waggons for horned cattle and horses, and that on the been made more capacious and built in a following day for sheep and cheese. The Oc- semi-circular form, and the bridge itself has təber fair is one of the most considerable in been widened and rendered a substantial the north of England, and brings a great in- structure. In 1805, an elegant iron bridge flux of money into the town and its vicinity. consisting of one arch one hundred and Some idea of the extent of the business done eighty feet span, cast by Messrs. Walkers & at it may be formed from the subjoined re- Co. of Masbrough, near Rotherham, was turn of the number of waggons and carts erected here, but owing to some defect in the laden with cheese, exposed for sale that day abutments it unfortunately fell down about for four successive years : midnight on the 12th of January, 1806, when it was just on the point of being On the 20th of Oct.. 1818_359 oper This bridge is stated by Mr. Grares, ..................... 1819 -367 in his history of Cleveland, to have cost ....................... 1820- 383 8000l and the weight of iron contained in it ..................... 1821 329 was 250 tons. The parish church of Yarm, dedicated Averaging about a ton and a half each, so to St. Mary Magdalen, stands at the west that five hundred tons may be taken as the side of the town, and was rebuilt in 1730.quantity sold, at each of these fairs, besides the exterior is plain and rather homely, large supplies which are purchased by the but the interior is much admired for its merchants about the same time in the neigh. neatness and good order; it is, however, bourhool, and which never come into the chiefly remarkable for a window of painted fair. The new iron railway from Stockton glass, beautifully executed, by Pecket, in to Darlington, and from thence to the col which is exhibited a full length figure of lieries near Auckland, passes within a mile Moses, delivering the law on Mount Sinai. of Yarm, and a branch is completed from This living formerly was a rectory, but it is the main line to bring coals, lime, &c. down now only a perpetual curacy, of which the nearly to the bridge, which promises great Archbishop of York is the patron. The Me advantages. thodists, the Independents, the Catholies, and Owing to the peniusular situation of the Primitive Methodists, have each a chapel this town and to its slight elevation above here, and the Society of Friends have their the bed of the river, it is very liable to floods, Meeting house. the most memorable of which are those of There is here an ancient Free Grammar the 17th of February, 1753, and the 16th and School, founded and endowed in the time 17th of November, 1771. The inundation of Queen Elizabeth, by Thomas Conyers, of 1753, was occasioned by a sudden thaw on of Eggliselitte, in the county of Durham, the western hills, which laid the town seven and the benefits of which have been very feet deep under water in the higher parts, essentially extended by the liberality of the and which swept away great quantities of late Wm. Chaloner, Esq. A National school, furniture, wares and live stock without occa- capable of containing 160 boys and girls, sioning the loss of any lives. The flood of was built in 1816, by subscription, and is 1771, at the time of the eruption of the supported by voluntary contributions. 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, dedi. the town rose upwards of twenty feet in per- cated to St. Nicholas, founded by some of pendicular height, and many of the inhabit the family of Brus, before the year 1185," ants were taken in boats from the roofs of which continued till the dissolution, but not their houses: a great quantity of property a vestige of it now remains, and even the and some lives were lost, and many more site of it is unknown. There was also a must have perished inevitably had they not house of Blackfriars, said to have been been preserved by the active humanity and founded by Peter de Brus the second, who timely assistance of the people of Stockton died in 1240, but it has disappeared, and a and the neighbouring villages. Similar, commodious mansion has been erected upon though less awful visitations have taken the spot, called the Friarage, now the seat of place since, and in the flood of the 3d of Thomas Meynell, Esq. the grounds of which February, 1822, the water was seven feet are delightful, and extend about a mile deep in the main street of the town. along the banks of the Tees. The populaTo abate the violence of these