accommodation of visitors, who resort hither for sea bathing. Slight traces of a Roman road are discernible in the vicinity. A Wesleyan Chapel was erected in the village in 1828, and a chapel for the Primitive Methodists in 1850. There is an extensive brick and tile manufactory here, belonging to Mr. Edwd. Walker, of Sproatley, who has another at Burton Constable.

In 1663, Robert Towrie, of Riccall, augmented the Vicarage of Aldbrough with the tithes of East Newton and Ringborough, and a house and garden and a quantity of land in the former place; and he gave a farm of 130 acres in Aldbrough, for the benefit of the poor parishioners. The income of the latter bequest is expended in the support of the school, in apprenticing children, and in the distribution of blankets, coals, &c., among poor families belonging to the parish. For an account of Tymperon's Almshouse, see p. 293. Bewick. This lordship formerly belonged to the family of Meaux, and subsequently to the Hastings and Moore families, and is now in the possession of the Hospital of St. Thomas, Southwark (London.) The hamlet contains about 827 acres, divided into three farms,-Bewick Hall, Westhill and Easthill. Bewick Hall, now in the occupation of Mr. Matthew Suddaby, is an ancient looking structure, the hall of which bears the date of 1636, and the wings that of 1788. Contiguous to it is a piece of ground, about 2R. 30P., surrounded by a deep moat; and in a field S.W. may be traced appearances of foundations where it is supposed the ancient hall of the Lords of Bewick was formerly situated. A place called Castle Hill, which forms an approach to this place, must be referred to it, and not to Aldbro' Castle, as supposed by some persons.

Carlton. The name of this town is derived from the Saxon Ceorls, or husbandmen's, town. The knightly family of Carlton took their surname from this place. Carlton and Fosham contain, by estimation, 1180 acres, and Richard Bethell, Esq., is Lord of the Manor. There are two good farms, called East and West Carlton; the former is the property of Henry Sykes Thornton, and in the occupation of Mr. J. Thompson, farmer; and the latter belongs to Mr. Bethell, and is occupied by Mr. Samuel Petchell. The old hall, the residence of the Carltons, fell nearly ninety years ago. The old well of the hall, and some strong foundations of the ancient mansion, are still to be seen on the last mentioned farm.

Fosham, in Saxon, the Moated House, contains three farms. Fosham Garth House seems to have been defended by a moat. Black Bush is the property and residence of Mr. Joseph Fox.

Etherdwick is a hamlet of three farms belonging to Mrs. Lutwidge, Miss Broadley, and Yarburgh Yarburgh, Esq. It was formerly the property of the family of De Etherdwick.

Tanstern (one farm) belongs to Mr. Bethell of Rise. At an early period it was in the family of De Tanstern, who had a moated mansion here.

East Newton Township.-The area of this township, which includes the hamlet of Ringborough, is 630 acres, and its population is 27 souls. It is situated on the sea coast, 1 mile E. of Aldbrough, and is divided into five farms; the manorial rights being vested in the several proprietors. Amount of assessed property, £2,039. Great tithes commuted in 1770.

Ringborough consists of one farm, the property of Colonel Grimston. West Newton Township. This township, called also Newton Constable, is in the possession of the Lord of the Seigniory, Sir T. A. C. Constable, Bart. The area is 778 acres, and the number of its inhabitants, 239. This return includes the hamlet of Burton Constable, which adjoins, but is situated in the parish of Swine. Amount of assessed property, £3,042. The Hamlet is small, and stands about 4 miles W. of Aldbrough, and 84 N.E. from Hull. An ancient hall or mansion appears to have stood near the farm house called Mount Pleasant, now in the occupation of Mr. B. P. Jackson, farmer. The Grange, the residence of Mr. John Robinson, is a good farm house. BURTON PIDSEA.-Burton is supposed to be derived from Beorh, or Bur, the place of interment of the Druids or the Ancient Britons.* The second name of Pidsea, Pudsea, or Pitsey, is said to be derived from De Puteace (Hugh de Pusac, alias Pudsey), who was sub-Lord of the Manor. In some old deeds it is called Burton by th' Sca; and it is very probable that the full name of the place is a corruption of Burton-per-Sca; or by the Sea, as in early ages this district was covered with water, The area of the parish is 1980 acres; rateable value, £3,315.; amount of assessed property, £3,106.; population, 394 souls. Lord of the Manor, Sir T. A. C. Constable; principal landowners, Messrs. M. Prickett of Hull, and William Clapham, Thos. Ford, William Baxter, and William Spencer, residents in the parish. The soil is rich and fertile.

