In disease, and rheumatism; it flows into a Fawcett Wilson, gentleman Todd Ann, gentlewoman Blacksmiths, Jennings Jobn Tutin Wm. grocer and seedsman Tutin John, hop and seed merchant Telegraph Coach, from Leeds to Newcastle, passes this place daily. Carriers-John Lodge, from Stockton to Richmond, 3 times per week, and ret, same days. Snowball Geo. to Richmond & York, every Saturday. Scotton, in the parish of Catterick, wap. of Hang East, and liberty of Richmondshire; 4 miles SSE. of Richmond. Pop. 128. Scrafton, (Little & West) in the parish of Coverham, wap. of Hang West, and liberty of Richmondshire; 1 miles SW. of Middleham. Pop. 146. SCRUTON, (P.) in the wap. of Hang East, and liberty of Richmondshire; 4 miles NNE. of Bedale. Here is a church, dedicated to St. Radegund; the living is a rectory, in the patronage of Henry Gale, Esq. of which the Rev. Wm. Newsome, A.M. is the incumbent. Here, in the year 1636, was born the Rev. Thomas Gale, dean of York; and the literary labours of that divine, and of his two sons, Roger & Henry, will ever be highly esteemed by the scholar and the antiquarian. Pop. 411. and Biass Mrs. Ann, gentlewoman Rodger James Outhwaite Robt. Brick Mfrs. Proctor Joseph Jennings John Sowerby J. sen. Outhwaite Robert Sowerby J. jun. Robinson Geo. Gibson Rt. sen. Tailors, Chapman Richard, vict. Bull Inn Stainsby Mary, dress maker Bricklayers and Grocers & Drapers, Builders, Pearson Henry Taylord Richard Farmers, Braithwaite Rhd. Longtoft Mithw. Middleton John Bowman Thus, tailor & upholsterer King's Head Carrier to Yarm and Stokesley, every Saturday. Scugdale, in the parish of Whorl-, Waller Thos. vict. and blacksmith, ton, wap. and liberty of Langbargh; 6 miles SW. of Stokesley; a beauti-A ful sequestered vale, in which there is an extensive bleach yard, belonging to Mr. Wm. Boville, in great fame for its superior whitening of cloth. SEAMER, (P.) in the wap. and liberty of Pickering Lythe; 4 miles SSW. of Scarborough. This place is remarkable for a rebellion, which broke out in the year 1549, in the third of Edward VI.; the lead John Stevenson, and Wm. Ombler; their absurd claims were, the restoration of the old religion, the abolition of monarchy, and the extinction of all the different ranks of society. These desperadoes were soon joined by others equally desperate, and, in a few days, their number amounted to upwards of 3000; after having greatly alarmed the country, and murdered several persons, a sudden stop was put to their proceedings by the arrival of a proclamation from the King, offering pardon to the repentant, but denouncing punishment upon the contums. cious; on which the greater number were wise enough to accept the proffered elemency, and to lay down their arms; but the leaders were apprehended and executed at York, on the 21st of September, 1549. The Percies were anciently lords of Seamer; it afterwards Seal Houses, see Arkengarthdale. SEAMER, (P.) in the wap. anders were, Thomas Dale, the parish clerk, liberty of Langbargh; 2 miles NW.of Stokesley. The church, dedicated to St. Martin, is a neat, small, plain structure, re-built in 1821, situated upon an eminence, and commanding an extensive prospect. The living is a perpetual curacy, under the patronage of Robert Greenhill Russell, Esq. M.P. Incumbent the Rev. Henry Gale. Within this township, and nearly at an equal distance, between the villages of Seamer and Newby, there is a remarkable tumulus, significantly called How-hill, which is not known to have ever been opened. In the fields adjoining, towards the South, on the side of a hill, are evident marks of an entrenchment; and it is reported, that in the valley or plain beneath, armour, swords, and human bones have been frequently turned up by the plough. It is difficult, perhaps, at this remote period, from the imperfect accounts we have receiv-belonged to the Duke of Leeds, who sold it ed, to know to what people they could have belonged; but considering the nature and situation of the country, it seems probable, that this might have been the scene of action where the Saxons were overthrown by Prince Arthur, at the memorable battle of Badenhill; which, according to Holinshed, and some other historians, is conjectured to have been fought in this neighbourhood, about the year 492. Pop. 226. Philips Thomas, land & tithe valuer, Barugh Thos. Shoemakers, Trotter Wm. Bainbridge Thomas, butcher Lowther John, vict. Bay Horse to William Joseph Denison, Esq. an eminent Cooke