the book of Job; he died A.D. 1349." HAMPSTHWATTE, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; 2 miles from Ripley, 7 from Knaresborough, 8 from Ripon, 25 from York. --Pop. 490. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Thomas a Beckitt, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 13L. 6s. 8d. Patrons, Messrs. Shanns. This village was part of the possessions of the Lords Viptoft; It is a long straggling village, pleasantly situated on the southern bank of the river Nidd. The patronage of the church was given to the Priory of Knaresborough. -Hist. Knaresborough. HAND-BANK, f.h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone; 3 miles from Penistone. HANDSWORTH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberties of St. Peter and Hallamshire; 4.5 miles from Sheffield, 7 from Rotherham, 12.5 from Chesterfield, (Derby.) 55 from York. --Pop. 2,173. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 12L. 4s. 7d. Patron, the Duke of Norfolk. Handsworth is situated upon an eminence, on the turnpike road from Sheffield to Worksop, from which are commanded extensive and beautiful views of the surrounding country. Not far from the church-yard stands the village school, a respectable stone building, erected by subscription in the year 1800, for the education of a certain number of poor children, to be elected pursuant to the Will of Dr. Lockier, formerly rector of this parish, who, with the Hon. Mrs. Jane Howard, wife of the rector, gave the uses of certain monies for its endowment. For an account of this parish, see Hunter's Hallamshire. HANDSWORTH-WOOD HOUSE, in the township and parish of Handsworth, liberties of St. Peter and Hallamshire; 5 miles from Sheffield. HANGING-STONES, ham. in the township and parish of Ilkley; 4 miles from Otley, 8 from Bradford. HANLITH, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale, west-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; (Hanlith-Hall, a seat of Colonel Serjeantson) 6.5 miles from Settle; 9.5 from Skipton, 10.5 from Kettlewell. --Pop. 46. Hanlith is situated on the east bank of the river Aire. The family of the Serjeantsons, who possess the principal property in the place, resided here at the commencement of the parish Register in 1597. --Whitaker. HARDCASTLE, FAR and NEAR, 2 f.h. in the township of Dacre-cum-Bewerley, and parish of Ripon; 4 miles from Pateley bridge, 14 from Kettlewell. HARDEN, (the seat of Robert Parker, Esq.) in the township of the Forest of Bowland, Higher, and parish of Slaidburn; 6 miles from Slaidburn, 14 from Lancaster. HARDEN, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley; (Harden Grange, the seat of Walker Ferrand, Esq.) 2 miles from Bingley, 5 from Bradford, 8 from Halifax. HARDEN, scat. h. in the township and parish of Thornton; 4 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) 9.5 from Skipton. HARD-GATE, a part of Bishop-Thornton, in Ripon Parish. HARDINGLEY, f.h. in the township of Shelley, and parish of Kirkburton; 9 miles from Huddersfield and Penistone. HARDISTY-HILL, scat. h. in the township and parish of Fewston; 8.5 miles from Otley, 9.5 from Ripley. HARDWICK, f.h. in the township of Aston with Aughton, and parish of Aston; 4 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Sheffield. HARDWICK, BLIND, or SPITAL, f.h. in the township, parish, and liberty of Pontefract; 1 mile from Pontefract. HARDWICK, EAST, in the parish of Pontefract, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Pontefract, 9.5 from Wakefield. --Pop. 96. Here is a donative Chapel. HARDWICK, WEST, in the parish of Wragby, Wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield. --Pop. 93. HARE-HILLS, 2 or 3 h. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of Staincliffe; 3 miles from Keighley. HARRUNDEN, or ARRUNDEN, ham. in the township of Cartworth, and parish of Kirkburton; 7 miles from Huddersfield. HAREWOOD, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Skyrack; 6 miles from Wetherby, 5 from Leeds, Harrogate, and Otley, 10 from Knaresborough, 11 from Tadcaster, 12 from Bradford, 20 from York, 197 from London. --Market, Monday. --Fairs, last Monday in April, and second Monday in October, for sheep and cattle. The Market which appears to have been chartered for calves, sheep, &c. is now nearly obsolete. --Principal Inn, Harewood Arms. --Pop. 849. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, +14L. 1s. 0d. Patrons, the Earl of Harewood, with the Parishioners, and G.H. Wheeler, Esq. of Ledstone, alternately. This is the neatest village in the county, the houses of which are uniformly and handsomely built of stone, consisting of two streets, one running north and south, the other east and west, the latter forming a regular approach to the gateway leading to Harewood-house; and the houses have, at first view, more the appearance of habitations of gentlemen than tenantry. The Church, of great antiquity, is surrounded by a thick grove of trees, which, by their embowering shade, give to it a peculiar air of solemnity; the west-end is beautifully mantled with ivy. In number and perfect preservation of the tombs of its lords, this Church probably surpasses every parish church in the county; and as virtue and honest patriotism are, almost on all occasions, held up to us as models deserving our imitation, this place has been pointed out by all historians as most sacred, for it contains the relics of the virtuous Judge, Sir William Gascoigne, of Gawthorpe, who was, while trying one of the Prince of Wales' favourites, insulted upon the bench by the prince himself, afterwards Henry V. The Judge resolutely committed him, and declared, "He would have the laws respected." This upright Judge discovered equally his resolution and integrity, in refusing to try Archbishop Scrope, for High Treason, an office which another Judge, who was not so scrupulous, assumed and pursued to a fatal point for that prelate. HAREWOOD-HOUSE, (the seat of the Earl of Harewood) in the township and parish of Harewood, upper-division of Skyrack; 5 miles from Leeds and Harrogate. This magnificent and justly admired Mansion was built by the late Mr. John Muschramp of Harewood, under the direction of Mr. Adams of London, and Mr. Carr of York. The foundation was laid in March, 1759, by the late Lord Harewood. It is situated at the top of a hill, fronting to the south, and commanding "a rich home view, over fields and woods, with one slight exception, nearly all his own." This, says Dr. Whitaker, "is a fortunate place, blessed with much natural beauty and fertility, and in the compass of a country village, with nearly an entire though dismantled castle, a modern palace surrounded by a wide extent of pleasure grounds and plantations, and a parish-church filled with unmutilated sculptures of the 14th and 15th centuries." The whole length of the building is 248 feet 6 inches, and the width 84 feet, consisting of a centre and two wings, displaying all the richness of Corinthian Architecture. The apartments are numerous and large, and finished in the first style of elegance, and with great taste. The ceilings are, many of them, richly ornamented from designs of Rebecci and others, the Paintings, Busts, &c. by the first masters, are extremely numerous; and the whole of this princely mansion is fitted up with so much costly elegance, yet usefulness evidently united, that no elaborate description can do it justice. The taste displayed in the pleasure grounds and gardens, corresponds with the magnificence of the house; they comprise nearly 150 acres, laid out by Brown, at the expence of about 16,000L. The public must feel grateful to Lord Harewood, for his liberality shewn to visitors, by allowing them to view this magnificent mansion every Saturday, from eleven to four o'clock in the afternoon. On the declivity of the hill, rising from the vale of Wharfe, stands the dilapidated Castle of Harewood, built soon after the conquest, and then, with the Manor, in possession of William de Meschines; and after passing through various families, we find it in the time of Edward III. in that of the Aldburghs. In the reign of Elizabeth, they were in the possession of the Gascoignes; and after that in the family of the Wentworths, by whom the castle and estate were sold to Sir John Cutler, of parsimonious memory. On a partition, this place with its dependencies, fell to the share of Cutler,* who sometimes resided at Gawthorpe, the Castle being then completely dismantled He let it to his only daughter Elizabeth wife of John Robarts, Earl of Radnor, with a remainder in failure of issue, to his relation, John Boulter, Esq. who took possession, on the decease of this countess in 1696. Of his trustees, this Manor was purchased about the year 1739, by Henry Lascelles, Esq. father of the first Lord Harewood, who spent the best part of a long life in improving and adorning a situation so peculiarly capable of both. * Cutler saw tenants break, and houses fall; For very want be could not build a wall. His only daughter in a stranger's pow'r; For very want he could not pay a dow'r. A few grey hairs his reverend temples crown'd; 'Twas very want that sold them for two pound. - Pope. The family of the Lascelles is very ancient, and appears from a pedigree in Loidis et Elmete, to have descended from John de Lascelles, of Hinderskelfe, and who held lands in l315, 9 Edward II. On the 9th of July, 1790, Edwin Lascelles, the first Lord Harewood, was advanced to the peerage; and at his decease, 25th of January, 1795, was succeeded by Edward, the late Earl, who was created Earl of Harewood and Viscount Lascelles, by patent, dated September 7, 1812, and succeeded by his son Henry. HAREWOOD-BRIDGE INN, in the township of Dun-Keswick, and parish of Harewood; 1 mile from Harewood, 7 from Harrogate, 8 from Otley, 9 from Knaresborough. HARKER, f.h. in the township and parish of Slaidburn; 2.5 miles; from Slaidburn. HARLINGT0N, ham. in the township and parish of Barnbrough, liberty of Tickhill; 6 miles from Doncaster, 9.5 from Barnsley. HARLOW, ham. in the township of Wentworth, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearne; 7 miles, from Rotherham, 8 from Barnsley. HARROGATE, HIGH, in the township of Bilton-with-High-Harrogate, and parish of Knaresborough, lower division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; 3 miles from Knaresborough, 4 from Ripley, 8 from Wetherby, 9 from Hopper-Lane Inn and Otley, 10 from Boroughbridge, 11 from Ripon, 16 from Leeds, 21 from York, 211 from London. --Principal Inns, Dragon, Granby, Queen's Head, and Hope Tavern. --Pop. included in Bilton. Here is a Chapel, which is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. John, value *49L. 18s. 8d. Patron the Vicar of Knaresborough. This place has been long celebrated for its Chalybeate and Sulphurous Waters, and the great resort of company from all parts of the kingdom, during the summer months. It consists of two villages, High and Low Harrogate ; the former stands on what was once a weary waste, commanding prospects of the surrounding country to a great extent: York Cathedral may be distinctly seen, and the Yorkshire Wolds and Hambleton Hills terminate the eastern view; while the western one, is bounded by the Craven hills. It formerly consisted of a few farm-houses and miserable cottages scattered over a bleak dreary heath, but has now a regular and neatly built street, running north and south, with handsome shops and four spacious inns for the accommodation of visitors. Low Harrogate is almost half a mile west, in the vale below, and possesses all the comforts and advantages resulting from good inns and lodging-houses of the former. A much greater number of nobility and gentry resort to these places, during the season, than to any other Watering-place in the north. The first spring discovered here was the old Spa, in 1571, by Capt. William Slingsby, who found that it possessed properties similar to these of            for some time resided at the Grange, and afterwards at Bilton, at that time a royal park well stocked with deer. This spring is now covered with a dome, erected in 1786, at the expence of Alexander Lord Loughborough, who also laid out a plantation on his estate here, which forms a pleasant shade, to a broad walk of two miles long, highly ornamental to the place. Another Chalybeate Spring, called the Tewitt Well, about half a mile south-west of the old Spa, and possessing similar qualities, is occasionally used. Both these springs are situated at High Harrogate; but the principal, and that which occasions the greatest resort, are the long celebrated Sulphur Wells at Low Harrogate, which are most fetidly salutary and efficacious in all Scorbutic complaints. A new spring was discovered in the garden of the Crescent Inn, in the year 1783, which seems best suited to scrofulous complaints. The salt it contains renders it active as a gentle stimulus, 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. It 1819, two new springs were discovered, a Saline Chalybeate Spring, resembling 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. Scudamure, in his account of Mineral Waters, published in 1820. There are public balls at the Inns, thrice a week, each house in regular rotation, 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 excursions, all descriptions of persons find amusement 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 Knaresborough; 3.5 miles from Knaresborough. --Principal Inns, the Crown, White-Hart, Swan, Crescent, and Hotel. HARROP-LODGE, in the township of the Forest of Bowland, Lower; 6.5 miles from Gisburn, 7 from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 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; 5 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 9 from Rotherham, 11.5 from Tickhill, 55 from York. --Pop. 650. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 18L. 11s. 10.5d. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. HARTSHEAD, in the parish of Dewsbury, Morley division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles from Huddersfield and Dewsbury, 6 from Halifax. --Pop. including Clifton, 2007. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. !95L. Patron, the Vicar of Dewsbury. The Chapel of Hartshead is dependent on the Church of Dewsbury, and is the only one existing in the parish. It was in being at the time the living 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. This out of copyright material has been transcribed by Colin Hinson, who has provided the transcription to the UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service on condition that any further copying and distribution of the transcription is allowed only for noncommercial purposes, and includes this statement in its entirety. Any references to, or quotations from, this material should give credit to the original author(s) or editors. HARTLINGTON, in the parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 9 miles from Skipton and Pateley Bridge, 11 from Kettlewell. --Pop. 141. HARTWITH, in the parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro; 4 miles from Pateley Bridge, 10 from Ripon, and Knaresborough. --Pop. including Winsley, 675, which being united form a township. Here is a Chapel under Kirkbymalzeard, of which the Vicar is Patron, present value, 100L. 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' Report. HARWOOD-WELL, scat. h. in the township of Skircoat, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 1.5 miles from Halifax. HATFIELD, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill (the seat of W. Gossip, Esq.) 4 miles from Thorne, 8 from Doncaster, 11 from Bawtry, 34 from York. --Pop. 1,948. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Lawrence, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. 80L. 4s. 3d. Patron, Lord Deerhurst, in right of his Wife. Bacon styles it a vicarage, value, 15L. 5s. On Hatfield Heath, a bloody battle was fought between Ceadwalla, King of the Britons, and Penda, the Pagan King of Mercia, against Edwin, the first Christian King 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 five 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 within 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 400,000L. 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 Lindholme. Of his cell a particular account is given in the Gents. Mag. for 1747, written by George Stovin, Esq. of Crowle, and copied into the Hist. of Doncaster. Mr. Stovin's Letter is dated Aug. 31, 1727. It was situated to 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 hones of a human body, all of a very large size; likewise a peck of hemp-seed, and a piece of beaten copper. A farmhouse 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. Doncaster. HATFIELD-HALL, (the residence of Francis Maud, Rag.) 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 Ecclesfield; 4 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. HATFIELD-WOOD HOUSE, in the township and parish of Hatfield; 3.5 miles from Thorne, 8.5 from Doncaster. HAUGH-END, (the seat of Major Priestly) in the township of Sowerby, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 3.5 miles from Halifax, 8.5 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 veneration, by all who know how to estimate religion without bigotry, and reason without 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 endeavoured to prevail on him to acknowledge the doctrine of non-resistance, a principle which the Doctor had afterwards occasion to renounce. He was zealous 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 10vols. 8vo. and 3 vols. folio. He died in 1694, much lamented. HAUGH, NETHER, in the township of Greasbrough, and parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 2.75 miles from Rotherham, 9.5 from Barnsley. HAUGH, UPPER in the township and parish of Rawmarsh, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 3 miles from Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield and Barnsley. HAVERAH-PARK, (extraparochial) in the lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; 7 miles from Knaresborough, 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 Inglby, Bart. in whose family it has been for many ages. At the west-end of the 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 Knaresborough about the year 1371. HAVERCROFT, in the parish of Felkirk, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Barnsley, 6.5 from Wakefield, 9 from Pontefract. --Pop. including North or Cold-Hiendley, 189, which, being united form a township. HAVERCROFT, in the township and parish of Batley, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley; 2.5 miles from Dewsbury, 6.25 from Bradford. HAWKESTONE-SLACK, 2 cotts. in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 10 miles from Halifax and Burnley, (Lanc.) HAWKSWORTH, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack, 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 Hawksworth, 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 property of Walter Fawkes, Esq. of Farnley, a lineal descendant of the family, and whose father resided there till 1786. The Hall is an irregular stone building of various periods. The oldest part bears the date of 1611, on some rich and curious plasterwork, very characteristic of that age. But it has been improved and modernised by the family, at various times. -Whitaker. --Neale. HAWKESWICK, in the parish of Arnecliff, west-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 4 miles from Kettlewell, 10 from Settle, 15 from Skipton. --Pop. 86. HAWORTH, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Keighley, 7 from Bradford, 8 from Halifax, 9.5, from Colne, (Lanc.) --No Market. --Fairs, July 22, for pedlary ware; and October 14, for horned cattle, pedlary ware, &c. --Pop. 4668, Here is a Chapel of ease, dedicated to St. Michael. Patron, the Vicar of Bradford. HAWPIKE, f.h. in the township of Draughton, and parish of Skipton; 5 miles from Skipton. HAWSHAW, ham. in the township of Kellbrook, and parish of Thornton, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 4.5 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) 9 from Skipton. HAYLEY-HILL, scat. h. in the township of Northowram, and parish of Halifax; a quarter of a mile from Halifax. HAY-PARK FARMS, in the township and parish of Knaresborough; 1 mile from Knaresborough, 7 from Wetherby. HAYWOOD, f.h. in the township and parish of Campsall; 7 miles from Doncaster and Thorne. HAZELHEAD, f.h. in the township of Thurston, and parish of Penistone; 3 miles from Penistone. HAZELWOOD, in the parish of Skipton, upper-division of Claro; 7.5 miles from Skipton, 13 from Pateley Bridge, 16.5 from Knaresborough. --Pop. including Storithes, 209, which being united form a township. Here is a School for the poor of the township, the master of which receives 15L. per annum, from Silvester Petyt's charities, the interest of 300L. The school house was built about 120 years ago, by a person of the name of Winterburne. --Commiss. Report. Mr. Petyt, whose charities were extensive in the neighbourhood, appears to have been born in Storithes, in this township. HAZELWOOD, in the township of Sutton-with-Hazlewood, and parish of Tadcaster, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 3 miles from Tadcaster, 7 from Wetherby. --Pop. included in Stutton. In the same township is:- HAZELWOOD-HALL, (extraparochial) (a seat of Sir Thomas Vavasour, Bart.) HEALAUGH, (Ainsty) a parish-town, 3 miles from Tadcaster, 7 from Wetherby, 8 from York. --Pop. 191. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. John, value, p.r. between 80 and 100L. Patron, Benjamin Brooksbank, Esq. Bacon styles it a vicarage discharged, value, 6L. In the reign of King John, here was an Hermitage in the wood, which afterwards, in 1218, became a convent of regular black canons, established and endowed by Jordan de St. Maria, and Alice, his wife. At the time of the dissolution, here were fourteen canons, who had revenues to the value of 72L. 10s. 7d. per annum. This monastery was granted, in 1540, to James Gage, and afterwards came into the possession of Sir Arthur Darcy, Knight. It afterwards was part of the possessions of the Lords Wharton, and was the seat of Philip, Lord Wharton, temp. Charles I. -Burton. --Drake. Leland says, "From Tadcaster to Helagh Pryory is about two mile, by inclosed ground. One Geffrey Haget, a nobleman, was first founder of it. In this pryory was buried sum of the Depedales and Stapletons, gentlemen; of whom, one Sir Bryan Stapleton, a valiant Knight, is much spoken of. Geffrey Haget was owner of Helagh Lordship, and besides a great owner in the Ainsty. From Helagh pryory, scant a mile to Helagh village, I saw great ruins of an ancient manor of stone, with a fair wooded park thereby, that belonged to the Earl of Northumberland. It was as far as I can perceive, sumtyme the Haget's land." HEALAUGH-HALL, (Ainsty) the seat of Benjamin Brooksbank, Esq. in the township and parish of Healaugh; 1 mile from Tadcaster, 6 from Wetherby, 10 from York. HEALAUGH-MANOR, (Ainsty) f.h. in the township and parish of Healaugh; 2 miles from Tadcaster. HEADLEY-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Bramham; 3 miles from Tadcaster, 5 from Wetherby. HEALEY, ham. in the township and parish of Batley; 2.5 miles from Dewsbury, 6 from Wakefield. HEELEY, in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 1.5 mile from Sheffield. HEELEY, UPPER, in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield; 2 miles from Sheffield. HEANING, s.h. in the township of Newton, and parish Slaidburn; 2.5 miles from Slaidburn. HEATH, in the township of Warmfield-with-Heath, and parish of Warmfield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (the seats of John Henry Smyth, and William Smithson, Esqrs.) 2 miles from Wakefield, 10 from Barnsley. --Pop. included in Warmfield. Heath-Hall is occupied by Nuns of the order of St. Benedict. HEATHEN-CARR, 4 f.h. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 5 miles from Kettlewell. HEATH-FIELD, 2 f.h. in the township of Lower-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 2 miles from Pateley Bridge. HEATH-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Golcar, and parish of Huddersfield; 3 miles from Huddersfield. HEATON, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley; (Heaton-Hall, the seat of John Wilmer Field, Esq.) 2 miles from Bradford, 4.5 from Bingley. --Pop. 1,217. HEATON, CLECK. -See Cleck-Heaton. HEATON, EARLS, in the township of Soothill, and parish of Dewsbury, Agbrigg-division 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, 5 from Wakefield. HEATON-HILL, scattered houses, in the township of Soothill, and parish of Dewsbury; half a mile from Dewsbury. HEATON, KIRK. -See Kirkheaton. HEATON-LODGE, in the township and parish of Kirkheaton; 3 miles from Huddersfield, HEATON-ROYDS, ham, in the township of Heaton, and parish of Bradford; 2.5 miles from Bradford. HEATON, UPPER, in the township and parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 2.5 miles from Huddersfield, 11 from Wakefield. HEBDEN, in the parish of Linton, east division and liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Kettlewell and Pateley Bridge, 12 from Skipton. --Pop. 377. HEBDEN-BRIDGE, in the townships of Heptonstall and Wadsworth, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 7.5 miles from Halifax, 10 from Rochdale, (Lanc.) HEBDEN-BRIDGE-LANES, in the township of Heptonstall, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles from Halifax. HEBDEN-MOORSIDE, strag. cotts. in the township of Hebden and Hartlington, and parishes of Linton and Burnsall, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 7.5 miles from Pateley Bridge. HECK, GREAT, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith; 2 miles from Snaith, 5 from Ferrybridge, 9 from Thorne. --Pop. 228. HECK, LITTLE, 2 f.h. in the township of Great Heck, and parish of Snaith, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith, 2.5 miles from Snaith, 7.75 from Ferrybridge. HECKMONDWIKE, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Dewsbury, 7 from Wakefield, 9 from Halifax. --Pop. 2,579. HEDDINGLEY, or HEADINGLEY, in the parish and borough of Leeds, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Leeds, 5 from Bradford and Otley. --Pop. including Burley, 2,154, which being united, form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael. Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. (The spelling Headingley is in current use -B.T. 1995) In this village "still remains the gigantic Oak Tree, of which Thoresby modestly and ingeniously conjectured that it might have been the place of assembly for the wapentake, and have occasioned the name of Skyrack, i.e. Shire Oak." HEIGHT, ham. in the township of Linthwaite, and parish of Almondbury; 3.75 miles from Huddersfield. HEIGHTS, CHAPEL, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.) 12 from Huddersfield and Manchester, (Lanc.) Here is a Chapel of ease to Rochdale. HELLABY, 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. HELLIFIELD, in the parish of Long-Preston, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 6.5 miles from Settle, 9.5 from Skipton, 12.5 from Colne, (Lanc.) --Pop. 279. About half a mile from the village, in the same township, is:- HELLIFIELD-PEEL, the seat of James Hamerton, Esq. Hellifield Peel, stands upon a flat, and was once, probably, surrounded by a moat. It was built by Lawrence Hamerton, about the 19th of Henry VI. at which time he obtained a license to fortify and embattle his manor-house of Hellifield. It still remains a square compact building, but of too narrow dimensions to accommodate the family in the splendid style in which they then lived, and therefore intended rather as a place of retreat in cases of sudden alarm. The house has been modernised by the present owner. Hellifield, anciently Helgefelt, or the field of Helgh, its first Saxon possessor, 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. In 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 London, and shortly after attainted 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 Hellifield-Peel remained in the Crown till 37th Henry VIII. when it was granted by that King to George Brown and his heirs, to be held of the King in capite, for the consideration of 296L. 9s. 2d. In the 3rd of Elizabeth, it returned to the family again in the person of John Hammerton, Esq.; and where it has remained ever since. The first of the name of Hammerton that occurs here, is Richard de Hamerton, in 1170, 26th Henry II. --Whitaker's Craven. HEMMINGFIELD, f.h. in the township of Wombwell, and parish of Darfield, liberty of Tickhill; 5 miles from Barnsley. HEMSWORTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; (Hemsworth-Hall, the seat of Sir Francis Lindley Wood, Bart.) 5.5 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield, 9 from Barnsley, 29.5 from York. --Pop. 963. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 20L. 1s. 0.5d. Patron, William Wrightson, Esq. Here is an Hospital for a master, ten poor men, and ten poor women, founded 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. 4d. towards their support. Great abuses in the distribution of the rents by its Trustees having afterwards happened, who had "combined together to defraud the master, brethren, and sisters, of their lands and hereditaments," --and in the granting of leases, - Bills in Chaucery 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 2,000L. per annum. The masters share of all the revenues is one fifth, - 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 infirmity. --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 Grammar-School, by Robert Holgate, Archbishop of York, in the last year of Henry VIII. 1546, which he endowed with lands and tenements to the amount, at that time, of 24L. per annum. The present reserved rental of that part of the property which is now attached to Hemsworth School, is about 150L. 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. ) HEMSWORTH-LODGE, f.h. ) each about 5 miles from Pontefract. HEMSWORTH-MARSH, ham. ) 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. HEPTONSTALL, in the parish of Halifax, Morley division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 8 miles from Halifax, 12 from Rochdale, (Lanc.) --Pop. 4,543, The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Thomas a Beckett, value !132L. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. 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 20L. The present rental is about 70L. per annum. He also left rents for the founding of two Fellowships, and two Scholarships in the University College, Oxford, of which he had been Fellow, --but they were unfortunately lost by the mismanagement of his Executors. -- Watson's Halifax. In a skirmish betwixt the Cavaliers and the Round-heads, during the Civil Wars of Charles I. part of this town was burnt to the ground. HEPTONSTALL-PARK, in the township of Erringden, and parish, of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 7 miles from Halifax, 13 from Rochdale, (Lanc.) Heptonstall-Park, or more properly speaking, Erringden-Park, which was a park appurtenant to the Forest of Sowerbyshire, or Hardwick, and probably enclosed by one of the Earls Warren. This once famous park, which held sheep as well as deer, was disparked 27th Henry VI. and demised to tenants at rents amounting altogether to 24L. 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 chapelry of Heptonstall. --Watson. --Whitaker. HEPTONSTALL-SLACK, in the township of Heptonstall, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield ; 9 miles from Halifax, 12.5 from Rochdale, (Lanc.) HEPWORTH, a township, in the parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 6.5 miles from Huddersfield, 7 from Penistone. --Pop 1,048. HERMIT-HILL, ham. in the township of Wortley, and parish of Tankersley; 5 miles from Barnsley, 6 from Penistone. HERRINGTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Whisten; 2 miles from Rotherham. HESLE, a township, in the parish of Wragby, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield. --Pop. 139. HESLEY, s.h. in the township and parish of Rossington; 3.5 miles from Bawtry, 6.5 from Doncaster. HESSAY, (Ainsty) in the parish of Moor-Monkton; 6 miles from York, 9 from Wetherby. --Pop. 161. HESSLEDEN, NETHER, and OVER, 2 f.h. in the township of Halton-Gill, and parish of Arnecliff, liberty of Staincliffe; 9 miles from Kettlewell, 11.5 from Settle. HETTON, 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; 1.75 miles from Skipton. HEWBY, in the township of Weeton, and parish of Harewood, upper-division of Claro; 5 miles from Otley, 8 from Wetherby, 10 from Leeds. HEWICK, COPT, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro, liberties of St. Peter and Ripon, 2 miles from Ripon, 5 from Boroughbridge. --Pop. 131. HEWICK LODGE, -See Copt-Hewick-Lodge. HEXTHORPE, in the parish and soke of Doncaster, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, 1.75 miles from Doncaster, 10.5 from Rotherham. --Pop. including Balby, 395, which being united, form a township. HICKLETON, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (the residence of Francis Hawksworth, Esq.) 6 miles from Doncaster, 9.5 from Barnsley, 10 from Rotherham, 40 from York. --Pop. 153. The church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Dennis, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. !100L. Patron, Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth, Esq. HIENDLEY NORTH, or COLD, ham. in the township of Havercroft-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 Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Barnsley and Wakefield, 10 from Pontefract. --Pop. 166. HIGHAM, ham. in the township of Barugh, and parish of Darton; 2.25 miles from Barnsley, 5 from Penistone. HIGH-ELLERS, 2 f.h. in the township and parish of Cantley; 3 miles from Doncaster. HIGHFIELD, 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, f.h. in the township of Thurgoland, and parish of Silkstone; 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 Bartletts Buildings, London; but discovering a strong turn to Heraldic pursuits, and having, 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 advanced to that of Somerset Herald. He became Member of the Antiquarian 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. Biog. Dict. -Gents. Mag. vol. LXIV. HIGH-FIELD-LANES, f.h. in the township and parish of Womersley; 5 miles from Pontefract. HIGH-FIELD, 2 f.h. in the township and parish of Slaidburn; 1.5 mile from Slaidburn. HIGH-FLATTS, scat. h. in the township of Denby, and parish of Penistone; 3.5 miles from Penistone. HIGH-GATE, f.h. in the township of Stirton-with-Thorlby, and parish of Skipton; 3 miles from Skipton. HIGHGATE-LANE, 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 Greenwood, High HIGH-HOUSE, in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield; 1.75 miles from Sheffield. HIGH-ROYD-HOUSE, (the seat of Thomas Beaumont, Esq.) in the township of Honley, and parish of Almondbury; 3.5 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 f.h. in the township of Sawley, and parish of Ripon; 1 mile from Pateley Bridge. 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 Nether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield; 1 mile from Sheffield. HILLS, f.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, f.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; 6.5 miles from Huddersfield and Penistone. HILL-TOP, ham. in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham; 2 miles from Rotherham. HIPPERHOLME, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 2.25 miles from Halifax, 6.75 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 Hippperholme, towards the maintenance of a Free-School there: the School received a further augmentation, in 1671, from Samuel Sunderland, Esq. of Harden, near Bingley. The present rental is 114L. per annum. --Watson's Halifax. -Carlisle. HOBBERLEY-HOUSE, f.h. in the townships and parishes of Thorner and Barwick-in-Elmet; 4.5 miles from Leeds. HOB-GREEN, s.h. in the township of Markington-with-Waller-thwaite, and parish of Ripon; 4.5 miles from Ripon. HOGLEY, ham. in the township of Austonley, and parish of Almondbury; 7 miles from Huddersfield. HOLBECK, in the parish and borough of Leeds, liberty of Pontefract; 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 expense 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 Conquerer, this Chapel is mentioned as being given by the said Ralph Pagnell, to the Priory of the Holy Trinity at York, -the date 1089. There was a Chantry here, valued in the 37th Henry VIII. at 4L. per annum. --Thoresby. HOLDEN-CLOUGH, strag. h. in the townships of Batley and Birstall, and parish of Batley; 4 miles from Dewsbury. HOLDEN, or HOLLIN-HOUSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield; 8 miles from Penistone. HOLDEN, in the township and parish of Bolton-by-Bolland, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Guisburn, 10 from Settle, 13 from Skipton, HOLDSWORTH, ham. in the township of Ovenden, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 3 miles from Halifax. HOLDSWORTH, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 6 miles from Sheffield. HOLDGATE, or HOLEGATE, (Ainsty) in the parish of Acomb, liberty of St. Peter; (the seat of Lindley Murray,) 1 mile from York, 8.75 from Tadcaster. --Pop. 83. From this village, a vast quantity of earth was dug, which composes Severus's-Hills. -Drake. HOLLEY-HALL, f.h. in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of Penistone; 4 miles from Penistone. HOLLING, (the seat of John Williamson, Esq,) in the township of Killinghall, and parish of Ripley; 2 miles from Ripley, 3 from Harrogate, 5.5 from Knaresborough. HOLLING-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Ilkley; 8 miles from Skipton and Otley. HOLLINGS-HALL, (the seat of John Dearden, Esq.) in the township of Warley, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 3 miles from Halifax. HOLLINS, in the township of Steeton, 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, (Lanc.); 9 miles from Rochdale, HOLLIN-HALL, (the seat of Henry Richard Wood, Esq.) in the township of Aismunderby-with-Bondgate, and parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 2.5 miles from Ripon, 5.5 from Ripley. HOLLINGTHORPE, f.h. in the township of Crigglestone, and parish of Sandal-Magna, liberty of Pontefract; 4.5 miles from Wakefield. HOLME, in the parish of Almondbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 9 miles from Huddersfield, 11 from Penistone. --Pop. 459. HOLME-BRIDGE, s.h. in the township of Stirton-with-Thorlby, and parish of Skipton; 3.75 miles from Skipton. HOLMFIRTH, in the township of Wooldale, and parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg- division 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. 123L. 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 reign of Edward IV. --Whitaker. HOLME-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Keighley, 8 from Skipton. HOLME-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 3 miles from Pateley Bridge. HOLMES, ham. in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham, liberty of Tickhill; 1.25 miles from Rotherham. HONLEY, in the parish of Almondbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Huddersfield, 12 from Penistone, 13.5 from Wakefield. --Pop. 3,501. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. *124L. 9s. 6d. Patron, the Vicar of Almondbury. HOOBER-HALL, f.h. in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearne; 5 miles from Rotherham. HOOBER-STAND, a Monument, in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearne, 4.5 miles from Rotherham. HOOD-GREEN, f.h. in the township of Stainbrough, and parish of Silkstone; 3.5 miles from Barnsley. HOOBROM, in the township Austonley, and parish of Almondbury; 8 miles from Huddersfield, 11 from Penistone. An ancient mansion converted into cottages. HOOD-LAND, 2 h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone; 2.5 miles from Penistone. HOOK, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross; liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Howden, 8.5 from Thorne, 9 from Snaith. --Pop. 363. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. John, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, p.r. !48L. 13s. 4d. Patron, the Vicar of Snaith. HOOTON-LEVETT, or HIGH, in the parish of Maltby, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (the seat of William Hoyle, Esq.) 5 miles from Tickhill, 7 from Rotherham, 9.25 from Bawtry. -Pop. 95. HOOTON-PAGNEL, or HUTTON-PAGNALL, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (the seat of St. Andrew Warde, Esq.) 5.75 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. 2.5d. Patrons, the Governors of the Free Grammar School of Wakefield. HOOTON-ROBERTS, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4.5 miles from Rotherham, 7.5 from Doncaster, 41.5 from York. --Pop. 190. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +7L. 11s. 8d. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The Hall-House here was formerly one of the principal seats of the great Earl of Strafford, who was beheaded in the reign of Charles I. It is now the property of Earl Fitzwilliam: and occupied by three Miss Kents. HOOTON-SLADE, in the township and parish of Laughton-en-le-Morthen, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of St. Peter; (the seat of William Murfin, Esq.) 5 miles from Tickhill, 7.5 from Rotherham. HOPE-HOUSE, (the seat of Christopher Rawson, Esq.) in the township and parish of Halifax; a quarter of a mile from Halifax. HOPPER-LANE INN, a Posting-House, in the township and parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro; 9 miles from Harrogate, 9 from Otley and Pateley Bridge, 10 from Ripley, 11 from Knaresborough, 13 from Skipton, 17 from Ripon. Sign, the Smiths Arms. HOPPERTON, in the township of Allerton-Mauleverer-with-Hopperton, and parish of Allerton-Mauleverer, upper-division of Claro; 5 miles from Wetherby, 6 from Knaresborough. --Pop. included in Allerton-Mauleverer. HOPTON, ham. in the township and parish of Mirfield; 3.5 miles from Huddersfield. HORBURY, in the parish of Wakefield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 2.5 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 present Chapel at Horbury was built in 1791, by the late Mr. John Carr, a native of this place, and an eminent architect at York, at an expense of 8,000L. leaving behind him a monument at once of his skill and bounty. For a critique on this handsome edifice, see Whitaker's Loidis et Elmete. HORDRON, OVER and NETHER, 2 f.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 written 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. -Aikin's Manchester. HORNINGTON, (Ainsty) in the township and parish of Bolton Percy; 3 miles from Tadcaster, 9.5 from York. HORNTHWAITE, f.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. 73L. 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 Abbot of Kirkstall had much land in this township. On the lofty ridge of Billinge, near here, says Dr. Whitaker, "was found, about the year 1780, a valuable remain of British antiquity. This was a torques of pure and flexible gold, perfectly plain, and consisting of two rods, not quite cylindrical, but growing thicker towards the extremities, and twisted together. Its intrinsic value was 18L. sterling." HORSHOLD, ham. in the township of Erringden, and parish of Halifax; 9 miles from Halifax. HORSTENLEY. -See Austonley. HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ewcross; 5.5 miles from Settle, 16 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 19.5 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. !55L. 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 Wharfe 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 Armistead, gentleman, who endowed it with land and money, with which estates were purchased by the then Trustees. The present rental is 180L. per annum. but is capable of increase. The school is open to the boys of the parish indefinitely, free of expense. They are admitted at any age, and may remain until they have 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, (Lanc.) 9 from Skipton, 10 from Settle. --Pop. 187. HORTON, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (Horton-House, the seat of Mrs. Sharpe) 2 miles from Bradford, 6.5 from Halifax. --Pop. 7,192. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, +44L. Patron, the Vicar of Bradford. HORTON, LITTLE, in the township of Horton, and parish of Bradford, Morley-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 calculator resided, where his great variety of mechanical instruments had been hoarded 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 "of the Indefatigable mathematician, Mr. Abraham Sharpe; that Ludolph Van Ceulan, a Dutchman, computed 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 constitution. HOTHEROYD, or HODDEROYD, ham. in the township of South Hiendley, and parish of Felkirk; 5 miles from Barnsley. Hodderoyd-Hall was formerly the residence of the Monckton family, ancestors of the present Lord Galway. 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 Darfield, lower division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (Houghton-Hall, the seat of Rhodes Milnes, Esq.) 7.5 miles from Doncaster, 8 from Barnsley. --Pop. 287. Here is a private Presbyterian Chapel, belonging to the Milnes's family. HOUGHTON, LITTLE, in the parish of Darfield, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 7 miles from Barnsley, 8 from Doncaster. --Pop. 112. HOUSLEY-HALL, s.h. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield; 6.5 miles from Sheffield and Barnsley. Housley-Hall appears to have derived its name from a family of Houseley, 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. HOWGILL, in the township and parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of Ewcross; (the seat of A. Wilkinson, Esq.) 1.5 miles from Sedbergh, 6.5 from Dent, 8.5 from Kendal, (Westm.) The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Kirby-Lonsdale, diocese of Chester, value, p.r. !69L. Patron, the Vicar of Sedbergh. Here is a small endowed Grammar-School. HOWGILL, ham. in the township of Rimington, and parish of Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe; 3 miles from Gisburn. HOWGILL, in the township of Barden, and parish of Skipton, east-division of Staincliffe; 7.5 miles from Skipton, 13 from Pateley Bridge, 16.5 from Knaresborough. HOWLEY-HALL, in the township and parish of Batley; 3.5 miles from Dewsbury. This place, now a mere ruin, was for several generations the magnificent seat of an illegitimate branch of the Savilles. If was built upon a fine commanding 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 oedes elegantissinas. -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 Elmete, where is given an elevation of Howley Hall, as it appeared when entire, and two other views, and other interesting particulars. --Whitaker. -Camden. HOW-HILL. - See Michael How-Hill. HOWORTH-HALL, s.h. in the township of Brindsworth, and parish of Rotherham; 2.5 miles from Rotherham. HOWROYD, (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, 6.5 from Barnsley, 9 from Wakefield, 37 from York. --Pop. 268, The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, in two medieties, each, +5L. 3s. 4d. Patrons, Colonel and Mrs. Beaumont. Anciently these two medieties had separate Patrons, and separate Rectors each Incumbent having distinct parsonage-houses, glebes, tithes, &c. and performed the duty alternately. Col. and Mrs. Beaumont having purchased the advowson of the second mediety of the Earl of Mexborough, in 1811, there has been but one Incumbent since. HOYLAND, NETHER, in the township of Upper-Hoyland, and parish of Wath-upon- Dearne, liberty of Tickhill; 5.75 miles from Barnsley, 6.25 from Rotherham. HOYLAND-SWAINE, in the parish of Silkstone, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Penistone, 6.5 from Barnsley, 14 from Huddersfield. --Pop. 738. HOYLAND, UPPER, in the parish of Wath-Upon-Dearne, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 5 miles from Barnsley, 7 from Rotherham, 10 from Sheffield. --Pop. 1,229. Here is a Chapel to Wath, value, p.r. 93L. 8s. HUBBERHOLME, s.h. