Drummond John, sen. parish clerk Holmes Timothy, vict. Geo. & Dragon AYTON GREAT, (P.) in the wap. and liberty of Langbargh; 3 miles NE. of Stokesley, at the foot of Roseberry Topping. In the centre of Great Ayton stands a small school house, in which humble seminary the immortal Captain Cook received his school education, at the expense of Thomas Scottowe, Esq. under whom his father acted as hind, at his farm at Airyholme, in this parish. In the church is a monument of elegant workmanship, to the memory of William Wilson, Esq. formerly commodore and commander-in-chief of the marine force of the English East India Company, in which situation "he displayed one continued series of acts of disinterested patriotism and distinguished services." The chureh, dedicated to All Saints, is a neat plain ancient edifice, and the living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Rev. G. Marwood. Here are also chapels for the Society of Friends, Independents, Methodists, and Primitive Methodists. The river Leven may be said to take its rise from Ayton beck, a small rivulet which runs through this village. lation, 1023. Popu Letters arrive daily at 7 morn, and are dispatched at 4 aft. Cookson Colonel Deason Rev. Wm. M.A. curate Jackson Geo. gent. Blacksmiths, Gowland Wm. Easby John Oil Millers, Hesletine Philip Richardson and Schoolmasters, Flockton John Hunter John Martin Wm. joiner) Humphrey Thos. AYTON, (East and West), in the parishes of Seamer and Hutton Bushel, wap. and liberty of Pickering Lythe; 5 miles SW. of Scarborough, each pleasantly situated on the opposite banks of the river Derwent, over which is a bridge of four arches, which, after winding in a confined current through the valley of Hackness, here displays a broader stream. In West Ayton stand the ruins of an ancient build Wheelwrights, Lightfoot John Gibson Francis, butcher Newton Thomas, vict. Shoulder of Robinson Stephen, corn miller Campbell Captain W. M. Thistlethwaite Thos. gent. Coverley John Stone masons, Houson John Johnson Thos. Winteringham Francis, vict. Board Atkinson Geo. maltster Cooke Mrs. schoolmistress Etherington Geo. shopkeeper ing, once the fortified residence of the Pickup Henry, under steward Robinson Richard, miller family of the Ewers, or Evers, who possess-Robinson Phatuel, tailor ed large demesnes in this place. The village of East Ayton is celebrated for its charming valley. The lofty hills which embosom this valley rise almost perpendicular, clothed with pendent woods, under which the river Derwent meanders through the vale. These villages comprise the lordship of Gilbert, who from them assumed the name of Ayton, in the reign of Henry I. The heir of this family, in the reign of Edward II. inherited, in right of his mother, the estates of William Lord Vesci, who died without issue. From this family, it came by marriage with the heiress into the possession of Henry de Bromflete; and, by the same mode of inheritance, it became the property of the martial family of the Cliffords, of Skipton castle. Pop. 562. BAGBY, in the parish of Kirby Miller Geo. Robinson Geo. & John Smithson Christ. Thompson Wm. Tailors, Shepherd John Wright Geo. Anderson Richard, shoemaker BAINBRIDGE, in the parish of Here ments of Roman antiquity have been found amongst these ruins, and a statue of Aurelius Commodus, with an inscription, was also found here, which was preserved by Mr. Metcalf, of Nappa. By the antique corn mill at Cappagh, near Bainbridge, a pair of ancient mill stones were discovered in 1817; they were covered with the remains of a strong leather hide, and measur Balke, in the parish of Kirby Knowle, wap. of Birdforth; 3 miles ESE. of Thirsk. Pop. 125. Barden and Barden Dykes, in the parish of East Hawkswell, wap. of Hang West, and liberty of Richmondshire; 3 miles NE. of Leyburn; a small straggling