Mrs. Jane Blacksmiths, Goodall Jonthn. Hodgson Robert Muschamp Rebca. Stubbs Thos. Taylor Wm. Umpleby Geo. Vernon John Schools. Gibson John Renaldson V. Shoemakers, Buck John Davidson Robert Shopkeepers, Hepworth John Hostler Richard Preston Geo. Willis Jonathan Hebb Christopher Wheelwrights, Simpson Launcelot Spencer John Dobson John Carlisle William, tailor Ward Thos. vict. Dennison's Arms, Sherfitt-hall, in the parish of Grinton, wap. of Gilling West, and liberty of Richmondshire; 3 mls, from Reeth. SHIPTON, aud SHIPTON SMITHY, in the parish of Overton, wap. of Bulmer, a part in the liberty of St. Peter's; 6 miles NW. of York. Here are a Methodist chapel, a chapel of Calvinistic SEDBURY, in the parish of Gil-Dissenters, and a Free School with a handsome endowment. Pop. 377. Allen Rev. J. F. vicar of Overton Farmers, Ambler Joseph Barker Wm. Burrill Alice Chapman Wm. Clarkson John Cussons Wm. ing, wap. of Gilling East, and liberty of Richmondshire; 3 miles N. by E. of Richmond. Pop.included with Gilling. Towers Henry, Esq. Sedbury hall Foster John SEDBUSK, in the parish of Aysgarth, wap. of Hang West; 1 mile NNE. of Hawes. This village is pleasantly situated On an eminence, in High Abbotside, and commands an extensive view of the west-Dawson Eliz. ern extremity of Wensleydale. Near to this place are several subterraneous caverns, commonly called, the Maze-holes; the roofs and sides of which are covered with beautiful petrefactions and incrustations of various ues. At the extremity of one of these cawerns, there is an excellent spring of water. These rocky cavities are much frequented by isitors, and deservedly rank among the naural curiosities of a county abounding with the wonderful works of nature. Pop. 123. Balderston Wm. surgeon Cockburn Thonias, yeoman Fawcett Rev. Edw. perpetual curate Routh Christopher, yeoman Simmer Water, see Raydale, SESSAY, (P.) in the wap. and lierty of Allertonshire; 5 miles NW. of Easingwold. Here is a church, ledicated to St. Cuthbert; the living s a rectory, in the patronage of Lord Viscount Down. Pop. 364. The Hon.& Rev. W. H. Dawnay, rector SEXHOW, a small hamlet, in the arish of Rudby, wap. and liberty of angbargh, 4 mls, SW. of Stokesley. 'opulation 38. Farmers, Dinsley Joseph Armstrong Robert, Dinsley Henry Flounders Jonas Armstrong John Gowland Philip hall Shaw, see Hurst. Shaw and Shaw Cole, in the parish f Aysgarth, wap, of Hang West, and berty of Richmondshire; 24 miles E. of Hawes, Pop. 64. Shepherd's-hill, in the parish of Vhorlton, wap. and liberty of Lang. argh; 7 miles from Stokesley. Sheriff Hutton, see Hutton Sheriff, Stewart James Theakstone Hanh. Tuke Thos. Shoemakers, Daniel John Fenwick John, farrier, &c, Shunnerfell, said to be the highest hill in Swaledale, situated about 5 miles N. W. of Hawes; the land immediately surrounding this hill is very barren, owing to the rays of the sun being interrupted, and to the water from the hill in rainy seasons inundating the plain. The view from the summit is very expansive; the mountains of Westmoreland and Cumberland, the boundaries of Lancashire and Durham, and the distant wilds of Northumberland are all seen from this station, SIGSTON-KIRBY, (P.) in the wap. and liberty of Allertonshire; 4 miles ENE, of Northallerton. The parish church is dedicated to St. Lawrence; the living is a rectory, in the patronage of Sir T. Siingsby, Bart. Pop. 131. Fox Rev. John, rector, A. M, Sigston Smithy, in the parish of Sigston, wap. and liberty of Allertonshire; a mls, ENE, of Northallerton, Silpho, in the parish of Hackness, wap. and liberty of Whitby Strand; & miles NW. of Scarborough, Pop. 96, Silton High or Over, (P.) in the wap. of Birdforth; 6 mls. E. of Northallerton. The parish church, is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Earl of Fauconberg, and the Rev. Edw. Greenwood is the incumbent. Pop. 94. Keddy John, schoolmaster Skeeby, in the parish of Easby, wap. of Gilling West, and liberty of Richmondshire; 2 miles NE. of Richmond. Pop. 163. Skelderskew Grange, in the parish of Guisborough, wap. and liberty of Langbargh; 4 miles SE. of Guisbro'. SILTON LOW or NETHER, in the parish of Leak, and wap. of Birdforth; 7 miles E. of Northallerton. Exclusive of the Chapel of Ease to the parish SKELTON, in the parish of Overchurch, in which the vicar of Leak ton, and wap. of Bulmer, a part in the liberty officiates as curate, there is here a of St. Peter's; 4 miles NW. of York. Here Methodist chapel. Pop. 202. is a