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arnecliff, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Kettlewell, 15 from Settle, 17 from Leyburn. The Chapel is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael, value, p.r. !46L. 7s. Patron, the Vicar of Arnecliff. This Chapel bears marks of very high antiquity. Several Norman Arches remain entire, though 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 VIII. The steeple is of the same period if not still later. Over the entrance of the chancel is an entire and curious roodloft 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 place, situated on the northern banks of the Wharfe, 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. HUBY, --1900s spelling of HEWBY -B.T. 1995. HUDDERSFIELD, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Halifax and Dewsbury, 12.75 from Penistone, 13 from Wakefield, 14 from Bradford, 16 from Leeds, 18 from Barnsley, 24 from Manchester, (Lanc.) 39 from York, 189 from London. --Market, Tuesday, for woollen cloth, provisions, &c. -Fairs, May 14 and 15, 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, Gracechurch-Street; Messrs. Buckley, Roberts, and Co, draw on Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co. 43 Lothbury; Mr. Shakespear G. Sikes, draws on Messrs. Frys and Chapman, Mildred'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-Arms. --Pop. 13,284. The Church is a Vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanery of Pontefract, value, +7L. 13s. 4d. Patron, Sir John Ramsden, Bart. Huddersfield, derived from Hoder or Hudder, the first Saxon planter of the place, stands on the river Colne, which rising near the source of the Don, above Holme Frith, falls into the Calder, near Nunbrook. Of the valley immediately, formed by this stream, and of the small collateral gullies which fall into its course, with a very small quantity of level ground upon its banks, the parish of Huddersfield is formed. For the antiquary we are not aware that Huddersfield has any one thing of interest to offer. At the time Doomsday-Book was compiled, it had, either in consequence of the Danish ravages, or those of the conqueror, relapsed into a mere waste. It is now one of the most populous hives in all the manufacturing district. This parish was originally separated from that of Dewsbury, 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 appropriated 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 navigation 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, particularly of the finer articles. These consist of broad and narrow cloths, fancy cloths as elastics, beveretts, serges, karseymeres, and various other woollen articles. The highest officer is a constable, who, with his deputy is yearly chosen at the court held at Michaelmas, at Almondbury, the Manor of which also belongs Sir John Ramsden. --Whitaker's Loidis et Elmete. -Aikin's Manchester. The Church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was erected at a sum of not less than 12,000L. by B. Haigh Allan, Esq. -See Greenhead. Huddersfield, amongst other charitable institutions, has a Dispensary, established in 1814, and a National School in 1819, both supported by subscriptions. HUDDLESTON, in the parish of Sherburn, wapentake of Barkston 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; 3.5 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. HUNDGATE, 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 f.h. in the township and parish of Mirfield; 7 miles from Huddersfield. HUNGER-HILL, f.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-Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster. HUNGER-HILL, s.h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 9 miles from Sheffield, 9.5 from Barnsley. HUNSLETT, in the parish and borough of Leeds, Morley division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 1.25 miles from Leeds, 7.5 from Wakefield. --Pop. 8,171. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, value, p.r. 140L. Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. Here was formerly a seat of the Gascoignes and the Nevils; who had a Manor-house and Park here. William 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; 3.5 miles from Penistone. HUNSINGORE, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; 4 miles from Wetherby, 6.5 from Knaresborough, 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, 5L. 17s. 3.5d. Patron, Sir Henry Goodricke, Bart. In the Manor of Hulsingoure, 20 William I. Erneis de Burun, 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, valued, in the whole, at 50s. After which, this Manor became part of the possessions of the Knights Templars. Since the suppression of that order, this, with several other estates hereabouts, have belonged to the family of Goudricke; 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 flat 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. Knaresborough. HUNSWORTH, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Halifax, 5 from Bradford. --Pop. 570. HUNTWICK-GRANGE, f.h. in township of Purston-Jacklin, and parish of Wragby, liberty-of Pontefract; 4.5 miles from Pontefract, 6.5 from Ferrybridge. HURLEFIELD, ham. in the township and parish of Handsworth; 3.25 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, GREEN, ham. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield; 9 miles from Sheffield. HURST, TEMPLE, See Temple Hurst. HUSTEADS, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) quarter of a mile from Dobcross. HURTLEPOT, in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Thornton-in-Lonsdale, wapentake of Ewcross; 3 miles from Ingleton, 10 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 13 from Settle. Hurtlepot, 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 neighbouring people. -Tour to the Caves. HUSTHWAITE, (the seat of J. Bland, Esq.) in the township and parish of Silkstone; 4 miles from Penistone, 5.5 from Barnsley. HUT-GREEN, ham. in the township of Egbrough, and parish of Kellington; 6 miles from Snaith. HUTTON-WANESLEY, (Ainsty) in the parish of Long-Marston; 7 miles from Tadcaster, 8 from Wetherby and York. --Pop. 125. ICKERING-GILL, s.h. in the township of Beamsley; and parish of Skipton; 6.5 miles from Skipton. This place was anciently the residence of the ancestors of the present Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. and is still his property. ICKLES, ham. in the township of Brindsworth, and parish of Rotherham; 1 mile from Rotherham, 5 from Sheffield. IDLE, in the parish of Calverley, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3.5 miles from Bradford, 6 from Otley, 9 from Leeds. --Pop 4,666. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. !109L. 5s. Patron, the Vicar of Calverley. ILKLEY, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Skyrack; 6 miles from Otley and Keighley, 9 from Skipton, 34 from York. --Pop. 496. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Craven, value, +7L. 13s. 9d, p.r. !56L. 1s. 6d. Patron, George Hartley, Esq. This is a very ancient town, and known to antiquaries as the Olicana, of the Romans; it was built in Severus's time, by Virius Lupus, Legate, and Propraetor of Britain, as appears from an inscription dug up near the Church, and given in Camden's Britan:- IM. SEVERVS. AVG ET ANTONINVII CAES. DESTINATVS RESTITVERVNT, CV__ RANTE VIRIO LVPO. LEG. EORVM PR. PR. That the first Cohort of the Lingones 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 Wharfe. This Altar, by a long and unfortunate exposure to the weather, is become illegible, and is at Middleton 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 Wharfe on the north, and the deep channel of a brook immediately on the east and west. The southern boundary seems to have coincided with the present street, and the hall and 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 or the brow. Olicana had its summer camps and out-posts, which appear on the surrounding 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; -Counterhill, and Woofa Bank; at Counterhill are two encampments, 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 was discovered in a garden wall at Ilkley, by the Rev. Mr. Carr, in whose possession it now remains, commemorating the death of Pudens Jesseus. The Church contains nothing remarkable, but the tomb of Sir Adam de Middleton, mentioned by Camden, which, though it has been repeatedly displaced for the successive interments of the family, is yet entire. Dr. Whitaker supposes, 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. -Camden. --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 scrofolous cases. Dr. Hunter published an Analysis of the Water in 1820. Here is a Free Grammar-School, built by the parishioners, and endowed, in 1601, by George Marshall, late of Ilkley; also in 1701, by Reginald Heber, Esq. of the Inner Temple, London. ILLINGWOTRH, in the township of Ovenden, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 2.5 miles from Halifax, 7 from Bradford. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, p.r. !135L. 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 settled in London, and next removed to Bath, where he died in 1757. Dr. Hartley 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 vols. 8vo. London, 1749. --Watson's Halifax. -Biog. Dict. 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; 2.5 miles, from Penistone, 8 from Barnsley, 11.5 from Huddersfield. --Pop. 367. INGLEBOROUGH-HILL, in the wapentake of Staincliffe, and near Settle. Its perpendicular height above the level of the sea, according to a late trigonometrical survey, is 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 Dublin to Lancaster, though nearly thirty miles distant from the sea. The stone, on the summit, and for a great way down its sides, is of a sandy gritty sort; but the base is 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 Knaresborough. --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 seem 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 apprehension of Christ, and Peter drawing his sword. -Whitaker. INGLETON, in the parish of Low-Bentham, wapentake of Ewcross; 7 miles from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 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. !116L. Patron, the Rector of Bentham. Ingleton is pleasantly situated on a natural mount, yet at the bottom of a vale, 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 thus noticed by Barnaby in his Journal: Pirgus inest fano, fanum sub acumine collis, Collis ab elatis, actus auctus aquis. The poor man's box is in the temple set, Church under hill, the hill by waters beat. In the neighbourhood of Ingleton 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 promontory, 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; 11 miles from Settle. INGMANTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Kirk-Deighton; (the seat of Richard Fountayne Wilson Esq.) 3 miles from Wetherby, 7 from Knaresborough, 12.5 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 descendants 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, 1393. The site of the house, gardens, &c. may yet be traced, in a field, called Hall Garth. INGMIRE-HALL, (the seat of John Upton, Esq.) in the township and parish of Sedbergh; 1.25 miles from Sedbergh. INGROW, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of Staincliffe; 1 mile from Keighley, 11 from Skipton. INTACK-END, ham. in the township and parish of Handsworth; 3 miles from Sheffield. INTACK-HEAD, f.h. in the township and parish of Huddersfield; 2 miles from Huddersfield. JACK-HILL; scat. f.h. in the township of Clifton-with-Norwood, and parish of Fewston; 6 miles from Otley. JENNTT'S-CAVE, See Malham. JOHNNY-MOOR, LONG, ham. in the township and parish of Thorne; 3 miles from Thorne, 11 from Howden. JUNGTION, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) 4 miles from Dobcross, 14 from Huddersfield. Here is an Inn, called the Junction-Inn, Sign, Poet-Chaise. KAYLEY-HALL, f.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. KEREBY, in the parish of Kirkby Overblow, upper-division of Claro; 5 miles from Wetherby, 8 from Knaresborough. --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, (Lanc.) 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 Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 4 miles from Bingley, 10 from Bradford and Skipton, 12 from Otley and Halifax, 12.75 from Colne, (Lanc.) 40 from York, 209 from London. --Market, Wednesday. --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, Devonshire Arms, and Kings Arms. --Pop. 9,223. The Church is a rectory; dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Craven, value, 21L. 0s. 7.5d, 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 Aire, over which there is a stone bridge. The town is tolerably well built, almost wholly of stone, the inhabitants 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 Grammar school founded by John Drake, in the year 1715-16, for the parish of Keighley, to teach Latin, Greek, and English, 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. The Church of Keighley was given at a very early period, to the Prior and Canons of Bolton, by Ralph de Keighley; 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 Riddlesden Hall, are two ancient gravestones, each 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 KYGULAY DE UTLAY ET MARGARIA UXOR EP. A'O D'M' MXXIII. 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. -Whitaker. The present church was built in 1805. KELLBROOK, in the township and parish of Thornton, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 4 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) 9 from Skipton, 10 from Burnley, (Lanc.) 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; 7 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, +9L. 8s. 11.5d. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. KENDALL-GREEN, scat. h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Darfield; 2 miles from Barnsley. KERESFORTH-HILL, f.h. in the township of Barnsley, and parish of Silkstone, liberty of Pontefract; 1.25 miles from Barnsley. KERSHALL, f.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, 3.5 from Wetherby, 9 from Leeds. --Pop. 296 KESWICK, DUN, --see DUNKESWICK KETTLESING, ham. in the township of Felliscliffe, and parish of Hampsthwaite; 5.5 miles from Ripley, 8.5 from Knaresborough. KETTLESING-HEAD, ham in the township of Felliscliffe, and parish of Hampsthwaite; 2.5 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; 2.5 miles from Wakefield, 7.5 from Barnsley. KETTLEWELL, a market and parish-town, in the east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 14 miles from Hawes, 14.5 from Askrigg, 15 from Middleham and Settle, 16 from Skipton, Pateley Bridge, and Leyburn, 48 from York, 233 from London. --Market, Thursday. --Fairs, July 6, for pedlary ware; Sept. 2, and Oct. 23, for sheep. --Principal Inns, Mason's Arms, Blue Bell, Kings-Arms, and Race Horses. --Pop. including Starbottom, 663. The Church, rebuilt in 1820, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Craven, value, +5L. p.r. 61L. 0s. 9d. Patron, The Rev. George Coates. The Church at Kettlewell which was of high antiquity, probably not later than Henry I. has 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, in a narrow part of Wharfedale, and although the village is large, the buildings are very mean. - In the year 1686, this town and Starbottom were nearly destroyed by a 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 the 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 windows; the affrighted inhabitants fled for their lives, and the loss was computed at many thousand pounds. -Magna Brit. KEXBROUGH, or KEXBOROUGH, in the parish of Darton, wapentake of Staincross; liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Barnsley, 5.5 from Penistone 8.5 from Wakefield. --Pop. 440. KEXMOOR, ham. in the township of Grewelthorpe, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard, 2 miles from Kirkbymalzeard, 6 from Masham. KIDHALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Barwick-in-Elmet; 4 miles from Abberford. KIDHALL-INN, in the township and parish of Barwick-in-Elmet; liberty of the honour of Pontefract; 4 miles from Abberford, 6.25 from Tadcaster, 5 from Leeds. KILDWICK, a parish-town, in the east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; (Kildwick-Hall, the seat of Miss Currer) 4.25 miles from Skipton, 5.75 from Keighley, 9 from Colne, (Lanc.) --Pop. 175. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew; in the deanry of Craven, value, +10L. 18s. 1.5d. Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. The Church of Kildwick, is one of the two in the whole deanry of Craven, which are mentioned in Doomsday. It was given by, Cecilia de Romille to the Priory of Embsay. After the dissolution of religious houses, the rectory, with the advowson of the vicarage, was granted by Henry VIII. to Christ-Church, Oxford. In the nave of the present Church, built or renewed about the reign of Henry VIII. are the tomb and cumbent statue of Sir Robert de Steeton, in link-mail, with his arms upon a shield. It is wrought in Haselwood stone, and is an exact counterpart of his contemporary Sir Adam de Midelton, at Ilkley: and in the north chapel and choir are, also monuments to the families of Currer, Swire, Jennings, &c. The village, situated upon a hill on the road from Keighley to Skipton, was amongst the first donations to the Priory of Embsay; by Cecilia de Romille, the foundress. In that house it continued till the dissolution, when it was granted by Henry VIII. to Robert Wilkinson and Thomas Drake, of the parish of Halifax. In the 2 Edward I. is a license to Drake, to alienate the Manor of Kildwick to John Garforth, of Farnhill by whom, or his son, 1st of Elizabeth, it was sold to Henry Currer, Esq. and from whom it has lineally descended to the present owner, Miss Currer. The Manor house, a respectable stone building, perhaps a century and a half old, stands high above the church, with a very deep descent in front; but is sheltered by thriving plantations. --Hist. Craven. KILDWICK-GRANGE, ham. in the township and parish of Kildwick, liberty of Staincliffe, 5 miles from Keighley. KILHOLME, f.h. in the township and parish of Cantley; 6 miles from Doncaster and Bawtry. KILLINGBECK, scat. h. in the township of Seacroft, and parish of Whitkirk, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of F. Walker, Esq.) 3 miles from Leeds. KILLINGHALL, in the parish of Ripley, lower division of Claro, liberties of Knaresborough and Ripon; 1.25 mile from Ripley, 5 from Knaresborough, 9 from Ripon. --Pop. 519. A few houses at the north-end of the village are within the constablery of Nidd, and liberty of Ripon. In Doomsday-book, is called Chenihalle, i.e. Kennelhall; probably a place where the hounds (which belonged to the Lord of the Manor) were kept, for it was no uncommon thing for noblemen, during the time of the Saxons, to keep Mastiff-dogs, for chasing wolves out of their territory. -Dugdale's Bar. It was formerly the residence of several families of note, viz. Pulleyn, Tancred, Baynes, &c. Heaps of ruins, covered with grass, mark the place where two of their mansions stood; from the materials of which, several farm-houses, with their offices, have been erected. The Norwich troop of horse, which was a part of Cromwell's regiment, were quartered at Killinghall, in July 1644, a few days after the battle of Marston. This troop had embroidered on their colours, La Troupe des Vierges, being raised by the voluntary subscription of the young Ladies of Norwich. It was for some centuries the seat of the family of Pulleyn. Captain John Levens, who lived in the reign of Charles I. having, in the latter part of his life, quitted the army, became one of the people called Quakers, and retired to this peaceful solitude, where he ended his days, in the year 1668. He and his two sons were interred in an orchard here; and, perhaps, no places are more proper, to bury our dead in, than gardens, groves, or airy fields. This custom is of the highest antiquity; the Greeks, or eastern Christians, do not bury in churches. --Hist. Knaresborough. KILNHURST, in the townships of Swinton and Rawmarsh, and parish of Rawmarsh, upper-division of Strafforth -and Tickhill; (Kilnhurst-Hall, the seat of William Turner, Esq.) 5 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Barnsley. Here are six Alms or Hospital-Houses, value, each, 3L. 6s. 8d. per annum. KILNSEY, in the township of Conistone-with-Kilnsey, and parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Cliffords-Fee; 3 miles from Kettlewell, 12 from Skipton and Settle. --Pop. included in Conistone. This place is remarkable for a lofty range of limestone rock; the highest point of that denominated "Kilnsey Crag," will be about 165 feet, and its length 270 yards, or, more. The whole of this astonishing mass of limestone stretches nearly half a mile along the valley, and, as a feature in landscape, has greatly the advantage of Gordale Scar. To this village, the Abbots of Fountains drove their immense flocks of sheep from the surrounding hills, for their annual sheep-shearing. Here, too, they also kept Courts for all their Manors in Craven, excepting Litton and Long Strother, which last were holden at Litton. The walls of their Court-house were remaining at Kilnsey, 41 Elizabeth. --Hist. Craven. Two ancient Arches, rather pointed, adjoining to a house called "The Hall" (dated W. W. 1644) behind the Inn at Kilnsey, still point to some of those remains. The keystone of the larger arch has the remains of a dog or sheep upon it. From the name of Chapel-house, "it seems probable," says Dr. Whitaker, "that the Monks either had a small Cell or a Grange, with a chapel annexed, in a picturesque and interesting situation, where an excellent house was built by the late John Tennant, Esq., whose ancestor Jeffry Tennant, of Bordley, purchased the estate of the Gresham family, the grantees of Fountains, in the 14th of Elizabeth." KIMBERWORTH; a township, in the parish of Rotherham, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 2 miles from Rotherham, 7 from Sheffield, 13 from Penistone. --Pop. 3,797. KING-CROSS, ham. in the township of Skircoat, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 1.25 miles from Halifax. KINSLEY, f.h. in the township and parish of Hemsworth, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Pontefract and Wakefield. KIPLING-HOUSE, s.h. in the township of Thornton, and parish of Bradford. KIPPAX, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 5.5 miles from Pontefract, 8 from Leeds, 9 from Wakefield, 21 from York. --Pop. 958. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, +5L. 7s. 1d. Patron, the King. In the same township and parish is :- KIPPAX-PARK, the seat of Thomas Davison Bland, Esq. This Park is large and beautiful, rising to the Mansion, which was originally founded by Sir Thomas Bland, Knight, in the reign of Elizabeth. A part only of the ancient front remains in the centre of the building. The fabric was much enlarged about the latter end of the 17th century; and the principal front, including the offices, now extends 600 feet in length. The family of Bland was anciently seated at Bland's Gill, in Yorkshire; a younger son of which house was Robert Bland, Esq. of Leeming, N.R. whose posterity continued the principal line; the male issue of the chief house of Bland's Gill, soon failing: the title of Baronet, became extinct, on the death of Sir Hungerford Bland, who died a bachelor, some time previous to 1779. The present family is descended from Thomas Davison, of Blackiston, Esq. in the county of Durham, he having married a daughter of Sir John Bland, Bart. --Neale's Views. KIPPING-HOUSE, (the seat of Miss Firth) in the township of Thornton, and parish of Bradford; 4 miles from Bradford. KIRBY-WHARFE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract; 2 miles from Tadcaster, 12 from York and Selby, 13 from Pontefract. --Pop. including Milford, 86. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, +3L. 16s. 8d. p.r. 120L. Patron, the Prebendary of Wetwang. KIRKBURTON, 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 the Holy-Trinity, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 13L. 6s. 8d. Patron, the King. The name and situation of this place, led Dr. Whitaker to conjecture, that a Saxon Fort once stood there. "Accordingly, at this place, the parish-church, from, which there is a steep declivity on the north and west, the appearance of a ditch on the south, and a deep and narrow lane, at a corresponding distance on the east has every appearance of a Saxon Fort, though the keep has been levelled. In addition to these appearances, a small dike immediately adjoining to the Northeast, is still called the Old Saxe Dyke. The present Church, built in the reign of Edward III. pays a pension of 4L. per annum, as a mark of its dependence upon that ancient and fruitful Mother of Churches, Dewsbury; from which, it appears to have been severed, about the time of the first Earl of Warren. The Burtons may be traced as Lords of this Manor, to the highest period of local names, in 1455, Edward Kaye, of Woodsome, Esq. was owner of this manor, by marriage of Isabel the daughter of Thomas Burton: it is now the property of Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. of Denby Grange, his descendant. Whitaker's Loidis Elmete. KIRBY-COT, or KEBCOATES, p.h. in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax; 8 miles from Todmorden, 10 from Halifax. KIRK-BRAMWITH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Doncaster, 7 from Thorne, 25 from York. --Pop. 252. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 12L. 18s, 4d. Patron, the King, as Duke of Lancaster. KIRKBY-HALL, a township, in the parish of Little-Ouseburn, upper-division of Claro; (the seat of Richard John Thompson, Esq.) 5 miles from Boroughbridge, 13 from York. --Pop. 55. In this elegant Mansion is a very valuable collection of Paintings; many of them by the most celebrated masters, ancient and modern. The Mausoleum in the church-yard at Little Ouseburn, and the Obelisk at the place called "the head of the River Ouse," were both erected by a gentleman of this family. KIRK-HAMMERTON, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; (the seat of William Thompson, Esq.) 7 miles from Wetherby, 8 from Boroughbridge and Knaresborough, 10 from York. --Pop. 409. The Church, peculiar is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, p.r. !134L. 10s. In consequence of a reduction, by loss of Land, the value is only 65L. Patron, the Rev. William Metcalfe, the present incumbent. KIRKHEATON, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Halifax;, 10 from Wakefield, 16 from Leeds, 38 from York. --Pop. 2,186. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 25L. 13s. 9d. Patron, Thomas Richard Beaumont, Esq. After the origin of local names, the first race of mesne Lords, who appear at this place, bore the denomination, de Heton. They were benefactors to the house of Fountain, and to their piety, the parish-church may with great probability be ascribed. The payment of 1L. 3s. 4d. to the Church of Dewsbury, proves its ancient dependence on that church, and from which, it was probably severed about the year 1200. In the church-yard is a gigantic Yew Tree, supposed to be co-eval with the Church, as it could scarcely have attained to its great magnitude in less than six centuries. In the north aisle of the choir, is a cumbant statue of Sir Richard Beaumont, of Whitley, Bart.: of this family, who have long been Lords of this Manor, are several other memorials in the Church. --Whitaker. Here is a Free-School, for the education of ten poor boys gratis. KIRKBYMALZEARD, a parish-town, in the lower division of Claro, liberty of St. Peter; (Mowbray-House, the seat of Tomyns Dickins, Esq.) 4 miles from Masham, 7 from Ripon, 10 from Pateley Bridge, 30 from York. --Market, Wednesday. -Fairs, Whitsun-Monday, and October 2, for cattle, sheep, &c. --Pop. 682. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, with Masham, 301L. Patron, Trinity-College, Cambridge. It possess a peculiar exempt jurisdiction, formerly annexed to the Prebend of Masham, in the Cathedral of York, now exercised by a Commissary, appointed by Trinity-College, Cambridge. -The present Vicar is the Commissary. Here, the famous family of the Mowbrays had a Castle, which was besieged 20 Henry II. by Henry, the elect Bishop of Lincoln. Roger de Mowbray then hastened to the King at Northampton, where he rendered up to him this Castle and that at Thirsk, both of which were soon after made untenable, and pulled down. --Dugdale's Bar. Mr. Dickins, on enlarging his present Mansion, and laying out his pleasure grounds, dug up a great many ruins of this ancient Castle; bases, shafts, capitals, &c. belonging to which, are now to be seen, grotesquely placed in various parts of the grounds. This Castle was situated on an eminence, with a deep ditch on the north, and commanding most extensive prospects to the east and north-east, and from which, no doubt, the Castle of Thirsk was visible. John de Mowbray obtained a grant 35 Edward I. to hold two fairs annually, and a market weekly, at Kirkbymalzeard. These Fairs and market, after laying dormant, we know not how long, have been revived since 1816. Here is a School, founded about the year 1640, by one William Horseman, who endowed it with 50s. per annum: it has since received several small endowments, and the master's emolument now amounts to 7L. 10s. per annum. -Commissioners' Report. KIRKBY-MALHAMDALE, a parish-town, in the west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 6 miles from Settle, (by the Post-Road, 11 miles,) 9 from Skipton, 10 from Kettlewell, 11 from Gisburn, 50 from York. --Pop. 204. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Craven, value, 6L. 13s. 4d. p.r. !43L. 10s. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. This place is situated in a deep Gill, upon a small beck, near the river Aire. The Church is a large, handsome, and uniform building, probably of the age of Henry VII. In the chapel, at the east end of the south aisle, is a mural monument, 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 20L. per annum, arising chiefly out of rents of lands at Kirkby-Malhamdale and Hanlith, and money in the funds, left by Mrs. Nelson of Calton. KIRKBY OVERBLOW, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; (the seat of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Marsham) 5.5 miles from Wetherby, 6.5 from Knaresborough, 20.5 from York. ---Pop. including Swindon, 370, which being united, form a township. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 20L. 1s. 0.5d. 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 appropriated to the support of which, consists of eleven acres. KIRKBY, SOUTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, 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, value, +15L. 10s. 2.5d. Patron, the Rev. George Allott. KIRK-GILL, 2 or 3 f.h. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arnecliff, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Kettlewell. KIRK-HOUSE GREEN, a few scat. h. in the township and parish of Kirk-Bramwith, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Thorne. KIRKLEES-HALL, (the seat of Sir George Armitage, Bart.) in the township of Hartishead-with-Clifton, and parish of Dewsbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 4.5 miles from Huddersfield, 6 from Halifax, 12 from Leeds. This place is memorable, on account of a 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 became the property of the Pilkintons, and in the 8th of the same reign, was alienated 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. Kirklees is 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 precinct of the Nunnery, and therefore not in consecrated ground. - Whitaker'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 latil stean, Laiz Robert, Earl of Huntington; Nea arcir vir as him sa geud, An pipl kauld him Robin Heud; Sick utlawz as hi, an iz men, Vil Inglande nivr si agen: 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 of the entrance into the old hall. KIRK-SANDALL. ---See Sandall, Kirk. KIRK-SMEATON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Pontefract and Ferrybridge, 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, 10L. 1s. 0.5d. Patron, Early Fitzwilliam. KIRKSTALL-BRIDGE, and ABBEY, in the township of Heddingley, and parish of Leeds, lower division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Leeds, 7 from Bradford, 8 from Otley, 16 from Harrogate. This Abbey, as a subject of monastic history, has been nearly exhausted by the labours of Dugdale, and his follower Stephens. Antiquarians are as familiarly acquainted 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 Aire, near the banks of the river. The space which they occupy, is about 340 feet from north to south, and 445 from east to west. This Abbey, dedicated to the blessed Virgin, was founded by Henry de Lacy, in 1147, for Monks of the Cistercian Order; and Alexander, Prior of Fountains Abbey, was appointed their first Abbot. Their first habitation was at Barnoldswick, but this place proving inconvenient to the Monks, they, about six years afterwards, removed to Kirkstall, in Airedale, 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 160L. At the dissolution, their revenues were valued at 329L. 2s. 11d. --Dugdale; and 512L. 13s. 4d. --Speed. It was surrendered, according to Speed, by John Ripley, the last Abbot on the 22nd 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 floods, in a vale, fertile, open, and extensive, and with hills overlooking 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 Pontefract; (the residence of the Rev. James Drake) 3 miles from Wakefield, 11 from Barnsley. This forms a part of the vicarage of Warmfield, being styled Warmfield-with-Kirkthorpe. --Bacon. KIRTHWAITE, in the township of Dent, and parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of Ewcross. This is a large district, which consists of straggled houses, with meeting-houses for Quakers and Presbyterians. KNAPTON, (Ainsty) in the parish of Acomb; 3.5 miles from York, 8.5 from Tadcaster. --Pop. 137. KNARESBROUGH, or KNARESBOROUGH, a market and parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberties of St. Peter and Knaresborough; 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 Wednesday after March 12; May 6, (unless it falls on a Sunday, then the day following,) first Wednesday after August 12; first Tuesday after October 11; Wednesday after December 10, for horned cattle, .&c. -The sheep Fairs are held on the days preceding the first and last Fairs; the Statute days for servants, are on Wednesday before November 2, and Wednesday after. --Bankers, Messrs. Harrison and Terrys, draw on Messrs. Willis, Percival, 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, 9L. 9s. 4.5d. Patron, Lord Rosslyn. In a chapel, north of the choir, are several monuments of the Slingsby family, to whom this chapel belongs. Knaresborough 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 Knaresborough 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 Coghill, Bart. and Bacon Frank, Esq. In 1805, the Bailiffs were unable to proceed to an election, by reason of a great riot and tumult, raised by a large number of persons not electors: on this, several of the electors petitioned Parliament, when, the Attorney-General was ordered to prosecute 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 foss, with strong works on the outside. The scattered fragment shew it to have been a fortress of great extent. Part of the towers and 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 Knaresborough. 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 100L. per annum into the Exchequer. In the reign of Edward II. it was in the family of Vaux, or de Vallibus, but bestowed by that Prince on his favourite Piers 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 Knaresborough, were granted by Edward III. to his fourth son, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in which Dutchy it yet remains. -Dugdale. --Magna Brit. -Madox. In 1170, 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 Northumberland, and his gallant son Hostspur 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 forces. After the battle of Marston-Moor, the townsmen most gallantly defended it against Lord Fairfax, and although at last compelled to surrender, 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, rendered 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 dismantled towers, and dilapidated arches, are finely picturesque, but the whole is 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 Knaresborough. 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. --Dugdale. The site was granted to the Earl of Shrewsbury, and soon afterwards became the property of Sir Thomas Slingsby, in 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 seldom 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 wonderful tales are told of her knowledge of future events, which are said to have been delivered to the Abbot of Beverley. Not far from the low bridge, some entire dwellings have been excavated out of the cliffs. Half way up is one, three stories high, inhabited by a family who live beneath the rock, which has nothing artificial but part of 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 patroness, 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 rest 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 10.5 feet, the breadth 9, and the height 7.5. 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 Knaresborough; 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 he lost his sight in his infancy, 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 played 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, situated 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 Richardson, Esq.; 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 affords 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 bilious 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 then only four townships, viz. Birstwith, Fuston (Fewston) Beckwith, Rossett, (Pannall.) In the year 1388, there appears to have been three principal towns and sixteen hamlets, many of which had originated from waste-lands, after the conquest. The general enclosure commenced in 1771. -See "the ancient customs of the Forest of Knaresborough," published at Knaresborough in 1808. This Forest is situated on the west side of Knaresborough, extending itself to Bolton-Bridge; it has a separate jurisdiction, a prison, and local court in which pleas are held: His Grace the Duke of Devonshire is Lord and Chief Bailiff. KNOSTROP, ham. in the township, parish and borough of Leeds; 1 mile from Leeds. In an old house which formerly belonged to a family of the name of Baynes, now converted into dwellings, and probably not older than Capt. Adam Baynes, who was burgess for Leeds, in the only Parliament in which it was ever represented, is perhaps, says Dr. Whitaker, "the latest specimen of a deis, or raised step for the high table, which is to be found in England." A few years since it was hung round with portraits. In a garden adjoining, are the gravestones to the memory of two of the Stable family, and which appear to have been legible in Thoresby's time, whatever they may be now, the dates are 1662 an 1692, and the inscriptions are 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. KNOTTINGLEY, in the parish of Pontefract, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 1 mile from Ferrybridge, 3 from Pontefract, 9.5 from Snaith, 15.5 from Doncaster. --Pop, 3,753. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Botolph, value, p.r. 100L. 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 the Aire and Calder navigation, is now cutting from this place to Goole, where it will enter into the river Ouse: the distance is about seventeen miles. KNOWBANK, f.h. in the township of Hetten-with-Bordley, and parish of Burnsall, liberty of Staincliffe; 9 miles from Settle. KNOWLES, -See Raven-Knowles. LADY-WELL, s.h. in the township of Soyland, and parish of Halifax; 6 miles from Halifax. LAMBCOTE-GRANGE, f.h. in the township and parish of Braithwell, liberty of Tickhill; 5 miles from Tickhill. LAMB-HILL, ham, in the township and parish of Handsworth; liberty of Hallamshire; 3 miles from Sheffield. LANE-ENDS, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley; 3 miles from Keighley. LANE-HEAD, f.h. in the township of Shipley and parish of Kirkburton; 5 miles from Penistone, 8 from Huddersfield. LANE-HEAD, f.h. in the township and parish of Darton; 3.5 miles from Barnsley. LANE-HEAD, f.h. in township and parish of Rawmarsh; 3 miles from Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield. LANE-HEAD, or LANE-HOUSES, 2 or 3 f.h. in the township and parish of Weston; 3 miles from Otley. LANGBAR, in the township of Nesfield-with-Langbar, and parish of Ilkley, lower-division of Claro; 7.5 miles from Skipton, 8.5 from Otley. --Pop. included in Nesfield. LANGCLIFFE, in the parish of Giggleswick, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; (Langcliffe-Hall, the seat of Mrs. Swales; Langcliffe-Place, the seat of William Clayton, Esq.) 1 mile from Settle. --Pop. 420. LANGER-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Hetton-with-Bordley, liberty of Staincliffe; 9 miles from Settle. LANGFIELD, a township, in the parish of Halifax, Morley division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.) 12 from Halifax. --Pop. 2,069. This township originally belonged to the Longfields, 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 Hamerton, forfeited to the Crown. LANGHILL-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Hetton-with-Bordley, and parish of Burnsall, liberty of Staincliffe; 8 miles from Skipton. LANGLEY-BROOK, 2 or 2 h. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield; 3 miles from Sheffield. LANGOLD, in the township of Letwell, and parish of Saint John, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (a seat of John Galley Knight, Esq.) 4 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 5 from Tickhill. LANGRICK, or LONG-DRAX, -See Drax, Long. LANGSETT, in the parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Penistone, 10 from Barnsley, 12 from Sheffield. --Pop. 325. LANGTHWAITE, s.h. in the parish of Doncaster, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Thorne. --Pop. including Tilts, 21, which being united, form a township. LAPWATER, s.h. in the township of Greasbrough, and parish of Rotherham; 1.5 mile from Rotherham. LASCELLES-HALL, (the seat of Joseph Walker, Esq,) in the township of Lepton, and parish of Kirkheaton; 2.5 miles 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, 80 from York. --Pop. 652. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +6L. 13s. 4d. p.r. !4L. Patron, the Chancellor of York, LAUND-HOUSE, s.h. in the township and parish of Bingley; 5 miles from Bradford. LAVERICK-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of Staincliffe; 3 miles from Keighley. LAVERTON, in the parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro; 5 miles from Masham, 6.5 from Ripon. --Pop. 430. LAWKLAND, in the parish of Clapham, wapentake of Ewcross; (Lawkland-Hall, the seat of John Ingilby, Esq.) 3.5 miles from Settle, 13 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) --Pop. 351. 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 in the Chapel. LAWKLAND-GREEN, ham, in the township of Lawkland, and parish of Clapham; (the seat of Thomas Ingilby, Esq.) 3 miles from Settle. LAYCOCK, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of Staincliffe; 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, f.h. in the township and parish of Barwick-in-Elmet, 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 Knaresborough, 27 from York. --Pop. 312. The Church is a rectory, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 7L. 2s. 8.5d. Patron, the King. Here is a School-house and four Alms-houses, founded in 1769, by Mrs. Anne Hitch, who endowed the same with 12L. per annum, for the master, to teach the children of the township of Leathley, reading, writing, English grammar, &c. 4L. 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 Leathley, 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 vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, +7L. 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 augmented 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 sarcophagus, reclining, and reading a book of devotion; the countenance, which is a portrait, handsome and spirited; but the grace of the figure is destroyed by the deformity of a stiff bodice. Lady Frances and Lady Ann Hastings, on pedestals, on each aide, 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, 6.5 from Abberford, 10 from Leeds. --Pop. 243. A part of Ledston 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 Wentworth, 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 became 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 Moira. --Camden. --Thoresby. --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 sermon. -Camden. Lady Elizabeth Hastings added 10L. per annum, for the better support of St. John Baptist's Hospital, founded by her grandfather -- present revenue 106L. 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, 11 from Abberford, 13 from Pontefract, 15 from Ferrybridge, 16 from Harrogate, Wetherby, and Huddersfield, 16 from Tadcaster, 18 from Knaresborough, 20 from Selby, 25 from York, 194 from London. --Markets, Tuesday and Saturday, for woollen-cloth, provisions, &c. --Fairs, July 10 and 11, for horses and pedlary-ware; November 8 and 9, for horned cattle, &c. --Bankers, the Old Bank, Messrs. Reckett, 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, Roberts, and Co. 15, Lombard-Street; Commercial Bank, Messrs. J. & W. 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 Kings Arms. --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, 38L. 0s. 2.5d. To which there are 25 Patrons. St. Johns Church, is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. 120L. 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. Johns, and the Recorder of Leeds. St. Paul's is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. +120L. It was built by the Rev. Milnes Atkinson, who has the Patronage for two turns, then the Vicar of St. Peters. St. James Chapel, built by the Rev. --- King, who possesses the same right to presentation as is given over St. Paul's. --There are also two Churches now building, under the Million Act. St. Peters 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 7.5 miles from east to west, and containing a population of 83,746, about l4,000 of which are employed in manufactures. The town of Leeds is situated upon the river Aire, which runs through it, and covers an eminence gently rising 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 east to west. 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 mile of the town, now affords 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 the Kings Mills to the water-works near the bridge. Leeds, uniting the advantages of water and coal, has long been distinguished as one of the first manufacturing towns in the county, particularly in woollens: yet there are but few manufacturers 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, --Leyland 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, previous 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 incorporated 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, in 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, Beverley, and Ripon, &c. but every man is at liberty to exercise any trade or profession he chooses, and in what part of the town he likes. The mayor and aldermen 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, is may vie with almost any street in the kingdom. The west part of the town may be considered as the new town, where the most respectable part of the inhabitants reside, and where there are several open squares, the areas of which and in some cases planted, in others used as tenter grounds. The first house that was built of brick, in this beginning of the reign of Charles I. retains the name of Red-House, to this day; and in this house that unhappy monarch was lodged, while in the hands of the Scots: it is situated near to Burley Bar. Amongst the public buildings that claim particular notice, will be found the Mixed Cloth Hall, erected by subscription in 1758. It consists of a main body and two wings; 127.5 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 rows of stands, the freehold property of separate manufacturers. Each stand is 22 inches in front, and the whole number is 1770. This building forms the principal part of the south side of a square, the west side of which is denominated East 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 principally for the sale of ladies cloths, in the undyed state. The White Cloth Hall, built in 1774, is a large square building, 297 feet in length, and 210 in breadth; divided into five streets, each containing two rows of stands, the whole 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 are 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; after 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 subject to the penalty of five shillings, and for every five minutes afterwards, he 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 are 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, was 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 munificence of John Harrison, Esq. alderman, the common benefactor of 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 eminent men, both to the Church and State. Dr. Samuel Pallam, afterwards Archbishop of Tuam, was the first master. Since that period, the Midras 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 care has been taken to provide for the due exertions of their duty." It is open for all boys within the borough, free of expense. The new Court-House and Prison, with Rotation-Office, &c. situated at the bottom of Park Row, built in 1812, is one of the handsomest public buildings 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 was erected 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 purpose, a grant was made by Parliament of 28,OO0L. The site of the building, with the Parade ground, &c. 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 an Hospital for forty indigent an aged women. To these, others have been erected, pursuant to the Will of Arthur Ikin, Esq. -the former habitations being now improved, together, afford a comfortable asylum for sixty-four aged men and women - each of whom receives a stipend of 10L. 