Blacksmiths,

Handley John
Wade John

Carpenters,
Oldfield Thos.
Ward John

Farmers,
Hairsine Isaac
Lee William
Pacy John
Rennison John
Waterhouse John

Gilridding, in the parish of St. Dennis, York, and wap. of Ouse and Derwent; 4 miles SSE. of York.

GIVENDALE GREAT, (P.) in the wap. of Harthill, and liberty of St. Peter's; 4 miles N. of Pocklington.

The church is a small ancient struc-
ture, of which the Dean of York is
the patron, and the Rev. Edmund
Holmes the vicar. Pop. 60.
Singleton John, gentleman

Farmers, Ellison John
Cooper William Wilkinson Matt.

GIVENDALE LITTLE, in the parish of Great Givendale, wap. of Harthill, and liberty of St. Peter's; 2 miles NNE. of Pooklington. Kilby Thomas, farmer

temple was the great Cathedral of Northumbria, laid out in various courts, and inclosed with several walls, containing within it many altars and idols, and attended by the first personages of the priesthood.* The site of this Temple of mystic rites and worship is plainly marked out to this day, by an extensive cluster of artificial hills, now called the Howe Hills. The venerable Bede in his Ecclesiastical History, chap. xiii. lib. 2. says, that the place of the idols was shown in his time. The demolition of these gods took place when Edwin, king of Deira, was converted to Christianity; † and there is reason to suppose, both from the usual practice of the first converts to Christianity, and from the present appearance of some parts of the edifice, that the present church, de dicated to All Saints, was built from the ruins of that temple, though not on the same site, as Drake erroneously imagines. Dr. Stukely, in the Archæ, Vol. I. 44. says, "that the Apostle Paulinus built the parish church of Godmundham, where is the ori ginal font, in which he baptized the heathen high priest Coifi." The font here alluded to

is now in the possession of the Rev. J. Stillingfleet, rector of Hotham, who, it is hoped, will restore it to the proper and le gitimate situation from which it has doubtless been sacrilegiously abstracted by some Gothic churchwarden. The church of Goodmanham, of which the Rev. William

Blow is the patron and rector, furnishes several fine specimens of Saxon architecture.

The exterior arch of the West end of the

tower, now intersected by a buttress, the arch of the South entrance, and the interior one, entering into the chancel are Saxon; but the upper part of the tower, and the windows on the South side of the body of the church, which has probably been renewed, have the character of modern times.

The process of the introduction of Christianity into this part of the kingdom is curious, and is thus related by the old Chroniclers:- Edwin, the Northumbrian king, under the influence of Ethelburga his queen, and the preaching of Paulinus, convoked a council of his priests and nobles to deliberate on the expediency of embracing the Christian faith. On the question being propounded by the King, whether he should receive the new faith, and be baptized? Coifi, the chief Pagan bishop, well understanding the bias of Edward's mind, rose first and said, "The religion we have hitherto followed is nothing worth," " for," added

GOODMANHAM, alias Godmundin Gaham, is a parish in the wap. of Harthill, partly in the liberty of St. Peter's; one mile and a half NNE. of Market-Weighton, situated on the lowest acclivity of the Wolds. This is a place of great antiquity, and was probably the Delgovitia of the Romans: upon that point Antiquarians are not agreed, some of them assigning this station to Market-Weighton, others to Londesbrough, and others again to Millington; it is, however, agreed on all hands, that Good- he, addressing himself to the King, " there are none of thy people that hath more re- | Pocklington. Population, (included

verently worshipped our Gods than I have done, and yet there be many that hath received far greater benefits at thy hands: and therefore, if our gods were of any power they would rather help me to high honour and dignity than others. Therefore, if it may be found that this new religion is better and more available than our old, let us with speed embrace the same." A grandee high in power next addressed the assembly, and assigned a much more dignified and disinterested reason than had been given by the high priest, for giving a favourable reception to Christianity: "The religion we possess," he said, "gives us no instruction on the nature of the soul; when it is se