The Church is an ancient Rectory, now a Discharged Vicarage, a peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York, who are the patrons; Archbishop de Grey, having purchased it of the Abbey of St. Martin, Albemarle, in 1230, and ap

In 1818 two human skeletons were discovered by workmen, whilst excavating for the foundations of a house, on an estate in Burton Pidsea. No coffins were observed, but in the earth were found two antique circular ear-rings, of vitrified glass, and other articles. Ear-rings of this description were worn by the early Britons as charms and amulets. Upon being exposed to the air, the skeletons gradually crumbled to dust, except the skull and some of the larger bones. From the number of human bones exhumed in the gardens, in the same year, it was supposed that the field had been an ancient cemetery, though no coffins were found.

propriated it to his Cathedral Church. It is valued in the King's Books at £6., was augmented with £400. of Queen Anne's Bounty in 1810 and 1818, and is now worth but £42. per ann. The great and small tithes, the property of the Dean and Chapter of York, were commuted, in 1761, for about 160 acres of land, and Mr. Wm. Clapham is the lessee of the same. Vicar, Rev. Joshua Smyth. The Structure (St. Peter), which is handsome, is principally in the later English style, and comprises a nave and aisles, chancel, a south chapel, and a fine west tower, embattled. The chancel was thoroughly repaired, in 1838, by Mr. Clapham. The west face of the lower story of the tower contains a fine pointed window of four lights, with three perpendicular mullions; and in the upper stage in cach face is a pointed window of two lights. There is a brick porch on the south side. The nave is much higher than the chancel. The nave is divided from the aisles by three pointed arches, resting on octagonal pillars. The south chapel, which was dedicated to St. Mary, and is now used as a Sunday School, is divided from the chancel by two arches now blocked up. There are piscinas in the chancel, chapel, and at the cast end of the south aisle. The whole of the windows were restored, reglazed, and decorated with stained glass, a few years ago. In the chancel are several monuments to the Clapham family, two of them bearing the family crest elegantly carved. In the north aisle is a neat marble tablet to the memory of two daughters of Mr. Harland of this place; and in the south aisle is a very neat Gothic monument to the late Isaac Raines, Esq., M.D., who died in 1846, and whose remains are interred in the south chapel. Attached to the church is a library of 150 volumes, the gift of the Rev. J. C. Edwards, late Curate of the parish.

The Village is picturesque, and situated on ground commanding an extensive prospect, and surrounded by some fine trees. It stands about 11 miles E. by N. of Hull, and 4 E. of Hedon. Chatt House, the residence of Mr. W. Clapham, was the property of a family named Chatt, in the 17th century. It was rebuilt, with much taste, by Mr. Clapham, in 1839.

Bramhill House, the residence of Mr. T. Ford, is another handsome building, erected in 1843; and the other good commodious residences are those of Messrs. Wm. and Hugh Baxter, and Mr. Harland. In the village is an iron and brass foundry, and implement manufactory, belonging to Mr. John Stamford, and a brick and tile manufactory, the property of Mr. Baxter. A fair was formerly held here on the 12th of July. The Baxter family of this place are noted as breeders of race horses, the celebrated mare "Nancy," the star of the turf in 1851, was bred by Mr. Baxter.

A small Wesleyan Chapel was erected here in 1847.

DRYPOOL. The parish of Drypool is included with the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull. (See page 142.)

GARTON. This parish includes the hamlet of Grimston Garth, and a third part of Owstwick. The former township contains 1,797 acres, of the rateable value of £2,220.; population 165 souls. The manor anciently belonged to the family of De Garton. Colonel Charles Grimston of Kilnwick, near Beverley, and Grimston Garth, is the present Lord of the Manor of Gartoncum-Grimston, and he, together with Kendall, Esq., M.D., W. D. Crook, Esq., and Joseph Wilson, are the principal proprietors.