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, for the widows of ten decayed tradesmen, who are each allowed an annuity of twelve guineas per annum. Jenkinson's Alms Houses -- founded by Josiah Jenkinson, about 1643; He devised unto Feoffees, &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 present century; and each dwelling is now occupied by a poor woman, who receives an annual stipend of 5L. The Charity-School established in 1705, 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, of Stranger's Friend Society, for the relief of the distressed of all religious denominations. -Two 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 son of a respectable 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 antiquities of his own country, was skilled in genealogy and heraldry, and possessed uncommon knowledge of coins and medals. His great works is "Ducatus Leodiensis," 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 "Viaggio Pittoresco," he translated it, and added heads of the painters, of his 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 Leyden, in 1765. -While at Edinburgh he published his "Clavis Anglicat 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 dies in 1791, aged 60. -Biog. Dict. Newcombe Cappe, a dissenting Divine, was born here in 1732. He was educated under Dr. Doddridge, at Northampton, and finished his studies at Glasgow; 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 ports 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 admitted 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. Scott published ten occasional Sermons; three Seatonian Prize Poems, &c. and was the author of the Letters signed Anti-Sejanus, which were published in the public Advertiser. --Nichols' Lit. Anecdotes. Christopher Saxton, the choreographer, if not a native of the town, he appears 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 Intelligence, 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, August 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, f.h. in the township and parish of Thornhill; 2 miles from Dewsbury, 7 from Wakefield, LEIGHTRIDCE, ham. in the township of Fixby, and parish of Huddersfield; 2.5 miles from Huddersfield, 6 from Halifax. LENERTON, ham. in the township and parish of Sherburn; 5 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Tadcaster. LENIKER, ham. in the township of Dent, and parish of Sedbergh; 4.5 miles from Sedbergh, 9 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) LEPTON, GREAT, in the parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4.5 miles from Huddersfield, 9 from Wakefield, 10.5 from Penistone. --Pop. 2,729. LEPTON, LITTLE, in the township of Great-Lepton, and parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4.25 miles from Huddersfield. LETWELL, in the parish of St. John's, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberties of St. Peter and Tickhill; 5.5 miles from Tickhill and Worksop, (Notts.) 9 from Rotherham. --Pop. 135. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. !40L. Patron, the Chancellor of York Cathedral. LEVELS, HIGH and LOW, in the township and parish of Hatfield, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; This place 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, f.h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Darfield, 2.5 miles from Barnsley. LIDGET, ham. in the township of Lepton, and parish of Kirkheaton; 4.25 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, (Lanc.) Agbrigg- division of Agbrigg and Morley; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.) 11 from Manchester, (ditto) 14 from Huddersfield. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Ann, value, p.r. !88L. Patron, the Vicar of Rochdale. LIGHTCLIFFE, 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.) 3.75 miles from Halifax, 6 from Bradford, 7 from Huddersfield. The Church built in 1529, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Matthew, value, !117L. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. LILLEY, in the township and parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 5 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Wakefield. LIMLEY, 2 or 3 f.h. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 10 miles from Masham. LINDERICK, ham. (extraparochial) in the lower-division of Claro; 2 miles from Ripon. --Pop. 62 LINDLEY, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Claro, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley; 4 miles from Otley, 11 from Knaresborough. --Pop. 178. LINDLEY, ham. in the township of Quarmby-with-Lindley, and parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg-division 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; 3.5 miles from Huddersfield. LINFITS, 3 or 4 h. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale; 5 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.) LINFIT-HALL, cotts. in the township of Linthwaite, and parish of Almondbury, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Huddersfield. LINFIT-LANE, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkburton; 4.75 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Wakefield. LINGARDS, in the parish of Almondbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 5 miles from Huddersfiel4, 19.5 from Manchester. --Pop. 809. LINGBOB, s.h. in the township of Wilsden, and parish of Bradford; 3 miles from Bradford. LINGODELL, f.h. in the township of Throapham, and parish of Saint John; 5 miles from Tickhill and Worksop, (Notts.) LINGILL-BRIDGE, s.h. in the township and parish of Horton; 11 miles from Settle. LINGWELL-GATE, in the township of Stanley-with-Wrenthorpe, and parish of Wakefield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 3.5 miles from Wakefield, 6.5 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 Olicana, Ilkley, and Wall, a corruption of vallum." --Gough's Camden. In March, 1821 Mr. Pitts, of Wakefield, presented a number of clay moulds similar to the above, which were found at Lingwell Gate, in a field in the occupation 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 also sent some to the Society in 1820, vide his letter in Archaeologia, 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, Agbrigg-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 Staincliffe; (the seat of Mrs. Atkinson) 7 miles from Kettlewell, 9 from Skipton, 10 from Pateley Bridge, 44 from York. --Pop. 313. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Craven, value, in two medieties of 16L. each, p.r. first mediety, !100L. second ditto, !120L. Patron, the King. Here 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 purchased, out of which 26L. 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 20L. 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 Vanburgh, and is said to have cost 1,500L. The parish-church is at some distance from the village, on the banks of the Wharfe. LINTON, in the parish of Spofforth, upper-division of Claro; 1.5 miles from Wetherby, 7 from Knaresborough. --Pop. 167. LINTON-SPRING, (the seat of William Middleton, Esq.) in the township of Linton, and parish of Spofforth; 2 miles from Wetherby, 6.5 from Knaresborough. LITTLE-COMMON, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 4 miles from Sheffield. LITTLE-FENTON. --See Fenton, Little. LITTLETHORPE, or THORPE, in the township of Whitcliffe-with-Thorpe, and parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; (the residence of Major Brooke) 1.5 miles from Ripon, 6 from Boroughbridge. --Pop. included in Whitcliffe. LITTLE-TOWN, ham. in the township of Liversedge, and parish of Birstall; 8 miles from Halifax, Wakefield, and Leeds. LITTLE-TOWN, ham. in the township of Dent, and parish of Sedbergh; 3 miles from Dent, 6.5 from Sedbergh. LITTLE WORTH, ham, in the township of Monkbretton, and parish of Royston; 2 miles from Barnsley. LITTON, in the parish of Arnecliff, 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 Littondale, in which the Abbots of Fountains had several estates. These estates, as well as three in Langstrothdale, were sold by the Gresham family to the second Earl of Cumberland. The manorial and forest rights of Littondale and Langstrothdale are the property of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, as representative of the last male line of the Cliffords. -Whitaker. LIVERSEDGE, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 7.5 miles from Halifax, 8.5 from Wakefield. --Pop. 4,259. Here is a church, which has lately been built by the Rev. Hammond Robertson, 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 Mansion 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. --Whitaker's Loidis et Elmete. It is now only a farm-house. In this township, the chief stand was made against Luddism, by Mr. William Cartwright, April 11, 1812, who gallantly and successfully defended his Mill at Rawfolds, by 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, sixty persons were apprehended and committed to the county gaol, to take their trial on various charges connected with the disturbances created by General Ludd, and his associates: seventeen of them were executed; six transported; and the rest were either liberated on bail or acquitted. LOBWOOD, f.h. in the township of Draughton, and parish of Skipton; 3.5 miles from Skipton. LOCKWOOD, in the parish of Almondbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, a part in the liberty of Wakefield; 1.5 miles from Huddersfield. --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. LODGE, ham. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 6 miles from Kettlewell. LODGE, 2 f.h. in the township of Settle, and parish of Giggleswick, liberty of Staincliffe; 1.25 miles from Settle. LODGE, (the residence of Matthew Thompson, Esq.) in the township of Manningham, and parish of Bradford; 1.25 miles from Bradford. LOFTHOUSE, in the parish of Rothwell, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (Lofthouse-Hall, the seat of Benjamin Dealtry, Esq.) 3.75 miles from Wakefield, 6 from Leeds. --Pop. including Canton, 1,396, which being united, form a township. LOFTHOUSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Harewood; 1.5 miles from Harewood. LOFTHOUSE-HILL, (the seat of Charles Slingsby, Esq.) in the township and parish of Staveley, lower-division of Claro; 3 miles from Knaresborough, 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 Pateley Bridge, 9 from Masham. LONG-DRAX, --See Drax, Long. LONGILL, 2 f.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 Almondbury; 1 mile from Huddersfield. An ancient seat of the ancestors of Sir John Ramsden, Bart. LONG-MARSTON,(Ainsty) a parish-town; 6.75 miles from Wetherby, 7 from York, 8 from Tadcaster. --Pop, 388. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, value, 24L. 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 conduct, lost the royal army, and had a victory wrested out of his hands; after he had all the advantage he could desire. LONG-PRESTON, a parish-town, in the west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 4.5 miles from Settle, 7 from Gisburn, 11.5 from Skipton, 15 from Colne, (Lanc.) 53 from York. --No Market. --Fairs, March 1, and September 4, for horned cattle, &c. --Principal Inn, Boar's Head. --Pop. 733. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Craven, value, 10L. 18s. 11.5d. 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 advowson were granted by Henry VIII. to Christ church, Oxford. In this Church was a chantry, dedicated to our Lady and St. Anne, founded by Richard Hammerton, Knight, according to the return of chantries made by Archbishop Holgate, and valued at 5L. 6s. 8d. per annum. --Hist. Craven. Here are ten Alms-Houses, with a Chapel for reading prayers, founded by James Knowles, by Will, dated 1613-14, for ten poor men or women, and endowed by him with land, worth, in 1786, 49L. 15s. per annum. LONGROYD-BRIDGE, in the township and parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 1 mile from Huddersfield, 8 from Halifax. LONGROYD-BRIDGE HOUSE, (the seat of John Fisher, Esq,) in the township of Lockwood, and parish of Almondbury; 1 mile from Huddersfield. LONGSIDE, ham. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 6 miles from Pateley Bridge. LONGWOOD, in the parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 2.5 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Halifax. --Pop. 1,942. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mark, value, p.r. !116L. 8s. Patron, the Vicar of Huddersfield. LONGWOOD-HOUSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Huddersfield; 2 miles from Huddersfield. LORDLAND, NORTH and SOUTH, 2 ham. in the township of Dent, and parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of Ewcross; 1 mile from Dent, 4 from Sedbergh. LOSCOE-GRANGE, 2 h. (the seat of the Rev. --- Brown) in 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 Staincliffe; 4 miles from Skipton, 6 from Colne, (Lanc.) 8 from Keighley. "It is," says Dr. Whitaker, "a dreary valley, running up into Pinhow, as far the confines of the parish of Whalley. (Lanc.) It is a distinct Manor, the property of Lord George Cavendish". LOTHERTON, in the parish of Sherburn, wapentake of Barkston Ash; (Lotherton 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. LOVERSALL, in the parish and soke of Doncaster, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (the residence of the Rev. Alexander Cook) 3 miles from Doncaster, 4 from Tickhill, 10 from Rotherham. --Pop. 131. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. !37L. 4s. Patron, the Vicar of Doncaster. The Church of Loversall was repaired in 1783, by Mr. Henry Overton, who, in pulling down the porch, destroyed a curious piece of antiquity over the doorway, bearing an Arabic inscription, (in English, obey the lord.) In the church-yard is an ancient and singular tomb, probably belonging one of the Knights of St. John, of Jerusalem. 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 minutes, 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; 1.5 miles 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 1469, and rebuilt in 1816, is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. !78L. 13s. 4d. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. LUDDENDEN-FOOT, ham. in the townships of Warley and Midgeley, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 4.5 miles from Halifax, 7.5 from Todmorden. LUMBY, in the township of Huddleston-with-Lumby, and parish of Sherburn, wapentake off Barkston-Ash; 7 miles from Pontefract, 5 from Tadcaster, 12 from Selby. --Pop. included in Huddleston. LUND, ham. in the township of Gateforth, and parish of Brayton; 4 miles from Selby. LUNDS-GREEN, scat. h. in the township and parish of Pannal; 5.5 miles from Knaresborough. 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. MACHON-BANK, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-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 Machon died here in 1602. --Hunter's Hallam. MAKIN-PLACE, f.h. in the township of Soyland, and parish of Halifax; 5 miles from Halifax. MALHAM, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 6 miles from Settle, 9 from Kettlewell, 12 from Skipton. --Fairs, July 1, and Oct 15, for sheep. --Pop. 262. Malham, situated in a deep and verdant vale, 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 rock 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 Lake spread themselves over the shelving surface of the rocks below, and, precipitating from the centre of the Cove, form a tremendous cataract of nearly 300 feet. Malham 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 declines 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. Not far from this village is Jennett's 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 loomy cavern, surrounded with evergreens; no place could be more calculated to produce those fanciful ideas, than this ivy circled Mansion, when visited by moonlight, where imagination might see "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 Malham. MALMAM-WATER HOUSE, (a seat of Lord Ribblesdale) in the township of Malham-Moor, and parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale; 2 miles from Malham. MALHAM-MOOR, a township, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 5.5 miles from Settle, 8.5 from Kettlewell, 13.5 from Skipton. --Pop. 88. MALON, or MALIN-BRIDGE, in the township of Wadsley and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 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.) 4.5 miles from Tickhill, 7.5 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, +4L. 13s. 4d. p.r. 30L. Patron, the Earl of Scarborough. Here is School founded by one of the Earls of Castleton, 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; 5.5 miles from Skipton and Keighley. This was formerly the seat of a family of the name of Copley, and according 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, or Malseyes, held of William Vavasour, Esq. as of his Manor of Addingham." 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-House, the seat of E.L. Lister, Esq.) 1.5 from Bradford, 8.5 from Halifax and Keighley. --Pop. 2,471. Here, in the reign of Edward III. John Northorp held, of John of 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 himself, and a half penny for his dog. MANKINHOLES, ham. in the township of Langfield, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 5.5 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.) MANSTON, f.h. in the township of Austhorpe, and parish of Whitkirk; 4.5 miles from Leeds. MANTLE-YATE, or GATE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) 6 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.) 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 Horton, and parish of Bradford, to which it adjoins. MAPPLEWELL; in the township and parish of Darton, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Barnsley. MARLEY, 2 or 3 f.h. in the township and parish of Bingley; 2 miles from Bingley. MARKENFIELD-HALL, f.h. (extraparochial), in the township of Markenfield- with-Wallerthwaite, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Ripon; 3.5 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 Queen 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-division of Claro; 4 miles from Ripley, 4.5 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 50L. by subscriptions and other means. The master's salary amounts to 6 or 7L. Mrs. Lawrence, of Studley-Hall, gives 4L. per annum, for educating twelve children. The master receives six free scholars from Markington and Ingerthorpe. --Commis. Report. MARR, a parish-town, in the lower division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Doncaster, 11 from Barnsley, 40 from York. --Pop. 162. The Chapel is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 4L. 8s. 4d. p.r. 100L. 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. MARR-GRANGE, f.h. in the township and parish of Marr, liberty of Tickhill; 3.5 miles from Doncaster. MARSDEN, in the parishes of Almondbury and Huddersfield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Huddersfield, 15 from Manchester. --Pop. in Almondbury, 1,708, in Huddersfield, 622, total, 2,330, The Church is a perpetual curacy under Almondbury, value, p.r. 80L. MARSH, ham. in the township and parish of Huddersfield; 2 miles from Huddersfield, 5 from Halifax. MARSHAW-BRIDGE, in the township of Erringden, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division 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 Wilderness, 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 wild, 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 restruck 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 hammers, 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 afterwards a third, were convicted, and executed. --Whitaker. MARSH-FIELD, (the seat of the Rev. Richard Dawson) in the township of Settle, and parish of Giggleswick; adjoins Settle on the south-west. MARSHALL-HALL, s.h. in the township of Elland-with-Greetland, and parish of Halifax; 3 miles from Halifax. MARSTON, LONG. -See Long-Marston. MARTHWAITE, ham. in the township and parish of Sedbergh; half 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 Knaresborough, 15 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, +2L. 19s. 4d. Patron, St. John's College, Cambridge. MARTON, EAST, or CHURCH, a parish-town, in the east division and liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Skipton, 7.75 from Colne, (Lanc.), 11 from Settle. --Pop. including West-Marton, 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, 14L. 4s. 4.5d. p.r. 150L. Patroness, Mrs. Heber. This out of copyright material has been transcribed by Colin Hinson, who has provided the transcription to the UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service on condition that any further copying and distribution of the transcription is allowed only for noncommercial purposes, and includes this statement in its entirety. Any references to, or quotations from, this material should give credit to the original author(s) or editors. MARTON-SCAR, f.h. in the township of Martons, both, and parish of East-Marton, liberty of Staincliffe; 7.5 miles from Skipton, 8 from Colne, (Lanc.) MARTON-TOP, f.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 Mrs. Heber) 6.5 miles from Skipton, 7.75 from Colne, (Lanc.) 11 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, was born. He published, without his name, "an Elegy, written amongst the tombs in Westminster-Abbey." The lines are moral, plaintive, and religious. He died in 1804. MASONGILL, ham. in the township and parish of Thornton-in-Lonsdale; 3 miles from Ingleton, 5 from Kirby-Lonsdale. MASBROUGH, in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; half a mile from Rotherham, 6.5 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 increasing. -At these works are manufactured, cannon of the largest calibre, and almost all other cast-iron articles; bar, sheet, slit or rod-iron, tinned plates, steel 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 cast at the foundries of Masbrough. The coal and iron-stone for the blast furnaces and foundries are principally supplied from from the estates of the Earl of Effingham, and some from those of Earl Fitzwilliam. --Miller's Hist. Doncaster. The following account of that worthy and enlightened character, Mr. Samuel Walker, is extracted from Dr. Miller's History of Doncaster: He was born in 1716, at Hill-Top, in the parish of Ecclesfield: his parents dying when he was about twelve years old, he was left, without ample means for subsistence, and none for education; but by diligence and due application, without any assistance than from a few books, he qualified himself for keeping a School at Gunnowside, 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 Protestant Dissenters called the Rotherham 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 lodging-rooms and studies, and a library which contains about a thousand volumes. MAY, or BAY-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Huddersfield; half a mile from Huddersfield. MAY-ROYD, s.h. in the township of Wadesworth, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 7 miles from Halifax. May-Royd formerly belonged to the family of Cockcroft, whose arms were sable, an elephant passant, argent, in a chef, asure, three mullets, or. Henry Cockcroft paid 15L. composition money for not receiving the order of Knighthood, at the Coronation of Charles I. 1630. --Watson's Halifax. MAY-THORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkburton; 6 miles from Penistone. MEAN-WOOD, in the township of Chapel-Allerton, and parish of Leeds; lower-division of Skyrack; 3 miles from Leeds, 8 from Otley, 9 from Bradford. MEER-BECK, or MEER-SYKES, 4 f.h. in the township of Settle, one being in the parish of Long-Preston, the other three, in that of Giggleswick; 2 miles from Settle, 14 from Skipton. MELTHAM, in the parish of Almondbury, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Huddersfield, 20 from Manchester, (Lanc.) --Pop. 2,000. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Almondbury, dedicated to St. Bartholomew. Abraham Woodhead, whom Dr. Whitby pronounces the most ingenious and solid writer of the Roman Catholic party, was a native of this place, and born in 1608, and is supposed by many to be the author of "the Whole Duty of Man." He died in 1678. MELTON-ON-THE-HILL, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (a seat of Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq.) 4.75 miles from Doncaster, 10.25 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. !50L. 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-Dearne, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 5 miles from Rotherham, 6 from Barnsley, 11 from Doncaster. MENSTHORPE, ham. in the township of North-Elmsall, and parish of South-Kirkby, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Pontefract. MENSTON, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley; 3 miles from Otley, 9 from Keighley, 10 from Leeds. --Pop. 257. MENWITH, in the parish of Hampsthwaite, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; 5 miles from Pateley Bridge, 6.5 from Ripley, 11.5 from Knaresborough. --Pop. including Darley, 648, which being united, form a township. At Menwith-Hill is a School, called Hookstone's School, founded in 1748, by Francis Day, Esq. and endowed by him with lands at Hampsthwaite, (18L.) Threshfield, and Skirethornes, (22L.) and Starbottom, 7L. per annum. The School premises consist of a school-room and turf-house, erected upon the waste, with about half an acre of land adjoining. The Master's salary, out of rents, is 36L. 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. --Commissioners' Report. METHLEY, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Wakefield, 6.75 from Leeds and Pontefract. --Pop. 1,499. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 25L. 8s. 6.5d. Patron, the King, as Duke of Lancaster. Methley is situated on the banks of the Calder, not far distant from Castleford; 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 Osalph and Cnut, the two Saxon proprietors, before the conquest, had been expelled from it, to make way for the great Norman Lord, Ilbert de Lacy. Subsequently the Manor was granted to the Hospital of St. Nicholas, of Pontefract, in the reign of Henry IV. by the master or warden of which house, it was exchanged with Sir John Waterton for certain advowsons. By this exchange, the Watertons became seized of Methley, and probably built the Manor-House, which was afterwards completed and uniformly re-built 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 about 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 interesting account of the monuments, &c. in this Church, is to be found in Whitaker's "Loidis et Elmete." The parish and township of Methley are coextensive. In the same township and parish is:- METHLEY-PARK, (the seat of the Earl of Mexborough) 6.75 miles from Wakefield. This ancient Mansion is situated between Wakefield and Leeds, in a beautiful and verdant Park, well stocked with deer. It was originally built in the reign of 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 they 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 Mexborough, of Lifford, in the county of Donegal. He died 12th Feb. 1778, and was succeeded by his eldest son, John, second and present Earl of Mexborough. --Neale's Views. MEWITH, in the township and parish of Low-Bentham, wapentake of Ewcross; 11 miles from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 13 from Settle, 14 from Lancaster. This is a district, and a quarter of the township of Low-Bentham. MERRYBENT-HILL, f.h. in the township and parish of Slaidburn; 3 miles from Settle. MEXBROUGH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberties of St. Peter and Tickhill; 5.5 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. !60L. --Bacon styles it a curacy, certified value, 20L. 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 synodals as 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 lands 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. 4d. 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 Rothwell, near Leeds. -Blount's Fragmenta Antiq. MICKLEHOW-HILL, or MICHAEL-HOW-HILL, in the township of Markington-with- Wallerthwaite, and parish of Ripon, lower division of Claro; 5 miles from Ripon, 9 from Knaresborough. This is a lofty eminence, partly covered with wood, which formerly belonged to the monastery of Fountains. Upon the summit of this hill was a Chapel, called St. Michael's de Monte, erected by the Abbot and Convent of Fountains, probably about the year 1200, and dedicated to St. Michael. The Chapel, after the dissolution of the monastery, was taken down, and a gothic tower erected on the site, from which is a fine prospect of the surrounding country. MICKLE-BRING, in the township and parish of Braithwell, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 5.5 miles from Rotherham, 9 from Doncaster. MICKLEFIELD, in the parish of Sherburn, wapentake of Barkston Ash; 2.25 miles from Abberford, 6.5 from Ferrybridge, 14.5 from Selby. --Pop. 196. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Sherburn. MICKLETHWAITE, in the township and parish of Bingley, upper division of Skyrack; 3.5 miles from Keighley, 9 from Otley. MICKLETHWAITE, in the parish of Collingham, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; quarter of a mile from Wetherby. --Pop. 83 MICKLETHWAITE-GRANGE, in the parish of Collingham, vide Wetherby Grange, which is one and the same place, a seat of Paul Beilby Thompson, Esq. in the township of Micklethwaite; 1 mile from Wetherby. MICKLEY, in the township of Azerley, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard, 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 140L. 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 18L. per annum, which is paid to the Master as his salary. Simon Horner, by indenture, dated 1809, granted 20L. 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 Report. MIDDLETHORPE, (Ainsty) in the parish of St. Mary, Bishop-Hill, the Elder, York, (the seat of Andrew Barlow, Esq.) 1.5 miles from York, 5 from Tadcaster. --Pop. 44. MIDDLETON, in the parish of Ilkley, upper-division of Claro; (Middleton-Lodge, the seat of William Middleton, Esq.) 6.5 miles from Otley, 9 from Skipton. --Pop. 205. MIDDLETON, in the parish of Rothwell, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of William Walker, Esq,) 4.5 miles from Leeds, 5 from Wakefield. --Pop. 1,O96. MIDDLETON-GREEN, ham. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield; 4.5 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; 5.5 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 Keighley. 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; 6.5 miles from Wakefield. MIDHOPE, a township, in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Gisburn, 9 from Colne, (Lanc.) 11 from Burnley, (Lanc.) 12 from Skipton. --Pop. 100. MIDHOPE, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4.5 miles from Penistone, 12 from Sheffield. The Chapel, dedicated to St. James, is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. 40L. 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 Hallamshire. MIDHOPE, LITTLE, f.h. in the township of Midhope, and parish of Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Gisburn, 8.5 from Colne, (Lanc.) MIDHOPE, OVER, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 5 miles from Penistone, 13 from Sheffield. MILFORTH, NORTH, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkby Wharfe, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Tadcaster. MILFORTH, SOUTH, in the parish of Sherburn, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract; 6 miles from Pontefract, 5 from Selby, 8.25 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. MILLSHAW, ham. in the township of Beeston, and parish of Leeds; 3 miles from Leeds. MILLWOOD, ham. in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 10 miles from Halifax, 12 from Rochdale. 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 ; 2.5 miles from Wakefield, 7.5 from Barnsley. MILTHORPE, in the township and parish of Sedbergh, wapentake of Ewcross; 1 mile from Sedbergh, 4 from Dent. MILTON-FURNACE, in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and parish of Wath-upon- Dearne, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 6.75 miles from Barnsley, 8.25 from Sheffield. A newly erected set of buildings for the purpose of converting iron-stone into Iron. MINSKIP, in the parish of Aldborough, lower-division of Claro, liberty of St. Peter; 1.5 mile from Boroughbridge, 5.5 from Knaresborough, 7 from Ripon. --Pop. 243. MIRFIELD, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Dewsbury, 4.5 from Huddersfield, 8 from Wakefield, 35 from York. --Pop. 5,041. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, +6L. 1s. 0.5d. p.r. 150L. Patron, Sir George Armitage, Bart. The rectory of Mirfield, nearly fifty years ago, was let for 210L. per annum, though estimated in 1540, at no more than 6L. 6s. 8d. Mirfield appears to have formed part of the great Saxon parish of Dewsbury, 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 of Christmas-day, to the parish-church of Dewsbury, that she was robbed, and her principal attendants murdered, at a place called Ravensbrook-Lane. On the same day, while she was at 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 husband, 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 requested 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 experienced, 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 on Sir John and his posterity, who immediately conferred the living on his younger brother, who built the rectory-house about the year 1300. The original is given in Latin by Hopkinson, amongst his MSS. a copy of which is inserted in Loidis et Elmete. The Church of Mirfield was appropriated to the Nunnery of Kirklees, and 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, Bart. is now impropriator and patron. At the west-end of the Church is a conical mount, intended as a place of defence to the manor-house of its Saxon Lords. Immediately adjoining to this, was the Mansion successively of the Mirfields, Hetons and Beaumonts, still called Castle-Hall; an antique, and very picturesque Timber House, built by Thomas Beaumont, in the reign of Henry VIII. though, a mistake in the reading of some obscure numerals, has carried it 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. -Whitaker. The parish and township are co-extensive, and stretch about two miles on both sides of the Calder. Here is a School, founded in 1667, by Richard Thorpe, of Hepton, gentleman, for the education of fifteen poor children - present endowment, upwards of 60L. per annum. MIRYSHAW, f.h. in the township and parish of Bradford, to which it nearly adjoins. This house was for many generations, the paternal residence of the Smyths, 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 Whitaker's Loidis et Elmete. MITTON, a parish-town, in the west-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Bolland; 3 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 10 from Blackburn, (Lanc.) 12 from Gisburn. --Pop. 324. The Church is a vicarage dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Craven, value, +14L. 7s. 8.5d. p.r. !140L. MOAT-HOUSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Wickersley; 5 miles from Rotherham. MOAT-HOUSE, (Ainsty) f.h. in the township of Walton, and parish of Wighill; 3 miles from Tadcaster. MONKTON, BISHOP, --See Bishop-Monkton. MONK-BRETTON, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Barnsley, 8.5 from Wakefield, 10 from Rotherham. --Pop. 916. Here is a private Chapel, but no Chapelry attached. An Hospital was founded at this place in 1654, in pursuance of the Will of Dame Mary Talbot, for six poor widows, who have each an allowance of 40s. and a gown of 10s. value, per annum. Adam Fitz-Swain founded a Monastery here, early in the reign of Henry II. of the Cluniac order, to the honour of St. Mary Magdelen. It was at first subordinate to the Priory of St. John, at Pontefract. It was situated on the north side of the river Dearne; the Church was gone long previous to Burton's time, but the gate remained with some part of the ruins. It was dissolved in 1537. William Brown, the last Prior, had a pension of 40L. per annum, assigned him, which he enjoyed in 1553. -Burton. -Dodsworth. MONK-BRETTON-GRANGE, ham. in the township of Monk-Bretton, and parish of Royston, liberty of Pontefract; 2.5 miles from Barnsley, 9 from Wakefield. MONK-FRYSTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston Ash, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 4 miles from Ferrybridge, 6.5 from Pontefract, 7.5 from Selby, 13.75 from Leeds, 19 from York. --Pop. 409. It is a parochial Chapelry, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, p.r. !60L. Patron, the Prebendary of Wistow. MONK-HILL, (extraparochial) in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract, which it adjoins. --Pop. 40. Here stood the Priory of St. John, founded by Robert de Lacy, in the year 1090, for Monks of the order of St. Benedict. The rule of this order was principally founded on silence, solitude, prayer, humility, and obedience: the Monks were enjoined a total abstinence from all animal food, and wine was wholly prohibited: the priory was surrendered, by James Twaeytes, the last Prior, Nov. 24th 1539. MONKTON, NUN, -See Nun-Monkton. MONYBENT, f.h. in the township of Gisburn-Forest, and parish of Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe; 6 miles from Gisburn, 9 from Settle. MOOR-ALLERTON, ham. in the township of Chapel-Allerton, and parish of Leeds, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 3.25 miles from Leeds. The north part of the borough of Leeds terminates here. MOOR-ENDS, scat. f.h. in the township and parish of Thorne; 1.5 mile from Thorne, 13 from Howden. MOOR-GATE, s.h. in the township and parish of Rotherham; 1.5 miles from Rotherham. MOOR-GRANGE, s.h. in the township of Heddingley, and parish of Leeds; 3 miles from Leeds. MOOR-HALLOWS, 2 or 3 scat. h. in the township of Thurlston, and parish of Penistone; 1 mile from Penistone. MOORHOUSE, ham. in the township and parish of Hooton-Pagnel; 6 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Barnsley. MOORHOUSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Badsworth; liberty of Pontefract; 4.25 miles from Pontefract. MOOR-HOUSE, f.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. MOOR-HOUSES, in the township of Middleton, and parish of Ilkley; 7 miles from Otley. Four or five houses. MOOR-MONKTON, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 8 miles from York, 9 from Knaresborough, 10 from Wetherby. --Pop. 269. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, value, 16L. 19s. 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 to have resided here from the reign of Henry VII. till the first of Edward VI. More, of More-Hall, cuts a conspicous 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 Morewood, 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-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Dewsbury, 4.5 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 dependent 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 trustees, 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 England and Wales, of an ancient established place of worship, which was not restored to the established Church, at the restoration. It retains much of the form of a Church, and has a choir and two side aisles, supported upon wooden pasterns instead of columns, but marking the hands into which it has fallen, by sectarian frugality and inelegance. --Whitakers Loidis et Elmete. It was some time back used by the Unitarians, now by the Calvinists. Morley, although situate in Agbrigg-division, appears to give name to that portion of the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley, called Morley-division. --See Agbrigg MORTHEN, ham. in the township of Whiston, and parishes of Whiston and Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (Morthen-Hall, the seat of Nicholas Timm, Esq.) 4 miles from Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield, 11 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, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 6 miles from Rotherham, 6.5 from Sheffield, 8 from Barnsley. MORTON-BANKS, in the township of East-Morton, and parish of Bingley, upper- division of Skyrack; 2 miles from Keighley, 3 from Bingley. About thirty years ago was discovered near Morton, one of the most valuable deposits of Roman Coins, ever turned up in Britain. It consisted of a very large quantity of Denarii in excellent preservation; for the most part of Septimus Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla, and Geta, contained in the remains of a brass chest, which had probably been the military chest of a Roman legion, and deposited, upon some sudden alarm, in a situation which it had quietly occupied during a period of almost sixteen centuries. -Hist. Craven. MORTON, EAST, in the parish of Bingley, upper-division of Skyrack, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 3 miles from Keighley, 3.5 from Bingley, 10 from Skipton. --Pop. 1,199. MORTON, WEST, in the township and parish of Bingley, upper division of Skyrack; 3 miles from Keighley, 4 from Bingley. MORWICK, f.h. in the township and parish of Barwick in Elmet, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Leeds. MOSELEY-WOOD, in the township of Addle-with-Eccup, and parish of Addle, upper- division of Skyrack; 4 miles from Otley, 6.5 from Leeds. MOSS, in the parish of Campsall, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Thorne, 9 from Doncaster, 13 from Pontefract. --Pop. 242. MOSSON-GREEN, f.h. in the township of Sykehouse, and parish of Fishlake; 4 miles from Thorne. MOSS-WOOD HOUSES, 2 f.h. in the township of Fountains Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 3 miles from Pateley Bridge. MOULD-GREEN, ham. in the township of Dalton, and parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; (the seats of William Walker Battye, and Abraham Dixon, Esqrs.) 1 mile from Huddersfield, 9 from Halifax. MOUNT-PLEASANT, (the seat of Samuel Broomhead Ward, Esq.) in the township of Eccleshall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 1 mile from Sheffield. MULWITH, f.h. in the township of Newby-with-Mulwith, and parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 4 from Ripon. --Pop. included in Newby. MYTHOLM, a few h. in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax; 5 miles from Halifax. MYTHOLM-ROYD BRIDGE, ham. at the junction of the townships of Wadesworth, Erringden, Sowerby, and Midgley, and parish of Halifax; 6 miles from Halifax. MYRTLE-GROVE, (the seat of Lieut. General Twiss) in the township and parish of Bingley; half a mile from Bingley. NAB-HILL, ham. in the township of Dalton, and parish of Kirkheaton; 2 miles from Huddersfield. NAPPA, in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 3.5 miles from Gisburn, 8 from Settle, 11 from Skipton. --Pop. 44. NAPPA-FLATTS, f.h. in the township of Paythorne, and parish of Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe; 3.5 miles from Gisburn. NEEPSEND, ham. in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 1 mile from Sheffield. NESFIELD, in the township of Nesfield-with-Langbar, and parish of Ilkley, upper-division of Claro; 4 miles from Otley, 5 from Skipton. --Pop. including Langbar, 210. At Nesfield, Robert, the son of Nigel Plumpton, who died 55 Henry III. obtained 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. NETHERBY, in the township of Kereby-with-Netherby, and parish of Kirkby Overblow, upper-division of Claro; 4.75 miles from Wetherby, 8 from Knaresborough. --Pop. included in Kereby. NETHER-GREEN, ham. in the township of Upper-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield; 3 miles from Sheffield. NETHER-HALL, (the seat of Mrs. Copley) in the township and parish of Doncaster; quarter of a mile from Doncaster. NETHERSIDE, (the seat of Alexander Nowell, Esq.) in the township of Threshfield, and parish of Linton; 5.5 miles from Kettlewell, 10.5 from Skipton. NETHERTHORPE, ham. in the township of Aston-with-Aughton, and parish of Anton; 6 miles 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 Meller, Esq.) 4 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. NETHERTON, in the parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 5 miles from Wakefield, 9.5 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 Huddersfield, 11 from Halifax. NETHER-THONG, --See Thong, Nether. NEW-BRIDGE, ham. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 2 miles from Pateley Bridge. 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 Thorne. NEWBY, ham. in the township of Rimington, and parish of Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Gisburn. NEWBY, 2 h. in the township of Weeton, and parish of Harewood; 4.75 miles from Otley. NEWBY, in-the township of Clapham-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 of Ingleton, and parish of Clapham; 8 miles from Settle. NEWBY-HALL, (the seat of the Right Hon. Lord Grantham) in the township of Mulwith-with-Newby, and parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 3 miles from Ripon and Boroughbridge, 10 from Knaresborough. --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 1.5 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 Enniskillen, and has issue, Frederick William William, born April, 1810, heir-apparent, and several daughters. Sir Metcalf Robinson, of Newby, near Topcliffe, ancestor of the present family, was created Baronet in 1660, and died 1689, when the title became extinct, which was revived in the person of his nephew, Sir William Robinson, who married Mary, the daughter of George Aislabie, Esq. of Studley-Royal, 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 Embassy to the Congress of Augsburgh, 1761; Ambassador to the Court of Madrid, 1771; 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. --Debrett. 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 buried at Ripon; the Blacketts sold it to Richard Weddell, Esq. and was succeeded by his son William, by whose death, in April, 1792, this, with other estates, devolved to the present noble proprietor. NEW-CHAPEL, f.h. in the township and parish of Penistone; half a mile from Penistone. NEWFIELD-GREEN, ham. in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield; 2.5 miles from Sheffield. NEW-GRANGE, (the seat of Thomas Benyon, Esq.) in the township of Heddingley, and 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 VIII. with the site of the Monastery, &c. to Robert Pakeham, gent. of the King's Household. It is now the seat of Benjamin Wade, Esq. The house was built by a predecessor of both his names, 1626, who placed this inscription upon the front; "Except the Lord build the house, thy labour is vain that builds it, it is the Lord that keeps thee going out and in. B.W. 1626." Over the north door, where the poor received their alms, is engraved, "If thou shalt find a house to thy mind, without thy cost, serve thou the more, God and the Poor, my labour is not lost." This family of the Wades derive their pedigree from the famous Saxon Duke Wada, who died in 798. --Thoresby. The house was re-built in 1752, by Walter Wade, Esq. -Whitaker. NEWHALL, in the township of Newhall-with-Clifton, and parish of Otley, upper-division of Claro, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley; 1 mile from Otley, 11 from Leeds. --Pop. including Clifton, 208, which being united, form a township. Newhall, now in a decayed state, was formerly the seat of Edward Fairfax, Esq. a celebrated Poet, who flourished in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. He had a liberal education, but led a retired life at his favourite seat here, when he devoted himself to the muses, and died at Newhall, about the year 1632. He published a work on Daemonology, entitled "A discourse of Witchcraft, as it was acted in the family of Mr. Edward Fairfax, of Friestone, in the county of York, in the year 1621," but his great work is a translation of Tasso's Poem of "Godfrey of Boulogne," which was once very popular. -Biog. Dict. NEW-HALL, s.h. in the township and parish of Pontefract; 1 mile from Pontefract. The style of this building is decidedly that which prevailed in the reign of Henry VIII. or near to that time. - The date on the arms is 1591, but it must have been erected prior to that period. It is supposed to have been erected by a branch of the Talbot family, though it does not appear that any of the family resided in it: it afterwards came into the Harewood family, the present possessor. It was occupied as a farm-house till within a late period. -Hist. Pontefract. It is now little more than a ruin. NEW-HALL, (the residence of W.W. Walker, Esq.) in the township of Middleton, and parish of Rothwell, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 3.5 miles from Leeds, 6 from Wakefield. NEW-HALL, f.h. in the township of Shitlington, and parish of Thornhill; 4 miles from Dewsbury. NEW-HALL, (the seat of Richard Swallow, Esq.) in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 1.5 miles from Sheffield. NEW-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Darfield; 3 miles from Barnsley. NEWHAY, f.h. in the township and parish of Drax, 5 miles from Selby, 7 from Howden and Snaith. NEW-HOUSE, s.h. in the township of Bashelleaves, and parish of Mitton; 4 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) NEW-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of Horton; 6.5 miles from Settle. NEW-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Easington, and parish of Slaidburn; 8 miles from Settle. This farm belongs to the school at Bentham. NEW-HOUSES, 3 f.h. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 10 miles from Pateley Bridge. NEWHILL, in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearne, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (the seat of John Naylor, Esq.) 5 miles from Rotherham. NEW-INN, ham. in the township and parish of Horton; 6.5 miles from Settle, on the road to Hawes. NEWLAND, f.h. in the township of Warley, and parish of Halifax; 2.5 miles from Halifax. NEWLAND, in the parish of Drax, wapentake of Barkston Ash; 5 miles from Snaith, 9 from Selby, 16 from Pontefract. --Pop. 269. NEWLAND-PARK, (the seat of Sir Edward Smith Dodsworth, Bart.) in the township and parish of Normanton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 4.5 miles from Wakefield, 6.5 from Pontefract. Sir Edward Smith, the second and present Baronet, was born in 1768, and in 1789, succeeded his father, Sir John Silvester, to the Baronetage, who married a daughter of the late John Dodsworth, Esq. of Watlass, in this county. He took the name of Dodsworth in 1821. NEW-LAITHS, s.h. in the township of Horsforth, and parish of Guiseley; 5 miles from Leeds. NEW-LAITHES, s.h. in the township of Carlton, and parish of Royston; 2 mile from Barnsley. NEWMARKET, in the parish of Whitkirk, lower-division of Skyrack; 3.5 miles from Leeds. NEW MILLER DAM, in the townships of Sandal-Magna and Crigglestone, and parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 3.5 miles from Wakefield, 6.5 from Barnsley. NEWSAME, f.h. in the township and parish of Spofforth; 3.5 miles from Wetherby, 5 from Knaresborough. NEWSHOLME, in the township and parish of Keighley, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 2.5 miles from Keighley, 8 from Skipton, 10 from Colne, (Lanc.) NEWSHOLME, in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Gisburn, 9 from Settle, 10 from Skipton. --Pop. 75. NEWSOME, ham. in the township and parish of Almondbury, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Huddersfield. NEWSOME-GREEN, -See Temple-Newsome. NEWSTEAD-HALL, (a seat of John Naylor, Esq.) in the township and parish of Hemsworth, wapentake of Staincross; 5 miles from Pontefract, 6 from Wakefield, 9 from Barnsley. NEWTHORPE, in the parish of Sherburn, wapentake of Barkston Ash, liberty of St. Peter; 3 miles from Abberford, 7 from Ferrybridge, 11 from Selby. --Pop. 83. NEWTON, in the parish of Slaidburn, west-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Bolland; (Newton-Hall, the seat of Thomas Parker, Esq.) 7 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 13 from Settle, 18 from Lancaster, 22 from Skipton. --No Market. --Fairs, March 14, April 14, and September 16, for horned cattle. --Pop. 581. Here is a School, founded by John Brabbin, of Newton in Bolland, by Will, dated 23rd March, 1768, and endowed it with twenty guineas, for the purpose of instructing all the people called Quakers, male and female, and six children of the poor inhabitants of the township of Newton; and a house and school-room which he erected, and a garden adjoining. By a lapse of several years, the salary has accumulated to forty guineas per annum. It is managed by trustees elected, according to the tenure of his Will, on the recommendation of the Quakers, who assemble at their monthly-meetings, held at Settle. The present master, James Noddle, was elected in 1813, and the number of scholars average about thirty. Other children, not Quakers, can be admitted, provided there is not above a certain number of that sect. NEWTON, in the township and parish of Sprotbrough lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 1.5 miles from Doncaster, 11 from Rotherham. NEWTON, ham. in the township of Alverthorpe with Thorns, and parish of Wakefield, liberty of Wakefield; 1 mile from Wakefield. NEWTON, BANK, --See Bank Newton. The Mansion of the Cattertons, who had lands here in the 31st of Edward III. remains nearly entire; and immediately adjoining to it, on the north- east, is a little Chantry, now an out-house in the garden, adjoining to which, many bones are said to have been dug up. From the shape of one of the windows, yet remaining, one would conjecture this humble foundation to be as old as the Cattertons. Bank-Newton, has its name from the family of Banks, who held the manor more than three centuries, but more anciently Cold Newton, from its exposed situation. --Whitaker's Craven. NEWTON HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Nid; the house being within the township and parish of Nid; but nearly the whole of the land is in 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 register. 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, consisting of upwards of 404 acres of land, was lately purchased by Matthew Thackwray 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.) 1.5 miles from Tadcaster, 5 from Wetherby, 11.5 from York, 13 from Ferrybridge. --Pop. including Towlston, 184. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 14L. 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 fields 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 up here, particularly some of Constantius, Helena, and Constantine; also, an alabaster urn, containing ashes, melted lead, rings, &c. --Camden. Dr. Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle, who crowned Queen Elizabeth, was a native of this place. --Camden. 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, f.h. in the township of Ledston, and parish of Ledsham, 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.) 2 miles from Ripley, 3.5 from Knaresborough, 21.5 from York. --Pop. 86. The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, +3L. 6s. 10.5d. p.r. !110L. Patron, the King, as Duke of Lancaster. NOBLETHORPE, s.h. in the township and parish of Silkstone; 3.5 miles from Penistone. NORLAND, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 3.5 miles from Halifax, 7 from Huddersfield. --Pop. 1,665. On the edge of Norland-Moor, amongst a large ridge of rocks, is a very ponderous stone, which projects over the side of the hill, and has a very uncommon appearance; it is called the Lad-stone, but, for what reason, no inhabitant 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 Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 4.5 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, +7L. p.r. 150L. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. In this Church is buried the celebrated James Torre, Esq. whose manuscript collections of the Ecclesiastical Antiquities of this county stand unrivalled. He died at Snydall, in this parish, July 31, 1699. -Drake's Ebor. Preface. Here is a Grammar School, founded and endowed with 10L. 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-BIERLY, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2.5 miles from Bradford, 8 from Halifax, 12.5 from Wakefield. --Pop. 6,070. Here is a Chapel, but not consecrated. NORTH-COTE, f.h. in the township of Coniston-with-Kilnsey, and parish of Burnsall, liberty of Staincliffe; 2.5 miles from Kettlewell, 13 from Skipton. NORTH-CROFTS, f.h. in the township and parish of Silkstone; 3.5 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-DEIGHT0N, (the seat of John Brewin, Esq.) - See Deighton, North. NORTH LEYS, ham. in the township of North-Stainley-with-Slenningford, and parish and liberty of Ripon; 2 miles from Ripon. NORTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Mirfield; 2.5 miles from Dewsbury, 5 from Wakefield. NORTHORPE, f.h. in the township of Wortley, and parish of Tankersley; 4.5 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.) 2.5 miles from Halifax, 6.5 from Bradford. --Pop. 6,841. NORTH-PASTURE, 4 f.h. in the township of Sawley, and parish of Ripon; 3 miles from Pateley Bridge, 9 from Ripon. NORTH-SIDE HEAD, f.h. in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 9 miles from Pateley Bridge. NORTON, in the parish of Campsall, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 7.5 miles from Pontefract, 8.5 from Doncaster and Ferrybridge. --Pop. 668. NORTON-PRIORY, ham. situated as above. NORWOOD, in the township of Clitton-with-Norwood, and parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro; 6 miles from Otley, 11 from Knaresborough. --Pop. included in Clifton. NORWOOD-HALL, (the seat of James Wheat, Esq.) in the township of Brightside Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 2.5 miles from Sheffield NOSTAL-PRIORY, (the seat of Charles Winn, Esq.) in the township 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 1120; the situation was very woody, and had previously been chosen by a few Hermits, where they had built themselves a little Hall, and an Oratory or Church, dedicated to St. 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 oxgangs of Land, in Hardwic; for which reason, the Lacies family looked upon themselves, and were always deemed, as founders. At the suppression its revenues were valued at 606L. 9s. 3d. Speed, -492L. 18s. 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. It 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, Draper 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 Roland Winn, in 1805, the title devolved upon his cousin Edmund Mark Wynn, Esq. of Ackton, and the family estates so 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. -Neal's Views. NOTTON, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Barnsley, 6.5 from Wakefield, 10 from Pontefract. --Pop. 339. NUN-APPLETON, --See Appleton, Nun. NUNDROOK, ham. in the township and parish of Mirfield; 4.5 miles from Huddersfield, 8.5 from Wakefield, 11 from Leeds. NUN-MONKTON, a parish-town in the upper-division of Claro; 8 miles from York, 11 from Knaresborough and Boroughbridge. --Pop. 344. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, p.r. !45L. but by the addition of lands since, it is 81L. In the time of King Stephen, William de Arches and Ivetta, his wife, founded here a Nunnery, and dedicated it to the Blessed Virgin, for Benedictines, and endowed it with divers lands, afterwards confirm to the Nunnery by Henry Murdac, Archbishop of York. -Valued at the dissolution at 75L. 12s. 4d. -Dugdale. - Burton. The site was granted 29th Henry VIII. to John Nevil, Lord Latimer; the present owner is Payler Tufnal Jolliff Esq. NUNWICK, 4 f.h. in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 2.25 miles from Ripon, 7.5 from Boroughbridge, 10.5 from Bedale. --Pop. 28. One house and farm at Howgrave, in the parish of Kirklington, belong to this township. OAKENSHAW, f.h. in the township and parish of Crofton; 1.5 miles from Wakefield, 7 from Pontefract. OAKS, f.h. in the township and parish of Darton; 3 miles from Barnsley, 7.5 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. OAKWORTH, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of Staincliffe; 3 miles from Keighley, 10 from Skipton. OCKENEY, f.h. in the township of Walkingham-with-Ockeney, and parish of Knaresborough, lower-division of Claro; 3.5 miles from Knaresborough, 5 from Ripley. --Pop. included in Walkingham. OGLETHORPE, in the township of Bramham-with-Oglethorpe, and parish of Bramham, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 4 miles from Tadcaster. This place was formerly the residence of the ancient family of Oglethorpe, one of whom was Reve of the county at the time of the Norman Conquest: they continued seated here till the civil wars, when their estates here were lost for their 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 30th, 1785. A monument is erected in the church of Cranham, to the memory of the General and his wife, written by Mr. Capel Loft. He was author of "An account of the Colony in Georgia," and "An Essay on Plantations, or tracts relating to the Colonies, 1732." --Nichols' Anecdotes, vol. 2. where a detailed account of this respectable family is given. OKENSHAW, in the township of Cleck-Heaton, and parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 6 miles from Bradford and Halifax. OLD-BOOTH, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 6 miles from Penistone, 12 from Sheffield. OLDCOTES, f.h. in the township of Hawkeswick, and parish of Arncliffe; 5 miles from Kettlewell, 11.5 from Settle. OLD-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Emley; 7.5 miles from Huddersfield and Wakefield. OLDHAM-MILL, a Mill, in the township of Wombwell, and parish of Darfield; 3 miles from Barnsley, 7.5 from Rotherham. OLD-TOWN, ham. in the township of Wadsworth, and parish of Halifax; 9 miles from Halifax, 12 from Rochdale, (Lanc.) OLERS, and OLERS, NETHER, ham. in the township of Slaithwaite, and parish of Huddersfield; 8 miles from Huddersfield. ONES-ACRE, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 5 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Penistone. ORGRAVE, in the parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Rotherham, 8 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 of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 4.5 miles from Tadcaster, 7 from Selby. --Pop. included in Ryther. OSSETT, in the parish of Dewsbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 2.5 miles from Wakefield, 3 from Dewsbury. --Pop. 4,775. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. 115L. 5s. Patron, the Vicar of Dewsbury. OSWINTHORPE, or OSMONDTHORPE, in the township of Halton, parish and borough of Leeds; 2 miles from Leeds. Oswinthorpe, or Ossinthorpe, the "villa regia" of Bede, is said to have been the residence of Oswyn, 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 Crown, Sword, and a Shield, bearing the arms of the "East Angles", for here Edwin was relieved when an Exile. 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. --Thoresby. OTLEY, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of Skyrack, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley; (Manor-House, the residence of Matthew Wilson, Esq.) 8 miles from Harewood, 10 from Leeds, Bingley and Bradford, 12 from Keighley, and Ripley, 13 from Knaresborough, 15 from Skipton, 16 from Wetherby, 28 from York, 208 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, +13L. 1s. 8d. p.r. !128L. Otley is a well-built town, delightfully situated on the banks of the Wharfe. It is, according to Dr. Whitaker, the "Othleai" of Domesday, the field of "Othe", 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 church building, after the conquest. At this time it was of great extent, and contained 81 square miles, comprehending the present parish of Otley, part of Wistow, Guiseley, and a part of Ilkley, including Middleton and Stubham. -It now contains, besides the parish-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 present 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 with 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, 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, tomo cave- Fear God, and mind thy book; being a pun upon the founder's name. In the Church, which is a spacious building, are several ancient monuments, especially of the families of Fairfax, 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 manufacturing districts, south-west of Otley. At the south-east of the town, on a craggy cliff, is the hill, called "Otley Chevin," which rises high over the road to Leeds, and together with Romaldsmoor and Pool Bank, forms a mountainous range, extending to the River Wharfe. OTTERBURN, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale; 8 miles from Settle, 9 from Skipton. OUGHTERSHAW, ham. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arnecliff; 8.25 miles from Kettlewell, 14 from Settle. OUGHTY-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, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (Oulton House, the seat of John Blaydes, Esq.) 5 miles from Wakefield and Leeds. --Pop. included in Woodlesford. Here was born, 1661, the celebrated Critic, Mr. Richard Bentley, who was 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 Knaresborough; 4 miles from Boroughbridge, 7 from Knaresborough, 14 from York. --Pop. 437. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, +3L. 10s. Patron, the King. OUSEBURN, LITTLE, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro, liberty, of St. Peter, diocese of Chester; 5 miles from Boroughbridge, 8 from Knaresborough, 13 from York. --Pop. 293. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, value, 3L. 8s. 4d. p.r. 96L. Patron, the Precentor of York. OUSEFLEET, in the parish of Whitgift, wapentake of Osgoldcross; 7 miles from Howden and Crowle, (Linc.) 14 from Snaith. --Pop. 253. OUSEFLEET-GRANGE, f.h. in the township of Ousefleet, and parish of Whitgift; 7 miles from Howden and Crowle, (Linc.) OUSE-HEAD, (Obelisk) in the parish of Great Ouseburn; 3.75 miles from Boroughbridge, 7.5 from Knaresborough. 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 dignity in favour of a dirty puddle. --Hutton. OUSLETHWAITE, (the seat of William Elmhirst, Esq.) in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Darfield; 1.5 miles from Barnsley. OVENDEN, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 1.25 miles from Halifax, 10.75 from Keighley. --Pop. 6,360. One Anthony Bentley of Ovenden, Gent. paid in 1630, ten pounds composition money, for not receiving the order of Knighthood at the coronation of Charles I. --Watson. OWLCOATS, ham. in the township of Pudsey, and parish of Calverley; 3 miles from Bradford, 7.5 from Leeds. OWLERTON, in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield; 2.5 miles from Sheffield. OWLSHAW, s.h. in the township of Gisburn-Forest; 4 miles from Settle, 16 from Skipton. OWRAM, NORTH, --See Northowram. OWRAM, SOUTH, --See Southowram. OWSTON, 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 fron Pontefract, 31 from York. --Pop. 306. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +7L. 0s. 2.5d. p.r. 100L. Patron, Phillip Davis Cook, Esq. OXNOP-FAR, and NEAR. 2 h. in the township of Thornton, parish of Bradford; 5 miles from Keighley, 8 from 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, 9.5 from York. --Pop. 66. PACEGATE, f.h. in the township of Beamsley, and parish of Skipton; 9 miles from Skipton. PADDOCK, and ) in the township and parish of Huddersfield, PADDOCK-FOOT,) Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 1 mile, from Huddersfield, 8.5 from Halifax. PADSIDE, in the township of Hampsthwaite-with-Padside, and parish of Hampsthwaite, lower-division of Claro; 4.5 miles from Pateley Bridge, 6.5 from Ripley. --Pop. included in Hampsthwaite. PAGE-FOLD, s.h. in the township of Bashelleaves, and parish of Mitton; 4 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) PAGE-HALL, (the seat of George Bustard Greaves, Esq.) in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 3 miles from Sheffield, 4.5 from Rotherham. PAINSLEY, f.h. in the township of Horton, and parish of Gisburn, liberty of Staincliffe; 1.5 miles from Gisburn. PAINTHORPE, in the parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-division 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; 2.5 miles from Harrogate, 5.5 from Knaresborough, 6 from Ripley, 8 from Otley, 23.5 from York. --Pop. 1,314. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Robert, Knaresborough, 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, Knaresborough, 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 Knaresborough. PARADISE, f.h. in the township of Horton, and parish of Gisburn; 9 miles from Settle, 11 from Skipton. PARK-GATE, ham. in the township and parish of Almondbury; 2 miles from Huddersfield. PARK-GATE, s.h. in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham; 3.5 miles from Rotherham. PARK-GATE HALL, s.h. in the township and parish of Guiseley; 2.5 miles from Otley, 10 from Leeds. PARK-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 township and parish of Sheffield; 1.5 miles 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, 6 from Worksop, (Notts.) PARK-LANE, ham. in the township and parish of Hatfield; (the seat of William Pilkington, Esq.) 5.5 miles from Doncaster. PARK-LODGE, (the seat of William Hepworth, Esq.) in the township of Idle, and parish of Calverley; 3.5 miles from Bradford. PARLINGTON, a township, in the parish of Abberford, lower division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of Richard Oliver Gascoigne, Esq.) 1 mile from Abberford. --Pop. 226. This has long been a seat of a branch of the ancient family of Gascoignes of Gawthorpe, the Baronetage of which became extinct, on the death of the late Sir Thomas Gascoigne, when Richard Oliver, Esq. of Parlington, succeeded him in his estates, and in compliance with his will, assumed the name Gascoigne. A pedigree of the Gascoignes is given in Thoresby's Leodiensis. PATELEY BRIDGE, 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 Knaresborough and Harrogate, 15 from Skipton, Masham, and Otley, 16 from Kettlewell, 32 from York, 224 from London. --Market, Saturday. --Fairs, Easter and Whitsun-Eve; May 11; September 17, (if on a Saturday,) if not, on the first Saturday after; Monday after October 10; and Christmas-Eve; for cattle, woollen 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. !87L. 11s. 4d. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. This is a small market-town situated upon the banks of the river Nidd, and may be considered as the capital of Nidderdale. It derives considerable wealth from the lead-mines on the opposite side of the river, at Greenhow-Hill, &c. 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, f.h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone, Liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Penistone. PALEY-GREEN, HIGH and LOW, 2 f.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, (Lanc.) --Pop. 242. PECKFIELD-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 Castleford to Abberford. PENISTONE, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Barnsley, 12.75 from Huddersfield, 13.75 from Sheffield, 14 from Wakefield, 15 from Rotherham, 26 from Stockport, (Chesh.) 45 from York, 176 from London. --Market, Thursday. --Fairs, last Thursday in February; last Thursday in March; first Thursday in May; and Thursday 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, +16L. 14s. 2d. p.r. 146L. 18s, 4d. 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 and fairs. Here is a Free Grammar School, endowed with 100L. per annum, -and also the interest of 200L. for the education of eight poor girls. PENNIGENT-HILL, in the parish of Harton, wapentake of Ewcross; 6.5 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 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 resembles a deep funnel, dangerous to approach. Horton-Beck runs through one of these pits, and Bransil-Beck through the other; each of these brooks passes under-ground for about a mile: Horton-Beck emerging again at Dowgill Scar, and Bransil-Beck at Bransill-Head; but, what is more extraordinary, these subterraneous 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 circumstance 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 interment, called Giant's 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 to the Caves. PHILADELPHIA, in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield; 1.5 miles from Sheffield. Near this place are the Horse Barracks, built in 1794. PIGBURN, in the township and parish of Brodsworth, lower division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Doncaster, 11 from Barnsley. PILLEY, in the township and parish of Tankersley, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Barnsley, 7 from Penistone and Rotherham. PISSMIRE-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Dewsbury; 1.5 miles 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; 2.5 miles from Wakefield. PLUMPTON; in the parish of Spofforth, upper-division of Claro; 3 miles from Knaresborough, 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, Anne, 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, 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, f.h. in the township and parish of Silkstone; 1.75 miles from Barnsley, 6.5 from Penistone. POLLINGTON, in the parish of Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Cowick and Snaith; 2 miles from Snaith, 7 from Thorne, 8.5 from Ferrybridge. --Pop. 483. The Manor of this place is copyhold, and the custom is there, that if a copy-holder 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 Savill, of Methley, Bart. purchased this Manor of Sir Thomas Metham, Knight; and John Saville, Esq. of Methley aforesaid, now enjoys the same, 1674. --Blount's Ancient Tenures. POND, f.h. in the township of Huntshelf, 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, Barnsley, 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 Saturday 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. 100, 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, +13L. 6s. 8d. Patron, the King. The situation at 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 Legeoleum, which, in Saxon times, was called Kirkby, but changed by the Normans to Pontefract, from a broken bridge that was here. Here Ilbert de 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 condemned 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 his followers, rushed into his apartment. The King, concluding their design was to take away his life, resolved not to fall unrevenged, but 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 grandfather, says that he died in the tower, and that his body was placed on a litter, the head on a black cushion, and his 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 Rivers, Richard Lord Grey, Sir Thomas Vaughan, and Sir Richard Hawse, were all murdered here, by the tyrannic order of Richard III. In the civil wars of Charles I. this Castle several times changed its masters; but, the last and most remarkable siege was in the year 1647, when it surrendered to General Lambert; and, in 1649, was, by a resolution of Parliament, ordered to be dismantled: all the ammunition being first removed, conveyed to York, and lodged in Cliffords-Tower, a great number of people were employed, with pick-axes, iron-crows, spades, and shovels, to demolish this noble fortress, which they fully accomplished in about ten weeks: the charge for which amounted to the sum of 777L. 4s. 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 hacked to death. Shakespeare's Richard II. 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 structure, 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 divine service in the Chapel of St. Giles, now the parish-church. Here was a Benedictine Priory, founded by Robert de Lacy, in 1090, dedicated to St. John; a house of Dominicans, or preaching Friars; a house of Carmelites, or white Friars, built by Edmund de Lacy; a house of Austin Friars, and several Hospitals. This borough was incorporated by Richard III.; 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 Common Council, consisting of twenty-four Burgesses. Pontefract 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 regibus diram; Laseris ortu celebrandam, Varils gestis memorandam: Nec in Pomfret repens certior, Quam pauperculus inertior. Lun, the author of the Newcastle Rider, and some other poems, was a native of this place. Though bred to the humble profession of a barber, and without the advantage of a literary education, some of his pieces, for keenness of satire, and justness of sentiment, would not disgrace the pen of Churchill. John Bramhall, Archbishop of Armagh, in 17th century, was born at Pontefract. He had the living of (rectory) St. Martin's, 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. PONTEFRACT-PARK, a township, (extraparochial) in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 1.5 miles from Pontefract. --Pop. 47. POOL, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Skyrack, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley; 3 miles from Otley, 8 from Harewood, 10 from Leeds and Bradford, 11 from Ripley. --Pop. 294. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. !71L. 17s. Patron, the Vicar of Otley. POOLE, in the township of Byram-with-Poole, and parish of Brotherton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Pontefract; 3 miles from Ferrybridge, 5 from Pontefract. --Pop. included in Byram. POPPLETON, UPPER or LAND, (Ainsty) in the parish of Bishop Hill, Jun. York, liberty of St. Peter; 4 miles from York, 12 from Wetherby and Easingwold. --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 Archis 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 Waddington writes that there was a Mayor of York, killed at Poppleton in the reign of King Richard II. as be conjectured, in some controversy betwixt the Abbot and citizens. -Drake. POPPLETON, NETHER, or WATER, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 4 miles from York, 11 from Easingwold, 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. 74L. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of York. PORTO BELLO, in the township and parish of Sheffield, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill; half a mile from Sheffield, 6.5 from Rotherham. POTTER-NEWTON, in the parish of Leeds, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Leeds, 6 from Harewood, 9 from Otley. Potter-Newton, which, Dr. Whitaker says, with Chapel Allerton and Gledhow, constitutes the most beautiful portion of the parish of Leeds, was anciently a seat of the Mauleverers, who came over with the Conqueror, and which family was seated here at least eight generations. --Thoresby. POTTERTON, 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, 7 from Tadcaster. POTGATE-HOUSE, f.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, 5 from Wakefield 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, 5 from Pontefract and Wakefield. PRESTON, LONG, --See Long-Preston. PRIESTHORPE, ham. in, the township of Calverley-with-Farsley, and parish of Calverley; 3.5 miles from Bradford. PRIESTHORPE, ham. in the township and parish of Bingley; 6 miles from Keighley and Bradford. PROVIDENCE-GREEN, s.h. in the township of Green-Hammerton, and parish of Whixley; 7 miles from Knaresborough. PUDDING-HOLE, f.h. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 9 miles from Pateley Bridge. 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, *109L. 15s. Patron, the Vicar of Calverley. This is a populous village, inhabited by persons connected with the woollen manufactory, which may in fact be considered as three villages, under the names of High, Low, and Chapel-Pudsey, being nearly a quarter of a mile distant from each other. PURSTON-JACKLING, in the parish of Featherstone, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 2.25 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield, 11 from Barnsley. --Pop. 244. PURLWELL-HALL, (the seat of Mrs. Taylor) in the township and parish of Batley; 1.5 miles 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-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 2 miles from Huddersfield, 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 raisd 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; 2.5 miles from Dewsbury, 5.5 from Huddersfield. QUARRY-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Almondbury; 2 miles from Hudderstfield. QUARRY-HOUSE, f.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; 3.5 miles from Halifax, 8.5 from Bradford. QUICK, in the parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 9 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.) 11 from Manchester, (ditto) 15 from Huddersfield. --Pop. 13,902. Quick is a township, comprehending the whole district of Saddlesworth, --for particulars, see Saddlesworth. RAISGILL, 2 f.h. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arnecliff, liberty of Staincliffe; 6 miles from Kettlewell. RAINBROW-PARK, f.h. in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearne; 8 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; 3.5 miles from Ripley, 8.5 from Knaresborough. Mrs. Alice Shepherd, by Will, dated June 14, 1806, directed that 1000L. 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 Pateley Bridge, for the purpose of educating and clothing twenty poor children of the chapelry of Pateley Bridge, by the master of Rakes School. Dr. William Craven, by Indenture, dated August 24, 1812, gave 800L. navy five per cent. 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 Sunday-School, is twenty eight guineas, and about thirty guineas is expended in clothing. --Commis. Report. 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 disposition, 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, &c. RAMSGILL, 2 f.h. in the township and parish of Ilkley, upper division of Skyrack; 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, liberty of Wakefield; 4 miles from Halifax, 5 from Huddersfield. --Pop. 2,796. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, *118L. 7s. Patron, the Vicar. Here was a Chapel, as early as 1411, which was taken down and handsomely re-built, about six and thirty years ago. --Whitaker. By an inquest, taken in 1284, it appears that the village of Rastrick was 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. --Watson RATHMELL, in the parish of Giggleswick, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 3.5 miles from Settle, 15 from Skipton, 16 from Colne, (Lanc.) --Pop. 328. RAWSTONSTALL, in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 9 miles from Halifax and Rochdale, (Lanc.) 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, !117L. Patron, the Archdeacon of York. -It was formerly a Chapel to Mexbrough. RAVENTOFTS-HALL, f.h. in the township of Bishop-Thornton, and parish of Ripon; 4 miles from Ripley, 6 from Ripon. RAVENS' KNOWLES, f.h. in the township of Dalton, and parish of Kirkheaton; 1 mile from Huddersfield. RAW, in the parish of Horton, wapentake of Ewcross; 6.5 miles from Settle, 15.5 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 Thorne. --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; 4.5 miles from Snaith. RAWDEN, in the parish of Guiseley, upper-division of Skyrack; 8 miles from Otley and Bradford, 7 from Leeds. --Pop. 1,759. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. *109L. 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 Conqueror, 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, 8L. 7s. 3.5d. 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; 1.5 miles from Huddersfield. An old Mansion, divided into dwellings. RED-HALL, f.h. in the township of Shadwell, 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 honourable family of Slingsby. The house was built by Sir Henry Slingsby, in the reign of Charles I. except the Chapel, built by his father. About the year 1562, Francis Slingsby, Esq. purchased Red-House, and Scagglethorpe of Robert Oughtred, Esq. whose ancestors had resided here from the time of Edward III. the site of whose Mansion is at a small distance from the west front of the present edifice. Upon the south front of Red-House, is inscribed: PR0 TERMINO VITAE, CIC NOS NON NOBIS. On the west front: PAULISPER ET RELUCEBIS: ET IPSE, M.R. 29, 1652. This old Mansion is going to decay, yet these are apartments in this house, such as the Star Chamber, Chapel, the Servants Hall, and the Staircase, still retaining some if its grandeur, which cannot but be interesting to the curious. 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 friends, 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 Karne,) with a candlestick its 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 Knaresborough. 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.h. in the township and parish of Adwick-le-Street; 5 miles from Doncaster, 10 from Pontefract. RED-MIRES, 2 f.h. in the township of Grantley, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 8 miles from Ripon. REEDHOLME, s.h. in the township, of Thorpe-in-Balne, and parish of Barnby-Dun; 4.5 miles from Doncaster. REEDNESS, in the parish of Whitgift, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 6.5 miles from Howden, 7.5 from Crowle, (Linc.) --Pop. 683. REGILL-HOUSES, 2 f.h. in the township of Lower-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard, 8 miles from Pateley Bridge. RENHOLE, s.h. in the township of Long-Drax, and parish of Drax; 4 miles from Snaith. RAYNAR, or RANAR, f.h. in the township of Thurlston, and parish of Penistone; 3 miles from Penistone. RIBSTONE, GREAT, in the parish of Hunsingore, upper-division of Claro; (Ribstone-Hall, the seat of Sir Henry Goodricke, Bart.) 3 miles from Knaresborough, 4 from Wetherby. --Pop. including Walshford, 155, which being united, form a township. After the conquest the manor of Ribstone was in the possession of William de Percy, and Ralph Pagnel. Robert Lord Ross became possessed of it in the reign of Henry III. and in 1224, he settled this estate upon the Knights Templars, where they had a preceptory, and which they enjoyed till the dissolution of their order; when 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 Nottingley, in Somersetshire, have been settled ever since. -The present Baronet is the seventh: Sir Henry Goodricke, Knight, who took arms in the cause of Charles I. being the first Baronet, created August 14, 1641. Ribstone-Hall is situated upon an eminence, almost encompassed by the River Nidd, and commanding an extensive and beautiful prospect. The house is well finished, convenient, and elegant. In the Drawing Room are several good family Portraits; and in the Saloon are a number of excellent Pictures, copied 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 Goodricke family; and in the churchyard 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 Eboracum. 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 almost every orchard in this, and many other counties. -Hist. Knaresborough. RIBSTONE LITTLE, in the parish of Spofforth, upper-division of Claro; 3.25 miles from Knaresborough, 3.75 from Wetherby. --Pop. 195. RICHMOND, ham. in the township and parish of Handsworth; 4 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. RIDDLESDEN, EAST and WEST, 2h. in the township of East-Morton, and parish of Bingley, upper-division of Skyrack, liberty of Cliffords-Fee; (Riddlesden-Hall, the seat of Thomas Leach, Esq.) 2 miles from Keighley, 12 from Otley. RIDGE-CROSS, f.h. in the township of Wadsworth, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 9 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) RIGGE, and RIGGE-COTE, 2 ham. in the township of Armley, and parish of Leeds; 3 miles from Leeds, 9 from Bradford. RIGTON, in the parish of Kirkby Overblow, upper-division of Claro; 6.25 miles from Otley, 5 from Knaresborough. --Pop. 429. Near to Rigton, on a high hill, is that group of rocks, called "Almes Cliff," 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. Knaresborough. RIGTON, in the township of Rigton-with-Bardsey, and parish of Bardsey, lower-division of Skyrack; 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 Clifford’s-Fee; (the seat of Richard Waddilove, Esq.) 4 miles from Gargrave, 5 from Skipton, 10 from Kettlewell, 14 from Settle. --Pop. 145. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Burnsall, dedicated to Saint Peter. Rilston, or Rilliston, gave name and habitation to a family perhaps of the first antiquity of Craven; as there is reason to suppose that William de Risletona, who occurs in the first charters of Cecelia de Romille, was the William, son of Clarenbald, mentioned in the black book of the exchequer, and undoubtedly a Saxon. The manor continued in the hands of the Rilstones, till Isabella, daughter and heiress of John Rillestone, married Miles, son of Walkin Radcliffe 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, for a long time "made a weekly pilgrimage from hence, over the fells of Bolton, and was constantly found in the Abbey church-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 from Gisburn, 8 from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 10 from Colne, (ditto) 12 from Skipton. --Pop. 698. This Manor has long been remarkable for a rich vein of Lead Ore, which yielded a considerable proportion of Silver; and it is not more than fifty years since a person was convicted and executed at York, for counterfeiting the silver coin, in metal supposed to be procured from the lead of Rimington. William Pudsey, Esq. who held the estate from 1577 to 1629, is reported in the traditions of the neighbourhood, nearly to have forfeited his life for coining shillings from Silver-Ore obtained here. They were marked with an escalop, which the country people called Pudsey shillings. -Whitaker. RING-BECK, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 6 miles from Masham, 8 from Ripon. RINGSTON-HILL, f.h. in the township of Brierley, and parish of Felkirk; 5.5 miles from Barnsley. RIPLEY, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; (Ripley Castle, the seat Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Bart.) 3.25 miles from Harrogate, 5 from Knaresborough, 7.75 from Ripon 9 from Pateley Bridge, 12 from Otley, 23 from York, 205 from London. --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, 23L. 8s. 9d. Patron, Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Bart. 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 endowed with an estate at Sproatley, (E.R.) containing messuages or tenements, and about 153 A. I R. 24 P. subject to a payment of 12L. 8s. 6d. for tithes. It was let under lease dated Sept. 1800, for thirty years, at the yearly rent of 40L. to Thomas Hewitt and his wife, which sum he pays to the schoolmaster - Mr. Hewitt has under-let it for 120L. 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, --Commis. 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 wainscot, 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 caption, strength, and security. In the Library is a valuable collection of books: and in the real 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, during a course of 430 years. Here are preserved, one of the two pigs of lead, found in 1731, on Hayshaw Moor; on these are inscribed, Imperatore Caesure Domitiano Augusto Consule Septimum, and on one side is the word Brig, signifying it had been cast in the country of the Brigantes. The owners of Ripley have been in possession ever since the time of Richard II.; when Sir Thomas de Ingilby had it in right of his Lady, daughter of ---- Ripley, of this place. From one of his children, was descended, Sir William de Ingilby, Knight and Baronet, so created, May 17, 1642. The present Sir William is the sixth Baronet, and was High Sheriff of the county in 1820; and who has been very recently authorised by his Majesty, to use the name and arms of Amcotts, in addition to those of Ingilby. His father, the late Sir John, having married Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Wharton Amcotts, Bart. --Hist. Knaresborough. --Pennant. The gardens, which are extensive, and ornamented with greenhouses and hothouses, excelled by none in the north of England, are, by the liberality of the present Baronet, open for the public, inspection every Friday. RIPON, a market and parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberty of Ripon; 6 miles from Boroughbridge, 7 from Ripley, 10 from Masham and Oak-Tree Inn, Leeming Lane, 11 from Harrogate and Thirsk, 12 from Knaresborough, 13 from Bedale, 17 from Northallerton, 17.75 from Hopper-Lane Inn, 20 from Leyburn and Otley, 43 from York, 212 from London. --Market, Thursday. --Fairs, Thursday after January 13; May 13 and 14; and first Thursday and Friday in June, for horned cattle, sheep, woollen cloth, &c. first Thursday after August 2; first Thursday in November; and November 23, for horned cattle, &c. --Bankers, Old Bank, Messrs, Harrisons and Terrys, draw on Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co. 76, Lombard Street; Ripon and Nidderdale Bank, Messrs. Coates and Co. draw on Messrs. Sir James Esdaile and Co. 21, Lombard Street; Ripon Bank, Messrs. Brittains and Thackwray, draw on Sir Richard Carr Glynn, Bart. and Co. 12, Birchin Lane. --Principal Inns, Unicorn, and Black Bull. --Pop. 4,563. This Church is both parochial and collegiate, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Wilfrid, and is built in the form of a cross. Patron, the King. Ripon is situated between the river Ure and the Skell, and stands on an eminence with declivities on every side. It derives its name from the Latin word Ripa, which refers to the situation of the town. Here was a Monastery, founded by Eata, Abbot of Melross; but before 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 711, aged 76, and was interred here; but in 940, his remains were removed to Canterbury, by Odo, 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 ceremony, preceded by a band of music. King Athelstan in the year 924, granted to the Church of Ripon the privilege of sanctuary, which extended a mile on either side the Church. The boundaries yet remain, in the names of Kangel-Cross; Sharow Cross; and Athelstan 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 of 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; and 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, and venerable gothic pile. In 1604, King James gave a new Charter to the town, constituting it to be governed by a mayor, recorder, and twelve aldermen, with twenty-four common councilmen, and a town-clerk. 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 Jepson's Hospital, founded and endowed by Zacharias Jepson, of York, a native of Ripon. In the Minster-yard is this modest inscription to the memory of its benefactor, --Hic Jacet Zacharius Jepson, cujus aetas fecit 49. Per paucos tantum Annos Vixit. The town was first incorporated in the time of King Alfred, and its government originally vested in a chief magistrate, called Vigilarius, which duty, it was to cause a horn to be 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 junction 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 merchandise; and take back lead, butter, &c, &c. Henry I. granted a Charter for a Fair of four days; another by King Stephen; and a third by Henry V. At one of these fairs we find Drunken Barnaby; Ad forensem Rippon tendo, Equi si sint cari, veodo, Si minore pretio dempti, Equi a me erunt empti; Ut alacrior fiat ille, Ilia mordicant anguillae. A very elegant Town-Hall was erected, in 1798, being a present to this Corporation, from Mrs. Allanson, of Studley. It comprises Assembly-rooms, a Committee-room for public meetings, and business of Magistrates. Here is a Free Grammar-School, situated in Agnesgate, founded in 1546, by Edward V. with an allowance for head master and usher; and finished in 1553, by King Philip and Queen Mary. Its revenues are under the management of Trustees. The Market-place is very spacious, and nearly square, measuring 104 yards by 68, and has a fine Obelisk in the centre, 90 feet high, on the top of which are fixed the Arms of Ripon, i.e. a Bugle-Horn and a Spur-Rowel, erected by William Aislabie, Esq. Not far from the Minster, is a large tumulus composed of gravel and human bones, called Ellshaw or Ailcey Hill, which, in Camden's time, appears to have been called Hillshaw. "There apperith by est north est, at the toune end of Ripon," says Leland, "a great hill of yerth, cast up in a playn close bering now the name of Illshow Hille, where be al likelihod hath been sum great Fortress in the Britons time." Ripon sends two Members to Parliament: the right of election is in the burgage-holders, 146 in number. The borough is chiefly the property of Mrs. Laurence, of Studley-Royal, who possesses by far the major-part of the burgage tenures. The situation of Ripon is pleasant, and the surrounding country rich and fertile, and in a high state of cultivation. --For more particular account, see Tourist's Companion, published at Ripon. RIPPONDEN, in the township of Barkisland, and parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles from Halifax, 9 from Huddersfield, 11 from Rochdale, (Lanc.) The Chapel is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, value, p.r. !141L. 10s. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. The Chapel of Ripponden is of great antiquity, and was rebuilt in 1610, and afterwards renewed in 1737, The Ministers manse, a very good square house, is the work of the industrious and faithful antiquary, Mr. Watson, the historian of this parish, then Minister of the place, and afterwards Rector of Stockport. Ripponden is situated upon the Riburn, and is memorable on account of the immense flood that took place, on the sudden swelling of the River, on the 18th of May, 1772, called Ripponden Flood, which commenced between the hours of three and five in the afternoon; the water rose seven yards perpendicular, and bore down; in its course, several bridges, mills, and a number of houses; many persons also lost their lives on this melancholy occasion. The Church, at Ripponden, was very much damaged, part of the church-yard washed away, the graves laid open, and a coffin was lodged in a tree, at a considerable distance. -Watson. -Whitaker. RISHFORTH-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Bingley; 4 miles from Keighley. RISHWORTH, in the parish of Halifax, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 4 miles from Halifax, 5 from Huddersfield, 12 from Bradford. --Pop. 1,588. At this place, is a group of stones, laid, seemingly, one above another, to the height of several yards, and called the Rocking stone. Tradition says, that it once would rock, but that quality is lost. The form of it is not very unlike the Wring-Cheese in Cornwall, described by Borlase, and perhaps might serve for the same purposes as that. --Watson. RISPLITH, ham. in the township of Sawley, and parish and liberty of Ripon; 5 miles from Pateley Bridge, 6 from Ripon. ROACH-GRANGE, s.h. in the township and parish of Kippax; 4 miles from Abberford. ROADS-MOOR HOUSE, s.h. in the township of Whiston, and parish of Rotherham; 3 miles from Rotherham. ROBERT TOWN, in the township of Liversedge, and parish of Birstall, Morley division of Agbrigg and Morley; 5.5 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Halifax, 10.5 from Leeds. ROBIN HOOD'S WELL, ham. east-side in the township of Burghwallis, and parish of Owton, west-side in the township and parish of Skellbrook; 6.75 miles from Doncaster. Robin Hoods Well is a square building, nine feet high, and joins the turnpike road. A mile and a half from this piece, Robin Hood is said to have robbed the Bishop of Hereford; and about a quarter of a mile from the Well, is Bishop-Tree-Root. On this spot stood the Tree, round which Robin made the Bishop dance in his boots, after he had robbed him. Nescit sitis artem modi, Puteum Roberti Hoodi Veni, et liquente vena Vincto catino catena, Tollens sitim, parcum odi, Solvens obolum custodi. ROCARR, f.h. in the township and parish of Selby; 2 miles from Selby, 9 from Snaith. ROCHE-ABBEY, in the township and parish of Maltby, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4 miles from Tickhill, 6 from Bawtry, 9 from Rotherham. Richard de Builli and Richard Fitzturgis, founded an Abbey here, in 1147, and dedicated it to the blessed Virgin. The revenues were rated at 224L. 2s. 5d. according to Dugdale -and 271L. 19s. 4d. -Speed. The site was granted 35th Henry VIII. to William Ramsden and Thomas Vavasour. It is now the property of the Earl of Scarboruogh. One side of the nave of the church, under the middle tower, and some odd arches, are all that remain of this considerable structure, except a few small fragment which are scattered to a considerable distance around. This spot certainly presents a most luxuriant and fascinating landscape; yet we cannot suffer our enthusiasm so far to run away with our senses, as to say with Mr. Dayes, that here "everything a traveller can wish, to render a place delightful, will be found concentrated in this most enchanting spot; majestic woods, expansive water, romantic rocks, an agreeable ruin, and withal, most commodious walks, for the convenience of viewing its various beauties." ROCKING-STONE HALL, (a Shooting-Box of Mr. Nicholson) in the township of Thurscross, and parish of Fewston; 7 miles from Pateley Bridge, 11 from Skipton, 12 from Otley. ROCKLEY-ABBEY, f.h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Darfield, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Barnsley. Anciently a seat of the Rockleys; now belongs to the Wentworths. RODLEY, ham. in the township of Calverley-with-Bramley, and parish of Calverley; 5 miles from Bradford, 6.5 from Leeds. ROECLIFFE, in the parish of Aldborough, lower-division of Claro; 1.75 miles from Boroughbridge, 8 from Knaresborough. --Pop. 248. ROGERTHORPE-HALL, f.h. in the township of Thorpe-Audlin, and parish of Badsworth; 4 miles from Pontefract. ROME, f.h. in the township and parish of Giggleswick; 2 miles from Settle. ROOKES, ham. in the township of Hipperholme, and parish of Halifax; 4 miles from Halifax. ROSE-HILL, (the seat of Robert Leighton, Esq.) in the township and parish of Rawmarsh; 3 miles from Rotherham. ROSSINGTON, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, soke of Doncaster; (the seat of the Rev. James Stovin, D.D.) 8 miles from Doncaster; 5.5 from Bawtry, 42 from York. --Pop. 383. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 11L. 1s. 5.5d. Patrons, the Mayor and Burgesses of Doncaster. The Manor of Doncaster, with an estate of 2,000 acres of land, belongs to the Corporation, who, some time back, built twelve Alms-houses for the aged of both sexes. In the church-yard, was a stone, the two ends of which are now remaining, where was interred the body of James Bosvill the King of the Gypsies, who died January 30, 1708. For a number of years, it was a custom of Gypsies from the south, to visit his tomb annually, and there perform some of their accustomed rites; one of which was to pour a flagon of ale upon the grave. --Miller's Don. Here is a Free-School, founded as early as 1652. ROSSINGTON-BRIDGE, an inn, in the township and parish of Rossington; 4.5 miles from Doncaster and Bawtry. ROTHERHAM, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 6 miles from Sheffield, 11 from Tickhill, 12 from Doncaster and Barnsley, 15 from Penistone, 16 from Worksop, (Notts.) 49 from York, 160 from London. --Market, Monday. --Fairs, Whit-Monday; December 1, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, &c. and Fortnight Fairs on Monday, for horned cattle, &c. --Bankers, Messrs. Walkers, Eyer, and Stanley, draw on Messrs. Everett, Walker, and Co. 9, Mansion House Street. --Principal inns, Crown, and Red Lion. --Pop. 3,548. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Ann, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +16L. 8s. 6d. Patron, Lord Howard. Rotherham is situated near the conflux of the rivers Rother and Don; the latter of which being navigable to Sheffield, and communicating with canals and rivers, opens a water communication with all the principal towns in the county; as well as Lincolnshire and Lancashire. The town is far fron elegant; the streets are narrow, and irregular; and the houses have, in general, a dull and dingy appearance. However, a considerable trade is here carried on in coals, an in other articles, by means of the river Don. This place is rendered famous by the birth of Thomas Scott, Archbishop of York, usually called Thomas of Rotherham, who founded in this place Jesus College, for a provost, five priests, six choristers, and three schoolmasters, which was valued at the dissolution, at the yearly rent of 58L. 5s. 9.5d. He died of the plague at Cawood, in 1500. -Drake. Here is a Free Grammar-School, founded in 1584, by Laurence Woodnett, and Anthony Collins, Esqrs. formerly of London. The School is open to the boys of the town indefinitely free of expense, for classics only. This School has a claim in its turn to the fellowship and two scholarships at Emanuel College, Cambridge, founded by Mr. Frieston, in case the same are not occupied from the Free-School at Normanton. There is a fellowship also at Lincoln College, Oxford. To this School there is a crown payment of 10L. 15s. 4d. per annum, to the master. The master's salary, including house rent, &c. 30L. a year; besides which, he has a gratuity from the Feoffees or Trustees. The present master is the Rev. Benjamin Birkitt. --For an account of the Iron Works, see Marsbrough. ROTHWELL, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4.5 miles from Leeds, 5.5 from Wakefield, 28 from York. --Pop. including Rothwell-Haigh, and Roydes-Green, 2,155. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, +19L. 12s. 11d. Patron, Charles John Brandling, Esq. "This place," says Dr. Whitaker, "appears to have been named when first planted by the Saxons, from a rapid and copious Well near the Church." It was distinguished among the numerous Manors of the Lacies, dependent on the Castle of Pontefract, by having a Castlet or Manor-House near the Church, of which a mass of strong grout work yet remains. The Church of Rothwell was appropriated to the Priory of Nostel, to which it was given, according to Burton, by Robert de Lacy. Here is a Charity-School, founded by the late John Bromley, gentlemen, of Wakefield, in 1722. ROTHWELL-HAIGH, in the township and parish of Rothwell, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Leeds, 5.5 from Wakefield. --Pop. included in Rothwell. This place adjoins to Rothwell, and had been an ancient Park of the Lacies; and given by Henry VIII. to Thomas Lord Darcy. It afterwards relapsed into a state of nature, and became a mere common. It contains about 543 acres, and is now become a fertile and productive tract. ROUGH-BIRCHWORTH, ham. in the township of Oxspring, and parish of Penistone, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Penistone. ROUNDHAY, ham. in the parish of Barwick-in-Elmet, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Leeds, 10 from Wetherby. --Pop. 186. Here the ancient family of the Lacies, from the earliest period, after they became possessed of Pontefract with its dependencies, had a Park; hence the name Roundhay, or the circular Pale. It was granted by Robert de Lacy to the Monks of Kirkstall. --Whitaker. ROUNDHAY-GRANGE, f.h. in the township of Shadwell, and parish of Thorner, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Leeds. ROUND-GREEN, f.h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Darfield; 2.5 miles from Barnsley. ROUND-WOOD, f.h. in the township and parish of Rawmarsh; 2.5 miles from Rotherham. ROWLE-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Kellington, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Snaith. ROWLEY, in the township of Lepton, and parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg ad Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Huddersfield, 10 from Wakefield. ROYD, (the seat of Mrs. Hoyle) in the township of Soyland, and parish of Halifax; 6 miles from Halifax. ROYD-BRIDGE, f.h. and Tan Yard, in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax; 9 miles from Halifax. ROYD-FIELDS, s.h. in the township and parish of Penistone; 1 mile from Penistone. ROYD-HOUSE, s.h. in the township of Farnley-Tyas, and parish of Almondbury; 4 miles from Huddersfield. ROYD-HOUSE, ham. in the township of Shelley, and parish of Kirkburton, liberty of Wakefield; 7 miles from Huddersfield. ROYD-MOOR, f.h. in the township of Thurlston, and parish of Penistone; 2 miles from Penistone. ROYD-MOOR, f.h. in the township and parish of Hemsworth; 5 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield. ROYDES-GREEN, in the township and parish of Rothwell, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4.5 miles from Wakefield, 5.5 from Leeds. --Pop. included in Rothwell. ROYDS, s.h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 5 miles from Sheffield. This house, with eleven others, formerly belonged to the dissolved Priory or Hospital of St. John, of Jerusalem; and was distinguished by an iron or wooden cross, fixed in some conspicuous part of the building. --Hunter's Hallam. ROYDS, a few f.h. in the township of Brampton-Bierlow, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearne; 6 miles from Rotherham. ROYDS, ham. in the township of Beeston, and parish of Leeds; 2.5 miles from Leeds. ROYDS-HALL, (the seat of C. Dawson, Esq.) in the township of North-Bierley, and parish of Bradford; 4 miles from Bradford. ROYSTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 4.5 miles from Barnsley, 6 from Wakefield, 9.5 from Pontefract, 34 from York. --Pop. 549. The Church, a spacious and well-built structure, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +17L. 3s. 4d. p.r. !107L. Patron, the Archbishop of York. Here is a Free Grammar-School, founded by letters patent, in the 5th of James I. The endowment consists of a house, garden, and twenty-four acres of land, amounting to about 70L. per ann. and the interest of 13L. is paid to the master, who also receives 4L. 6s. 11d. from the Dutchy Court of Lancaster. The School is open to the boys of the parish indefinitely, free of expense. --Carlisle. Here is also a Charity of the Lady Bolles, for the apprenticing of children. RUDDING-HALL, (the seat of the Hon. William Gordon) in the township of Follyfoot, and parish of Spofforth, upper-division of Claro; 3 miles from Knaresborough, 5 from Wetherby. This place formerly belonged to Mr. James Collins, who added much to the building, laid out the pleasure grounds, and built a very curious rustic gate-way, consisting of three arches, large and lofty, which unfortunately was blown down in 1790. The present proprietor took down the old house, and began the present elegant Mansion in 1807. RUFF-HOLME, f.h. in the township of Newland, and parish of Drax; 3 miles from Howden, 6 from Snaith. RUFFORTH, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 5.5 miles from York, 9.75 from Wetherby. --Pop. 295. The Church is a vicarage, value, +4L. 13s. 4d. p.r. !80L. Patron, Mrs. Grace Thompson. RUSH-PARK. f.h. in the township and parish of Sherburn; 7 miles from Tadcaster and Ferrybridge. RYE-CROFT, f.h. in the township and parish of Rawmarsh; 3 miles from Rotherham. RYHILL, in the parish of Wragby, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Wakefield, 6.5 from Barnsley, 9 from Pontefract. --Pop. 147. RYTHER, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Tadcaster, 7 from Selby, 12 from York, 13 from Pontefract. --Pop. including Ossendike, 335, which being united, form a township. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 6L. 11s. 10.5d. Patron, the King. SADDLETHORPE, (Ainsty) ham. in the township and parish of Moor-Monkton; 7 miles from York, 11, from Boroughbridge. SADDLEWORTH, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Dobcross, 9 from Rochdale, (Lanc.) 12 from Huddersfield and Manchester, (Lanc.) The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, p.r. !108L. Patron, the Vicar of Rochdale. This place gives name to a large valley, about seven miles long, and five broad, in the broadest part, situated in an angle of the county, between Lancaster and the north-eastern projection of Cheshire. It is a bleak region, of which a part only is under cultivation; but industry has accumulated in it a large number of inhabitants, who gain a comfortable subsistence by the manufacture of woollen cloth, for which the place is peculiarly famous; indeed, many of the superfine broads made here, vie with those of the west of England. The cutting of several turnpike roads within the last fifty years, through this vale, and the Huddersfield canal, which passes through the heart of Saddleworth, have tended very materially towards reclaiming large tracts of land for the purpose of cultivation, and giving facility to trade. This place is divided into four hamlets or quarters, called Meres, viz. Quick-mere, Lord's-mere, Shaw-mere, and Friar-mere. The latter was once an estate belonging the Black Friars, who had a house, or grange near Delph, Saddleworth, though in this country, is in the parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) on account of Hugo de Stapleton, Lord of the Manor of Saddleworth, having applied to Hugh, Earl of Chester, for leave to erect a Chapel for the use of his tenants; to his permission, the Earl made it a condition that the Chapel should be annexed to the Abbey of Whalley. On the dissolution of Monasteries, this was annexed to Rochdale. The Roman road from Mancunium, passed through a part of this vale; and at Castleshaw is the remains of an ancient fortification, supposed, by Mr. Whitaker, to have been a fortress of the Primeval Britons, which he thinks is pretty plainly evinced by the few relics which have been accidentally discovered at it. In this neighbourhood are the much frequented and celebrated Rocks of Greenfield, as well as several Druidical remains, a Rocking-stone, &c. of which, would our limits allow it, a particular description should be given. Mr. Bottomley has written a poem descriptive of romantic and almost uninhabited part of this country. SAIL-HILL, f.h. in the township of Camblesforth, and parish of Drax; 4 miles from Selby and Snaith. SAINT ANN'S CHAPEL-IN-THE-GROVE, see Chapel-le-Grove. SAINT HELENS WELL, f.h. in the township of Canton, and parish of Royston; 2 miles from Barnsley. Helens Ford, or St. Helens Ford, a Ford over the river Wharf, on the great Roman road near to Tadcaster. It takes its name from a Chapel dedicated to St. Helen, the mother of Constantine the great; which stood, in Leland's time, on the east banks of the river. Here is still St. Helens Well. --Drake. SAINT-IVES, (the seat of Edward Ferrand, Esq.) in the township and parish of Bingley, upper-division of Skyrack; 1 mile from Bingley, 2 from Keighley, 8 from Skipton. "In point of extensive view, richness of scenery, and wild rocky distances," says Dr. Whitaker, "every situation in Airedale, northward, must yield the palm to St. Ives." SAINT JOHN'S, a parish-town, in the township of Throapham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 6 miles from Tickhill, 8 from Rotherham, 50 from York. --Pop. included in Throapham. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. 33L. 8s. 6d. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. SAINT JOHN'S, IN THE WILDERNESS, in the parish of Halifax. --See Marshaw Bridge. SALLAY-ABREY, or SAWLEY,- (extraparochial) west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 3 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 12 from Colne, (ditto) 15.5 from Skipton. --Pop. including Tosside, 561, which being united, form a township. Here was an Abbey of the Cistercian Order, founded by William de Percy, in 1147, at which time, Abbot Benedict, with twelve Monks and ten Conversi, removed to Sallay from Fountains. It was valued at the dissolution, at 147L. per ann. The site, with all it's appendages, was granted by King Henry VIII. to Sir Arthur Darcy, to be held in capite, by Knights service. Great part of the nave and transept are standing: the choir and chapter-house are yet traceable by their foundations: the gateway is converted in a cottage: in the walls of the adjoining houses, are several well-cut shields, exhibiting the arms of Percy, Lacy, Tempest, Hammerton, &c. The Manor and Demesnes belong at present to the Right Hon. Lord Grantham. --Grose. SALTERFORTH, in the parish of Barnoldswick, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 4 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) 10 from Skipton and Burnley, (Lanc.) --Pop. 686. SALTERHEBBLE, ham. in the township of Skircoat, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 1.75 miles from Halifax. SALTERSBROOK, p.h. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish of Penistone; 7.5 miles from Penistone, 14 from Barnsley. SALTONSTALL, NETHER, and OVER, 2 h. in the township of Warlay, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 4 miles from Halifax. Here was born in 1572, Dr. Edmund Deane, brother to the Bishop of Ossory, author of "Spadacrene Anglica, or the English Spaw-Fountain," being a brief treatise on the Mineral Waters in the Forest of Knaresborough; also, "Admiranda Chymica." Some of these tracts, Wood says, were written by Samuel Norton. Dr. Deane was of Morton-College, Oxford, and died about the beginning of the civil wars, having practised in York, as a physician, till that period. --Watson's Halifax. SANDAL-MAGNA, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 2 miles from Wakefield, 8 from Barnsley, 9 from Pontefract, 30 from York. --Pop 888. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, +13L. 7s. 8d. p.r. 122L. 17s. 2d. Patron, the King. The Castle here, was built by John, Earl of Warren, about the year 1320. In the reign of Edward III. Edward Baliol resided here, while an army was raising to establish him on the throne of Scotland. This Castle afterwards became the property of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, who was slain in a great battle, fought near this place, in the year 1460. The last siege it sustained was in the civil wars of Charles I.; Col. Bonivant held it for the King, and surrendered to the arms of Parliament, in the month of October, 1645. In the following year it was dismantled, by the order of Parliament. Thomas Zouch, D.D. a man of considerable erudition, was born here in 1737. A collection of his works, with a memoir by the Rev. Thomas Wrangham, was published in 1820. Here is a Free-School for eight Boys, founded by the late Rev. Doctor Zouch, who endowed it with 10L. per annum, and a House and Garden. SANDAL, KIRK, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (the seat of George Martin, Esq.) 4.5 miles from Doncaster, 6.5 from Thorne, 37 from York. --Pop. 192. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +9L. 0s. 3.5d. Patron, the King. Here was anciently a seat of the family of Rokeby; of which John was rector of this parish; he was afterwards Archbishop of Dublin, where dying, he ordered his bowels to be buried at Dublin, his heart at Halifax, and his body at this place; and over each of his remains, a Chapel to be built, which was accordingly done. In the chancel of the Church, is a marble monument to the Archbishop; and another to Sir Thomas Rokeby, Knight, who died Nov. 1689. In 1826, the Rev. Robert Wood, rector of Kirk-Sandal, by his Will, devised all his freehold estate at Kirk-Sandal, Fishlake, and Barnby-upon-Don, in trust for ever, to the use of a Schoolmaster, who shall teach a Grammar- School in Kirk-Sandal. SANDAL-PARVA, or LONG-SANDAL, in the township of Wheatley-with-Sandal, and parishes of Kirk-Sandal and Doncaster, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, soke of Doncaster; 3 miles from Doncaster, 8 from Thorne. SANDAL-THREE-HOUSES, in the township and parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 2.5 miles from Wakefield, 7.5 from Barnsley. William Nevison, the renowned Highwayman, was apprehended in the alehouse here, by Capt. Hardcastle, in the year 1684. SANDBECK, s.h. in the township of Wetherby, and parish of Spofforth; 1 mile from Wetherby. SANDBECK, (the seat of the Earl of Scarborough) in the township and parish of Maltby, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 2.5 miles from Tickhill, 6 from Bawtry, ,l0 from Rotherham. This elegant Mansion, which was built by Richard, the fourth Earl of Scarborough, is a magnificent and commodious residence. The south front is in the pure style of Grecian architecture; and the interior corresponds with the exterior in elegance. Amongst a fine collection of pictures in this house, a description of which may be seen in Young's Northern Tour, is one, in the drawing-room, by Wilson, of "that true, incorruptible, and never to be forgotten patriot Sir George Savile, in a sitting posture, with a map of the river Calder before him." --Hist. Doncaster. This ancient family of the Lumleys, says Camden and Dugdale, 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 Chester-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 command 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 1690, 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, f.h. in the township of Egbrough, and parish of Kellington; 4 miles from Snaith. SANTINLEY, f.h. 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 SAWLEY, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; (Sawley-Hall, the seat of Mrs. Norton) 6 miles from Ripon and Pateley Bridge. --Pop. 490. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Ripon, value, p.r. !71L. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. In the time of Henry III. 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. in, 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, 11 from Pontefract, 14 from York. --Pop. including Scarthingwell, 378, which being united, form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, p.r. !72L. 10s. Patron, Richard O. Gascoigne, Esq. In the church-yard of this village were interred, the bodies of many of those unfortunate people, slain is 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 tomb." This tomb is on the north side of the church-yard, now much broken and defaced, and the inscription illegible. When Glover made his visitation 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 a burtree, when he had unclasped his helmet to drink a cup of wyne, in revenge of his father, whom the said Lord had slayne 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 Acres, whereupon they have this rhyme:- "The Lord of Dacres Was slayne in the North Acres." 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. 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 De Tyas, 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, f.h. in the township of Askwith, and parish of Weston; 5 miles from Otley, 12 from Knaresborough. SCALES, s.h. in the township of West-Halton, and parish of Long Preston, liberty of Staincliffe; 6.5 miles from Settle. SCAMMONDEN, or DEAN-HEAD, in the parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg-division 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 Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Wetherby, 8.5 from Leeds. --Pop. 108. SCAR-HILL, (the seat of William Pollard, Esq.) in the township and parish of Bradford; 1 mile from Bradford. SCARO, 2 or 3 cotts. in the township and parish of Ripley; 0.5 a mile from Ripley, 6.5 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. SCAUSBY-HALL, s.h. in the township and parish of Brodsworth; 3 miles from Doncaster, 12 from Barnsley. 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, during his rebellion in the reign of Henry VIII. --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-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Halifax, 11 from Leeds and Wakefield. SCHOLES, ham. in the township of Stainland, and parish of Halifax; 4.5 miles from Halifax, 5.5 from Bradford. SCHOLES, in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 3.5 miles from Rotherham, 9.5 from Barnsley. SCHOLES, ham. in the township of Wooldale, and parish of Kirkburton, liberty of Wakefield; 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 Penistone; 0.5 a mile from Penistone. SCOSTHROP, in the parish of Kirkby-Malhamdale, west-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 6 miles from Settle, 8.5 from Skipton, 11.5 from Kettlewell. --Pop. 102. 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 Knaresborough; 2 miles from Knaresborough, 3 from Ripley, 10 from Ripon. --Pop. 297. This was anciently the residence of the Percies and Pulleyns, whose Mansions, still remaining, are converted into farm-houses. Percys' is now the property of the Rev. William Roundell, and retains many marks of antiquity. The houses where the Pulleyns resided, is now the property a Sir Thomas Turner Slingsby, Bart. it is a very large building, hath undergone so thorough a repair, that scarcely any marks of antiquity remain about it. --Hargrove. SCOUT-HALL, s.h. in the township of Northowram, and parish of Halifax; 2 miles from Halifax. SCRAITH, f.h. and Wood, in the township of Brightside-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 3 miles from Sheffield. SCRIVEN, in the parish of Knaresborough, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; (Scriven-Park, the seat of Sir Thomas Turner Slingsby, Bart.) 1 mile from Knaresborough, 6 from Boroughbridge, 11 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 Knaresborough, 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; 4.25 miles from Leeds, 10 from Wetherby, 11 from Tadcaster. --Pop. 886. A famous battle was fought near this place, in the year 655, betwixt Penda, King of the Mercians, and Oswy, 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 parliament's armies, 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 Ewcross; 5 miles from Dent, 11 from Kendal and Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 13 from Kirby-Stephen, (ditto) 14.5 from Hawes, 22 from Askrigg, 25 from Lancaster, (Lanc.) 77 from York, 265 from London. --Market, Wednesday. --Fairs, March 20; October 29, for horned cattle, &c. --Principal Inns, Kings Arms, and Old Black Bull. --Pop. 2,022. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the deanry of Kirby-Lonsdale, diocese of Chester, value, +12L. 8s. Patron, Trinity-College, Cambridge. Sedbergh is pleasantly situated in a secluded vale, among rugged mountains, at the N.W. extremity of the county, upon on the small river Rother. The township of Sedbergh is divided into four parts, called hamlets, viz. Frostow and Soolbank, Marthwaite, Cautley and Doughbiggin, and Howgill and Bland. The town of Sedburgh does not contain any thing of particular interest, except the Grammar-School, founded by Edward III. of which the Masters and Fellows of St. Johns College, Cambridge, are Patrons, value, about 600L. per annum; the present Master is the Rev. Henry Wilkinson. There are three Fellowships and eight Scholarships, at St. John's-College, Cambridge, for students 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 considerable 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 Grammar-School, of the place of his nativity, under the care of the Rev. Dr. Bateman, 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 Sedburgh, in 1732-3; and his medical studies were diligently pursued, first at Edinburgh, afterwards at Leyden, and finally at the Sorbonne 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 be performed. SEGSWORTH, 2 or 3 h. in the township of Fountain's-Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 2.5 miles from Pateley Bridge. SELBY, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 8 miles from Snaith, 10 from Howden, 11 from Ferrybridge, 12.5 from Tadcaster, 14 from Pontefract, 15 from York, 18 from Market-Weighton, 20 from 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. --Rankers, Messrs. Scholfield, Clarkson, and Co. draw on Messrs. Spooner, and Co. 27, Gracechurch-Street --Principal Inns, George, and Kings 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. !101L. 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 accompanied, 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 privileges, as well as adorned with magnificent buildings. The Abbots of Selby, and of St. Mary's at York, were the only two mitred Abbots, north of the Trent. This Monastery flourished in great splendour till the time of the dissolution, when its revenues amounted to 729L. 12s. 10.25d according to Dugdale; or 819L. 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 736L. paid down, and a rent of 3L. 10s. 8d. per ann. The remains of the Abbey-church show it to here been a most 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 I. and a minister was thereunto nominated and appointed by the Archbishop of York. Selby is a tolerably well-built town, where there is a manufactory for Sailcloth, an Iron-foundry, 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 500 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 place. 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 Chamberlain, time unknown; Rent charges for their support about 21L. 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 up arms for the King: and when at Oxford, was created Doctor of Physic. In the army he held the rank 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-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 10 miles from Ingleton, 11, 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, 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 picturesque, has a large and spacious market-place, and some good houses in it, incongruously mixed with others of a very inferior complexion. -Under the cross 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 Ribble, and under that well known conical rock, called Castleberg, backed by a cluster of rugged crags, and anciently crowned with a fortification. The summit 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 warren, 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 the height of a table, and of immense weight, yet moveable with one finger; and when in motion, making a noise like distant thunder." --Whitaker. 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 a exemplary and might 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. This out of copyright material has been transcribed by Colin Hinson, who has provided the transcription to the UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service on condition that any further copying and distribution of the transcription is allowed only for noncommercial purposes, and includes this statement in its entirety. Any references to, or quotations from, this material should give credit to the original author(s) or editors. SETTLEBECK, ham. in the township and parish of Sedbergh; 0.25 of a mile from Sedbergh. SHACKLETON, ham. in the township of Wadsworth, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 9 miles from Halifax. SHADWELL, in the parish of Thorner, lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 5.5 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 Doncaster, 8 from Thorne. SHAFTON, in the parish of Felkirk, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Barnsley, 7 from Wakefield, 9 from Pontefract. --Pop. 235. SHARLSTONE, in the parish of Warmfield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of Richard Atkins, Esq.) 4.5 miles from Wakefield, 5.5 from Pontefract. --Pop. 235. SHAROW, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; (Sharow Lodge, the seat of Mrs. Cayley,) 1 mile from Ripon, 6 from Boroughbridge. --Pop. 103. SHARROWHEAD, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, 1.25 mile from Sheffield. SHAW CROSS, 2 or 3 h, in the township of Soothill, and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield; 2 miles from Dewsbury. SHAW-HALL, ham, in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) 9 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.) SHAW MILL, in the township of Bishop-Thornton, lower division of Claro; 7 miles from Ripon and Knaresborough. 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 courts for Thornton. SHEEP HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone; 2 miles from Penistone. SHEEP WASH, f.h. in the township of Rathmell, and parish of Giggleswick; 3 miles from Settle. SHEFFIELD, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 6 miles Rotherham, 12 from Chesterfield, (Derbys.) 13.75 from Penistone, 14 from Barnsley, 16 from Bakewell, 18 from Doncaster and Worksop, (Notts.) 20 from Bawtry, 24 from Mansfield, (Notts.) 24 from Buxton, (Derbys.) by Middleton, and 28 by Bakewell, 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. Morland and Co. 50, Pall-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 Kings-Head Hotel. --Pop. 42,157. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, or the Holy-Trinity, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 12L. 15s. 2.5d. Patron, the Rev. Thomas Sutton. Here are also three Churches, viz. St. Pauls Church built in 1740, in Norfolk Street; St. James' Church, erected in 1788 in the Vicar's-Croft, to both these Churches the Vicar of Sheffield is Patron. Here is also a Chapel at the Duke of Norfolk's Hospital, opened in 1777, 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 county, except Leeds, is situated upon an eminence at the confluence of the rivers Sheaf and Don, over each of which is a stone bridge. The parish of Sheffield is above ten miles in length, and its average breadth about three miles. In works of antiquity, the town of Sheffield is not rich, but principally known as a commercial town. "It was once the seat and favourite residence of a race of ancient nobility, by whose history it becomes connected with the general history of this kingdom, --men who were called to the councils of Princes, or displayed their prowess in the tented field, while they exercised an almost unlimited authority among a tenantry, whose habitations surrounded their Castle walls. The traces of those times are now few, and fast obliterating. Buildings for commercial purpose, occupy the site of the baronial Hall; the Park and Chases are inclosed; and the summer Mansion is become a mouldering ruin." The Castle stood at the north-east part of the town, which, with the lordship of Sheffield was granted to Thomas, Lord Furnival, 39 Edward III. whose ancestor, Thomas de Furnival, in the reign of Henry III. obtained a charter from the King, for the erection of a Castle at Sheffield. The Manor, &c. had previously been in the hands of the Lovetots, the first of whom, there is reason to think, built the original Castle. From the Furnivals, the Manor and Castle passed 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 Wolsey on his way to London, is said to have drank the fatal draught, which soon afterwards terminated his existence. This Castle was demolished in the civil wars, and scarcely any vestiges of it now remains, except that the names of Castle-Hill, Castle-Ditch, &c. 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 governed 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 government 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 prosecuted in the various articles of sheath-knives, scissors, 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 understood: various companies were formed; workmen were easily procured from among the ingenious mechanics of Sheffield; while the streams in the neighbourhood furnished opportunities for erecting mills for the rolling out the metals. Birmingham 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 extent 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 manufacture, an assay 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, scissors, &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 rectangular building, having neither porch nor chapel protruding beyond the buttresses. A tower and spire is near the centre of the building. The numerous 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 circumstances, there is reason to believe, was the executioner of Charles I. --Gents. Magaz. vol. XXXVII. St. Pauls is an elegant modern structure, in the Grecian style; it was begun in 1720, but not consecrated till 1740, and finished till 1771, being erected through the benefaction of 1000L. 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, by a minister of the Church of England, and a sermon is preached every Sunday. For Dissenters, Sheffield, like other large towns, has places of worship for almost 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 of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury." It was founded and endowed by Will, dated in 1616, by Henry, Earl of Norwich, great grandson of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury. In 1770, Edward, Duke of Norfolk, gave to this hospital 1000L. which sum was applied to the building of the present Chapel. The Hospital consists of 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 is 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, built by subscription; the first stone of which, was laid in 1793. It is a handsome 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, (Linc.) who left to it 30L. a year. In 1605, it became incorporated by letters patent, of 2nd James I. The present School was erected by subscription in 1648, in Townhead-street. It is open indefinitely for boys of Sheffield and the neighbourhood. The head master's salary is fixed at 60L. per annum. Here are also National Schools, on the plans of Bell and Lancaster, and several Sunday and Charity 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, comprising 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, John Balguy. --He was Prebendary of Salisbury, and in 1729, he was presented to the vicarage of Northallerton. He wrote religious Tracts and Sermons, on several occasions, were published in 2 vols 8vo. 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. In his prosecution of chemical experiments, 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; 1.5 miles 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; 3.5 miles from Halifax, 4.5 from Bradford. --Pop. 1,998. SHELLEY, in the parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 6 miles from Huddersfield, 7.5 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; 6.5 miles from Penistone and Huddersfield. SHEPLEY, in the parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles from Penistone, 7.5 from Huddersfield. --Pop. 1000. SHERBURN, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, a part in the liberty of St-Peter; 3.5 miles from Abberford, 6 from Ferrybridge, 7 from Tadcaster and Pontefract, 8 from Selby, 12.5 from Leeds, 15 from York, 183 from London. --Market, Friday. --Fair, September 25, for horses, linen, &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, 10L. 17s. 1d. p.r. 130L. Patron, the Prebendary of Fenton. The nave of this church is purely Saxon, and the work of some one of the first Archbishops, who became possessed of the place. --Whitaker. Near the south-east corner of the churchyard, 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 120L. per annum, for the clothing and maintenance of the boys, twenty four, in the hospital; and 12L. per annum, to the master, payable out of lands in this parish, of Robert Oliver Gascoigne, of Parlington, Esq. A subsequent endowment of 12L. 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 7L. 10s. each, to St. Johns College, Oxford; and this is one of the schools entitled to send a candidate for Lady Elizabeth Hastings' exhibitions. --Master's salary, 34L. and assistant, 13L.13s.4d. per annum. --Carlisle. On the 15th 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 Pontefract; 6 miles from Snaith, 7 from Pontefract. SHEEPSCAR, in the township and parish of Leeds, half a mile from Leeds. SHIBDEN-HALL, (the seat of James Lister, Esq.) in the township of Southowram, and parish of Halifax; 2.5 miles from Halifax. SHIPLEY, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division 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 Brightside- 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, descended of Sir Robert de Mounteney, grandson of Maud de Lovetot, in the time of Henry III. --Hunter. SHIRE-GREEN, in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 3 miles from Sheffield, 4 from Rotherham, 11 from Barnsley. SHIRTCLIFFE-HALL, (the seat of William Bingley, Esq.) in the township and parish of Ecclesfield; 2 miles from Sheffield. SHITLINGTON, MIDDLE, in the parish of Thornhill, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberties of Pontefract and Wakefield; 3 miles from Dewsbury, 4 from Wakefield. --Pop. 1,635. SHITLINGTON, NETHER, or NETHERTON, in the township of Middle-Shitlington, and parish of Thornhill, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Dewsbury and Wakefield. SHITLINGTON, OVER, in the township of Middle-Shitlington, and parish of Thornhill, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Dewsbury, 4.5 from Wakefield. SHOOTERS HILL, (the seat of J.C. Hilton, Esq.) in the township and parish of Rossington; 3.25 miles from Bawtry; 6.25 from Doncaster. SHORE, f.h. in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax; 13 miles from Halifax. SICKLING HALL, in the parish of Kirkby Overblow, upper-division of Claro; 3 miles from Wetherby, 5 from Harewood, 6 from Knaresborough -Pop. 257. SIGSWORTH, f.h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 3 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. SILCOATES, ham. in the township of Alverthorpe-with-Thorns, and parish of Wakefield; 1 mile from Wakefield, Here is a Grammar-School for the Yorkshire Dissenters. SILKSTONE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Barnsley and Penistone, 10.5 from Wakefield, 39 from York. --Pop. 807. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. 17L. l3s. 4d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. SILKSTON, --Variation on the spelling of Silkstone (above) -B.T. SILSDEN, in the parish of Kildwick, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 4 miles from Keighley, 7 from Skipton, 12 from Colne, (Lanc.) --Pop. 1,904. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Craven, value, p.r. !86L. 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 Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (the residence of the Rev. Charles Cater) 7 miles from Ferrybridge, 7.75 from Pontefract, 8 from Doncaster, 12 from Barnsley. --Pop. 115. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. 60L. Patron, the Perrin family. SKELDA, f.h. in the township and parish of Marton, liberty of Staincliffe; 8 miles from Skipton. SKELDEN, in the parish of Ripon, lower-division of Claro; 5 miles from Ripon, 6 from Pateley Bridge, 8 from Masham. --Pop. 56. SKELDERSLOW, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) 3 miles from Oldham, (ditto) SKELLANDS, f.h. in the township of Scosthrop, and parish of Kirkby Malhamdale; 7 miles from Settle, 9 from Skipton. SKELLOW, in the parish of Owston, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Doncaster, 10 from Pontefract. --Pop. 146. SKELLOW-GRANGE, ham. (The seat of Godfrey Higgins, Esq.) in the township of Skellow, and parish of Owston, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Pontefract. SKELMANTHORPE, in the townships of Cumberworth, and Cumberworth-half, and parishes of High-Hoyland and Emley, liberty of Pontefract; 8 miles from Huddersfield and Wakefield. SKELTON, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower division of Claro; 2.5 miles from Boroughbridge, 3.5 from Ripon. --Pop. 314. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Ripon, value, p.r. !78L. 8s. 2d. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. SKELTON, f.h. 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) f.h. in the township of Tockwith, and parish of Kirk- Hammerton; 7 miles from Wetherby, 9 from York. SKIBEDEN, EAST, and WEST, 2 f.h. in the township and parish of Skipton, liberty of Staincliffe; 2.5 miles from Skipton. SKIERS-HALL, cotts. in the township of Wentworth, and parish of Wath-upon- Dearne; 6 miles from Rotherham and Barnsley. SKIP-BRIDGE, an Inn, in the township of Wilstrop, and parish of Kirk-Hammerton; 8.5 miles from Boroughbridge and York. SKIPTON, a market and parish-town, in the east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's Fee, (Skipton-Castle, the seat of the Earl of Thanet,) 10 miles from Keighley, 11 from Guisburn, 12.75 from Colne, (Lanc.) 13 from Hopper- Lane Inn, 15 from Otley and Pateley Bridge, 16 from Settle and Kettlewell, 19 from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 41 from York, 220 from London. --Market, Saturday. --Fairs, first Saturday after the old twelfth day, called Black Saturday, March 13, Saturday before Palm Sunday, Tuesday in Easter-Week, and every other Tuesday until Whitsuntide, for lean cattle; Saturday before Whitsun- 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, Lombard Street. --Principal Inns, Black Horse, Hotel, and Devonshire Hotel. --Pop. 3,411. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to the Holy-Trinity, in the deanry of Craven, value, +10L. 12s. 6d. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Christ- Church, Oxford. Skipton, a respectable built town, consisting chiefly of one street, is the capital 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 had a municipal government, except that of a Reve, and was never represented in Parliament, the town is generally, styled in Charters, a Burgh, and its inhabitants, Burgesses. The Castle, which usually attracts the attention of strangers, was the work of Robert de Romille, about the end of the Conquerors, 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 Castle had a considerable share, 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 torrent, 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 Thanet; but is now a stable. Robert de Romille, the founder of this baronial Castle, leaving only an heiress, Alice, married to William Fitz-Duncan, 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, daughter and heiress, the Countess of Albemarle, married Edmund, Earl of Lancaster; whose son Thomas, succeeded him, but he, joining in a rebellion against King Edward II. 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 Lordship 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 remains, 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 Cumberland; 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; particulars of which may be seen in his history of Craven. The town of Skipton has long enjoyed the benefit of a well endowed Grammar-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, London, for instructing boys in grammar; and who ordained certain statutes for the government of the same. The whole rental of the lands, tenements, &c. with which it was than endowed, amounted to 9L. 15s. 4d. is now about 600L. per annum. There is also an annual payment of 4L. 4s. 10d. out of the land revenues of the Crown. William Petyt, Esq. in 1707, gave 200L. for the support of two poor scholars at Christ College, Cambridge. And his brother, Sylvester Petyt, Esq. by his Will, left 24,048L. old South Sea Annuities, and a Library at Skipton, --the gross annual income, in 1815, being 721L. 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 annually distributed, after paying 20L. a year to Christ College, Cambridge, small salaries to a schoolmaster and librarian at Skipton, and putting out annually about fourteen poor children apprentices in the county of York, and for buying books for the use of the school. Boys are admitted free of expense, indefinitely throughout 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 Rymer's Foedera, and formed a curious collection of books, prints, and coins. He died in 1749. SKIERAM, or SKIERHOLME, ham. in the township of Appletrewick, and parish of Burnsall, liberty of Staincliffe; 7 miles from Pateley Bridge, 8 from Skipton. SKIRETHORNES, 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; 1.5 miles from Halifax, 7.5 from Huddersfield, 9.5 from Bradford. --Pop. 3,323. Here is a free Grammar-School, usually called the Halifax School, founded by a charter of Queen Elizabeth, dated the 15th of February, 1585. This charter is said to have been procured by Henry Farrer, Esq. of Ewood, at his own expense, and who was one of the first governors. The management of the School is vested in governors. The original endowment being in land, the amount of salary is uncertain. The School is open indefinitely for the children of the parish free of expense, for learning the Classics only. The present master is the Rev. Robert Wilkinson. --Carlisle. SKIRDEN-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Bolton-by-Bolland, liberty of Staincliffe; 4.5 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. In 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 inhabitants; 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, (Lanc.) 1.5 miles from Dobcross, 12 from Huddersfield. SLAIDBURN, a parish-town, in the west division of Staincliffe, liberty of Bolland; 9 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 10 from Gisburn, and Long-Preston, 12 from Settle, 20 from Lancaster and Blackburn, (Lanc.) 