Skilbeck Thos. Wilson Francis, Stubbs Henry Wharton lodge Wilson John, Sin- Bootland John, boot & shoe maker Carriers-Hannah Jackson and H. His Grace the Archbishop of York Rawden Mrs. gentlewoman Clemishaw Thos. Norfolk Thomas, Hewison Richard Farmers, odd house Stead Thos. Shoemakers, Harrison Jas. sen. Harrison Jas. jun. Barnfather Wm. farmer to His Grace Hodgson Wm. gardener to the vicar Leafy John, parish clerk March James, tailor Richardson Thos, schoolmaster Richmond Mary, blacksmith Wade James, butcher, farmer, vict. de perpetual constable and overseer, Brown Cow Wright William, wheelwright The Humber Steam Packet, to York BOLTON-PERCY, (P.) 3 miles ESE. of Tadcaster. The church here, which is one of the neatest in the county, was built by Thomas Parker, who died in the year 1423, in the windows are thirtythree coats of arms, beautifully stained on glass, and in a good state of preservation, also in the large window in the choir five whole length figures. Amongst the testamentary burials in this church are William Fairfax, 1514; Sir William Fairfax, 1557; John Vavasour, 1559; Gabriel Fairfax, 1582; Hodgson Stephen Houseman Henry Kilby Thomas Leedle Thomas Stothard John Yates John Ferdinando Lord Fairfax, 1648.-Pop. 238. Carrier.-T. Shilletoe, to Tadcas ter and Appleton every Wednesday. Boston, West-riding, parish of Brambam, wap. of Barkston Ash.-See Thorp Arch. CATTERTON, in the parish of Tadcaster, 2 miles NNE. of Tadcaster. Pop. 63. Farmers, Cass John Hasley Benjamin Jackson John Lund Wm. Midlam Thomas Powell Richard Powell James Arthur George, hardware dealer Forth James, boot & shoe maker Carriers.-Dalton and Simpson to Butchers, Brown Wm. wheelwright Dalby James, brick and tile maker, & Ellis Robert, butcher Leafe Benjamin, vict. Fox Inn EASDIKE, in the parish of Wig- COPMANTHORPE, in the parish of St. Mary, Bishop-hill the younger, York, and a part in the liberty of St. HEALAUGH, (P.) 3 miles N. of Peter's; 4 miles SSW. of York. Here Tadcaster. Here was, in the reign of King is a chapel of ease, and a neat Metho- John, an hermitage in the wood, which dist chapel, also a small school, en-afterwards, in 1218, became a convent of dowed with £4 per ann. for the teach- regular black canons, established and ening of eight poor children. Pop. 281. dowed 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.— The church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, is a neat modern structure, (of which the Rev. E. H. Brooksbank is vicar,) pleasantly situated upon an eminence. This village is the property of B. Brooksbank, Esq. excepting one tenement and a few acres of land. It is beautifully laid out, with Braham Thomas Bateman John Dickinson James Hobson John, jun. Hobson John, sen. Webster John Dykes David, portable thrashing ma chine maker and worker Kilner Thomas, wheelwright Kirkman John, gardener gardens in front of all the houses, and a good carriage road runs through the centre, which leads from Wetherby to York. Po Morley John, blacksmith and vict. pulation 191. Simpson John, bricklayer Carrier.-Wm. Whincup, to York every Saturday. DRING-HOUSES, in the parishes of St. Mary, Bishop-hill the elder, Holy Trinity and Acomb, liberty of St. Peter's; 13 miles SSW. of York. A pleasant village, in which is a chapel of ease, the property of A. S. Barlow, Esq. Pop. 156. Beal Thomas, Esq. and chief constable Farmers, Archer Samuel Ellis Wm. Hick Robert Bookless David, vict. Cross Keys Inn Brooksbank B. Esq. Healaugh hall Jepson Richard Farmers, Carriers-to York and Thorp Arch three days per week. Monkton; 6 miles WNW. of York. Fawcett Wm, sen. Skilbeck George Fowler John, wheelwright HOLDGATE, in the parish of Acomb, & liberty of St. Peter's; 1 m. SW. of York. In this rural retreat, so well suited to his studying habits, resides the scholar and philanthropist, Mr. Lindley Murray. Pop. 83. Bownas Mrs. Martha, ladies' boarding school Hebden Wm. farmer Hornington, in the parish of Bolton Percy; 23 miles ESE. of Tadcaster. HUTTON-WANSLEY, in the parish of Long Marston; 6 miles N. of Tadcaster. Pop. 125. Willoughby Mrs. Eleanor, Hutton hall Farmers, Acomb Joseph Allan Benj. Sellers Thomas Smith Elizabeth Snowden Arthur, Clark Benjamin, Marston lodge Grange Paver Richard Walton Wm. Wray Wm. because their old church was ruinous and far distant from their habitations, to translate the same from that place to another chapel, in the same parish, and there to build themselves a new parish church, provided that they kept enclosed the cemetry where the old church stood. There is at Marston a free school, endowed with 10% per annum. Pop. 388. Crigan Rev. Dr. Alexander, rector Cattle Dealers, Mason James Paver Wm. Gill Charles Shoemakers, Bootland Richard Brown Thomas Dickinson Wm. Dickinson Robert Wikeley Geo. Tailors, Whitehead Wm. Whitehead James Briggs Joseph, vict. Three Horse Shoes Mawson Thomas, saddler Wakefield Elizabeth, vict. Board Wharfdale Coach, to Liverpool at 7 mg. to York at 9 evg. MIDDLETHORPE, in the parish of St. Mary, Bishophill the elder; 2 miles S. of York. Pop. 