The Living is a Discharged Vicarage, in the gift of the Crown, and Incumbency of the Rev. Isaac Dixon. It is rated at £6. 1s. 04d.; was augmented with £400. from Queen Anne's Bounty in 1767 and 1787; and is now returned at £97. per annum. The Church (St. Michael) is a small ancient structure, consisting of a nave, chancel, south aisle, and porch, with a low massive tower at the west end. The aisle is divided from the body by three pointed arches, resting on sexagonal columns without capitals. The nave and chancel is separated by some fine oak trellis work. On the north of the church is a mausoleum built by Mr. Grimston. It is a red brick building arched semicircularly.

The Village is small, and stands about 12 miles N.E. of Hull, and 9 N.E. of Hedon. There is a small Methodist Chapel here, erected in 1826.

Blue Hall, now a farm house, is the old manor house of Garton, and the property of Dr. Kendall. Much of the ancient moat may still be traced.

Grimston. This place probably derived its name from one of its first possessors, and was Grimes-town. The lordship gave name to the family in whose possession it has been since the Conquest. Sylvester de Grymston attended William Duke of Normandy, on his expedition to England, as his standard bearer, and in that station fought at the battle of Hastings; and in the following year the Conqueror bestowed upon him lands here and in other places. Sir John Grimston, of Grimston Garth, was knighted by Henry II.

Grimston Hall, the seat of Charles Grimston, Esq., late Colonel of the East York Militia, was built between the years 1781 and 1786, by the late Thomas Grimston, Esq. The mansion is situated near the sea shore, on one of the most elevated situations in Holderness, and commands most extensive prospects. It is spacious, and of a castellated form, and has three circular towers at the angles, with a polygonal erection rising from the centre. The extensive park is approached by a noble entrance lodge, consisting of a centre with four octagon towers at the angles. It has a sham portcullis; the family arms are on a shield over the gateway; and the top is embattled.

Grimston Garth farm house, in the occupation of Mr. William Voase, stands on the site of the ancient mansion of the Grimstons. The old hall, which was moated, was burnt down in the life time of William Grimston, who was born in 1640.

HEDON.

Hedon, or Heydon, is stated to have been a place of some importance in the Saxon times, but this account does not rest on any solid foundation. Tradition says that the place was destroyed by the Danes, and a great battle is said to have been fought here by that people, in a close called Dane's field, but of this there is nothing authentic. Leland says that Heddon "hath been a fair Haven town," once insulated by sea creeks, but in his time approached by three bridges, and having the haven "very sorely decayed." "There were three Paroche Chirches in Tyme of Mynde," he continues, "but now there is but one, of S. Augustine. And not far from this Chirch Garth appere tokens of a Pile of Castelle, that was sometyme ther for a Defence of the Town." He adds, " Saurning and Choking of the Haven, and Fier defacing much of the Town, hath been the decay of it. Sum say that the Staple of Woulle, of the north partes, was ons ther. Treuth is that when Hull began to flourish, Heddon decaied. The Erle of Albemarle and Holderness was Lord of Heddon, and also of Skipton, in Craven, at the same Tyme. This Earl had a great Manor Place at Newton, a mile byneth Heddon, nerer to Humbre then it, for it stondith on the lower side of the Creke, and Heddon on the upper." Camden in like manner speaks of Hedon having been anciently (according to fame) a considerable seaport. Some writers tell us that a charter was given to the borough by King Athelstan, but this deserves little notice. Hedon appears to have derived its name from the Saxon word Heda, meaning a port or small haven; and the town not being mentioned in the Domesday Survey, is rather against the supposition that it was a place of any note before the Conquest. The first authentic fact on record respecting it, is in the reign of King Henry II., when that monarch granted William Earl of Albemarle "free burgage in Heddune, to him and his heirs, in fee and inheritance, so that his burgesses of Heddune may hold freely and quietly in free burgage as my burgesses of York or Nichol" (Lincoln.) King John confirms this charter in the year 1200, by granting to Baldwin Earl of Albemarle and Holderness, and to his wife Hawise, free burgage here by the same tenure and with the same privileges as at York and Lincoln. Mr. Poulson remarks that this free burgage was not granted to the inhabitants of Hedon, but to their over lords; but no doubt these charters relieved the 3 A

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