parated from the body we know not what becomes of it; but the religion of the Christians professes, at least, to open to our view a future state, and is deserving of our unprejudiced consideration." The conclusion was, that Christianity should be embraced; and Coifi, with the zeal of a con

vert, mounted upon a war horse, repair
ed to Godmundin Gaham, the place of the
idols, and cast his javelin at the princi-
pal idol, commanded those around him to
burn down the temple and the altars. The
new religion was then received by the people,
and Edwin himself was baptized by Paulinus
at York, in the church of St. Peter's, on
Easter Sunday, in the year 647. Pop. 220.

Blow Rev. Wm. M. A. rector
Clark John, Esq.
Tyson Rev. John, curate

Farmers,
Appleton John
Appleton Thos.
Appleton Wm.
Brigham John
Clark Sarah

Foster Wm.

Hewitt Wm.

Kirby Nicholas
Petch John
Reed Thos.

Stephenson John

Stephenson Rt.
Stephenson Wm.
Wade Richard
Wilson John

Beckett Geo. boot and shoe maker
Bonnard Thos. corn miller

Easingwold Mary, vict. Star

with Youlthorpe) 111.
Blanchard Nicholas, yeoman
Dales Thomas, farmer
Holliday Thomas, farmer

GOWTHORPE, in the parish of
Blacktoft, wap. and liberty of How-
denshire; 8 miles ESE. of Howden.
Haldenby Thomas, farmer

GOXHILL, (P.) in the wap, and liberty of Holderness; 3 miles SW. of Hornsea. The church, which is of considerable antiquity, is situated on an eminence, and is embosomed in lofty trees, which add much to the solemnity of the scene. Time has impaired the building, but it is at present undergoing a thorough repair. The living is a rectory, dedicated to St. Giles, the patron of which is the Rev. C. Constable; the Rev. John Courtenay is rector, and the Rev. Christopher Forge, curate. Pop. 70.

Farmers,
Alvin Henry
Boyes Thomas

Collinson Wm.
Ellis John
Ezard Richard

Grange House, in the parish of Humbleton, wap. and liberty of Holderness; 4 miles from Hedon.

GRANSMOOR, in the parish of Burton Agnes, and wap. of Dickering; 7 miles ENE. of Driffield. Pop. 85.

Carrier-Samual Wray, to Brid

lington every Saturday.

GREEN OAK, in the parish of
Eastrington, wap. and liberty of How-
denshire; 4 miles E. of Howden.
Blyth Robert, yeoman

GREENWICK, in the parish of
Bishop Wilton, and wap. of Harthill;
5 miles NF. of Pocklington.
Askwith Thomas, farmer

GRIBTHORPE, or GRIPTHORPE, in the parish of Bubwith, and wap. of

Parkinson Marmaduke, blacksmith & Harthill; 5 miles N. of Howden. Po

parish clerk

Towse Christopher, wheelwright
Wilson Wm. schoolmaster

Wilson John, shoemaker

Carrier, George Petch, to Market Weighton on Thur. and to Beverley

on Sat.

GOWTHORPE, in the parish of Bishop Wilton, wap. of Harthill, and liberty of St. Peter's; 4 miles NW. of

* See Vol. II. page 35.

pulation, (with Willeytoft) 145.

Farmers, Laycock Thos.
Penrose Wm.

Eland George
Eland Leonard

GRIMSTONE, in the parish of Dunnington, wap. of Ouse and Derwent, and liberty of St. Peter's; 3 miles E. of York. Pop. 72. Summers Robt. vict. Blackwell Ox Farmers, Prince Thomas Lofthouse Benj. Ridsdale Francis Lofthouse Edward

Storry Robert, vict. Anchor
Watson Robert, blacksmith
Webster Wm. tailor

Farmers,

Dixon Francis
Jefferson Robt.
Harrison Edw.
Reaston Wm.
Robson Wm.
Staveley Rhd.
Taylor John

Thompson John
Grocers,

Pearson John
Webster Wm.

