Whitewell, in the parish of Catterick, wap. of Gilling East, & liberty of Rich#mondshire; 61 mls. E.of Richmond. Pop.99.

WHITEWELL, in the parish of Crambe, and wap. of Bulmer; 6 miles SW. of Malton. This village takes its name from a singular well, the water of which is nearly the colour of milk. Pop. 182.

Letters are taken in at Whitewell Inn, and

forwarded by the Mail every day. Currer Rev. D. R. Whitewell house

Reed T. Whitewell Inn & posting hs.
Tiplady Mary, vict. White Horse

Whorlton, (P.) in the wap. & liberty of Langbargh; 6 miles SW. of Stokesley. The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to the Holy Cross; the living is a perpetual curacy, of which the Marquis of Ailesbury, is the patron; the Rev. William Deason, the incumbent, and the Rev. Thos, Brown, the officiating curate. Here are the remains of a castle supposed to have been erected about

mls. E. of Pickering. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Ellerburn. Pop. 203.

Wilton, (P.) in the wap. & liberty of Langbargh; 3 mls. NW. of Guisborough. At the western extremity of this village, formerly stood the ruins of Wilton castle, the baronial seat of the Bulmers, an ancient family of great reputation, and large possessions in Yorkshire, and the county of Durham, in which family this estate continued for many generations, till Sir John Bulmer, Knight, the last possessor, (of that family)

engaging in "The Pilgrimage of Grace," was attainted for high treason; when this, and his other estates were forfeited to the crown. The castle has been re-built according to its ancient order of architecture, by the Hon. John Lowther, M.P. the lord of the manor, by whom it is now occupied. The church, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the lord of the manor, and the Rev. Thos. Saul is the incumbent. Pop. 405.

Winton, in the parish of Sigston, wap. & liberty of Allertonshire; 4 mls. ENE. of Northallerton. Pop. 138.

WITTON EAST, (Within & Without), (P.) in the wap. of Hang West, and liberty of Richmondshire; 2 mls, SE. of MidThere is here a very good school

dleham.

the time of Richard II.; little now remains of the ancient fortress, except the lofty gateway tower, on which may yet be seen the arms of D'Arcy, Meynell, and Gray; who seem to have been successively lords of this mansion. -Thomas, the son of Edward Bruce, of Kinlos, was created Lord Bruce, of Whorlton, by King Charles I. in whose reign this chiefly supported by the Marquis of Ailesestate came into the possession of the ances-bury, who is lord of the manor, and who tors of the Marquis of Ailesbury, the present built a school room for its use in 1817, master's salary 601. per ann. This place is possessor. The church is remarkable for a beautiful ivy tree, which extends its branches noted for its excellent quarry of free-stone, along the interior in a curious and ornamen- The parish church, dedicated to St John in great repute for making grind-stones. tal manner, covering nearly the whole of the east window. Population, 583. the Evangelist, is a handsome Gothic structure, built in a commanding situation at the sole expense of the late Earl of Ailesbury, in commemoration of his Majesty George III. having lived to enter on the 50th year of his reign. This church, which was commenced in 1809, was opened on the 29th of March, 1812, under the authority of a license from Dr. Spark, Bishop of Chester, and consecrated on the 1st of Oct. in the same year, by Dr. Law, Bishop of that diocese. living, which is in the patronage of the Marquis of Ailesbury, is of the value of 100l. a year, exclusive of the vicarage and glebe. Population-parish within,444; parish without, 303: total, 747.-Jerveaux Abbey is in this parish, for which see page 463.

WIDDALEFELL, in the parish of Ayswarth, wap. of Hang West; 2 mls. SW. of Hawes.

Lodge Ottiwell, vict. Newby Head

WIGGINTHORPE, in the parish of
Terrington, wap. of Bulmer, 8 miles
NE. of Easingwold.
Garforth William, Esq.

WIGGINTON, (P.) in the wap. of
Bulmer, and liberty of St. Peter's; 4 miles
N. of York. Here is a church, peculiar of
Alue and Tollerton; the living is a rectory,
in the patronage of the crown. Pop. 309.
Dealtry Rev. F. W.