very beautiful ancient church, built in Hickes Fowler, Esq. Silton hall 1227, and dedicated to St. Peter; the living Simonstone, in the parish of Ays-is a rectory, in the patronage of Mr. Hep garth, wap. of Hang West, and liberty of Richmondshire; 1 mile N. of Hawes, pleasantly situated in High Abbotside, occasionally the seat of J. A. Stuart Wortley, Esq. M. P. lord of the manor. Pop. 41. Sinderby, in the parish of Pickhill, wap. of Halikeld, and liberty of Richmondshire; 6 miles W. of Thirsk. Population 86. SINNINGTON, (P.) in the wap. and liberty of Piekering Lythe; 4 miles WNW. of Pickering. There is here an endowment, left by Lady Lumley, for boys on going apprentice. The church living is a curacy, in the patronage of the master of Hemsworth school, and the Rev. Edward Dowker is the incumbent. There is also a Methodist chapel here. A branch of the Thornton Grammar School is established in this parish; which partakes also of the benefits of Lady Lumley's hospitals. (See Thornton.) Pop. 343. Clarkson Wm. gentleman Mackreth Rev. Anthony, officiating curate Parvin Mrs. Rachael Brown Wm. vict. Cross Keys Brown Geo. butcher worth, and the incumbent is the Rev. Tho Guest Christopher Shoemakers, Farmers, Rigton John Hume Andrew, schoolmaster SKELTON, in the parish of Marske, wap. of Gilling West, and liberty of Richmondshire; 5 miles W. of Rich mond. Thomas Errington, Esq. of Clints Hall, resides in this village. SKELTON, (P.) in the wap. and liberty of Langbargh; 3 miles NE. of Guisborough. Skelton castle was built by Robert de Brus, a Norman Baron, who accompanied William the Conqueror to England.— This nobleman, from whom some of the kings of Scotland, and the illustrious family of Bruce, Marquis of Ailesbury, are descended, was a person of such valour, and so much confided in by William the Conqueror, that he rewarded him with no less than fortythree lordships in the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire, and fifty-one in the North Riding of the county; whereof the manor and castle of Skelton were the capital of this Barony. In those days the Lords of Skel ton had the privilege of a market, which, Close Thos, grocer, draper, and tailor however extraordinary it may now appest, Cooper John, blacksmith Dowker Robert, gardener was held weekly on Sunday, when the people | generally assembled in the morning to attend divine worship, and in the afternoon to trans- | Collin James now converted into kitchen offices. It presents an elegant extended front, situated on the brink of a rivulet, which, by being collected into a reservoir with sloping banks, adds greatly to the natural beauties of the place. In the middle of the last century, when this celebrated seat was in the possession of John Hall Stephenson, Esq. the author of Crazy Tales, it was the resort of the literati of the North, and Sterne, the early and intimate friend of the proprietor, drew his Eugenius from his character. A lady of considerable worth of character, but withal of great eccentricity, was closely allied to this family-we allude to the late Mrs. Margaret Wharton. This lady, whose habits were of the most saving kind as far as her own personal expenses were concerned, possessed a fortune of 200,000%. and amongst the rest of her oddities she choose to become her own executrix, and actually made a present, during her life time, of 100,000l. to her nephew, the present worthy possessor of Skelton castle." The church of Skelton is a neat modern edifice, dedicated to All Saints; and the living, which is a perpetual curacy, is in the patronage of the Archbishop of York. Population, 791. Letters arrive at 10 o'clock in the morning, Close Rev. Wm. perpetual curate Johnson Mrs. gentlewoman Cooper Wm. Joiners, &c. Appleton Wm. Dixon Leonard Carrick Mark Middleton Joseph Schoolmasters, Atkinson M. Lyrass Geo. Stone Masons, Straw Hat Mfrs. Lynass Ralph Abelson Stephen Andrew John, land agent borough Tu. and Fri. dep. 8 mg. Skelton Smithy, in the parish of Skelton, and wap. of Bulmer; 3 miles NW. of York, Skewsby, in the parish of Dalby, Wharton John, Esq. M. P. Skelton and wap. of Bulmer; 7 miles ENE. castle of Easingwold. Population included with Dalby. SKINNINGRAVE, in the parish of Brotton, wap. & liberty of Langbargh; 7 miles NE. of Guisborough. A small hamlet situated upon the sea, in a deep creek or bay, the lofty and rugged sides of which entirely seclude it from all distant view. Pop. 60. Easterby John, Esq. Hunton Captain David |