Shoemakers,

Brown Robert
Robson Wm.

Carrier.-Robert Storrs, to Brid

lington every Saturday.

the Church on the Western side, the foundations of the family mansion are yet to be traced, and certain vestiges of the fish ponds, but the building has totally disappeared. The Chapel, of which the Rev. Thomas Milnes, vicar of Burton Agnes, is incumbent, consists of a neat plain stone tower, about 50 feet high, a nave, repaired and heightened on the South side with brick, and a chancel. The arches have been originally all pointed, and on the North side there has been a small aisle, which is now the cemetery of the family of St. Quintin. The pedigree of the family from Harbert, in the year 1080, to Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Bart. who died in 1777, (twenty-eight successions) is represented in stained glass, beautifully executed by Peckett, and placed in the windows of the cemetery, at the expense of the last baronet, who died about the year 1797, but whose name is not yet recorded among his aneestors. This pedigree is uninterrupted in the male line through a period of upwards of seven centuries! In the same burial place are two massive plain stone coffins, which "the grave hath cast up again," but who were their tenants, or when they were ejected from their narrow mansion, there is no record to tell. There are here also a HASHOLME, in the parish of Holme-on-Spalding-moor, and wap. of Harthill; 7 miles NE. of Howden. Farmers, Renard James Walkington Wm.

number of monuments and inscriptions, all
relating to the same family, and several of
them in good preservation; but the principal
is an elegant white marble monument, above
the altar base, exhibiting a full length figure
of grief, with the usual emblems, holding
two profile likenesses, one of the late Sir
William Quintin, Bart. and the other of his
lady. A small tablet contains an inscription
to her memory, and the words "Also in
memory of" the blank remaining to be sup-
plied by the hand of the painter, but not by
the hand of fate. Sir William was suc-
ceeded by his nephew, who never took the
title, and he dying, left a son, a minor, who
attained his majority in 1818. The village
is wholly agricultural; the farm home-steads
are good, and the cottages neat and comfort-
able. On the road side to Hornsea is a fine
clear spring of excellent water, over which is
erected a dome, and on the side of this small
but ancient building, is inscribed "St. John
Well," intended probably as a monumental
tribute to St. John of Beverley, who, accord-
ing to the tradition of upwards of eleven cen-
turies, was born in this village.* Pop. 251.

Hall John, linen manufacturer
Morris Christopher, wheelwright
Russell Thomas, butcher

* Goodwin is of this opinion: Stubbs gives Beverley the honour of the Saint's birth place.

HARSWELL, (P.) in the wap. of Harthill; 4 miles WSW. of Market Weighton. The church is a small ancient structare, dedicated to St. Peter : it is a discharged rectory, in the patronage of the Slingsby family, of which the Rev. Henry Mitton is rector. Population, 78. Alderson Rev. Wm. A. B. curate Bean Benjamin, parish clerk

Dunwell John
Farmers,
Marshall Thos.

Patchett Timthy.
Swales Abm.

Topping Edw.

Carrier. Thos. Triffit, to Market Weighton every Wednesday.

Holland Eliz.
Marshall Geo.

HATFIELD (Great), in the parish of Mappleton and Sigglesthorne, wap. and liberty of Holderness; 4 miles SW. of Horusea. This village appears to have been a place of some importance, from an ancient stone cross of exquisite workmanship, which stands in the centre of the place. There is here a burial place, but no place of worship, the Chapel which formerly stood in it having been destroyed by fire about a century ago. The site of the sanctuary is marked by a large monumental stone, bearing this inscription :-HERE LIETH THE BODY OF EXPOPHER CONSTABLE, A.D. 642. Population, 127. Fox Rev. T. vicar