Smith Charles, Esq. Plainville house
Barker Thomas, gentleman
Lockey Mrs. Sarah

Wilden Grange, in the parish of
Coxwold, wap. of Birdforth, and liberty of
Ripon; 7 miles ESE. of Thirsk. Pop. 29.
Wilton, in the parish of Ellerburn,
wap. & liberty of Pickering Lythe;

The

Letters arrive 9 morn. return 2 afternoon.
Howson Thomas, gentleman
Jones Rev. Wm. A. M. vicar
King Samuel, gentleman

Basket Makers,
Hammond Thos.
Irwin Wm.

Carpenters, &c.
Raper Harry
Raper Reuben

and the Rev. John Cayley, is the incumbent.
At this place was formerly a priory, of which
some venerable Gothic ruins remain. It was

founded by Pagan Fitz Osbert de Wykeham,
about the year 1153, for nuns of the Cister-
cian order. The mansion-house, which is
near the ruins of the abbey, and a little to
the westward of the village, is an elegant
modern building, and the plantations are
judiciously dispersed. Pop. 582.
Langley Hon. Mrs. D. abbey
Pearson Henry, gentleman
Farmers,

Brown Moses
Hall Megginson
Hall Wm.

Pennock John

Glaves Edward

Simpkin Thos.

Webster Thos.

Fields Wm. shoemaker

Hodgson Robert, schoolmaster
Jowsey Richd, wheelwright & joiner
Marshall Peter, chief constable
Sharp Richard, vict. Black Bull
Troutsdale Wm. tailor

YAFFORTH, in the parish of Dan-
by Wiske, wap. of Gilling East, & li-
berty of Richmondshire; 1 m. W. of
Northallerton. Pop. 149.
Hood William, Esq.

Farmers & Yeomen, Masterman John
Bailey Joseph Moses Wm.
Grafton John Ward Leonard
Hood John
Webster John

Haw Michael, vict. Board

YARM, (P.)

edifice, re-built in the reign of Edward III. The living is a rectory, in the patronage of the lord of the manor, but the patrons being Catholics it has been repeatedly presented by the University of Cambridge; the incumbent is the Rev. John Headlam, who resides in the rectory house at Thorpe. Here, it is said, that John Wycliffe, the reformer, was born; and Dr. Thomas Zouch, the late rector of this parish, has presented an original picture of this Morning Star of the Reformation, In the wap. and liberty of Langbargh; 4° who he says, was a native of this parish, to miles from Stockton, 15 from Guisborough, the rectors of Wycliffe, as an heirloom. 16 from Northallerton, and 44 from York. Leyland says, that John Wickliffe hæreticus, The town is situated on a low peninsula, and was born at Spreswell, near Richmond; and is nearly surrounded by the river Tees, which in that immediate neighbourhood is Wille- winds round in the form of a horse shoe, and cliff pronounced exactly like the reformer's is here navigable for vessels of sixty tons burname, which Wycliffe is not. At all events then. The main street runs north and south the dispute is only about a few miles, and the and is very spacious. There is not much claim of Yorkshire and even of Richmond-trade, and no manufacture of any importshire to the birth of the Father of the Re- ance. The commerce in the place consists formation is undisputed.* Pop. 152. Wycomb, in the parish of Old Malton, and wap. of Rydale; 24 miles NE. of Malton.

WYKEHAM, (P.) in the wap. and liberty of Pickering Lythe; 7 miles SW. of Scarborough, situated on the high road from Malton to York. The parish church, dedicated to St. Michael and St. Mary, is a neat and commodious structure, having been repaired and embellished by the liberality of the late Richard Langley, Esq.; the living is a curacy, in the patronage of Mr. Hutchins, Dr. Whitaker's Richmondshire, p. 198.