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 28L. 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 memory 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 50L. and the Usher or second Master, about 20L. 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 charter for a Fair at Slaydburn, on the eve and festival of St. Peter ad Vinc. and two days after." --Whitaker SLAITHWAITE, in the parish of Huddersfield, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Huddersfield, 12 from Halifax, 20 from Manchester, (Lanc.) --Pop. 2,871. The Church is a perpetual curacy under Huddersfield, the Vicar of which is Patron, value, p.r. *129L. 8s. 6d. The new Road recently cut from Huddersfield to Manchester, passes through this place; also the Canal to and from the same place, which greatly facilitates its trade. SLATENBERG, 3 f.h. in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Low-Bentham; 8.5 miles from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) SLEAD-HALL, (the seat of Abraham Firth Macauley, Esq.) in the township of Hipperholme, and parish of Halifax; 2 miles from Halifax. SLENINGFORD, in township of North Stainley-with-Sleningford, and parish and liberty of Ripon; (Sleningford-Hall, the seat of Col. Dalton; the Grange, the seat of John Dalton, Jun. Esq.) 4.5 miles from Ripon, 5.75 from Masham. --Pop. included in North-Stainley. In the same township and parish is :- SLENINGFORD, OLD, (the seat of Thomas Kitchingman Staveley, Esq.) SMALL-FIELD, a few f.h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 7 miles from Sheffield, 9 from Penistone. SMALL-HEDGE, f.h. in the township and parish of Fishlake; 4 miles from Thorne, 9 from Snaith. SMALL-SHAW, f.h. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish of Penistone; 3 miles from Penistone. SMAW'S-HALL, in the parish of Tadcaster; 1 mile from Tadcaster, 7 from Wetherby. SMEATON, KIRK, See Kirk-Smeaton. SMEATON, LITTLE, in the Parish of Womersley, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Ferrybridge, 6.5 from Pontefract, 10 from Doncaster. Pop. 176. SMIDLEY, ham. in the township of Wombwell, and parish of Darfield; 3 miles from Barnsley, 9 from Rotherham. SMITHY-BROOK, 3 or 4 h. in the township and parish of Thornhill; 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; 1.75 miles from Ferry bridge. SMITHIES, in the parish of Kirkheaton; 3 miles from Huddersfield, 10.25 from Wakefield. SNAITH, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith; 7 miles from Thorne, 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 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 Pontefract. 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 f.h. in the township and parish of Skipton, liberty of Staincliffe; 1 mile from Skipton, 9 from Keighley. SNYDALL, in the parish of Normanton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of Thomas Hodson, Esq.) 3.5 miles from Pontefract, 6 from Wakefield. --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, 5.5 miles from Otley, 12 from Knaresborough. SOFTLEY, f.h. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish of Penistone; 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 Wakefield, 12 from Halifax. --Pop. 3,099. These are two villages, but one township. SOUTH-CROSLAND, in the parish of Almondbury, Agbrigg-division 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 Ecclesfield; 3 miles from Sheffield, 5 from Rotherham. This is a district or part of the parish, that has churchwardens and other officers appointed; but 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; 2.5 miles from Halifax, 7 from Huddersfield. --Pop. 4,256. Here is a Chapel to Halifax, built and consecrated, in 1819 SOUTH-WANG, f.h. in the township and parish of Tickhill; 1.5 miles 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 perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter, value, p.r. 78L. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. In this Chapel, is a state 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 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. SOWERBY-BRIDGE, at the junction of the townships of Warley, Skircote, Sowerby, and Norland, in the parish of Halifax, Morley division of Agbrigg and Morley; 2.25 miles from Halifax, 5 from Huddersfield, 13.75 from Rochdale, (Lanc.) The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. *144L. 17s. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. SOWERBY-CROFT, f.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, (Lanc.) --Pop. 3,242. SOYLAND-MILL, a Mill, in the township of Soyland, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles from Halifax. SPACEY-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 Follyfoot, and parish of Spofforth, lower-division of Claro; 5 miles from Harewood, 6 from Knaresborough, 6.75 from Ripley, 12.5 from Leeds. SPARK-HAGG, f.h. in the township and parish of Selby; 1.75 miles from Selby. SPEN, ham. in the township of Gomersall, and parish of Birstall; 7.5 miles from Halifax, 8.5 from Leeds. SPICER-HILL HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Thurlstone, and parish of Penistone; 3 miles from Penistone. SPINKSBURN, ham. in the township and parish of Fewston; 9.5 miles from Knaresborough, 14.5 from Skipton. SPINK-WELL, ham. in the township and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield; half a mile from Dewsbury, 6.5 from Wakefield. SPITAL, s.h. in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearne; 5.5 miles from Rotherham, 7.5 from Barnsley. SPITAL-CROFT, f.h. in the township of Litton, and parish of Arnecliff, liberty of Staincliffe; 8.5 miles from Kettlewell. SPITAL-HILL, 2 f.h. 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 Knaresborough, 5 from Harrogate, 18 from York. --Pop. 895. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 73L. 6s.8d. Patron, the Earl of Egremont. Spofforth Castle is remarkable for having been, for several ages, the principal 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 were laid waste by the enraged conquerors; and this Mansion was dismantled, and reduced from a princely palace to a heap of ruins. --Archaeol. --Hargrove. Here was born, Lawrence Eusden, a poet, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 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. Dict. SPOFFORTH-HAGGS, or HAGSIDE, ham. in the township and parish of Spofforth; 4 miles from Knaresborough. SPRINGFIELD-HOUSE, (the seat John Mann, Esq.) in the township and parish of Bradfield, to which it nearly adjoins. SPRING-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Hartwith-with-Winsley, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 3.5 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 Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (the seat of Sir Joseph Copley, Bart.) 3.5 miles from Doncaster, 12 from Barnsley, 39 from York. --Pop. 318. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 44L. 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 Sprotborough 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 was built by Sir Godfrey Copley, who was created a Baronet by King Charles II. in the 13th year of his reign. It presents a handsome elevation of stone, in the style of that period, exhibiting a degree of magnificence, not seen in modern houses. It 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. --Hist. of Doncaster. Here was formerly the Hospital of St. Edmond, called St. Edmund's Chapel, about one mile and a half from the Church, founded by ----- Fitzwilliam. 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 Lunds) 1 mile from Settle, 17 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) STAINBROUGH, in the parish of Silkstone, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 2.5 miles from Barnsley, 5.5 from Penistone. --Pop. 194. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Silkstone. STAINBURN, in the parish of Kirkby Overblow, upper-division of Claro; 4.75 miles from Otley, 9 from Knaresborough. --Pop. 364. The Church is a perpetual curacy under Kirkby Overblow. STAINBURN-MOOR-SIDE, straggled h. in the township of Stainburn, and parish of Kirkby Overblow; 4.75 miles from Otley. STAINCROSS, (which gives name to the wapentake) in the township and parish of Darton, wapentake of Staincross; 3.5 miles from Barnsley, 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 Barnsley and Penistone. It contains 40 townships, 8 of which are parish-towns; 6,012 inhabited houses, and 32,942 inhabitants. STAINFORTH, in the parish of Hatfield, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 3.5 miles from Thorne, 7.5 from Doncaster. --Pop. 694 STAINFORTH, GREAT, in the parish of Giggleswick, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 2.25 miles from Settle, 14 from Kettlewell, 21.75 from Askrigg. --Pop. 235. At this place, is a very beautiful Waterfall in the Ribble, called Stainforth Force. Though on a smaller scale, it may be compared with the celebrated Force at Aysgarth: there are two or three other waterfalls upon Mr Forster's estate, one in particular, called Cataract Force. 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, 14.5 from Kettlewell. From a petition to the Earl of Cumberland, among the Bolton MSS. it appears 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-division 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 Huddersfield, is the Cambodunum of Antoninus, as discovered by Mr. Watson, the antiquary of Halifax. Particulars of which may be found in his history, 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 Knaresborough; 2.75 miles from Ripley, 5 from Ripon, 7 from Knaresborough, 25 from York. --Pop. including Cayton, 232, which being united form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, p.r. !61L. 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 wapentake of Ewcross on the north. It has three market-towns, -Skipton, 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; 2.5 miles from Tickhill, 6.5 from Bawtry, 9 from Rotherham, 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, +5L. 15s. 0d. p.r. !80L. Patron, the Earl of Scarborough. STAINTON-COTES, f.h. in the township of Bank-Newton, and parish of Gargrave, liberty of Staincliffe; 7 miles from Skipton. STAIRFOOT, ham. in the township of Ardsley, and parish of Darfield; 2 miles from Barnsley, 8 from Penistone. STANBURY, in the township of Haworth, and parish of Bradford; 7 miles from Keighley, 8.5 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-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 8 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.) 12 from Halifax. --Pop. 7,275. In the same township and parish is:- STANSFIELD-HALL, (the seat of John Sutcliffe, Esq.) Stansfield-Hall is situated in a very beautiful part of the valley of Todmorden. Here lived a family of considerable repute, who took their name from their situation. The original of them was one Wyan Marmions, probably of Norman 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 f.h. in the township of Bolton-Abbey, and parish of Skipton; 6 miles from Skipton. STANK-HOUSE, s.h. in the township and parish of Barwick in Elmet; 3 miles from Abberford, 7 from Leeds. STANKS, ham. in the township and parish of Barwick-In-Elmet; 5.5 miles from Leeds. STANLEY, in the parish of Wakefield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 1.5 miles 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 Pinder 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.) in the township of Stanley-with-Wrenthorpe, and parish of Wakefield, liberty of Wakefield; 1.5 miles from Wakefield, 6.5 from Leeds. STANNINGLEY, in the townships of Calverley-with-Farsley, Pudsey, and Bramley, and parishes of Calverley and Leeds, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 4 miles from Bradford, 6 from Leeds. STANNINGTON, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield, 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, properly 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 40L. for which five children were to be taught, to be chosen by Francis Rouksley, of Rivelingside. --Hunter's Hallamshire. STANSILL, 2 f.h. in the parish of Tickhill, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 2 miles from Tickhill, 7 from Doncaster, 10 from Rotherham. --Pop. including Wellingley and Wilsick, 54, which being united, form a township. STAPLETON, a township, in the parish of Darrington, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (Stapleton-Park, the seat of the Hon. Edward Robert Petre) 4 miles from Ferrybridge, 4.5 from Pontefract, 12 from Doncaster. --Pop. 109. This Mansion stands in a large and beautiful Park, watered by a stream that falls 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 columns supporting a pediment. The whole building is of stone, and is now entered by a handsome doric portico, lately added. In the Chapel, which is particularly 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. --Neale's Views. STARBECK, ham. in the township of Bilton-with-High-Harrogate, and parish of Knaresborough; 2 miles from Knaresborough. STARBOTTOM, in the parish of Kettlewell, liberty of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Kettlewell, 15 from Leyburn, 17 from Settle. --Pop. included in Kettlewell. STAVELEY, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; 3 miles from Boroughbridge, 4 from Knaresborough, 7 from Ripon, 20 from York. --Pop. 331. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, 8L. 17s. 7d. Patron, the Rev. James Hartley,- the present Rector. STEAD, f.h. in the township of Upper-Hoyland, and parish of Wath-upon-Dearne; 5.5 miles from Barnsley. STEAN, ham in the township of Lower-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 9 miles from Pateley Bridge, 10 from Kettlewell. STEEL-BANK, ham. in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield; 1.5 miles from Sheffield. STEETON, (Ainsty) 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 honourable family of Fairfax. It was, by the Conquerors survey, in the possession of Osbern de Arches. Sir John Chamont, 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; who held the same of the heirs of Brus, and they of the Barons Mowbray; who held them of the King, in capite, at the annual rent of seven-pence halfpenny. Another carucate 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 became, 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, 11 from Colne, (Lanc.) --Pop. including Eastburn, 753 which being united, form a township. STEETON-HALL, f.h. in the township of South-Millforth, and parish of Sherburn; 8 miles from Pontefract and Tadcaster. It was formerly the seat of the Rygate family. STEPHEN-PARK, f.h. in the township of Easington, and parish of Slaidburn; 10 miles from Settle, 18 from Skipton. STIRK-HOUSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Gisburn, west division and liberty of Staincliffe; 1.5 mile from Gisburn. STIRTON, in the parish of Skipton, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 1.5 miles, from Skipton, 12 from Colne, (Lanc.) --Pop. including Thorlby, 168, which being united, form a township. STOCKDALE, ham. in the township of Settle, and parish of Giggleswick, 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's-Fee; 5.5 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) 9.5 from Skipton. STOCKBRIDGE, ham. in the township of Bentley-with-Arksey, and parish of Arksey, liberty of Tickhill; 2.5 miles from Doncaster. STOCKELD, in the township and parish of Spofforth, upper-division of Claro; (Stockeld-Hall, the seat of Peter Middleton, Esq.) 2 miles from Wetherby, 6 from Knaresborough. --Pop. of the Constabulary of Stockeld, 69. 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 had issue, Sir Peter, who was the first of the family that took the name of Middleton; he had issue, Sir Adam, who was living in the year 1324. A statue of this knight, in armour, is in the Church at Ilkley. Sir Peter Middleton was High-Sheriff of the County of York, in 1334. Sir William Middleton of Stockeld, was High-Sheriff, in 1526. --Hist. Knaresborough. STOCKS, ham. in the township of Easington, and parish of Slaidburn, liberty of Staincliffe; 9 miles from Settle. STOCKWELL-GREEN. -See Rand-Moor. STONE, ham. in the township and parish of Maltby; 3 miles from Tickhill, 6 from Bawtry, 8 from Rotherham. 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 Pateley Bridge. STONE-BREAKS, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.); 8 miles from Rochdale. STONE-GAP, s.h. in the township of Glusburn, and parish of Kildwick, liberty of Staincliffe; 4.5 miles from Skipton. STONER-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Selby; 1.25 miles from Selby, 7.75 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; 2.5 miles from Bradford. STONESHAW-GATE, (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; 2.5 miles from Colne. (Lanc.) STONEY-BANK, 2 f.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 Southowram, and parish of Halifax; 1 mile from Halifax. STOODLEY, s.h. in the township of Langfield and parish of Halifax; 11 miles from Halifax. STORITHES, in the township of Hazelwood-with-Storithes, and parish of Skipton, lower-division of Claro; 7 miles from Skipton, 13 from Pateley Bridge, 17.5 from Knaresborough. --Pop. included in Hazelwood. STORRS, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 7 miles from Sheffield, 11 from Penistone. STORRS, f.h. in the township and parish of Silkstone; 3 miles from Penistone, 5.5 from Barnsley. STORTHES-HALL, (the seat of Charles Horsfall Bill, Esq.) in the township, of Thurstonland, and parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley; 5.5 miles from Huddersfield. STORTH, f.h. in the township of Newton, and parish of Slaidburn; 6.5 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 10 from Gisburn. STOTFOLD, in the parish of Hooton-Pagnall, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 7 miles from Doncaster, 8.5 from Barnsley. --Pop 9. The township consists only of one house. STOTT-HILL, ham. in the township of Cowling, and parish of Kildwick, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Colne, (Lanc.) STRAINDS, f.h. in the township of Denby, and parish of Penistone; 3.5 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, Rotherham, 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, f.h. in the township of Sutton, and parish of Ripon; 1.5 miles from Ripon. STREET-HOUSES, 2 f.h. in the township of Snydall, and parish of Normanton; 4 miles from Pontefract, 5 from Wakefield. STREET-HOUSES, (Ainsty) ham. in the townships of Steeton and Bilbrough, 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 use of by Venerable Bede, quite through his work, to denote a Roman road. --Drake. STREET-FARM, or LODGE, f.h. in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearne; 6 miles from Rotherham and Barnsley. STREETSIDE, ham. in the townships of Ossett and Soothill, and parish of Dewsbury, liberty of Wakefield; 1.5 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, 8.5 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 possession of the Swift family, whose old mansion is still remaining. --Hist. Doncaster. STRIDE-COTTAGE, f.h. in the township of Bolton, and parish of Skipton; 6.5 miles from Skipton. STRINDS, s.h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 6 miles from Sheffield, 11 from Penistone. STUBBING, f.h. in the township and parish of Rawmarsh; 3.5 miles from Rotherham. STUBBS-HALL, f.h. in the township of Hampole, and parish of South-Kirkby; 7 miles from Doncaster, 9.5 from Pontefract. --Pop. included in Hampole. STUBBS-WALDEN, in the parish of Womersley, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Pontefract and Ferrybridge. --Pop. 158. STUBHAM-LODGE, f.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; 1.5 miles from Ripon, 7.5 from Boroughbridge, 8 from Ripley. --Pop. 144. STUDLEY-ROYAL, extra parochial; (the seat of Mrs. Lawrence) The celebrated Park and Pleasure Grounds here, 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 650 acres, diversified by various inequalities, clothed with large and beautiful timber, and well stocked with deer. The views are many and grand. Ripon and its Minster are seen to great advantage. It is fall 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 statue, 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 daughter 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, in 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 Ruin's of Fountains-Abbey, 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; 3.5 miles from Dewsbury. STUMPER LOW-HALL, s.h. in the township of Nether-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield; 3 miles from Sheffield. STURTON-GRANGE, a township, in the parish of Abberford, lower-division of Skyrack; 3 miles from Abberford, 8 from Leeds, 11 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 Knaresborough. SUMMER-CROFT, s.h. in the township of Long-Drax, and parish of Drax; 5 miles from Selby. SUNLEY-RAINS, f.h. in the township of Studley-Roger, and parish of Ripon; 1.5 miles 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 Staincliffe, liberty of Clifford's-Fee; 5 miles from Keighley and Skipton, 9 from Colne, (Lanc.) --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, f.h. in the township of Sutton, and parish of Ripon; 2 miles from Ripon. SWALLOW-HILL, ham. in the township and parish of Darton; 2.5 miles from Barnsley, 5.5 from Penistone. SWAITHE-HALL, f.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 Hawpsthwaite, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; (Swarcliffe-Hall, the seat of ----- Greenwood, Esq,) 3.5 miles from Ripley, 8.5 from Knaresborough. SWARTHEY, ham. in the township of Silsden, and parish of Kildwick, liberty of Staincliffe; 4.5 miles from Keighley. SWETTON, 4 f.h. in the township of Laverton, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 5 miles from Masham, 9.5 from Ripon. SWIFT-PLACE, f.h. in the township of Soyland, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 6.5 miles from Halifax. SWILLINGTON, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; (Swillington-Hall, the seat of John Lowther, Esq.) 6 miles from Leeds, 8 from Pontefract and Wakefield, 20 from York. --Pop. 510. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to Saint Mary, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, 16L. 1s. 8d. Patron, John Lowther, Esq. In this Church, which is a uniform and decent structure, of rather late Gothic architecture, are a number of monumental inscriptions to the Lowthers, a family that has long been its Patron. Here are four Alms-Houses, founded by Sir William Lowther in 1728. SWINDEN, in the parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 4.5 miles from Gisburn, 7 from Settle, 8 from Skipton, 17 from Colne, (Lanc.) --Pop. 37. SWINDON, and SWINDON-WALLS, 2 f.h. in the township of Langsett, and parish of Penistone, liberty of Pontefract; 4.5 miles from Penistone. SWINDON, scatt. f.h. in the township of Kirkby Overblow-with-Swindon, and parish of Kirkby Overblow, liberty of Knaresborough, upper-division of Claro; 7 miles from Wetherby and Knaresborough, 9 from Otley. --Pop. included in Kirkby Overblow. SWINDON-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Kirkby Overblow-with-Swindon; 7 miles from Wetherby. SWINE-LANE-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Purston-Jackling, and parish of Featherstone; 1.5 miles from Pontefract. SWINE-FLEET, in the parish Whitgift, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 4.5 miles from Howden, 10 from Snaith and Crowle, (Linc.) The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. !93L. 18s. 8d. SWINNOW-PARK, (a seat of Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq.) in the township of Wetherby, and parish of Spofforth, upper-division of Claro, 1.5 miles from Wetherby, 7 from Tadcaster. SWINSBY-HALL, f.h. in the township of Little-Timble, and parish of Otley; 6 miles from Otley. SWINTON, in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearne, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Doncaster. --Pop. 1,050. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. !132L. 10s. Patron, the Vicar of Wath. The Chapel of Swinton is small, and has, besides the highly enriched door, a fine Saxon Arch, separating the nave of the Chapel from the chancel end. The south entrance to this Chapel, like many other Saxon remains, is ornamented with a variety of zigzag mouldings, and one of nondescript heads, which has among them two radiant roses, remarkable for being so placed. The capitals of the pillars, of which there are three on each side of the door, leading into the Church, are variously ornamented. -Antiquarian Itinerary. (Late note: The chapel has been recently re-built, but whether the Saxon doorway has been destroyed or not, we have not heard.) Two farms, lying in this township, which belong to Earl Fitzwilliam, every year change their parish, for one year from Easter-day at twelve at noon, till next Easter-day at the same hour, they lie in the parish of Mexbrough; and then till Easter-day following, at the same hour, they are in the parish of Wath-upon-Dean, and so alternately. -Blount's Tenures. These farms consist of about 302 acres. --Ed. SWITHIN, f.h. in the township of Kexbrough, and parish of Darton; 5 miles from Barnsley, 6.5 from Penistone. SYKE-HOUSE, a township, in the parish of Fishlake, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 3 miles from Thorne, 7 from Snaith, 11 from Doncaster. --Pop. 551. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Fishlake. SYKES, f.h. in the township of Bowland-Forest, higher, and parish of Slaidburn; 10 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) SYKES, 2 f.h. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 7 miles from Pateley Bridge, 9 from Masham. SYM-HILL, f.h. in the township and parish of Silkstone; 3 miles from Penistone. SYNINGTHWAITE, (Ainsty) f.h. in the township and parish of Bilton; 4 miles from Wetherby, 5 from Tadcaster. A Nunnery of the Cistercian Order, dedicated to St. Mary, the virgin, was founded here about the year 1160, by Bertram de Haget, who gave the place where the Monastery stood. Catherine Forster, the fourteenth and last Prioress, surrendered this convent; at which time, their annual revenue amounted, according to Dugdale, to 60L. 9s. 2d.; Speed, 62L. 6s. The site, in the 30th Henry VIII. was granted to Sir Thomas Tempest, Knight. --Burton. TADCASTER, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash and Ainsty, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 6 miles from Abberford, 7 from Wetherby, 10 from York, 12 from Ferrybridge, 12.5 from Selby, 14 from Pontefract, 15 from Leeds, 190 from London. --Market, Wednesday. --Fairs, last Wednesday in April, May, September, and October, for horned cattle, sheep, pigs, &c. --Principal Inns, White Horse, Rose and Crown, and the Angel. --Pop. 1,651, --the Ainsty, 775. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, +8L. 4s. 9d. Patron, the Earl of Egremont. Tadcaster, a clean well-built town, stands on both sides of the river Wharfe, upon the high-road to London; and although it is not a place of much trade, the thoroughfare gives it an appearance of liveliness and bustle. This town is supposed to have been the Calcaria of the Romans; as the distance from York, exactly corresponds with that given by Antoninus in his Itinerary. Many coins of the Roman Emperors have been found here; and the place is still famous for its limestone. Here was formerly a castle; from the ruins of which the present noble bridge was erected, near 100 years ago. --The middle of this bridge, is the out-bounds of the Ainsty; and may be said to be the very out-post or gate of the city of York on that side. The trench, which surrounded the town, and of which there are still some remains, was probably thrown up during the civil wars of Charles I. by the troops under The Earl of Newcastle. Sir Thomas Fairfax relates, that, on his hearing the Earl, with 4,000 men, was advancing to attack him in Tadcaster, where he lay with only 900 men, the town being quite untenable, he marched out; and a sharp conflict took place, which lasted from 11 o'clock in the forenoon, till it was quite dark, when both parties drew off. Sir Thomas retreated to Selby, during the night; and the Earl of Newcastle took possession of Tadcaster, where the royalists remained, till near the commencement of the siege of York. There were slain, on both sides, about 300, but none of note, except Capt. Lister, who was shot in the head by a musket-ball. In Thoresby's Ducatus 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, just 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 Pharsalia of England. --See Towton. TAME, NEW, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) 7 miles from Rochdale. TAME, OLD, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) 6 miles from Rochdale. TAME, WATER, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) 0.25 miles from Dobcross. TANKERSLEY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Barnsley, 6.5 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, 26L. 0s. 2.5d. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. TANSHELF, in the parish of Pontefract, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract. --Pop. 356. Adjoins Pontefract on the west. TAPTON-GROVE, (the seat of William Shore, Esq.) in the township of Upper-Hallam, and parish of Sheffield; 1.5 miles from Sheffield. TEMPLE-HURST, in the parish of Birkin, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 4 miles from Snaith, 5 from Selby, 7 from Ferrybridge. --Pop. 141. TEMPLE-NEWSAM, in the parish of Whitkirk, lower-division of Skyrack; 4.5 miles from Leeds, 8 from Wakefield, 9 from Pontefract. --Pop. 1,166. Here formerly stood a Preceptory for Knights Templars, whence it derives its name of Temple-Newsam, being called in Domesday only Neshusum. After the suppression of the Knights Templars, it was granted by Edward III. 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 to 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 curious series of armorial hearings, 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. --Neale. TENTERGATE, in the township of Scriven-with-Tentergate, and adjoins Knaresborough. THACKLEY, ham. in the township of Idle, and parish of Calverley; 3.75 miles from Bradford, 6.5 from Otley. THEABER, s.h. in the township of Burton-in-Lonsdale, and parish of Thornton-in- Lonsdale; 2.5 miles from Ingleton. THICK-HOLLINS, (the seat of Joseph Green Armitage, Esq.) in the township of Meltham, and parish of Almondbury; 5 miles from Huddersfield. THONG-NETHER, or NETHER-THONG, in the parish of Almondbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Huddersfield, 10 from Peniston. --Pop. 927. THONG, UPPER, in the parish of Almondbury, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 6 miles from Huddersfield, 10 from Penistone. --Pop. 1,437. THORNING-HIRST, f.h. in the township and parish of Fishlake; 4 miles from Thorne, 7.5 from Snaith. THORLBY, in the township of Stirton-with-Thorlby, and parish of Skipton, east-division of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Skipton, 11 from Colne, (Lanc.) 14 from Settle. --Pop. included in Stirton. THORNBER-HOUSE, s.h. in the township of West-Halton, and parish of Long-Preston, liberty of Staincliffe; 7.5 miles from Settle. THORNBOROUGH-HILL, s.h. in the township and parish of Maltby; 3 miles from Tickhill. THORNBOROUGH, NORTH, f.h. in the township and parish of Allerton-Mauleverer; 5 miles from Knaresborough. THORNCLIFFE, ham. in the township and parish of Kirkburton; 6 miles from Huddersfield, 8.5 from Wakefield. THORNE, a market and parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (the seats of Henry Ellison, and R. Pemberton Milnes, Esqrs.) 6 miles from Crowle (Lanc.) 7 from Snaith, 11 from Doncaster, 13.25 from Howden, 14 from Bawtry, 30 from York, 170 from London. --Market, Wednesday. --Fairs, Monday and Tuesday after June 11, and Monday and Tuesday after October 11, for horned cattle, woollen cloth, &c. --Principal Inns, 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. !72L. Patron, Lord Deerhurst, in right of his wife. This place is pleasantly situated in a fruitful country, about a quarter of a mile from the 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 now trade regularly from this town to London. The Castle, named by Leland, vol. I. page 38, is no more, and no traces remain, except the foundation on the hill on which it stood. The place now bears the name of "Pill-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, &c.; the diameter of the summit about twenty-six yards, and the base about twice that number. In the marshes, near Thorne, great numbers of oak trees have been found, which appear to have been cut down and sunk in the marsh; wedges and broken axe-heads, fir cones, acorns, and nuts, with some Roman coins of Vespasian and other Emperors. From the position of the trees, and other circumstances, it is evident they grew where they were found, and were probably cut down by the Romans, who took that method to prevent the continued depredations the Britons made upon them, from their thick woods and impenetrable marshes - intercepting their provisions, and killing their convoys. --Peck. Of this Church, which is a good Gothic building, the Rev. Abraham de Ia Pryme, F.R.S. was minister, he died here, and was buried at Hatfield in 1704, aged 34: amongst his MSS. is a history of Ripon, (now in Lord Shelburne's library) with Selby, Doncaster, and the West-Riding, 1 vol. --Peck. Here is a Free-School, founded by Henry Travis in 1706, value in 1786 34L. 16s. 4d. which arises out of two farms, situated in the Levels. THORNE-QUAY, or WHARFE, in the township and parish of Thorne; 0.75 of a mile from Thorne. Vessels of a sufficiently large size for the coasting trade, are built here, on the banks of the river, the landing place for merchandise; and where a considerable trade is carried on in coals, timber, iron, &c. THORNER, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Skyrack, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles from Tadcaster and Wetherby, 8 from Leeds, 16 from York. --Pop. 708. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, +8L. 3s. 4d. p.r. 147L. 10s. Patron, the King. THORNHILL, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Dewsbury, 6 from Wakefield, 9.5 from Huddersfield, 35 from York. --Pop. 1,932, the Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 40L. Patron, the Hon. and Rev. J. Lumley Saville. Thornhill stands on an eminence, on the south side of the Calder, commanding extensive views up and down the vale of that name. It is memorable for the long residence of a family distinguished in the public concerns of the County of York. In the time of Henry III. it was the seat of the knightly family of Thornhills, who intermarried with the De Fixbys and Babthorpes in the reigns of Edward I. and II. And in that of Edward III. became united with the Savilles of Dodworth, near Barnsley. The Savilles remained here till the civil wars of Charles I. when the house was besieged, (having been previously fortified by Sir William Saville, the third baronet of this family) taken, and demolished by the forces of Parliament. Of the small fragment that remains, which appears to be about the time of Henry VII. an engraving is given in Whitaker's Loidis at Elmete. On the north side of the choir in the Church is the chapel of the Savilles, which boasts of a noble collection of monuments to that ancient family; amongst them is a rare one of Oak, upon the table of which are three statues of the same material, commemorating Sir John Savile and his two wives. --On the fillet is this rude inscription, Bonys emong Stony, lyes here ful styl, Quilst the Sawle wanders wher God wyl, Anno Dni. MCCCCCXXIX Sir George Saville, Bart. many years representative in Parliament for this county, was the last surviving male descendant of this ancient family. He died Jan. 9, 1784, and was buried among the ancestors, at Thornhill, having devised his estates to the second son of his sister Barbara, who married Richard Lumley Sanderson, afterwards Earl of Scarborough. The windows in this Church were once highly ornamented with stained glass, of which there are some remains: a particular and interesting account of which, and other information respecting this place, may be seen in Whitaker's Loidis et Elmete. Here is a free Grammar School, founded by the Rev. Charles Greenwood, M.A. Rector, in the reign a Charles I. and a free School, founded in 1812, by Mr. Richard Walker. THORNHILL-LEES, ham. in the township and parish of Thornhill, liberty of Pontefract; 1.75 miles from Dewsbury. THORNHILLS, in the township of Hartshead-with-Clifton, and parish of Dewsbury, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 4.5 miles from Halifax, 6 from Dewsbury. THORNS-HALL, s.h. in the township and parish of Sedbergh; a quarter of a mile from Sedbergh. THORNS, s.h. in the township and parish of Horton; 12 miles from Settle and Askrigg. THORNS, f.h. in the township of Temple-Newsam, and parish of Whitkirk; 2.25 miles from Leeds. THORNS, in the township of Alverthorpe-with-Thorns, and parish of Wakefield, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 1 mile from Wakefield, 9.5 from Barnsley. --Pop. included in Alverthorpe. THORN-SEAT, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 7 miles from Penistone, 8.5 from Hope, (Derbys.) THORNS-HOUSE, (the seat of Benjamin Gaskill, Esq.) in the township of Alverthorpe-with-Thorns, and parish and liberty of Wakefield; half a mile from Wakefield, 6 from Dewsbury. THORNTHWAITE, in the parish of Hampsthwaite, lower-division of Claro; 5 miles from Pateley Bridge, 6 from Ripley, 10 from Otley. --Pop. including Padside 309, which being united form a township. The Church is a perpetual curacy under Hampsthwaite, value p.r. 68L. 5s. 0d. THORNTON, in the parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Bradford, 5 from Halifax. --Pop. 4,110. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. James, value, p.r. !140L. 0s. 0d. Patron, the Vicar of Bradford. THORNTON, (in Craven) a parish town, in the east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 6 miles from Skipton, Gargrave, Gisburn, and Colne, (Lanc.) 12 from Burnley, (ditto) 13 from Keighley and Settle, 47 from York. Pop. 1,829. The Church, which is at some distance from the village, is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, (Dr. Whitaker says to St. Oswald, or All Saints,) in the deanry of Craven, value, 19L. 5s. 2.5d. Patron, Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. Fortnight Fairs, are on the Mondays before Skipton. In this parish are the manors of Thornton, Eureby, and Kellbrook, which have never been separated from the earliest times, but have passed together, and in succession, through the families of Percy, Kyme, Muncey, Roos, Pilkington, Manners, Lister, and Kaye. In 28th Edward I. Walter de Muncey, obtained a charter of free-warren in Thornton, Enreby, and Kellbrook, together with a fair and market at Thornton, viz. a market every Thursday, and a fair there for five days, viz., on the eve, day, and morrow of St. Thomas the Martyr, and two following days. In 1556, 3 and 4 Philip and Mary, the manor and advowson were alienated by Henry, second Earl of Northumberland, to William Lister; through which family they have descended to the present proprietor. Thornton appears to have had some share of the troubles in the time of Charles I. for we find, that the Manor-house of Sir William Lister was taken by a party of Royalists, in July, 1643, sent by Sir John Mallory, from Skipton, which was some time afterwards burnt, and never re-built. Several years since, on digging into the rubbish, an apartment was discovered on the ground-floor, with the old furniture undisturbed. --Whitaker's Craven. Here are Alms-Houses for five poor widows, founded by the late Joseph Smith, Esq. Banker, London, and endowed it by him with 3s. 6d. each, per week, and coals. THORNTON, BISHOP, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower division of Claro; 6 miles from Ripon, 7 from Knaresborough. --Pop. 647. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Ripon, value, p.r. !65L. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. THORNTON in LONSDALE, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Ewcross; 1 mile from Ingleton, 6 from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) 11 from Settle, 68 from York. --Pop. 535. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Oswald, in the deanry of Kirby Lonsdale, value, 28L. 13s. 1d. p.r. !79L. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. Near this village is a tremendous cliff, called Thornton-Scar, partly clothed with wood and partly exhibiting the bare rock. This scar is about 100 yards high, and runs up a considerable way, varying its elevation, into the mountains; along with one, not quite so perpendicular, on the other side: these unite so closely at the bottom, that the frightful chasm scarcely leaves room for the hurrying brook to escape; by a precipitate flight over a succession of small cascades. At a short distance hence, is Thornton-Fors, a fine cascade, which rushes from an aperture in a high rock, and falls at one leap nearly thirty yards, partly from the top of a rocky ledge, over half of which it falls in one unbroken sheet of four yards wide, and then tumbles over a bulging rock into a deep black pool below. The tops and sides of the rocks are beautifully fringed with ivy and other shrubs; they are a few yards higher than the cascade; and the whole, viewed from the basin below, forms an exceedingly fine picture. THORNTON-LODGE, (the seat of John Horsfall, Esq.) in the township of Lockwood, and parish of Almondbury; 1 mile from Huddersfield. THORNVILLE, a township, in the parish of Whixley, lower-division of Claro; 3 miles from Wetherby, 9 from Knaresborough, 10 from York. --Pop. 13. THORNVILLE-ROYAL. -See Allerton-Mauleverer. THORPE, in the township and parish of Burnsall, east-division of Staincliffe, liberty of Cliffords-Fee; (a seat of the Rev. Henry Wigglesworth,) 9 miles from Skipton and Kettlewell, 10 from Pateley Bridge. Thorpe, sometimes called Thorp subtus Montem, is in a most retired situation, within a cavity so encircled by high grounds, that it is difficult to conceive, at first sight, how the waters escape, and why it is not a lake. In a pasture above this village, is a cave, called Knave Knoll Hole, very difficult of access, and, from the narrowness of the entrance, equally difficult to be discovered. For these reasons, it seems to have been a retreat of some ancient banditti. Several years ago, Dr. Whitaker discovered in it, besides many bones of sheep, &c. the remains of an human skeleton. THORPE, (the seat of John Priestley, Esq.) in the township of Sowerby, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 4.25 miles from Halifax, 6.5 from Huddersfield. THORPE, or FINTHORPE. -See Finthorpe. THORPE, UPPER and LOWER, 2 hams. in the parish of Almondbury; 2 miles from Huddersfield. THORP-ARCH, (Ainsty) a parish-town, (the seat of Wilmer Gossip, Esq.) 3 miles from Wetherby, 4 from Tadcaster, 13 from York. --Pop. 343. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, value, +3L. 15s. 5d. Patron, Mr. Wheeler. --For an account of the Spaw, see Boston. THORPE-AUDLIN, in the parish of Badsworth, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 4.5 miles from, Pontefract, 5.5 from Ferrybridge, 10 from Wakefield. --Pop. 344. THORPE-GREEN, ham. in the township of Thorpe-Underwood, and parish of Little-Ouseburn; (the seat of Mrs. Robinson,) 6 miles from Boroughbridge, 12 from York. THORPE-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Selby; 2 miles from Selby, 9 from Ferrybridge. THORPE-HALL, s.h. in the township of Thorpe-Stapleton, and parish of Whitkirk; 3 miles from Leeds. In the reign of Edward I. the Stapletons had two carucates of land here: and the knights templars, one carucate. It afterwards became the estate of the Skargills, who resided here: one of that family erected a chantry at Whitchurch. The Roman Via Vicinalis, leading from the great military road upon Bramham Moor is visible here for 400 paces together. -Thoresby. THORPE-HESLEY, in the township of Kimberworth, and parishes of Wath-upon-Dearne and Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4.25 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Barnsley and Sheffield. THORPE-IN-BALNE, in the parish of Barmby-upon-Dunn, lower division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 6 miles from Thorne; 6.5 from Doncaster. --Pop. 122. THORPE or LITTLE-THORPE. --See Littlethorpe. THORPE-LODGE, (the residence of the Rev. William J. Waddilove,) in the township of Whitcliffe-with-Thorpe, and parish of Ripon; 1.75 mile from Ripon. THORPE-ON-THE-HILL, in the parish of Rothwell, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract, (the seat of William Fenton, Esq.) 4.5 miles from Leeds and Wakefield. --Pop. 80. THORPE-SALVIN, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 5 miles from Worksop, (Notts) 9 from Rotherham, 13 from Bawtry, 55 from York. --Pop. 199. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, !53L. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. The Church of Thorpe-Salvin is remarkable for its handsome Saxon Doorway. In the interior is a very curious stone Font, upon which are cut in alto relievo, in compartments, the following figures, representing the seasons of the year. Winter is figured by an old man warming himself before a fire in a chimney; Spring, by one riding out a hawking; Summer by a man reaping corn and bundling it up into sheaves; and Autumn, by a husbandman sowing seed. The other compartments exhibit the ceremony of Baptism with the parents and sponsors. - See a particular account of this Font, with plate, in Archaeolgia. Vol. xii. p.207 and 309. THORPE-STAPLETON, in the parish of Whitkirk, lower-division of Skyrack; 3 miles from Leeds, 10 from Wakefield, 13 from Tadcaster. --Pop. 25. It contains three houses. THORPE, WEST. -See West-Thorpe. THORPE-UNDERWOOD, a township, in the parish of Little Ouseburn, upper-division of Claro; 7 miles from Boroughbridge, 10 from Knaresborough. --Pop. 179. THORPE-VILLE, 2 h. in the township and parish of Almondbury; 2 miles from Huddersfield. THORPE-WILLOUGHBY, in the parish of Brayton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 2.25 miles from Selby, 9 from Ferrybridge, 11 from Pontefract. --Pop. 144. THREAPLAND, ham. in the township of Cracow, and parish of Burnsall, liberty of Staincliffe; 6 miles from Skipton. THRESHFIELD, in the parish of Linton, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 6 miles from Kettlewell, 9 from Skipton, 11 from Pateley Bridge, 20 from Settle. --Pop. 237. Here is a Grammar School, founded in 1674, by the Rev. Matthew Hewitt, Rector of Linton, who endowed it with 20L. per ann. for the master, and 10L. for the usher, and 50L. for four exhibitions to four scholars, from this School, to St. John's College, in Cambridge. Although this School cannot boast of late, either of "able masters or hopeful scholars," Dr. Whitaker informs us "that the late Bishop Elphin, Dr. Dodgson, as well as the present learned and venerable master of St. John's College, (Dr. William Craven,) were among the number of Hewitt's exhibitioners." And the Rev. Wm. Sheepshanks, of St. John's College, Cambridge, a native of Linton, received his education in this School. THRIBERGH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (Thribergh-Park, the seat of John Fullerton, Esq.) 3 miles from Rotherham, 9 from Doncaster, 46 from York. --Pop. 315. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Leonard, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 12L. 11s. 5.5d. Patron, John Fullerton, Esq. THROAPHAM, a township, in the parish of St. John's, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 6.5 miles from Tickhill, 7.5 from Worksop, (Notts.) 8 from Rotherham, 10 from Bawtry. --Pop including St. John's, 50, which being united, form a township. THRUSCROSS, in the parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; 5 miles from Pateley Bridge, 8.5 from Ripley, 13 from Knaresborough. --Pop. 600. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Fewston. THUNDERCLIFFE-GRANGE, (the seat of Lord Howard of Effingham) in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4 miles from Rotherham, 6 from Sheffield, 9 from Barnsley. This house was a Grange of the Cistercian Abbey of Kirkstead, in Lincolnshire, which had forges and other considerable property in this part of the parish of Ecclesfield, and the adjoining parish of Rotherham, of the gift of De Busli and De Luvetot. Previous to the erection of a Grange by the monks of Kirkstead, there appears to have been a small hermitage here, dedicated to St. John the Baptist. After the dissolution the Grange was bought by one of the family of Rokeby, and passing through the hands of several families, the Wombwells, Shiercliffes, and Greens, in quick succession, became the property of The Right Hon. Thomas, the third Earl of Effingham, who took down the old Grange; and near its site, about the year 1777, laid the foundation of the present handsome edifice. On his decease, without issue, it passed to his brother Richard, the fourth Earl of Effingham, who made it for many years his usual summer residence. He died in 1816. -Hunter's Hallam. It is now the property of the present occupier, Kenneth Alexander Howard, Baron Howard, of Effingham, K.C.B. THURCROFT, (the seat of Captain Butler) in the township and parish of Laughton-en-le-Morthen, and parish of Maltby, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 6 miles from Tickhill, 6.5 from Rotherham, 9 from Bawtry. THURGOLAND, in the parish of Silkstone, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Penistone, 4.5 from Barnsley, 9.5 from Sheffield. --Pop. 819. THURLSTONE, in the parish of Penistone, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 1 mile from Penistone, 8.5 from Barnsley, 13 from Huddersfield. --Pop. 1,524. Here was born in 1682, the celebrated Nicholas Saunderson, Professor of Mathematics in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of the Royal Society. When only a year old he was, by the small-pox, deprived of his sight so that he retained no more ideas of light and colour than if he had been born blind. He was sent early in life to the Grammar-School at Penistone, where he laid the foundation of that knowledge of the Greek and Roman languages, which he afterwards improved so far, by his own application to the classical authors, as to have the works of Euclid, Archimedes, and Diophantus read to him in their original Greek. He died in April, 1739. after his death, appeared his "Elements of Algebra," 2 vols. 4to.; which was followed, in 1716, by his "Treatise on Fluxions," 8vo. - Chalmer's Biog. Dict. THURNSCOE, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (the seat of Charles Palmer, Esq.) 8 miles from Doncaster, Rotherham, and Barnsley, 36 from York. --Pop. 205. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 11L. 7s. 8.5d. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. THURSTONLAND, in the parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 3 miles from Huddersfield. --Pop. 989. THURSTONE, and ) 2 hams. in the township of Quick, and THURSTONE-CLOUGH, ) parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.); 2 miles from Dobcross, 11 from Rochdale, 13 from Huddersfield. THUSKIN-HOLES, s.h. in the township of Hepworth, and parish of Kirkburton; 6 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Penistone. THWAITE-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 11 miles from Pateley Bridge. THWAITE-MILLS, ham. in the township and parish of Rothwell; 2.5 miles from Leeds, 7 from Wakefield. THWAITES, f.h. in the township of Garsdale, and parish of Sedbergh; 4 miles from Sedbergh, 8 from Kendal, (Westm.) THWAITES, ham. in the township and parish of Keighley, liberty of Staincliffe; 1 mile from Keighley, 9 from Bradford. TICKHILL, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (Tickhill-Castle, the seat of Frederick Lumley, Esq.) 4 miles from Bawtry and Blythe, (Notts.) 7 from Doncaster, 9 from Worksop, (Notts.) 11 from Rotherham, 43 from York, 156 from London. --Market, Friday. --Fair, August 21, for horned cattle, horses, and sheep. --Principal Inn, Red Lion. --Pop. 1,830. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +7L. 2s. 6d. Patron, George Foljambe, Esq. This ancient town is situated in a vale, and the streets of which are nearly in the form of a T, by the roads passing through from Doncaster to Worksop, and Bawtry to Rotherham. The market on Fridays, has nearly fallen into disuse, being now only for butter and poultry. In the market-place, is a small neat stone building, erected with a dome over it, for the accommodation of the country people. The Church of Tickhill, is a spacious and handsome structure, with a lofty and beautiful tower; and from its architecture, and the arms of England and France on the west front of the tower, seems to have been built in the reign of Edward III. The Castle here was a very strong fortress, situated on a large Mount, and encompassed by a high and strong wall. It was probably built of brick, the word in Dutch signifying a brick. It seems to have been a ruin in Leland's time, who observes "the dungeon is the fairest part of the Castelle, all the buildinges withyn the area be down, saving the old Haulle." The Conqueror gave it to Roger de Busli, with 49 manors in this county. It was of such dignity, in former times, that all the manors round, belonging to it, were styled the honour of Tickhill. King Henry I. seized on this honour, and other succeeding Kings did the like. King Edward III. gave it to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, from whom it passed to Henry IV. and has remained in the Dutchy of Lancaster ever since. In the reign of Charles I. it was regarded as a strong fortress, and garrisoned by the King's troops. After the battle of Marston-Moor, and the surrender of York to the Parliament's forces, the Earl of Manchester sent Col. Lilburn to reduce, this Castle, being induced to it by the complaints of the inhabitants 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 musketeers, 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 untenable. The circular tower was, in consequence, demolished. Since its union 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 afterwards 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 seems hitherto to have puzzled all antiquaries to decipher. 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 III. 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 situation, 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 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 hill half a mile north-west of the town. At this place was born Ezreel Tongs, D.D. a school master at Churchill and at Islington, where he taught both boys and girls. He first discovered to 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 Langthwaite-with-Tilts, and parish of Doncaster, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Thorne. --Pop. included in Langthwaite. TIMBLE, GREAT, in the parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro, liberty of Knaresborough; 5 miles from Otley, 12 from Knaresborough, 14 from Skipton. --Pop. 233. TIMBLE, LITTLE, in the parish of Otley, upper-division of Claro, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley; 4.75 miles from Otley, 13.5 from Knaresborough, 14 from Skipton. --Pop. 62 TIMBLE-INGS, f.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 Wath-upon-Dearne; 6 miles from Rotherham. TINGLEY, ham. in the township of West-Ardsley, and parish of Woodkirk; (Tingley House the residence of the Rev. W. Wood) 4.5 miles from Wakefield, 5 from Leeds. TINKER-BROOK, s.h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 7 miles from Sheffield, 8 from Penistone. TINSLEY, in the parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 2.5 miles from Rotherham, 3.5 from Sheffield. --Pop. 327. The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. !111L. In Bacon it is stated to be a Chapel to Rotherham, certified value, 29L. 18s. TYTHE-DALE, f.h. in the township and parish of Fishlake; 4 miles from Thorne, 7.5 from Snaith. TOAD-HILL, and ) 2 f.h. in the township of Thugoland, and parish TOAD-HOLE, ) of Silkstone; 3 miles from Penistone. TOCKWITH, (Ainsty) in the parish of Bilton, 7.5 miles from Tadcaster, 8.5 from York. --Pop. 436. At the commencement 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, f.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, (Lanc.) Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, and hundred of Salford, (Lanc.) 9 miles from Rochdale, (Lanc.) 9.5 from Burnley, (ditto) 12 from Halifax, 48 from York, 207 from London. --Market, Thursday. --Fairs, Thursday and Friday before Easter; September 27 and 28, for horned cattle, pedlary ware, &c. TODWICK, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 7 miles from Rotherham, 7.75 from Worksop, (Notts) 10.25 from Sheffield, 49 from York. --Pop. 210. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 6L. 14s. 7d. p.r. 148L. 17s. 7d. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. --In the same township and parish is:- TODWICK-GRANGE, (the seat of George Fox, Esq.) TONG, in the parish a Birstall, 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. 1,893. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Pontefract 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 - Whitaker. It is now enjoyed by John Plumbe, Esq. TONG-LANE-END, ham. in the township of Tong, and parish Birstall; 4 miles from Bradford. TOOTHILL, s.h. in the township of Rastrick, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles from Halifax. TOPCLIFFE, 2 f.h. in the township of West-Ardsley, and parish of Woodkirk, liberty of Wakefield; 4.5 miles from Leeds. TOPPIT, ham. in the township of Clayton, and parish of High-Hoyland; 6 miles from Penistone. TOSSIDE, in the township of Sawley-with-Tosside, and parish of Gisburn, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 7.5 miles from Settle, 13 from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 16 from Skipton. --Pop. included in Sawley. This township consists of a large tract of pasture and moor lands, not having any particular cluster of houses or village, called Tosside. TOSSIDE-ROW, (extraparochial) in the township of Sawley-with Tosside; 8 miles from Settle, 14.5 from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) TOTTIS, ham. in the township of Wooldale, and parish of Kirkburton; 7 miles from Huddersfield, 8.5 from Penistone. TOWLSTON, in the township and parish of Newton-Kyme, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; (Towlston-Lodge, the seat of William Prest, Esq.) 3 miles from Tadcaster, 5 from Wetherby. TOWN-END, in the township of Wooldale, and parish of Kirkburton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 6 miles from Huddersfield, 9 from Penistone. TOWN-GATE, ham. in the township and parish of Mirfield; 2.5 miles from Dewsbury, 6 from Wakefield. TOWN-HEAD, (the seat of the Rev. James Wigglesworth,) in the township and parish of Slaidburn, which it adjoins. TOWN-HILL, (the seat of F. Duffield, Esq.) in the township and parish of Bradford. TOWTON, in the parish of Saxton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; (Towton-Hall, the seat of the Hon. Martin Bladen Hawke,) 2.5 miles from Tadcaster, 10 from Ferrybridge, 12 from Pontefract. ----Pop. 94. This place must ever remain famous in our history for the greatest engagement of nobility and gentry, and the strongest army that was ever seen in England, under daring and furious leaders, and which 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 by the Earl of Warwick, the left by Lord Fauconberg, the main body by Edward himself; the Lancastrians by the Duke of Somerset, the Earl of Northumberland 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 cold blood, some time before, murdered an innocent child 12 years old, the Earl of Rutland, Edward's youngest brother, whose moving intercession for mercy might have softened 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 hours, 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 backs 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 swords, 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 to Henry and His Queen and the Prince of Wales, at York, who soon fled into Scotland. After the battle, the Duke of Exeter and the Earl of Devonshire were 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 set up 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 Leyland says, over the bodies of the Yorkists slain in this battle, who were buried here, but did not live to see it finished. -Rapin -Stow -Camden -Drake. TRANMORE, f.h. in the township of Egbrough, and parish of Kellington; 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, 12L. 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, Earl of Northumberland, before the conquest; afterwards it became the estate of the Furnivals: Thomas de Nevil, marrying the heiress, brought this estate into his family, with the title of Lord Furnival. It afterwards, by marriage, came into the possession of John, Lord Talbot, 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, f.h. in the township of Fountains-Earth, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 9 miles from Pateley Bridge and Masham. TRUMFLEET, in the township and parish of Kirk-Sandal, lower division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 6 miles from Thorne, 7 from Doncaster. TUDWORTH 2 or 3 f.h. in the township and parish of Hatfield; 1.5 miles from Thorne. TUNNERCLIFFE-GATE, f.h. in the township of Dalton, and parish of Kirkheaton; 4 miles from Huddersfield. TUNSTED, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale; (Lanc.) 1.5 miles 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. TWIGENBURY, s.h. in the township and parish of Tankersley; 5 miles from Barnsley. TWISLETON, 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, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2.5 miles from Bradford, 8 from Leeds. TYERSALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Darfield; 3.5 miles from Barnsley. UDEN, 2 or 3 f.h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 6 miles from Hope, (Derbys.) UGHILL, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 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, 34L. 11s. 9d. Patron, the Prebendary thereof. UNDER-BANK, in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of Penistone; (the seat of John Fenton, Esq.) 3 miles from Penistone, 8 from Barnsley, 10 from Sheffield. UNDER-BANK, (the seat of James Rawden, Esq.) in the township of Stansfield, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 9 miles from Halifax, 12 from Rochdale, (Lanc.) UNDERCLIFFE, ham. in the township and parish of Bradford; (Undercliffe Hall, the seat of J. Hustler, Esq.) 1 mile from Bradford. UNSHRIVEN-BRIDGE, s.h. in the township of Hunshelf, and parish of Penistone; 3.5 miles from Penistone. "This Farm," says Blount, "pays yearly to Godfrey Bosville, 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, (Lanc.); 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 Badsworth, 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, f.h. in the township of Worsbrough, and parish of Darfield; 1.5 miles from Barnsley. VISIT, f.h. in the township and parish of Hemsworth; 6 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield. WADDINGTON, in the parish of Mitton, west division of Staincliffe, liberty of Bolland; 8.5 miles from Gisburn, 14 from Blackburn, (Lanc.) 16 from Burnley, (ditto) 20 from Skipton. --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 Pictaviensis. 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 I. Waddington-Hall, though constructed of strong old masonry, has nearly lost all appearances of antiquity. -Whitaker. Here is a Hospital, founded in 1701, by Robert Parker, for ten widows; attached to which, is an oratory for divine worship, for which the founder ordered prayers to be read daily, morning and evening. In 1709, the rental of the estate belonging to this Hospital, was 66L. 8s. In 1799, it amounted to 254L. instead of ten; there were then fifteen widows. The pious founder died early in life, and was buried in the church-yard of Waddington. An Alms-House was founded here in 1690, for twenty poor people of the township of Aighton, Bailey, Chidsley, Mitton, Wismall, and Ribchester; and endowed with 6L. 13s. 4d. per month, and a suit of clothes to each, every year. WADDOW-HALL, (the seat of B.N.R. Battye, Esq.) in the township of Waddington, and parish of Mitton, liberty of Staincliffe; 2 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 12 from Blackburn and Gisburn. WADLANDS, f.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-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 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 domestic Chapel, which were not wholly destroyed in the reign of Elizabeth, but of which, now only the names remain. --Hunter WADSLEY-BRIDGE, ham. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield; 3 miles from Sheffield. WADSWORTH, a township, in the parish of Halifax, Morley division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 8 miles from Halifax, 12 from Rochdale, (Lanc) --Pop. 4,509. WADSWORTH-LANES, ham. in the township of Wadsworth and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 7 miles from Halifax. WADWORTH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (the seat of Sir George Scovell, Bart.) 3 miles from Tickhill, 4 from Doncaster, 8.5 from Rotherham --Pop. 614. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +4L. 2s. 6d. Patrons, Mrs. Verelst, and Sir Charles Kent, Bart. as heirs of the late Mrs. Wordsworth. WAKEFIELD, a market and parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 5 miles from Dewsbury, 9 from Leeds and Pontefract, 10 from Barnsley, 13 from Huddersfield and Abberford, 15 from Bradford, 20 from Doncaster, 25 from York, 182 from London. --Market, Friday. --Fairs, July 4 and 5, for pedlary ware; November 11 and 12, for horses, horned cattle, &c. and every other Wednesday, for horned cattle. --- Bankers, Messrs Leathams, Tew, Trueman, and Co. draw on Messrs. Dennison and Co, 106, Fenchurch-Street; Messrs. Wentworth, Chaloner, and Rishworth, draw on Messrs. Wentworth, and Co. 25, Threadneedle Street. --Principal Inns, White Hart, Strafford 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, 20L. 19s. 2d. Patron, the King. The other is called St. John's Church, value, p.r. 100L. 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 structure, 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, &c. have greatly increased the wealth of this town and neighbourhood, and thrown an inexhaustible wealth into Yorkshire, clothed its hills with fatness, and filled its broad vales with houses and population. The Stuffs are exposed for sale in a hall, resembling the cloth-hall of Leeds. The Church is a spacious lofty, light, and uniform Gothic structure, and the spire, the highest in Yorkshire; when it was erected is uncertain, but in Domesday Book we find that "In Wachfield cum Novem Berewicis, Sandala, Sorebi, &c. sunt duo Ecclesiae;" and it is clear, as Mr. Watson observes, that Wakefield and Sandal were at that time subsisting. However, no part of the present building can be referred to a period more remote than the reign of Henry III.; and it has since under gone many repairs and improvements. About half a mile further to the north, is the new Church, erected towards the close of the 18th century. The ground on which it stands was bequeathed for that purpose, by Mrs. Newstead, together with 1000L. for the support of the minister; and the first stone was laid by The Rev. Dr. Zouch. Here is a free Grammar-School, founded and endowed by Queen Elizabeth, and improved by private benefactions. The School-house is a spacious building, erected by the Savilles, ancestors of the Earl of Mexborough. There are two Masters - the head Master's salary is 180L. per ann. and it has a good Library belonging to it. There are two Exhibitions from this School, one of them for the natives only; and two scholarships at Clare-Hall, Cambridge. To this Seminary the world is indebted for the scholastic erudition of Dr. Bentley; Archbishop Potter; Dr. Ratcliffe; Dr. Zouch; Mr. Joseph Bingham, M.A. author of Origines Ecclesiasticae; Rev Thomas Robinson; and Mr. Charles Hoole, author of several school books. Here is also a Charity-School, for the education and clothing 106 children of Wakefield; with other charitable donations, amounting to more than 1000L. per annum. At the bottom of Westgate is the House of Correction for the whole Riding. This prison is a large and noble building surrounded by an outer wall, and contains more than 150 cells. Mr. James Shepherd is the present Governor. Here is the Register Office for the West Riding; the Clerk of the Peace's Office; the Paupers Lunatic Asylum; and other public buildings. The river Calder was made navigable in 1688, and in 1760, was extended to Elland, near Halifax, which has much increased the trade of this place and neighbourhood. A few miles from 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 appeared before the Castle with a small party of her army, and tauntingly upbraided 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 the Green facing Wakefield, and after marching a 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 the rear. It is, however, certain that the Duke was deceived in the number of the Queen's troops. The ambush parties ware 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 it is probable 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. -Hall --Holingshed --Rapin. The Earl of Rutland, a child of 12 years old, probably remained in the Castle with his tutor, Mr. Aspell; but when the battle was lost, he fled for safety, without knowing wither 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 durst not grant. He then hastened down a footpath, by the river side; 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 Chapel 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 building 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; their spandrils are 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, begging protection of the old woman at the foot of the bridge. The buttresses are beautifully carved, the windows have a rich tracery, and the whole has a charming 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-dressers. A writer in the Gentleman'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, presented itself to the despoiler; and in order to give a finish, probably, as he thought, to the dilapidated 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 Canterbury, a celebrated antiquary, critic, historian, and theological writer, was born here in 1674. His best works are "Variantes Lectiones et Note ad Plutarchi 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 Ecclesiasticae;" 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 Monasticon 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 physician. Dr. John Radcliffe, a very eccentric character, and most popular physician of his age, was born here in 1650. He was physician to King William, but when the King returned from Holland in 1699, being indisposed, he sent for Radcliffe, and having shown him his swollen ankles, while the rest of his body was emaciated, and skeleton-like, said, "what think you of these? "Why truly," replied the physician, "I would not have your Majesty's two legs for your three Kingdoms," by which freedom, he lost the King's favour. His practice was very considerable among the first persons in the Kingdom. He died in 1714. WAKEFIELD-LODGE, in the township of Stanley-with-Wrenthorpe, 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. WALDING-WELL, (the seat of Sir Thomas White, Bart.) in the township of Woodsett-with-Gildingwells; 5 miles from Tickhill. This House is somewhat remarkable for standing on the line of contact between Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, a small brook or rivulet, which runs under a part of the 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. --Dugdale. WALES, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of St. Peter; 7 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 7.5 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. 75L. 1s. 2d. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. WALES-WOOD, ham. in the township of Wales, and parishes of Wales and Treeton; 5.5 miles from Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield. WALKINGHAM-HILL, f.h. (extraparochial) lower-division of Claro; 4 miles from Knaresborough and Boroughbridge, 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 Strafforth and Tickhill; 2 miles from Sheffield. WALLERTHWAITE, 2 or 3 f.h. in the township of Markington-with-Wallerthwaite, and parish and liberty of Ripon, lower-division of Claro;- 4 miles from Ripley, 4.5 from Ripon. --Pop. included in Markington. WALL-HILL, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) 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 Knaresborough, 9 from Boroughbridge. --Pop. included in Great-Ribston. WALTON, in the parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 3 miles from Wakefield, 8 from Barnsley. --Pop. 385. WALTON, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 2 miles from Wetherby, 5 from Tadcaster, 13 from York. --Pop. 247. The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. !50L. Patrons, Mrs. Agnes Goodall, and William Brian Farra, Esq. This village hath been long in the possession of the family of Fairfax; and anciently contained three carucates of land, held by the heirs of Roger de Brus, and divers others, who held the same of the Barons of Mowbray, but paid no certain rent. Peter de Brus granted to William Fairfax and his heirs, nine oxgangs, one acre, and three perches of land, with tofts and crofts in Walton, of the fee of Mowbray, by a deed without date. WALTON-HALL, (the seat of Charles Waterton, Esq.) in the township of Walton, and parish of Sandal-Magna, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 4 Miles from Wakefield, 8 from Barnsley. WALTON-HEAD, ham. in the township of Follyfoot, and parish of Kirkby Overblow; 6 miles from Knaresborough. WALTON, UPPER, 2 f.h. in the township of Walton, and parish of Sandal-Magna; 3 miles from Wakefield, 8 from Barnsley. WALTON-WOOD, f.h. in the township of Upton, and parish of Badsworth; 4.5 miles from Pontefract, 8 from Wakefield. WARDSEND, f.h. in the township and parish of Ecclesfield; 2.5 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 16th 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; 2.5 miles from Halifax, 8 from Huddersfield. --Pop. 4,982. This place is mentioned in Domesday-Book, as one of the nine berewics belonging to the lordship of Wakefield, by the name of Werla. Earl Warren was 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. WARMFIELD, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division 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, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 5L. 4s. 2d. Patrons, Nine Trustees of the Rev. Barnabas Oley. Here is a School, founded and endowed by Dame Mary Bowlse, of Heath Halt, in 1660, for educating and apprenticing children. And an Hospital for seven men and a matron, to be chosen from the parishes of Warmfield and Normanton, alternately, founded and endowed by John Freston, in 1591: and another Hospital for four old widows, founded by Mr. Oles Sagar, about 1558. WARMSWORTH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (Warmsworth-Hall, the residence of Francis Offley Edmunds, Esq.) 3 miles from Doncaster, 5 from Tickhill, 9 from Rotherham, 40 from York. --Pop. 335. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +6L. 10s. 10d. Patron, William Wrightson of Cusworth, Esq. A small part of this village is in the parish of Doncaster. Here, the celebrated George Fox, and his friends, held their meetings at the first rising of the Quakers, "till they were persecuted by the parish priest." Being thus driven away, they removed to Balby, where they assembled occasionally, for some years, and till a convenient building for that purpose, together with a burial place, was provided. --Hist. Doncaster. WARREN-LANE, ham. in the township of Azerley, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 5 miles from Masham, 7 from Ripon. WARSELL, HIGH and LOW, (extraparochial) lower-division of Claro, liberty of Ripon; 6.5 miles from Ripon and Ripley. --Pop. 86. These two villages with Sawley, form the constablery of Sawley with-Warsell. WASS-LANE HEAD, f.h. in the township of Wombwell, and parish of Darfield; 2 miles from Barnsley. WATER-HALL, Manor-House, in the township and parish of Penistone; a quarter of a mile from Penistone. WATH-UPON-DEARN, a parish-town, in the upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 6 miles from Rotherham, 9 from Doncaster, 11 from Sheffield, 45 from York. --Pop. 1,001. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, +15L. 10s. 2.5d. Patrons, the Dean and Cannons of Christ Church, Oxford. Here is a National School, founded by the Trustees of Mrs. Ellis's charity, in 1819. WEARDLEY, in the parish of Harewood, upper-division of Skyrack; 1 mile from Harewood, 6.5 from Otley. --Pop. 191. WEATHERCOTE-CAVE or COAVE, in the wapentake of Ewcross; 10 miles from Hawes. This is a stupendous subterranean Cataract, in a huge Cave, the top of which is on a level with the adjoining lands. On approaching its brink, the stranger is equally astonished with the sublime and terrible. The margin is surrounded with trees and shrubs, which have an excellent effect, both in guarding and ornamenting the steep and rugged precipices, on every side. The Cave is divided in two, by a rugged and grotesque arch of limestone rock. The whole length, from north to south, is about sixty yards; and the breadth, about thirty. At the south end, is the entrance down into the little Cave; on the right of which, is a subterranean passage, under the rocks, into the great Cave; where the astonished stranger sees, with amazement, an immense cataract, issuing from a large cavity in the rock, sufficient to turn several mills, falling twenty-five yards, in an unbroken sheet, on the rock at the bottom, with a noise that amazes the most intrepid ear. The water disappears at it falls, amongst the rocks and pebbles; running, by a subterranean passage, about a mile. The Cave is filled with the spray that arises from the water dashing against the bottom; and, from ten to twelve o'clock in the forenoon, when the sun shines bright, a small vivid rainbow appears, which, for colour, size, and situation, is perhaps nowhere else to be equalled. --Tour to the Caves. WEELAND, s.h. in the township of Hensall, and parish of Snaith, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles from Snaith, 7.5 from Selby. WEETON, in the parish of Harewood, upper-division of Claro; 6 miles from Otley, 8 from Wetherby, 9.5 from Leeds. --Pop. 310. WEETWOOD-HALL, s.h. in the township of Headingley, and parish of Leeds; 3 miles from Leeds, 8 from Bradford. WELDON-HALL, f.h. in the township and parish of Ferry-Fryston; 2 miles from Pontefract, 2.5 from Ferrybridge. WELLIHOLE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale (Lanc.); 9 miles from Rochdale, 12 from Manchester. WELLINGLEY, 2 f.h. in the township of Stansill-with-Wellingley and Wilsick, and parish of Tickhill; 2 miles from Tickhill, 7 from Doncaster, 10 from Rotherham. --Pop. included in Stansill. WENTBRIDGE, in the townships of Kirk-Smeaton, Darrington, and Thorpe-Audlin, and parishes of Kirk-Smeaton, Badsworth, and Darrington, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract, 4.5 miles from Pontefract and Ferrybridge, 10.5 from Doncaster. WENTWORTH, in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearne, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (the seat of the Rev. John Lowe), 5 miles from Rotherham, 9 from Barnsley, 13.5 from Doncaster. --Pop. 1,269. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in the deanry of Doncaster, value p.r. !120L. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. In the same township and parish is:- WENTWORTH-HOUSE, the seats of Earl Fitzwilliam, and Right Hon. Lord Viscount Milton. Wentworth-House, anciently called Woodhouse. Ralph de Woodhouse, according to Drake, gave one moiety of Woodhouse to St. Leonard's Hospital, York. It was afterwards by intermarriages with the Wentworth family, called Wentworth Woodhouse. Wm. Wentworth, Earl of Strafforth, on his monument in York Minster, is styled Baron of Wentworth Woodhouse. This nobleman devised the ancient estate of the Wentworth family, to his nephew, the Hon. Thomas Watson Wentworth, third son of Edward, Lord Rockingham, grandfather of the late Marquis of Rockingham, from whom these estates descended to the present noble possessor, Earl Fitzwilliam. The superb and much admired mansion of Earl Fitzwilliam, was rebuilt by Thomas, the first Marquis of Rockingham, who was made Knight of the Bath, by George I., and advanced to the Peerage in the succeeding reign. He died in 1750. It consists of an irregular quadrangle, inclosing three courts, with two grand fronts. A noble portico in front, is supported by six magnificent corinthian columns. The arms of the Marquis of Rockingham ornament the tympanum, and the following motto, so appropriate to the inflexible integrity and incorruptible virtue of the late Marquis, runs along the entablature, "MEA GLORIA FIDES." Many of the apartments are extremely elegant, especially the Hall and the Gallery; the former of which is 60 feet square, and 40 feet high, with a gallery which runs round the whole. It is supported by 18 fluted pillars of the Ionic order, the shafts of Sienna, with the bases and capitals of white marble, the intervening niches are ornamented with some precious marble statues, and over them are medallions from the designs of Athenian Stuart. The grandeur of its dimensions, the justness of its proportions, the taste of its decorations, and the beauty of its contents, give this room an advantage over every room of the kind. The Gallery is 130 feet long, by 18 feet wide. The Library is 60 feet by 20, in which is a good collection of books; "but," says Mr. Dibdin, in his Bibliographical Decameron, "it is difficult to know what it contains, from the unbibilographical manner in which the titles of the books are described in the ancient Catalogue." He appears, however, to have met with three Caxtons, viz. First edit. of Chaucer- Mirror of the World - Doctrynal of Sapience, 1489, besides other early editions. This mansion contains many other splendid apartments, which are adorned with a collection of excellent pictures from the pencils of Guido, Carracci, Titian, Vandyck, Luca Giordano, Poussin, West, &c. A detailed account of the rooms, pictures, statuary, and other ornaments, may be seen in Warner's Tour. In the Chapel, which is square, and simple in its decorations, are some good pictures. The Museum contains several valuable antiques. Every thing without the mansion is consistent with the magnificence and expence which reign within. The Park comprises upwards of 1500 acres, richly clothed with wood, and adorned with spreading waters; many ornamented temples also break in upon the eye at every angle. From out of the bosom of those majestic woods, a graceful Ionic column rears its head; erected by the late Marquis of Rockingham, to commemorate the acquittal of his friend Admiral Keppel. But its chief artificial decoration, is the Mausoleum, of fine free stone, about a mile from the principal front, built by the present Earl Fitzwilliam, in 1788, in honour of his glorious predecessor, the late Marquis of Rockingham, which forms a noble object; it is 90 feet high, and consists of three divisions. The noble family of Fitzwilliam is of great antiquity, and may be traced to William Fitz Godric, cousin of King Edward the Confessor. His Son, Sir William, distinguished himself at the battle of Hastings, in 1066. And the illustrious family of Wentworth is also of Saxon origin; and in the Church are many monuments of the family during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, but in the last century their remains were deposited in York Minster. WENTWORTH-CASTLE, (the seat of Frederick Vernon Wentworth, Esq.) in the township of Stainbrough, and parish of Silkstone, wapentake of Staincross; 3 miles from Barnsley, 5.5 from Penistone, 11 from Sheffield. This Castle, which occupies the site of an eminent fortress, was built about the year 1730, by Thomas, Earl of Strafford, of whom there is a good marble statue, by Ruysbreack, standing in the centre of its area, much injured by time and neglect. It is a large quadrangular building, and over the centre window of the north front are the arms of the founder. The east front of this noble mansion is of a modern character, and was erected by William, Earl of Strafford, about 1770. Its architecture is at once both elegant and rich. In the interior are a great many spacious and elegant rooms, but its greatest beauty is to be found in the gallery, one hundred and eighty feet long, by twenty-four broad, and thirty high, divided into three divisions, by magnificent pillars of marble, with gilt capitals. This room, as well as others in the house, is ornamented with statues, and several pictures by Vandyck, Sir P. Lely, Vanderhelst, &c. --Neale. The Rev. R. Warner, in his tour, calls this house a heavy tasteless building. WESKETT-HILL, ham. in the township of Tong, and parish of Birstall; 3 miles from Bradford, 8 from Halifax. WESTBROOK-HOUSE, (the seat of Richard Fawcett, Esq.) in the township of Great Horton, and parish of Bradford; 2 miles from Bradford. WESTBY, f.h. in the township and parish of Gisburn; 1 mile from Gisburn. WEST-END, in the township of Thurscross, and parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro; 10.5 miles from Otley, 11.5 from Skipton. WEST-END, straggling houses, in the township of Stainburne, and parish of Kirkby Overblow; 3.75 miles from Otley, 8 from Ripley. WESTERTON, See Ardsley, West. WESTERTON-HALL, cotts, in the township of West-Ardsley and parish of Woodkirk; 4 miles from Wakefield. WEST-FIELD, f.h. in the township of Azerley, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard, 6 miles from Ripon and Masham. WEST-FIELD-HOUSE, f.h. in the township and parish of Fishlake; 4 miles from Thorne, 7.5 from Snaith. WEST-GILL, ham. in the township of Garsdale, and parish of Sedbergh; 5 miles from Sedbergh, 14.5 from Askrigg. WEST-HADDLESEY. -See Haddlesey, West. WEST-HOUSE, or WEST-HOUSE FACTORY, in the township and parish of Fewston, lower-division of Claro; 5 miles from Otley, 12.5 from Knaresborough and Skipton. -There are usually 500 boys and girls employed here. WEST-HOUSES, in the township of Upper-Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower division of Claro; 5.5 miles from Kettlewell, 10 from Middleham, 13 from Pateley Bridge. WEST-HOUSES, ham. in the township and parish of Thornton-in-Lonsdale, wapentake of Ewcross 1 mile from Ingleton. WEST-KEY HILL, in the township of Weeton, and parish of Harewood; 5 miles from Otley and Harewood. WESTNALL, a district or division of Bradfield township, in the parish of Ecclesfield; which, with Waldershelf, form the constablery and township of Bradfield, Westnall, and Waldershelf. WESTON, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; (Weston Hall, the seat of William Vavasour, Esq.) 2 miles from Otley, 12 from Leeds, 5 from Knaresborough, 30 from York. --Pop. 108. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, +6L. 11s. 5.5d. p.r. 57L. 6s. 8d. Patron, the King. WEST-SCHOLES, ham. in the township of Clayton, and parish of Bradford; 3.25 miles from Bradford, 5.25 from Halifax. WEST-SYKE GREEN, 2 or 3h. in the township of Felliscliffe, and parish of Hampsthwaite; 4 miles from Ripley. Here is a Free-School, founded in 1711, by John Richmond, by Will, dated Sept. 11, `1711. It is endowed with nineteen and a half acres of land, at West Syke Green, for the education of boys, whose parents reside in Felliscliffe and Birstwith, in English, Latin, Writing, and Arithmetic. -Master's Salary, 14L. per annum. --Commis. Report. WEST-THORPE, f.h. in the township of Hoyland-Swaine, and parish of Silkstone; 1.5 miles from Penistone. WESTWICK, 3 f.h. in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower division of Claro; 2 miles from Boroughbridge, 4 from Ripon:, 7 from Knaresborough. --Pop. 27. WEST-WOOD, ham. in the township of Golcar, and parish of Huddersfield; 3 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Halifax. WETHERBY, a market and post-town, in the parish at Spofforth, upper division of Claro; 6 miles from Harewood, 7 from Knaresborough, and Tadcaster, 8 from Abberford, 12 from Boroughbridge, 15.25 from York, 16 from Otley and Leeds, 194 from London. --Market, Thursday. --Fairs, Holy-Thursday, and August 5, for sheep and pigs, --Principal Inns, Angel, and Dog and Swan. --Pop. 1,217. The Church is a perpetual curacy, of which the Rector of Spofforth is Patron. This place is situated upon the river Wharfe, over which there is a handsome bridge. It consists principally of one street, which has of late years been considerably improved by the Duke of Devonshire, the chief proprietor, by whose directions a number of ruinous houses have been pulled down, and new ones, upon a smaller scale, erected of stone. The Manor of Wetherby, in the 10th William I. was in the hands of two Norman Lords, viz. William de Percy, and Erneis de Burun. It was afterwards in the possession of the Knights Templars, and, together with all their estates in England, was forfeited on the abolition of their order, in 1312; when it was given with other possessions by the Pope, to the Knights Hospitallers of St. John, and confirmed by parliament, in 1324. In the civil wars of Charles I., this town had a small Garrison, commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax, who in the year 1642, repulsed Sir Thomas Glenham in two different attacks. - See the particulars in History of Knaresborough, extracted from the Memoirs of that illustrious Commander. Before the erection of a bridge at Wetherby, which is on the great north road, the Roman military way crossed the river at Helen's-Ford, between this town and Tadcaster. WETHERBY-GRANGE, s.h. in the township of Micklethwaite, and parish of Collingham; 1 mile from Wetherby. This place is the property of Paul Beilby Thompson, Esq. The house is in an unfinished state, and is only occupied by a farmer, to take care of the deer and horses in the Park. It is sometimes called Micklethwaite-Grange, and under which name, it appears, at page 357, incorrect with respect to its being extra parochial. WHAITBER, s.h. in the township of Burton-in-Lonsdale, and parish of Thornton-in-Lonsdale; 3 miles from Ingleton. WHARFE, ham. in the township of Austwick, and parish of Clapham; 8 miles from Settle. WHARNCLIFFE-LODGE, (the residence of Lady Viscountess Erne.) in the township of Wortley, and parish of Tankersley, wapentake of Staincross; 6 miles from Sheffield, 8.5 from Penistone, 9 from Rotherham. This house, which is situated on one of the highest peaks of Wharncliffe Chase, was built in the time of Henry VIII. by Sir Thomas Wortley. In this house, Lady Mary Wortley Montague, spent much of the first two or three years of her married life, the earliest and the happiest. Here was born, that singular and romantic character, her son. Wharncliffe is partly a Forest, and partly a deer Park. It is still a member of the great estate of the Wortley family, and is now the property of James Stuart Wortley, Esq. and occupied by the mother of this knight of the shire. It is famous, also, for being the scene of the old ballad of "the Dragon of Wantley," and a cleft in the rocks is now called the Dragons Den. -In Hunter's Hallamshire, page 2, the reader will find an interesting account of this place. WHEAT-CROFT, f.h. in the township of Aldwarke-with-Wheat-Croft, and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 2 miles from Rotherham. --Pop. included in Aldwark. WHEAT-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Throapham, and parish of St. John's; 5 miles from Tickhill and Worksop, (Notts.) WHEATLEY, (the seat of Sir George Cooke, Bart.) in the parish and soke of Doncaster, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 2.25 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Thorne. --Pop. Including Sandal Parva, 169, which being united, form a township. WHEATLEY, in the township of Ovenden, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 1.5 miles from Halifax. Bryan Cooke, Esq. of Sandall, in this county, ancestor of the present Baronet, had a son, Bryan, of the same place, who, for his loyalty to Charles I., was fined by the sequestrators, 1460L. His son, George Cooke, Esq. was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, May 10, 1661; which dignity has continued in the family, by a lineal succession, to the present time. -Magna. Brit. WHEATLEY, ham. in the township and parish of Ilkley; 5 miles from Otley, 10.5 from Skipton. WHERNSIDE, in the wapentake of Staincross. The situation of this Mountain, is about 4 miles from Ingleborough, in the midst of a vast amphitheatre of hills. There are several tarns or small lakes near the top; two of them, near 200 yards in length, and almost of an equal extent in breadth. It is obvious to the eye, that this mountain is higher than Ingleborough. WHIRLOW, ham. in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 4 miles from Sheffield. WHISTON, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 2 miles from Rotherham, 7.5 from Sheffield, II from Tickhill, 50 from York. --Pop. 859. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. James, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, 10L. Patron, Lord Howard of Effingham. The Church is an ancient rectory, having belonged to the Lovetots, and descended from them to the Furnivals, Talbots, and Howards, Lords of Sheffield. In the 9th Edward II. Thomas de Furnival was Lord of this Manor, which still belongs to his representative, the Duke of Norfolk. Here is a small endowed School, by Frances Mansel, in 1728, value about 30L. per ann. -Hunter. WHISTON, UPPER, ham. in the township and parish of Whiston; 2.5 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Sheffield. WHITCLIFFE, 2 f.h. in the parish and liberty of Ripon, lower division of Claro; 1.5 miles from Ripon, 7.5 from Boroughbridge. --Pop. including Littlethorpe, 157, which being united, form a township. WHITCROSS, f.h. in the township and parish of Emley, liberty of Wakefield; 7 miles from Huddersfield and Wakefield. WHITE-HILL, s.h. in the township of Greasbrough, and parish of Rotherham; 2.5 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Sheffield. WHITE-HOUSES, ham. in the township of High and Low-Bishopside, and parish and liberty of Ripon; 1 mile from Pateley Bridge. WHITE-LEE, ham. in the township of Quick, and parish of Rochdale, (Lanc.) 10 miles from Rochdale. WHITE-LEES, ham. in the township of Scammonden, and parish of Huddersfield; 6.5 miles from Huddersfield. WHITELEY-WOOD HALL, (the seat of William Silcock, Esq.) in the township of Ecclesall-Bierlow, and parish of Sheffield; 3.5 miles from Sheffield. WHITE-WELL, in the township of the Forest of Bowland, lower, and parish of Whalley, (Lanc.) west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 8 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 13.5 from Gisburn, 17 from Lancaster. Here is a Chapel of Ease under Whalley, built in 1817, value, p.r. 82L. 9s. WHITE-WINDOWS, (the seat of George Priestly, Esq.) in the township of Sowerby, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 3.5 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, (Linc.) 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 Yarborough. This place is one of those many villages which encompass the river island, wherein are Ditchmarsh and Marsh-Land. It was anciently the estate of the Lacys, Earls of Lincoln, and afterwards descended to Henry, Lord Scroop, of Bolton, Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. -Magna Brit. In December, 1614, the Hon. Sir John Sheffield, with his brothers, Sir Edmund and Mr. Philip Sheffield, sons to the lord Sheffield, lord President of the North, in passing Whitgift-Ferry over the Ouse, 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 prevent Hull from receiving supplies by water. - Tickell's. Hist. Hull. WHITKIRK, a parish, in the township of Temple-Newsam, lower division of Skyrack; 4.25 miles from Leeds, 8 from Wakefield, 10.75 from Ferrybridge, 21 from York. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, +13L. 5s. 7.5d. p.r. 120L. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. In this Church of Whitkirk, was a chantry for two priests on the south side of the choir, and valued, 37 Henry VIII. at 12L. 3s. 4d. founded by William Scargill, Esq. of Thorpe-Stapleton. And on the north wall of the choir is a mural inscription to the memory of John Sneaton, F.R.S. the builder of the Eddystone Light-house". --Whitaker. WHITLEY, in the parishes of Kellington and Snaith, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith; 6.5 miles from Snaith; 6.75 from Pontefract. --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 Barnsley. WHITLEY-HALL, (the residence of Mr. W. Rayner,) in the township of Whitley, and parish of Kirkheaton, liberty of Pontefract; 5.5 miles from Huddersfield, 7.5 from Wakefield. This is the seat of the ancient family of the Beaumonts, the heir to which is a minor and a Word in Chancery; the Hall is, in consequence, at present occupied 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. -Whitaker. WHITLEY-HOUSE, (the seat of Mrs. Hollings) in the township of Manningham, and parish of Bradford; 1 mile from Bradford. WHITLEY, UPPER, in the parish of Kirkheaton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5.5 miles from Huddersfield, 7.5 from Wakefield. --Pop. 764. WHITLEY, LOWER, in the parish of Thornhill, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 6.5 miles from Huddersfield, 8.5 from Wakefield. --Pop. 903. WHITLEY-THORPE, f.h. in the township of Whitley, and parish of Kellington, liberty and bailiwick of Cowick and Snaith; 7 miles from Pontefract and Snaith. WHITWELL, f.h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 8 miles from Penistone. WHITWELL-PLACE, s.h. in the township of Elland-with-Greetland, and parish of Halifax; 5.5 miles from Halifax. WHITWOOD, in the parish of Featherstone, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Pontefract, 6 from Wakefield. --Pop. 292 WHITWOOD-MERE, ham. in the township of Whitwood, and parish of Featherstone; 3.5 miles from Pontefract. WHIXLEY, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; 6 miles from Boroughbridge, 7.5 from Wetherby, 8 from Knaresborough, 11 from York. --Pop. 467. The Church is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, 7L. 17s. 1d. p.r. !41L. Patron, the Heirs of the Tancreds. This was 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, and unmarried, each of whom received, in 1814, about 50L. per ann. and 1s. 6d. 