township, chiefly inhabited by farmers. Pop. 106. Barf End, see Melbecks. BARFORTH, in the parish of For ed in circumference nine feet six inches, and twenty-four inches in depth; being put in motion by Mr. Wm. Paxton, they ran in the form of a dish, one within the other, cett, wap. of Gilling West, and liberty of and worked in a very superior manner. Here Richmondshire; 12 miles N. of Richare a Methodist chapel and a Friends' Meet-mond; a small township situated on the ing House. Bainbridge has a Free Grammar school, erected and endowed in the 43d year of Queen Elizabeth, by Anthony Besson, Esq. a native of Askrigg, and the Rev. Anthony Wharton is the present master. An ancient custom prevails here of blowing a horn in winter, as a guide to travellers, said to have originated when the country was an open forest. Pop. 872. Lutiner Wm. surgeon Scarr Mrs. Sarah, gentlewoman Wharton Rev. Anthony, master of the Blacksmiths, Fawcett Geo. Metcalf John Stockdale Geo. Butchers, Metcalf James Metcalf John Metcalf Charles Corn Millers, Chapman Alex. Cockburn John Farmers, Baines Wm. Baines Thos. Calvert John Chapman Christ. Chapman Wm. Coulthard James Kilburn Geo. Kilburn Alex. Knowles John Hosiers, Coates Geo. Tailors, Horner John Banks James, vict. Rose & Crown banks of the Tees. This township, which is the property of the Earl of Harewood, comprises Old Richmond, but nothing now remains except the ruins of an old chapel, and a few irregularities in the neighbouring fields, which, together with the stones and other relics that are occasionally dug up, prove it to have been a place of considerable extent. Pop. 141. Farmers, Clement Joseph Barforth Hall Hodgson John Barnaby House, in the parish of Guisborough, wap. and liberty of Langbargh; 2 miles WNW. of Guisborough. Barnby, see Bossall Barnby, (East and West) in the parish of Lythe, wap. and liberty of Langbargh; 5 miles WNW. of Whitby. Population, 270. BARNINGHAM, (P.) in the wap. of Gilling West, and liberty of Richmondshire; 9 miles NW. of Richmond. The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to St. Michael, and the living is a rectory, in the patronage of the King. Here is also a school, conducted on the National plan, endowed with 251. per annum, and which was re-built in 1820. Pop. 384. Collin Rev. Thos. B. D. rector Horn Catharine, gentlewoman Hardy Matthew Newby Thos. Todd Wm. Todd Anthony Wheelwrights, Atkinson Richard Bowman Eliz. vict. Royal Oak BARTON ST. MARY'S, (P.) in the wap. of Gilling East, & liberty of Richmondshire; 7 miles NE. of Richmond. There are in this township two churches, one of them dedicated to St. Mary, and the other to St. Cuthbert. The living of St. Mary is a pepetual curacy, in the patronage of the vicar of Gilling; incumbent, the Rev. John Atkinson. Here is also a Free School, with an endowment of 81. per annum; and an excellent lime stone quarry, for the purposes of agriculture, containing, by a late analysis, a greater proportion of pure lime than any other stone in the neighbourhood. A water fall bridge was erected here in 1821. Population, 436. Stelling George, gent. Blacksmiths, Coates James Heslop Robert Hutchinson Francis Lax George Shoemakers, Hepson John Shopkeepers, Bales Matthew Ewbank Ann Tailors. Hobson John Scaife Christ. (and parish clerk) Wheelwrights, Colling Stephen Marshall John Thompson Wm. Gibson Jph. vict. Shoulder of Mutton BARTON-SUR-LE-STREET, (P.) in the wap. of Rydale; 5 miles WNW. of Malton. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is antique, and was built from the ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, York; it contains a great deal of curious sculpture; the living is a rectory, and in the gift of the Marchioness of Hertford; incumbent, the Rev. Thomas Lund, A.M. Pop. 176. Leatham H. C. Esq. deputy lieutenant Farmers & Yeomen, Leigh George Brewer Marm. Marshall Thos. Moon Wm. Frost Wm. Hardisty Thomas Craven John, shoemaker Thompson James, carpenter Thompson John, shoemaker Whitehead John, blacksmith and vict, Light Horseman Barton-le-Willows, in the parish of Crambe, and wap. of Bulmer; 8 miles SW. of Malton. Here is a Methodist chapel. Pop. 188. Barugh, (Great and Little) in the parish of Kirby Misperton, wap. and liberty of Pickering Lythe; 5 miles SW. of Pickering. Pop. 241. Battersby, in the parish of Ingleby Greenhow, wap. and liberty of Langbargh; 5 miles E. of Stokesley. Population, 87. Hovingham, and wap. of Rydale; 8 Baxter House, in the parish of miles WNW. of Kirby-Moor-Side. BAYESDALE, in the parish of Stokesley, wap. and liberty of Langbargh; 7 miles S. of Guisborough. Here was a small Cistercian nunnery, founded and endowed by the benefactions of Ralf de Nevill and Guido de Bovingcourt, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. This house had a prioress and nine or ten nuns, whose income at the dissolution was valued at 20%. 1s. 4d. The scite of the priory, with the lands, were granted to Ralph Bulmer and John Thynde, to be held of the King in capite.After divers grants and alienations, it became, by purchase, the property of the Piersons; but Matthew Russell, Esq. of Brancepeth Castle, in the county of Durham, is the present proprietor. BEADLAM, in the parish of Kirkdale, and wap. of Rydale; 3 miles WSW. of Kirby-Moor-Side. Population, 143. Gothic style of architecture, and has a good tower or steeple. The Market is on Tuesday, and is well supplied with all kinds of butcher's meat, poultry, butter, and vegetables. Bedale is situated in a rich valley, about two miles to the west of Leeming-lane; the surrounding country is extremely fertile, and the crops, both of corn and grass, are abundant. From a monument in the church it appears there was a castle here, built by Brian Fitz Allen, Earl of Arundel, in the reign of Edward I. but not any remains of it are now to be seen. The church living is a rectory, in the gift of Henry Pierce, Esq. M. P. and of Miles Stapleton, alternately. Here is also a Methodist chapel, built A. D. 1821. The poor of Bedale enjoy the benefit of many munificent charitable bequests, and here is a hospital for six poor men of the parish, founded and endowed by Peter Samwaies, D. D. and rector, A. D. 1698. Also, a hospital for three poor widows, founded by Richard and Thomas Young. There is also a free grammar school, endowed with the annual sum of 71. 11s. 4d. by the Crown, and 137. 6s. 8d. by Countess Dowager of Warwick, which is now converted into a National School. a Post-Mistress-FRANCES MAFHAM. Letters from London, York, Wetherby, Boroughbridge, and Thirsk arrive daily at 50 minutes past 4 in the morning, (delivery of Letters at 8 in the morning.) A Riding post departs at 50 minutes past 5 in the morning, taking bags for Middleham, Spennythorne, Leyburn, Askrigg, and Hawes, all Penny-post towns, and returns at 4 in the afternoon, departs immediately with letters for Thirsk, York, London, &c. N.B. A Penny-post to Masham at 6 in the morning. Webster Christr. Milliners, &c. Painters, Bucktrout Wm. Barrass George Butchers, Hair Dressers, Rope Makers, Court Henry Saddlers, Kay George Nicholson Francis Schoolmasters, &c. Brownbridge Eliz. Straw Hat Mkrs. Stone Masons, Horner Abraham Johnson Robert Pearson Jas. (bricklayer&plasterer) Pearson Robert,(& architect) Surgeons, Hodgson Wm. Johnson Wm. Glaister H. R. Elwood John Ianson W. R. Hird Robert Peacock T. D. Blacksmiths, Brown Timothy Clough Joseph Smith John Slater Wm. Boot & Shoemakers, Stapleton John Shepherd Edw. Sweeting Wm. Ellick Wm. Gale Thomas Thorns Matt. mfr. Pearson John Joiners& Carpenters,Smith Geo. (and Gill William draper) Johnson James Sweeting Wm. 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