principally in corn, flour, cheese, butter, and bacon, which are shipped hence to London. A great deal of salmon is caught in the Tees,

and this place partakes with Stockton in the advantage of the fishery. The market day at Yarm is on Thursday, but from the vicinity of this place to the rising town and port of Stockton, it had considerably declined, but is again reviving owing to the erection of several corn mills in the town and neighbourhood. The fairs, of which there are four annually, are on the Thursday before the 6th of April; on Ascension Day; on the 2d of August; and on the 19th and 20th of October. The fair of the 19th of October is

for horned cattle and horses, and that on the been made more capacious and built in a following day for sheep and cheese. The Oe- semi-circular form, and the bridge itself h tober fair is one of the most considerable in been widened and rendered a substantial the north of England, and brings a great in-structure. flux of money into the town and its vicinity. Some idea of the extent of the business done at it may be formed from the subjoined return of the number of waggons and carts laden with cheese, exposed for sale that day for four successive years:

Averaging about a ton and a half each, so that five hundred tons may be taken as the quantity sold, at each of these fairs, besides large supplies which are purchased by the merchants about the same time in the neighbourhood, and which never come into the fair. The new iron railway from Stockton to Darlington, and from thence to the collieries near Auckland, passes within a mile of Yarm, and a branch is completed from the main line to bring coals, lime, &c. down nearly to the bridge, which promises great advantages.

In 1805, an elegant iron bridge consisting of one arch one hundred and eighty feet span, cast by Messrs. Walkers and Co. of Masbrough, near Rotherham, was erected here, but owing to some defect in the abutments it unfortunately fell down about midnight on the 12th of January, 1806, when it was just on the point of being opened. This bridge is stated by Mr. Graves, in his history of Cleveland, to have cost 80007. and the weight of iron contained in it

was 250 tons.

The parish church of Yarm, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, stands at the west side of the town, and was rebuilt in 1730.-The exterior is plain and rather homely, but the interior is much admired for its neatness and good order; it is, however, chiefly remarkable for a window of painted glass, beautifully executed, by Pecket, in which is exhibited a full length figure of Moses, delivering the law on Mount Sinai. This living formerly was a rectory, but it is now only a perpetual curacy, of which the Archbishop of York is the patron. The Methodists, the Independents, the Catholies, and the Primitive Methodists, have each a chapel here, and the Society of Friends have their Meeting-house.

There is here an ancient Free Grammar School, founded and endowed in the time of Queen Elizabeth, by Thomas Conyers, of Eggliscliffe, in the county of Durham, and the benefits of which have been very essentially extended by the liberality of the late Wm. Chaloner, Esq. A National school, capable of containing 160 boys and girls, was built in 1816, by subscription, and it supported by voluntary contributions.

Owing to the peninsular situation of this town and to its slight elevation above the bed of the river, it is very liable to floods, the most memorable of which are those of the 17th of February, 1753, and the 16th and 17th of November, 1771. The inundation of 1753, was occasioned by a sudden thaw on the western hills, whieh laid the town seven feet deep under water in the higher parts, and which swept away great quantities of furniture, wares and live stock without occasioning the loss of any lives. The flood of 1771, at the time of the eruption of the Solway Moss in Cumberland, was more fatal It appears, from Tanner's Notitia, that and tremendous, the water in some parts of there was, "here an ancient hospital, dedithe town rose upwards of twenty feet in per-cated to St. Nicholas, founded by some of pendicular height, and many of the inhabitants were taken in boats from the roofs of their houses: a great quantity of property and some lives were lost, and many more must have perished inevitably had they not been preserved by the active humanity and timely assistance of the people of Stockton and the neighbouring villages. Similar, though less awful visitations have taken place since, and in the flood of the 3d of February, 1822, the water was seven feet deep in the main street of the town.

the family of Brus, before the year 1185," which continued till the dissolution, but not a vestige of it now remains, and even the site of it is unknown. There was also a house of Blackfriars, said to have been founded by Peter de Brus the second, who died in 1240, but it has disappeared, and a commodious mansion has been erected upon the spot, called the Friargate, now the seat of Thomas Meynell, Esq. the grounds of which are delightful, and extend about a mile along the banks of the Tees. The popula tion of the town has made a trifling advance during the last 10 years; in 1811 it amounted to 1431, and it now amounts to 1504, appears from the parliamentary returns just

To abate the violence of these frequent inundations, the bridge of five arches, built by Walter Skirlaw, Bishop of Durham, in the year 1400, has undergone several important alterations; the arch to the north has published.