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 is 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. In a vault underneath this Chapel, it is said, the noble founder lays. 20L. per ann. is allowed to a Clergyman for officiating 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 the Tancreds, commencing with Richard Tancred, Esq. who married Adeliza, daughter of Jordan de Bussey, and ending with the founder of this Hospital. At the end is an account of the several places where the family had estates. Annual value in 1786, was about 1300L. -The trust 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 Priory of Knaresborough. Mr. Drake supposes 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 neighbourhood, by the Scots, in the year 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. WIBSEY, in the township of North-Bierley, and parish of Bradford, Morley division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Bradford, 5 from Halifax. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, 104L. Patron, the Vicar of Bradford. WIBSEY-LOW-MOOR, in the township of North-Bierley, and parish of Bradford, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Bradford, 5 from Halifax. WICKERSLEY, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth 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, 8L. 0s. 2.5d. Patrons, 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 land carriage to Sheffield. -Miller's Hist. Doncaster. WIDDINGTON, a township, in the parish of Little-Ouseburn, upper-division of Claro; 8 miles from Boroughbridge, 11 from Knaresborough. --Pop. 31. WIGHILL, (Ainsty) a parish-town; 2.5 miles from Tadcaster, 6 from Wetherby, 8.5 from York. --Pop. 250. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, value, +5L. 3s. 6.5d. p.r. 130L. Patron, Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq. WIGHILL-PARK, (Ainsty) in the township and parish of Wighill; (the residence of Richard Yorke, Esq,) 4 miles from Tadcaster and Wetherby, 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 Stapleton, 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 III. -Sir John Harrington, in his book, addressed to Prince Henry, gives him this great character: "Sir Robert Stapleton, a Knight of Yorkshire, when your Highness hath often seen, was a man well spoken of; 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 1291. -Drake. The estate is now the property of Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq. WIGGLESWORTH, in the parish of Long-Preston, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Settle, 13 from Skipton and Colne, (Lanc.) --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 Skyrack; 3.5 miles from Harewood, 5 from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby. --Pop. 164. WIGTWIZLE, f.h. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 6 miles from Penistone, 12 from Sheffield. WIKE, in the parishes of Harewood and Bardsey, upper-division of Skyrack; 2 miles from Harewood, 6.5 from Leeds, 8 from Wetherby. Pop. 139. WIKE, in the parish of Birstall, Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4.5 miles from Bradford, 5 from Halifax, 8 from Huddersfield. --Pop. 1,509. About half a mile south is:- WIKE, LOWER, in the same township and parish. WILBY, f.h. in the township and parish of Cantley; 2.5 miles from Doncaster, 7 from Bawtry. WILCROSS-BROW, f.h. in the township and parish of Gisburn; 1 mile from Gisburn. WILLOW-EDGE, (the seat of Thomas Dyson, Esq.) in the township 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-division 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 Pateley Bridge, 7 from Ripley, 9.5 from Ripon. WILSICK, in the township of Stansill-with-Wellingley and Wilsick, and parish of Tickhill, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (the seat of George Parker, Esq.) 2 miles from Tickhill, 5 from Doncaster, 6 from Bawtry. --Pop. included in Stansill. WILSTROP, or WILSTHORP, (Ainsty) in the, parish of Kirk Hammerton; 8.5 miles from York, 10 from Knaresborough. --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 of Rotherham; 2 miles from Rotherham, 10 from Barnsley. WINDHILL, ham. in the township of Idle, and parish of Calverley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Pontefract, 7.5 from Otley. WINDHILL-GATE, f.h. in the 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 township and 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. 70L. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. WINMORE, in the parish of Thorner, wapentake of Skyrack; 6.5 miles from Leeds. This place is famous for a great battle fought here, on the 15th of November 655. Penda, King of the Mercians, bore a constant enmity to the Northumbrians, 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 offered 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 obstinately 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 Northumbrians, 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 army was cut to pieces; amongst which, was the haughty Penda, and nearly thirty of his principal officers. --Thoresby. WINSLEY, in the township of Hartwith-with-Winsley, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard, lower-division of Claro; 3 miles from Ripley, 6 from Pateley Bridge, 7 from Ripon. --Pop. included in Hartwith. WINSKILL, f.h. in the township of Langcliffe, and parish of Giggleswick; 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 Kettlewell. --Pop. included in Flasby. WINTEREDGE, s.h. in the township of Hipperholme, and parish of Halifax; 3 miles from Halifax. This House appears, at some remote period to have been of some consequence, although in Watson's time it was "not the residence of any Gentleman." Under the Garden House is the following inscription:- "Garrulus insano crucietur mundus amore, Dum mea placide vita serena placet." Over the door of the Garden House, "Meliora spero." Still higher over the window, "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 mottoes. --Watson's Hist. Halifax. Winteredge was held, 42 Elizabeth, of the Crown in fee, by Samuel Saltonstall, of Huntwike, and has lately been, says Mr. Watson, in the possession of the Priestleys. --Ibid. WINTERSCALE, f.h. in the township of Garsdale, and parish of Sedbergh; 4 miles from Sedbergh, 15.5 from Askrigg. WINTERSETT, in the parish of Wragby, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Wakefield, 6.5 from Barnsley, 9.5 from Pontefract. --Pop. 135. WISTOW, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties 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 deanry of the Ainsty, value, +8L. Patron, the Prebendary thereof. The Archbishop of York usually holds a Court of Pypowder at the Lammas Fair, at York, the jury of which is impannelled out of this place. -Drake. WITHENS, a few h. in the township of Erringden, and parish of Halifax, liberty of Wakefield; 10.5 miles from Huddersfield. WITHER, s.h. in the township of Armley, and parish of Leeds; 3.5 miles from Leeds, 6.5 from Bradford. WOLFIT, f.h. in the township and parish of Tickhill; 2 miles from Tickhill. WOMBWELL, in the parish of Darfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4.25 miles from Barnsley, 7.75 from Rotherham, 10 from Sheffield. --Pop. 811. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Darfield. WOMBWELL-WOOD HEAD, 2 f.h. in the township of Wombwell, and parish of Darfield, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Barnsley, 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, +6L. 11s. 5.5d. Patron, The Right Hon. Lord Hawke. WOODALE, HIGH and LOW, 2 f.h. in the township of Upper Stonebeck, and parish of Kirkbymalzeard; 7 miles from Kettlewell. WOODALL, in the township and parish of Harthill, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 5 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 9 from Rotherham, 11 from Sheffield. WOODKIRK, a parish, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 6 miles from Wakefield and Dewsbury. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, p.r. 150L. 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; 2.5 miles from Wetherby, 8 from Knaresborough. 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 the township and parish of Darfield, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4 miles from Barnsley. WOOD-HALL, OVER, f.h. in the township and parish of Darfield; 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 Normanton, liberty of Wakefield; 4 miles from Pontefract, 5.5 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; 1.25 miles 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 Skyrack, 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, f.h. in the township and parish of Slaidburn; 1 mile from Slaidburn. WOODLANDS, (the seat of Mrs. Waterton) in the township and Adwick-le-Street, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 3.5 miles from Doncaster, 11.5 from Pontefract. WOOD-HOUSE-HALL, s.h. in the township of Skircoat, and parish of Halifax; 4 miles from Halifax, 10 from Huddersfield. Wood-House is a very ancient situation, as appears from its name. The present building has the date 1580. It was purchased for 1800L. by Simon Sterne, third son of Dr. Richard Sterne, Archbishop of York. Sterne, author of Tristram 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 Knaresborough; half a mile from Harrogate. It was originally built by Daniel Lascelles, Esq. about 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 township and parish of Maltby; 5.5 miles from Tickhill and Bawtry. WOODLESFORD, in the parish of Rothwell, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4.5 miles from Leeds, 5 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 Almondbury; 4.25 miles from Huddersfield. WOOD-ROW, s.h. in the township of Shelley, and parish of Kirkburton; 6 miles from Huddersfield. WOOD-SEAT, NORTH, ) 2 f.h. in the township and parish of WOOD-SEAT, SOUTH, ) Ecclesfield; 6.5 miles from Sheffield, 7 from Penistone. WOODSETS, in the parish of South-Anston, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of St. Peter; 4.5 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 6.5 from Tickhill, 9.5 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 Dartmouth, 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 entire, 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 is a cumbent figure of an aged man, marked 76, in black. On the margin of each is a long catalogue of the noble and generous 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 Leodiensis. WOODSIDE, scatt. hs. in the township and parish of Kildwick, liberty of Staincliffe; 4.5 miles from Keighley, 6 from Skipton. WOODTHORPE, (the seat of the Rev. William Wood,) in the township 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, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 6.5 miles from Huddersfield, 8 from Penistone. This place, like many others, very probably took its name from its abounding 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 Athelston, 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 carucate of land in the Bishopric of York. Their petition was granted, and buildings erected in many places, particularly in the woods and forests, for the reception 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, 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:- WOOLLEY-PARK, (the seat of Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth, Esq.) WOOLLEY-EDGE, scatt. hs. in the township of Woolley, and parish of Royston; 6 miles from Barnsley and Wakefield. WORLDS-END, ham. in the township of Bilton with High-Harrogate, and parish of Knaresborough; three quarters of a mile from High-Harrogate. WORMLEY-HILL, 2 or 3 f.h. in the township of Sykehouse, and parish of Fishlake; 4 miles from Thorne, 7.5 from Snaith. WORRALL, in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4.5 miles from Sheffield. WORSBROUGH, in the parish of Darfield, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; (Worsbrough-Hall, the seat of Francis Edmunds, Esq. and Darlay-Hall, the seat of William Newman, Esq.); 3.5 miles from Barnsley, 7 from Penistone, 11 from Sheffield. --Pop. 1,392. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. *63L. 0s. 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 brother; who, according to History, was attained, condemned, and suffocated in a 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 Roman History, illustrated" by Coins and Medals, 1692, 8vo. 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 Wortley, Esq.) 5 miles from Barnsley, 5.75 from Penistone, 8 from Sheffield, 10 from Rotherham. --Pop. 904. The Chapel is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. !98L. 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 Henry VII. 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, &c. with many pleasant passages, worthy your observation and reading, by John Taylor. Imprinted by JO. 12mo." it appears that he returned from his Tour on the 20th of September, 1639. WOTHERSOME, 2 h. in the parish of Bardsey, lower-division of Skyrack; 5 miles from Wetherby, 5.5 from Tadcaster. --Pop. 16. WRAGBY, a parish, in the townships of Purston-Jacklin, Winterset, and Hesle, wapentake of Osgoldcross; 5.25 miles from Pontefract, 6 from Wakefield, 14 from Doncaster, 29 from York. The Church, donative, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Pontefract. Patron, Charles Winn, Esq. WRANGBROOK, 3 f.h. in the township of North-Emsall, and parish of South-Kirkby, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Pontefract, 9 from Doncaster. WREAKS, or RAKES --See Rakes. WRENTHORPE, in the township of Stanley-with-Wrenthorpe, and parish of Wakefield, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield; 1 mile from Wakefield, 8 from Leeds. --Pop. included in Stanley; but at which there are no houses to constitute a town, the principal of the inhabitants being at Wrenthorpe. This place is now commonly called Potovens. WRETH-HOUSE, f.h. in the township of Oxspring, and parish of Penistone; 2 miles from Penistone, 5.5 from Barnsley. WROSE, or WROSE-HILL, ham. in the township of Idle, and parish of Calverley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Bradford. YARLSBER, ham. in the township of Ingleton, and parish of Low-Bentham; 5 miles from Kirby-Lonsdale, (Westm.) YEADON, UPPER, in the parish of Guiseley, upper-division of Skyrack; 3.25 miles from Otley, 6.25 from Bradford, 5 from Leeds. --Pop. 2,455. YEADON, NETHER, in the township of Upper-Yeadon, and parish of Guiseley, upper-division of Skyrack; 4.25 miles from Otley, 5.5 from Bradford, 9 from Leeds. YEWS, f.h. and Paper Mill, in the township and parish of Maltby; 4 miles from Tickhill. YEWS, ham. in the township of Bradfield, and parish of Ecclesfield; 4.25 miles from Sheffield, 10.5 from Rotherham. YOKENTHWAITE, ham. in the township of Buckden, and parish of Arnecliff, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Kettlewell. YORDAS-CAVE, in the township and parish of Thornton-in-Lonsdale, wapentake of Ewcross; 10 miles from Kirby-Lonsdale. The entrance to this Cave is through a rude arched opening, four yards by seven, like the gateway of some ancient castle; which soon opens into an apartment, so spacious and extensive, that, with all the blaze of candles, neither the roof nor the walls can be clearly discerned. No cave, in romance; no den of lions, giants, or serpents; nor any supposed haunts of ghosts, or fairies, were ever described more dreary or terrific than is this gloomy and dismal cavern. After crossing a little brook, and proceeding thirty or forty yards farther, the high roof and walls are seen distinctly, as well as the curious petrifactions hanging therefrom. On the right are several other curiously incrusted figures; a projecting one is called The Bishops-Throne, from its great resemblance to that appendage of a cathedral; another confused mass of incrusted matter, bears some resemblance to a large organ. After entering a narrow passage, of five or six yards, where the roof is supported by seven pillars, there is only room for one person in breadth; but, the height is very considerable. At a small distance hence, a cascade issues from an opening in the rock, and falls four or five yards into a circular apartment, roofed with a fine dome: this apartment, some visitants have named The Chapter House. The whole length of this singular cavern is between fifty and sixty yards; its breadth, thirteen yards; and height, forty seven feet. The principal part, here described, lies to the right; but it extends also on the other hand, and unfolds some wonderful closets, called Yordas Bedchamber, Yordas-Oven. &c. On the upper side of Yordas-Cave, is a quarry of black marble; from which, elegant monuments, chimney-pieces, slabs, and other ornaments are dug. YORK, a city, borough, and town-corporate, is divided into the following parishes, viz. -------- The Churches marked thus @ are not now standing. -------- All-Saints, in Pavement, with St. Peter the Little, a rectory, value +5L. 16s. 10.5d. p.r. 67L. 2s. Patron the King. --Pop. 554. All-Saints, North-Street, a rectory, value +4L. 17s. 11d. p.r. 66L. Patron the King. --Pop. 910. St. Andrew@. --Pop. 185. St. Cuthbert, in Peasholme-Green, a rectory, value +5L. 10s. 10d. Patron, the-King. --Pop. 209, including Helen-Street-on-the-Walls, 398, and All-Saints, Peaseholme, 223; total, 830. St. Crux, in the Shambles, a rectory, value +6L. 16s. 8d. p.r. !104L. Patron, the King. --Pop. 827. St. Dennis, in Walmgate, a rectory, value +4L. 0s. 10d. Patron, the University of Cambridge, held with St. George, Naburn, value p.r. 80L. --Pop. 1,093. St. Giles@, in the Suburbs. --Pop. 881. St. Helen, in the Square, a rectory, value +4L. 5s. 5d. p.r. 46L. 12s. 6d. Patron, the King. --Pop. 678. St. John Delpike@, in Goodramgate and Uggleforth. --Pop 367. St. John, in Micklegate, otherwise Ousebridge-End. --Pop. 938. St. Lawrence, without Walmgate, a vicarage peculiar, value +5L. 10s. with St. John, a perpetual curacy, value, together, p.r. 7L. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. --Pop. including St. Nicholas, 799. St. Margaret, in Walmgate, a rectory, value +4L. 9s. 9.5d. p.r. 60L. Patron, the King. --Pop. 808. St. Martin-le-Grand, in Coneystreet, a vicarage, value +4L. p.r. !110L. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. --Pop. 610. St. Martin-cum-Gregory, in Micklegate, a rectory, value +5L. 16s. 2d. -Pop. 562. St. Mary, in Castlegate, a rectory, value +2L. 8s. 6.5d. p.r. !80L. Patron, the King. --Pop 989. St. Mary, in Bishopshill-the-Elder, a rectory, value +5L. 0s. 10d. p.r. *95L. 6s. 2d. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. --Pop. 681. St. Mary, in Bishophill-the-Younger, is a vicarage, peculiar, value +10L. p.r. !146L. 4s. 5d. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. --Pop. 767. St. Michael-le-Belfrey, in Petergate and Minster-yard, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, value +2L. 0s. 10d. p.r. +35L. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. --Pop. 1,343. St. Michael, in Spurriergate, a rectory, value +8L. 12s. 1d. p.r. 50L. Patron, the King. --Pop 593. St. Maurice, without Monk-Bar, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, held along with St. Trinity, Goodramgate, a rectory, and St. John Delpike, a perpetual curacy, value, together, p.r. !97L. 14s. 6d. Patron, the Archbishop of York. --Pop. 798. Mint-Yard@, a liberty, in the parish of St. Wilfred. --Pop 132. St. Olave, in Marygate, --See North-Riding. St. Peter the Little@. --Pop. 660. St. Peter-le-Willows@. --Pop. 418. St. Sampson, Patrick's-Pool, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. !100L. Patrons, the Subchanter and Vicars Choral. --Pop. 1,041. St. Saviour, in Saviourgate, a rectory, value +5L. 6s. 8d. p.r. 127L. Patron, the King. --Pop. 987. Holy Trinity, in Goodramgate, a rectory, value +121L. 4s. 9.5d. held with St. Maurice. --Pop. 527. Holy Trinity, otherwise Christ-Church, in King's Court a vicarage, value +8L. p.r. 41L. 8s. Patron, the Master of Well Hospital. --Pop. 737. Holy Trinity, in Micklegate, a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. +80L. held with St. Cuthbert. --Pop. 845. St. Wilfred@, in Blake street. --Pop. 227. Is 10 miles from Tadcaster and Greenhammerton, 12 from Garraby Inn, 13 from Easingwold and Pocklington, 14 from Wetherby, 15 from Selby, 17 from Boroughbridge, 18 from Malton and Knaresborough, 19 from Market-Weighton, 20 from Howden, 21 from Harrogate, 23 from Helmsley, 29 from Driffield, 40 from Scarborough and Bridlington, 198 from London: 201 from Edinburgh. --Markets, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. --Fairs, Candlemas Fair is held on Thursday and Friday before old Candlemas-day; Palm sun-fair, on Thursday before Palm-Sunday; All-Souls'-Fair, on November 13; and Martinmas-Fair on November 22, for horned cattle, sheep, horses, &c. in the streets of Walmgate, Fossgate, Colliergate, and Pavement; the Statutes for hiring servants, are held also in Pavement, on November 22. St. Luke's-Fair, commonly called Dish-Fair, is held in Micklegate, on old St. Luke's day, for all sorts of dishes, small wares, &c. -The Horse-Shows are held without-Micklegate Bar, on Monday in the August Race week; the last week in September, called Michaelmas-show; and the first whole week before Christmas. There are likewise fairs held in Walmgate, every other Thursday, for horned cattle and sheep. Three Fairs are held on the north-side of the city, called the horse-fair, for all sorts of cattle, viz. on Whit-Monday, old St. Peter's day, and old Lammas-day. At the latter Fair, from three o'clock on the 11th of August, to the same hour on the 13th, the Sheriff's authority of arresting any person within the city and suburbs is suspended, the Archbishop's bailiff or substitute having the only power of executing any judicial process at that time. Line Fairs, Saturday before old Candlemas-day, Saturday before old Lady-day, Whit-Monday, old St. Peter's-day, old Lammas-day, Saturday before old Michaelmas, Saturday before old Martinmas, and Saturday before Christmas day. --Leather Fairs, on Peasholme Green, first Wednesdays in March, June, Sept. and December. --Bankers, Messrs, Raper, Swann, Clough, Swann, Bland, and Raper, Coney-street, draw on Messrs. Sir R.C. Glyn, Bart. and Co. 12, Birchin-Lane; Messrs. Wilson, Tweedy, and Wilson, High-Ousegate, draw on Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co. 15, Lombard street; Messrs. Wentworth, Chaloner, Rishworth, and Co. Low-Ousegate, draw on Messrs. Wentworth and Co. 25, Threadneedle street. Total Population -City Parishes, 20,787. --St. Peter's Liberty, 924. --York Castle, 152. --St. Olave, Marygate, 966--Together, 22,829. York, the capital of the North, and second City in the Kingdom, appears to have been founded by Agricola, about the year 80, after he had finished his conquest of the Brigantes. It soon became the head-quarters of the Roman army, and was the residence of the Roman Emperors. After the departure of that war like, people, this City, and the surrounding country, were exposed to the fury of the Northern Nations, received the barbarous shocks of the Danes, and groaned, under repeated devastations, for more than 600 years; notwithstanding which, we find that this City frequently arose out of its ashes, and again recovered its former splendour; for, in less than a century after it had been razed to the ground, by the Norman Conqueror, it was rebuilt, and a Parliament called here by Henry II.; after which, it was honoured with the presence of most of our Kings, from Henry III. to Charles I.; during which time, Parliaments, Conventions, Coronations, Royal Marriages and Interviews, at different periods, took place here. The last visit, paid by Charles I., was in the year 1640; soon after which, this City was garrisoned for the King, and surrendered to the arms of the Parliament, July 16, 1644. Every inquisitive traveller, in the search of antiquities, or curiosities, will be tempted to make some stay at York -among the former, is the arch at Micklegate Bar, and the multangular tower, near the Mint-Yard, both built in the time of the Romans. The sepulchral monument of the standard-bearer at the ninth legion of the Roman army, was dug up near Micklegate; and, in many other parts of the City, have been found Roman altars, stone coffins, tesselated pavements, inscriptions, urns, coins, &c. The situation of York is on a plain, on both sides of the river Ouse; and so exactly resembles Rome in its form, that whoever compares the two plans together, will find them exceedingly similar; -a strong proof of the Roman origin of this City. In the wall, which is in circumference nearly three miles are four gates, and five posterns. The Cathedral of St. Peter, generally called the Minster, the glory of this city, may with justice be pronounced, the most magnificent Gothic structure in the Kingdom; besides which, there are 23 Churches. St. Mary's Abbey, now in ruins, was begun by William Rufus, in 1088, but in the general conflagration at York, in the reign of King Stephen, was totally destroyed; but the rebuilding of it in 1270, was undertaken by Simon de Warwick, then Abbot. At the dissolution, Henry VIII. ordered a Palace to be built out of its ruins, called the King's Manor. It continued in that state till the reign of James I. who converted it into a regal Palace, for his residence at his going and returning from Scotland. After the Revolution, a lease was granted vesting it in private hands, in which it now remains. The Old Bridge over the river Ouse, supposed to have been built about the year 1235, is now demolished, and a new one erected in its place. The foundation stone was laid by the Lord Mayor, on the 10th of December, 1810. It consists of three elliptical arches, with battlements on each side. The span of the centre arch is seventy-five feet, the span of each side arch sixty-five feet. The flagged footways are five feet six inches broad, leaving a carriage-way of twenty nine feet. The Old Bridge over the Foss, built about the year 1406, was lately taken down, and an handsome structure erected in its place. Vetus Ballium or old Baile, which Leland and Camden suppose to have been the Platform of a Castle, is situated at the south-east corner of the City. The City Walls, by the corroding hand of time, falling fast to decay, are supposed to have been built by Edward I. upon Roman foundations, who added to them a number of strong towers, which, in Leland's time, were in a complete state of defence. The first production of the York Press, was the Pica of the Cathedral, by Hugh Goes, in 1509. -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 that of the Fleet or King's Bench, in London, the situation high, pleasant, and airy. In the right wing is a prison for Debtors, which reflects honour on the County. -In the left wing is an handsome convenient Chapel, ascended to by a flight of steps uniform with the right wing, and ornamented with suitable furniture. --The Women Felons are confined in the New Buildings, opposite the County Hall. --Mr. Staveley is the present Governor. On the west side of the area, in the new County-Hall, opened at the Summer assizes, in 1777. It is a superb building, of the Ionic order, 150 feet in length, and 45 in breadth. In the south end thereof, is the Court for trial of prisoners; and in the north end, the Court of Nisi Prius. Each of them is thirty feet in diameter, towered with a Dome forty feet high, which is supported by thirteen 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 in 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, consisting of four segments of circles, joined together, called Clifford's 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 considerable ornament to the City. It was formerly defended by a deep moat, drawbridge and palisadoes. The Mansion 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. The State-room, where the Lord Mayor entertains the corporation, is forty-nine feet six inches by twenty-seven feet nine inches. The Guild-Hall 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 Councilmen, and six Chamberlains. The Assembly Rooms, in Blake-street, were erected in 1730, from a design of the celebrated Lord Burlington. From the ceiling are suspended thirteen large Lustres of crown glass, each holding sixteen wax candles; but the principal one, given by Lord Burlington, is so brilliantly cut, as to deserve 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 containing 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, compatible with steady and effectual government. The strictest economy is observed in the management of the family, and the utmost attention is paid to decency and cleanliness. 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. It was first instituted in 1740, by a legacy of 500L. bequeathed by Lady Hastings, for the relief of the diseased poor in the county of York, and since raised and supported by the 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 1794. The foundation stone of a new building, opposite the Post-Office, 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, was begun in 1802, under the direction of Mr. Peter Atkinson, architect, and completed in 1807. In the front is a Court-yard, where debtors have the privilege of walking. In 1514, a new House of Correction was erected on Toft Green, near Micklegate Bar. At a short distance on the Fulford Road, are the Cavalry Barracks, erected at the expence of about 27,000L. These handsome buildings stand in an area of an oblong square occupying twelve acres of ground; they are constructed 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 14L. Here are Chapels for Roman Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians, Independents, and a Meeting-house for Quakers. York is an Archbishop's See; sends two Members to Parliament, being first summoned 23rd Edward I. For a particular account of the antiquities of York, see Drake's Eboracum, and Hargrove's History of York. This out of copyright material has been transcribed by Colin Hinson, who has provided the transcription to the UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service on condition that any further copying and distribution of the transcription is allowed only for noncommercial purposes, and includes this statement in its entirety. Any references to, or quotations from, this material should give credit to the original author(s) or editors. ========================================================================== THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE RIDING WEST RIDING. Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum, THE RIGHT HON. HENRY, EARL OF HAREWOOD. --------------------- ACTING MAGISTRATES The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Downe Cowick.Hall, Snaith The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Milton Wentworth-House, Rotherham The Right Hon. Lord Hawke Womersley-Park The Hon. Edward Robert Petre Stapleton-Park, Ferrybridge Sir William C. Bagshaw, Knight The Oakes, Sheffield Sir Henry Wright Wilson, Knight Chelsea-Park Sir Francis Lindley Wood, Bart Hemsworth, Pontefract Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Bart Ripley Sir Joseph Copley, Bart Sprotbrough-Hall The Rev. Dr. Geldart, Kirkdeighton, Wetherby The Rev. Dr. Corbett, Wortley, Sheffield The Rev. Dr. Milner, Thribergh, Doncaster The Rev. Dr. Waddilove, Ripon Alderson. the Rev. William Aston, Rotherham Allan, Benlamin Haigh, Esq. Green-Head, Huddersfield Barstow, William, Esq. Halifax Benyon, Thomas, Esq. Leeds Brookshank, Benjamin, Esq. Healaugh-Hall, Tadcaster Bland, Thomas Davison, Esq. Kippax-Park, Ferrybridge Beckett, Christopher, Esq. Leeds Blayds, John, Jun. Esq. Oulton, Leeds Barnes, the Rev. Theophilus, Castleford, Ferrybridge Brookshank, the Rev. Edward Hawke, Tickhill, Bawtry Carus, Roger, Esq. Lunefield, Kirkby-Lonsdale Chandler, the Rev. George Treeton, Rotherham Cooke, the Rev. Alexander Loversall, Doncaster Creyke, Ralph, Jun. Esq. Rawcliffe-Hall, Snaith Cunliffe, William, Esq. Addingham, Skipton Cator, the Rev. Charles Skelbrook, Doncaster Cooke, William Bryan, Esq. Wheatley, Doncaster Cooke, Philip Davis, Esq. Owston, Doncaster Coulthurst, John Nicholas, Esq. Gargrave, Skipton Currer, the Rev. Danson Richardson, Whitwell-House, York Dealtry, Benjamin, Esq. Lofthouse-Hall, Wakefield Dearden, John, Esq. Hollings-Hall, Halifax Dixon, the Rev. Jeremiah Woolley, Wakefield Dawson, Richard Kennet, Esq. Frickley-Hall, Doncaster Edmunds, Francis, Esq. Worsbrough, Barnsley Egremont, John, Esq. Wakefield Entwisle, John, Esq. Foxholes, Rochdale Fawkes, Walter, Esq. Farnley-Hall, Otley Ferrand, Edward, Esq. St. Ives, Bingley Ferrand, Walker, Esq. Harden-Grange, Bingley Forster, the Rev. John Ryther, Selby Fullerton, John, Esq. Tribergh, Doncaster Gibson, Joseph, Esq. Whelbrigg, Kirby-Lonsdale Haigh, Joseph, Esq. Springwood, Huddersfield Hay, the Rev, William Robert Rochdale Heywood, John Pemberton, Esq. Wakefield Higgins, Godfrey, Esq. Skellow-Grange, Ferrybridge Hird, the Rev. Lamplugh Low-Moor-House, Bradford. Horsfall, John, Esq. Thornton-lodge, Huddersfield Horton, Thomas, Esq. Howroyd, Halifax Horton, the Rev. Joshua Thomas, Ormskirk, Lancashire Lacy, the Rev. Richard Whiston, Rotherham Landon, The Rev. James, Abberford Lister, Ellis Cuncliffe, Esq. Manningham-House, Bradford Lister, the Rev. Anthony, Gargrave, Skipton Lister, the Hon. Thomas, Gisburn-Park, Skipton Lowe, the Rev. John, Wentworth, Rotherham Lawson, Marmaduke, Esq, Boroughbridge Morritt, William, Esq, Sherwood-Hall, Selby Maude, John, Esq. Moor-House, Wakefield Nevile, Cisristopher, Esq. Scaftwoth, Bawtry North, Richard Toulmin, Esq. Whittington, Kirby-Lonsdale Oxley, Charles, Esq. Ripon Parker, Hugh, Esq. Woodthorpe, Sheffield Parker, Thomas, Esq. Browsholme-Hall, Clitheroe Parker, the Rev. William Riccal, Selby Plumbe, John, Esq. Tong-Hall, Leeds Prest, Willians, Esq. Towleston-Lodge, Tadcaster Rhodes, the Rev. James Armitage Horsforth-Hall, Leeds Rudd, the Rev. John, Blythe, Bawtry Rhodes, William, Esq. Bramhope-Hall, Otley Scott, Joseph, Esq. Badsworth, Pontefract Smyth, John Henry, Esq. Heath, Wakefield Stocks, Michael, Esq. Catherine-House, Halifax Sturges, John, Esq. Elmfield, Doncaster Scott, William Lister Fenton, Esq. Woodhall, Wetherby Taylor, Michael Angelo, Esq. Cantley, Doncaster Twiss, William, Esq. Myrtle-Grove, Bingley Vavssour, William, Esq. Weston-Hall, Otley Walker, Thomas, Esq. Killingbeck, Leeds Walker, Henry, Esq. Blythe, Bawtry Warde, St. Andrew, Jun. Esq. Melton, Doncaster Waud, Samuel Wilkes, Esq. Camblesforth, Selby Wentworth, Godfrey Wentworth, Esq. Woolley-Park, Wakefield akellel~ Williamson, John, Esq. Hollings, Harrogate Wilson, Matthew, Esq. Eshton-Hall, Skipton Wilson, Richard, Fountayne, Esq. Ingmanthorpe, Wetherby Wilson, William Wilson Caros, Esq. Casterton-Hall, Kirby-Lonsdale onedal~ Wood, the Rev. William Woodthorpe, Wakefield Wortley, James Archibald Stuart, Esq. Wortley-Hall, Sheffield Wrightson, William, Esq. Cusworth, Doncaster DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS The Right Hon. Thos. Lord Ribblesdale, Gisburn Park The Right Hon. William, Lord Stourton, Allerton Mauleverer The Rt. Hon. Thomas Philip, Lord Grantham, Newby Hall The Right Hon. Lord Viscoont, Milton, Wentworth House The Right lion Lord Viscount Pollington, Methley Park The Hon. Frederick Lumley, Tickhill Castle The Hon. Frederick Robinson, Newby Hall The Hon. Thomas Lister, Gisburn Park The Hon. E. Petre, Stapleton Park The Hon. Edward Lascelles, Harewood House The Hon. Henry Lascelles, Harewood House The Hon. G. A. Stapylton Chetwynd The Honourable William Gordon The Hon. and Rev. Dr. Marsham Kirkby Overblow The Hon. and Rev. A. H. Cathcart Kippax Sir John Beckett, Bart. Gledhow Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. Sprotbro' Sir George Cooke, Bart. Wheatley Sir Edward Dodsworth, Bart. Newland Park Sir Henry Carr Ibbetson, Bart. Denton Park Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Bart. Ripley Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. Denby Grange Sir Charles Kent, Bart. Sir William Mordaunt Milner, Bart. Nun Appleton Sir Thomas Turner Slingsby, Bart. Scriven Sir Francis L. Wood, Bart. Hemsworth The Rev. Dr. Milner, Thriberg The Rev. Dr. Waddilove, Ripon Aspinall,Jon.esq. Standen Hall,Clitheroe. Armitage, George, Esq. Park Riding, Huddersfield Armitage, John, Esq. Kirklees Allen, Benj. Haigh, Esq. Green Head Armitage, Joseph, Esq. Milns-Bridge House Bischoff, Thomas, Esq. Leeds Benyon, Thomas. Esq. Leeds Bonwa, William Williams, Esq. Chapel-Allerton Brown, James, Esq. Hare Hills Grove Bland, Thomas Davison, Esq. Kippax Park Beckett, Joseph, Esq. Barnsley Brooksbank, Benjamin, Esq. Healaugh Blayds, John, Esq. Leeds Busfield, William, Esq. Upwood Beaumont, Thomas Richard, Esq Bretton Hall Brandling, Charlas J. Esq. Middleton Brandling, Ralph, clerk, Middleton Briggs, Rawdon, Esq. Halifax Beckett, John Staniforth, Esq. Barnsley Beaumont, Thomas Wentworth, Esq. Bretton Banks, George, Esq. Leeds Beckett, Christopher, Esq. Leeds Blayds, John, Jun. Esq. Oulton Coulthurst, John N. Esq. Gargrave Currer, Danson Richardson, clerk. Whitwell Cooke, William Bryan, Esq. Wheatley Carr, William, Esq. York Chippendale, Robinson, Esq. Skipton Cooke, John, Esq. Maltby Carr, William, Esq. York Cunliffe, William, Esq. Addingham Cooke, Philip Davies, Esq. Owston Chamberlain, Thomas, Esq. Skipton Clayton, Wllllam, Esq. Langcliffe place Chaloner, Robert, Esq. York Collins, William Esq. Knaresbrough Duncombe, Thomas, Esq. Copgrove Dixon, Jeremiah, clerk, Woolley Dixon, John, Esq. Suffolk Dealtry, Benjamin, Esq. Lofthouse Dearden, John, Esq., Halifax Denison, Edmund, Esq. Doncaster Edmunds, Francis, Esq. Worsbro' Edmunds, Francis Offley, Esq. Worsbro' Ellis, Lister, Esq. Castlefield Field, John Wilmer, Esq. Heaton Ferrand, Edward, Esq. St. Ives Ferrand, Walker, Esq. Harden Grange Fenton, William, Esq. Thorpe Hall Fullerton, John, Esq. Thribergh Farrer, James William, Esq. Clapham Lodge Farrer, Oliver, Esq. Clapham Fitzgerald, Thomas George, Esq. Boldshay Fairfax, Thomas Lodington, Esq. Newton Kyme Gascoigne, Richard Oliver Esq, Parlington Gott, Benjamin, Esq. Leeds Gossip, William, Esq. Hatfield Gally-Knight, Henry, Esq. Langold Garforth, James Braithwaite Esq. Conistone Gossip, Randall, Esq. Thorpe Arch Hesleden, Bryan Esq. Skipton Horton, Thomas, Esq. Howroyd Hird, Lamplugh, clerk, Low Moor Hay, William Robert, clerk, Rochdale Heywood, John Pemberton, Esq. Wakefield Hardy, John, Esq. Leeds Higgins, Godfrey, Esq. Skellow-grange Haigh, Joseph, Esq. Spring wood Horsfall, John, Esq. Thornton Lodge Hammerton, James, Esq. Hellifield Peel Jaques, Thomas George, Esq. Leeds Ingleby, Charles, Esq. Austwick Jaques, Thomas, Esq. Leeds Lister, Ellis Cunliffe, Esq. Calverley House Lee, John, Esq. Abbey, Knaresbrough Lowther, John, Esq. Swillington Lee, James, Esq. Leeds Lee, Richard Esq. Leeds Lister, Anthony, Clerk, Gargrave Lee, William, Esq. Grove Hall Lowe, John, clerk, Wentworth Lloyd, Thomas, Esq. York Manby, William, Esq. Knaresbrough Mande, Daniel Salshury, Esq. Wakefield Maude, Francis, Esq. Wakefield Markham, Robert, clerk, Bolton Percy Markland, Edward, Esq. London Micklethwait, Richard, Esq. New Laiths Moore, James, Esq. Brockwell Morritt, William, Esq. Sherwood Hall Markham, William, Esq. Becca Lodge Naylor, John, Esq. Wakefield Oates, Josiah, Esq. Burley Parker, Hugh, Esq. Woodthorpe Parker, Thomas Lister, Esq. Browsholme Paley, George. Esq. Priestley, Jos. Esq. White Windows Palmes, George, Esq. Naburn Priestley, William, Esq. Lightcliffe Paley, John Green, Esq. Bowling Hall Plumbe, John, Esq. Tong Hall Prest, William, Esq. Towlston Lodge Plumbe, Thomas Richard, Esq. Tong Hall Roundell, Richard Henry, Esq. Gledstone House Rawson, William Esq. Halifax Rawson, Christopher, Esq. Halifax Rhodes, John, Esq. Halifax Rawdon, Christopher, Esq. Underbank in Stansfield Slingsby, Charles. Esq. Lofthouse-hill Scott, Joseph, Esq. Badsworth Shilleto, John, Esq. Ulleskelf Sotheron, Frank, Esq. Hooke Smyth, John Henry, Esq. Heath Smart, James A. Esq. Smithson, William, Esq. Heath Sinclair, Robert, Esq. York Sturges, John, Esq. Bowling Hall Scott, William Lister Fenton, Esq. Woodhall Park Thompson, Richard John, Esq. Kirkby Hall Trebeck, Thomas, clerk, Wath Torre, James, Esq. Snydal Taylor, Michael Angelo, Esq. Cantley Torre, Christopher, Esq, Pontefract Tempest, Stephen, Esq. Broughton Hall Vavasour, William, Esq. Weston Hall Vincent, John Tunnadine, Esq. Hemsworth Watson, Shepley, Esq. Hiendley Walker, Thomas, Esq. Killingbeck Wainman, Richard Bradley, Esq. Shipley Hall Wrightson, William, Esq. Cusworth Wortley, J. A. S. Esq. Wortley Hall Wentworth, Godfrey W. Esq. Woolley Park Wilson, Christophar, Esq. Ledston Hall Wood, William, clerk, Woodthorpe Wilkinson, Edward, Esq. Potterton Wilson, Richard Fountayne, Esq. Ingmanthorpe Wood, Henry Rich. Esq. Hollin Hall Wilson, Thomas, Esq. York Waude, Samuel Wilks, Esq. Chester Cotes Walker, Jonathan, Esq. Oran Walker, Henry, Esq. Masborough Wybergh, Thomas Esq. Middleton Wrightson, William B. Esq. Cusworth Wilson, Matthew Esq. Eshton Walker, Samuel, Esq. Aldwark Walker, Thomas, Esq. Walker, Joshua, Esq. Clifton Walker, Wm. Esq. Middleton, Leeds Waterhouse, John, Esq. Halifax Wilson, Daniel, Esq. Dallam Tower Walker, Joseph, Esq. Lascelles Hall Whitacre, John, Esq. Thornton Lodge Winn, Charles, Esq. Nostall Priory Yarbrough, George Cooke, Esq. York, John, Esq. Halton Place and Bewerley York, Richard, Esq. Wighill Park ----------------------- Lords and Chiff Bailiffs of Liberties. His Grace the Duke of Buccleugh; for Bolland His Grace the Duke of Devonshire; for Clifford's Fee His Grace the Archbishop of York; for Cawood, Wistow, and Otley The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Downe; for Cowick and Snaith His Grace the Duke of Norfolk; for Hallamshire His Grace the Duke of Devonshire; for Knaresbrough John Hardy, Esq. for the Honour of Pontefract His Grace the Archbishop of York; for Ripon His Grace the Duke of Devonshire; for Staincliffe The Right Hon. the Earl of Scarborough; for Tickhill His Grace the Duke of Leeds; for the Manor of Wakefield ---------------------- OFFICERS OF THE RIDING Clerk of the Peace: Thomas Wybergh, Esq. Isell-Hall, Cockerermouth, Cumberland. Deputy Clerk of the Peace, and Deputy Sheriff: Thos. Foljambe, gent. Wakefield. Treasurer: William Lee, Esq. Grove Hall, near Pontefract. Clerk of General Meetings of Lieutenancy: Christopher Bolland, Esq. Leeds. Clerk of Indictments and Solicitor: Robert Rodgers. gent. Sheffield. Governor of the House of Correction, Wakefield: Mr James Shepherd. Surveyors of Bridges: Mr Bern. Hartley, and Mr Bern. Hartley, jun. Pontefract. ---------------------- REGlSTER-OFFICE, WAKEFIELD. Register, Francis Hawksworth, Esq. Wakefield. Deputy, Mr James Stephenson. ---------------------- CORONERS Mr. William Tindall, Skipton. Mr. Thomas Shepley, Selby. Mr. (unkown) Mr. Edward Brook, Wakefield. Mr. Thos. Robinson Mandall, Doncaster. Mr. James Wigglesworth, Halifax. Mr. Christopher Jewison, Rothwell, Leeds, for the Honor of Pontefract. ---------------------- CHIEF CONSTABLES Agbrigg and Morley: Mr. Wm. Selby, Blackwall, Halilax, for Morley; Mr. Thos. Pitt, Wakefield, for Upper Agbrigg, Mr. John Wiseman, Sandal-Magna, for Lower-Agbrigg Barkston Ash: Mr. Edward Trueman, Pontefract; Mr. John Hornsby, Camblesforth, Claro: Mr. John Gilbertson, Roecliffe; Mr. Humphrey Fletcher, Boroughbridge. Osgoldcross: Mr. Thomas Wilkinson, Ackworth; Mr. Wm. R. Earnshaw, Rowall. Staincliffe and Ewcross: Mr. Wm. Carr, Stackhouse; Mr. Robt. Wildman, Gargrave, Staincross: Mr. James Sykes, Worsbrough Mr. Charles Stringer, High-Hoyland. Strafforth and Tickhill: Mr. Wm. Workman, Adwick-le-Street; Mr. (unknown) Skyrack: Mr. Robert Parr, Oulton; Mr. Richard Lumb, Swillington. ---------------------- SUBDIVISION CLERKS Agbrigg-Division, Mr. John Campey Laycock, Huddersfield, upper division; Mr. John Barry, Wakefield, lower division Barkston-Ash, Mr. Edward Trueman, Pontefract. Claro, Mr. Samuel Powell, Knaresbrough. Morley, Mr. Currer Fothergill Busfield, Cottingley Osgoldcross, Mr. Thomas Wilkinson, Ackworth. Staincliffe and Ewcross, Mr. John Hartley, Settle. Staincross, Mr. George Keir, Barnsley. Strafforth and Tickhill, Mr. John Fisher, Rotherham, upper-division; Mr. Richard Danser, Doncaster, lower division. Skyrack, and Borough of Leeds, Mr Christopher Bolland, Leeds. City and Ainsty of York, Mr Richard Townend, York. ---------------------- Places and Times of holding Petty Sessions, with the Clerks' Names. Agbrigg, Upper, Huddersfield, Tuesdays, Mr M. Bradley. Ditto, Lower, Wakefield, Fridays, Messrs. Wiseman, Dawson, Hargreave, and Hall Barkston-Ash Selby, Mondays, and Sherburn, Tuesdays, Mr Hornshy. Claro, Knaresbrough, Wednesdays, Mr. Powell. Morley Halifax, Saturdays, Messrs. Briggs and Moore; Bradford, Thursdays, Messrs. Crosley and Booth. Osgoldcross, Snaith, -----, Mr. Hornsby; Wentbridge, Tuesdays, Mr Wilkinson Skyrack, Bingley, Tuesdays, Mr. Tolson; Leeds, Tuesdays, Messrs. Smith and Moore. Staincross, Wortley, -----, Mr Baker; Barnsley, Wednesdays, and Woolley, Thursdays, Mr. Wiseman. Staincliffe and Ewcross,Settle, Tuesdays, Skipton, Saturdays, Mr. Wildman and Mr Hall; Kildwick, -----, and Gargrave,------- Strafforth and Tickhill, Sheffield, Tuesdays, Mr. Albert Smith; Rotherham, Mondays, Mr. Fisher; Doncaster, Saturdays, Mr. Workman; Bawtry, Wednesdays, Mr. Baines. Borough of Leeds, Leeds, Tuesdays and Fridays, Mr Nicholson. ---------------------- The General Quarter Sessions. The Christmas Quarter Sessions are held at Wetherby, on Tuesday in the first whole week after the Epiphany; Wakefield on Thursday after; and Doncaster on the Wednesday following. Easter Quarter Sessions at Pontefract, on Monday in the first whole week after Easter. Midsummer Quarter Sessions at Skipton, on Tuesday in the first whole week after the 7th of July; Bradford on Thursday after; and Rotherham on the Wednesday following. Michaelmas Quarter Sessions at Knaresbrough, an Tuesday in the first whole week after the 11th of October; Leeds on Thursday after; and Sheffield on the Wednesday following. ---------------------- All the Quarter Sessions for the Boroughs and Liberties are held in the same week as the Riding Sessions, viz:- The City of York on Friday; the Liberty of St. Peter, at York, on Saturday; -the Liberty of Ripon on Friday; the Archbishop; for Cawood, Wistow, and Otley, at Otley and Cawood on Wednesday. ---------------------- THE ASSIZES For the County and City of York, are held on Saturday three weeks after Hilary-Term ends; and on Saturday before the seventh Sunday after Trinity. ---------------------- OFFICERS OF THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Clerk of Assize, Fletcher Rigge, Esq. Northallerton. Deputy Clerk of Assize, Christopher Newstead, Esq. York. Clerk of indictments, Christopher John Newstead, Gent. York. Clerk of Arraigns, Henry Newstead, Gent. York. ======================================================================= THE CITY OF YORK, AND THE AINSTY ======================================================================= CITY AND AINSTY. MAGISTRATES. THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR RECORDER. Robert Sinclair, Esq. York. CITY COUNSEL. John Pemberton Heywood, Esq. Wakefield. Samuel William Nicoll, Esq. Fulford. ALDERMEN. Thomas Wilson, Esq. Fulford. William Hotham, Esq. York. William Ellis, Esq. Fulford Field. John Kilby, Esq. York. George Peacock, Esq. York. The Right Hon. Lawrence, Lord Dundas, Marsk Hall, Isaac Spencer, Esq. (Lord Mayor, 1822) Poppleton. Thomas Smith, Esq. Huntington. William Dunsley. Esq. York. William Hutchinson Hearon, Esq. York. John Dales, Esq. York. Robert Chaloner, Esq. York. James Saunders, Esq. York. OFFICERS OF THE CITY AND AINSTY. Clerk of the Peace, Richard Townend, Esq. York. Treasurer, William Ellis, Esq. Fulford. Coroners, Samuel Cowling and Robert Ellison, Chief Constables, Wm. Baynes, John Steward, and Thomas Beal. LIBERTY OF ST. PETER. Magistrates. Agar, Benjamin, Esq Broakfield-House, Brooksbank, Benjamin, Esq. Healaugh Hall. Blow, the Rev. William York. Croft, the Rev. Robert, Rowley. Dickens, Henry John, Esq. York. Dealtry, the Rev. William, Wigginton. Elliot, the Rev. Robert, Wheldrake. Ellis, the Rev. John, Strensall. Eyre, the Rev. John, Foulis, John Robinson, Esq. West-Heslerton. Kelly, the Rev. George, Markham, the Rev. Robert, Bolton-Percy. Read, the Rev. Thomas Cutler Rudston, Sandhutton. Rice, the Hon. and Rev. Edward, Sykes, Sir Mark Masterman, Bart. Sledmere. Shilleto, John, Esq. Ulleskelf. Sympson, Robert, Esq. York. Thompson, George Lowther, Esq. Sheriff Hutton Park. Waddilove, the Rev. Dr. Ripon. -------------------- OFFICERS OF THE LIBERTY. Chief Bailiff, John Brook, Esq. York. Clerk of the Peace, Christopher Newstead, Esq. York. Steward of the Court of Pleas, &c. Henry John Dickens, Esq. York. Under Steward, Christopher Newstead, Esq. York. Coroners, James Richardson, Gent. York; John Plowman, Gent. Haxby; and Richard Bell, Surgeon, Pocklington. Chief Constables, T. Acaster, Brotherton; W. Cooke, Pocklington; Thos. Hessay, Bishop Wilton; Wm. Taylor, Husthwaite; 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, Coxwold, Thirsk. Rev. George Allanson, 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. Hollin Hall. Gregory Elsey, 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. --------------------