44. Brearey Christopher, Esq. Manor house Stourton Lady Mary, Middlethorpe hall Hewison Geo. gardener Smallwood Geo. vict. Board, farmer and cattle dealer Moathouse, in the parish of Wighill; 3 miles NW. of Tadcaster. MOOR MONKTON, (P.) 8 miles NW. of York, a small village, situated on the banks of the river Nidd, anciently belonging to the family of the Ughtreds, but has for several centuries belonged to that of the Slingsbys. Sir Thomas Slingsby, Bart. The is the present lord of this manor. church is an ancient neat structure, situated about half a mile from the village, on the road leading to Hessay; incumbent the Rev, Thomas Beckwith. Here is a good schoolhouse, founded by Sir Thomas Slingsby, for twelve poor children. Red House, built by Sir Henry Slingsby, in the reign of Charles I. is situated in this parish, and from the terrace is a fine view of York, its cathedral, and surrounding country. Po pulation, 269. Farmers, Cass Wm. Coates John, Rectory house Coupland John Kirk John Deighton Eliz. Laund house Sampson Samuel, house Hopps Thos. Red Ward Wm. Coupland John, vict. Board Wheelwrights, Hawkins J. & W. Whitehouse Thos. POPPLETON, (Upper) in the pa smith, manfr. of all kinds of plements of husbandry, thrashing and winnowing machines, &c. Tesseyman Robert, parish clerk Tesseyman Chas. shoemkr. & sexton Tindall Richard, butcher & grocer Wilson Isaac, tailor & draper Carriers-James Fewster & Robert Burkill, to York every Saturday. OXTON, in the parish of Tadcaster; 1 mile SE. of Tadcaster. Population, 66. J. W. Clough, Esq. Oxton hall POPPLETON (Nether,) (P.); 4 Poppleton moor Richardson Matt. Grocers, &c. Blacksmiths, Nelson Wm. parish clerk Shoemakers, Edon Thos. Groves Wm. White Horse, and Gray Robert, bricklayer Marston Wm. schoolmaster Preston Edw. vict. Lord Collingwood STREETHOUSES, in the parishes of Bolton Percy and Bilbrough, 3 miles N RUFFORTH or Rughford, (P.) 5 E. of Tadcaster. This hamlet took its miles W. of York; a discharged vicar-name from its vicinity to the Roman road from York to Tadcaster. All the Roman roads being firmly paved with stone, were called streets, as Watling street, &c. Stra age, of which Mrs. Thompson is the curate Rev. Robert Swann, B. A. curate Jackson Wm. Jackson Mary Webster Wm. Jolly John tum is the word made use of by the venera- Middleton John, farmer & victualler, Rennison Thomas, farmer Syningthwaite, (extra parochial) 4 miles E. of Wetherby. Formerly there was a priory at this place, founded by Bertram Haget, about the year 1160, for nuns of the Cistercian order. Catharine Foster, the fourteenth and last prioress, surrendered the convent in 1534, at which time the annual revenue amounted to £62. 6s. The site was granted in the year 1539, to Sir Thos. Tempest, Knight. The century before the dissolution of this priory, Geoffry, Archbishop of York, took the nuns under his protection, and denounced a malediction against those and who should dare to wrong them, and a blessing on their benefactors. THORP ARCH and BOSTON, (P.) 3 miles SE. of Wetherby. Though situated Scag glethorpe, in the parish of in different divisions of the county, these Moor Monkton; 6 miles NW. of York. two places are so closely connected as to form Shewkirk, in the parish of Kirk only one village. The river Wharf runs with Hammerton; 7 m. NE. of Wetherby. a rapid stream through this delightful place, SKIPBRIDGE, in the parishes of and the cascade seen through the arches of Moor Monkton and Nun Monkton; 8 the bridge, with the church and houses emmiles WNW. of York. A small ham-bosomed in wood, on the banks of the river, let on the banks of the river Nidd, over afford a rich and varied landscape that can which there is a good stone bridge, of scarcely be excelled. In the year 1744 John three arches, erected about thirty- Shires, an inhabitant of the village, while four years ago. cutting brushwood on the banks of the river, Atkinson Richard, farmer & butcher, Atkinson Joseph, toll bar keeper STEETON, in the parish of Bolton Percy, 3 miles ENE. of Tadcaster, for some ages has been the seat of the truly ancient and honourable family of Fairfax, and it is now enjoyed by a younger branch of his family, Thomas Luddington Fairfax, of Newton, Esq. being the present possessor. Population 83. Mollett Benj. farmer, Steeton hall accidentally discovered at this place a mine. ral spring, which, by its medicinal qualities, has tended to bring Thorp-Arch into con siderable repute. This water, when taken fresh from the pump, has a limpid, sparkling appearance, saline taste, and a slight sulphureous smell. It is possessed of purgative and diuretic virtues, and contains a small quantity of inflammable ir, generated from iron. The late DR. WALKER, of Leeds, an eminent physician, from whom we quote, submitted this water to a variety of experiments, in the year 1784, the re sult of which show that it contains inflammable air, fixed air, and muriatic salt, in the proportion of one ounce to a gallon; calcareous earth and selentical earth, sixteen As grains together in a gallon; and a small N |