frequent tion of the town has made a trifling adrance inundations, the bridge of five arches, built during the last 10 years, in 1811 it amountby Walter Skirlaw, Bishop of Durham, in ed to 1431, and it now amounts to 1614, the year 1400, has undergone several impor- as appears from the parliamentary returns tant alterations; the arch to the north has just published. DIRECTORY. Warwick Christ. Terry Christopher Willans Wm. Druggists, Flounders Benjamin, Esq. Brick & Tile Mfrs. Dod Tuomas Fowler David Burton, Esq. Dale Wm. Jackson Wm. Meynell Thomas, Esq. Friarage Greathead c. Spence John Robinson Marsball, Esq. barrister Bricklayers, Farmers, Waldy John, Esq. Bainbridge MichaelCairns Jeremiah * Bradley Rev. Joun, Catholic minister Johnson Anth. Flounders Josh. Cairns J. agent to T. Meynell, Esq. Johnson Robert Hall Isaac Deuxelle George Perrot, gentleman Weddell Thos. Mawlam Wm. Flounders Mary, gentlewoman Butchers, Maynard Richard Graves Rev. Joun, curate, and author Cowl George Stonehouse M. of the History of Cleveland Harker Matthew Terry Christ. Greame J. E. gentleman Knowles Robert Farriers, Heslop John, gentleman Laidler Joseph Barker Francis Meynell Miss, gentlewoman Leng Thomas Wilson Wm. Middleton R.M. gentleman Wastell Tbos. Flax Dresser, Nightingale Ann, gentlewoman Butter, &c. Factors,Burdon John Overton Mrs. W. gentlewoman Brittain George Gardeners, Passman Mary, gentlewoman Emmitt and Was. Hedley Robert Patten Masterman, yeoman tell, (ham) Lynas John Robinson Mrs. s. gentlewoman Miles Thomas Rowell Denvis Taylor Mary, gentlwoman Reeds John Grocers, Widdell Elizabeth, gentlewoman Walton George Appleton Richard Academies and Schools. Clock &c. Makers, Armstrong Tbos. Clawson Thomas, (day) Sherwood James Baker John Endowed Grammar, Rev. J. Graves Sherwood Thos. Dod Thomas Loughead Jane, (day) Stockton Francis Jackson Wm. National, Win.Board & Mary Stockton Coopers, Leighton Henry Prince Jane, (day) Fowler John Martin John Rowell Mary, (day) Martin John Reed F.Cuthbert Taylor Jane, (day) Stainshy Ralph Spence John Wéddell Elizabeth, (day) Suggitt Robert Taylor Jane, (tea) Wright Dorothy, (day) Corn Factors, Temple Thomas Appleton Richard Vallans Isabella Agents, Particular and General Barras John Wild George Miles Rd. (for purchasing pig lead) Brittain George Wilkinson Jobn Stonehouse Christopher, (to Guardian Emmitt & Wastell Hair Dressers, Life and Fire Insurance Office) Fawell Thomas Muir Andrew Altornies, Blacksmiths, Miles Thomas Potter George Driver William Smelt Newark Reed John Ironmongers, Garbutt Wm. Spence Job Corn Millers, Stockton Francis Auctioneers, Siaiosby Mark Appleton Richard Todd James Perkins W. J. K. Wilson Wm. Ermitt & Wastell Joiners, Smith Jobn Wright John Fidler Wm, Pape Richard Bakers, Boot and Shoeinkrs. Fidler Job Smith James Blakelock John Burn Stephen Garbutt Wm. Smith Jobn Nettlesbip John Calvert Thomas Curriers, &c. Linen, &c. Drapers Tate Thomas Fearnley John Kay Matthew Appleton Richard Wiseman Stephen Loftus Thomas Lister and Merry- Davison Thomas Lynas John weather Jackson Jagies Milliners, Close Rebecca Danby Harriot Jackson Mary Kingston Jane Orton Jane Plumbers and Gla ziers, Barras John Sherwood Henry Porter Dealers, Crisp George Walton George Saddlers, Greathead John Reed John Todd James Seedsmen, Appleton Richard Dod Thomas Jackson Wm. Orton Jane Surgeons, &c. Dale Jobn Green Geo, M. D. Kay Matthew Sherwood Henry Braithwaite Christ. Marshall Robert Spence John Shopkeepers, Blakelock John Brown Eliz. The MAIL, from the Greyhound Ins, to London at 5 afternoon, to South Shields at 2 morning LAND CARRIAGE. John Baker and Wm. Hutchinson, to to Darlington on Monday, and Stockton on Wed. James Procter, fishmonger, and carrier from Leeds to Hartlepool, arr. st the Greyhound, on Tu. and Sat. and ret.on Wed. and Sunday. Ralph Reed, to Darlington on Mon.; to Stockton on Tu. Wed. Thur. and Fri; and to Stokesley on Sat. Yearsley, in the parish of Cor wold, and wap. of Birdforth; 5 miles NE. of Easingwold. Pop. 170. Gowland Marm. vict. Wynn's Arms Hornby John, tailor and shopkeeper Wilson Wm. shoemaker Yerby, in the parish of Kirkleatham, wap. and liberty of Lang bargh; 1 miles NNW. of Guisborough. Yore, in the parish and township of Aysgarth, wap. of Hang West and liberty of Richmondshire; 4 miles E. of Askrigg. Directory included with Aysgarth. York Gate, in the parish of Wath, wap. of Halikeld, and liberty of Richmondshire; 5 miles NNE. of Ripon. Youlton, in the parish of Alne, and wap. of Bulmer; 5 miles SSW. of Easingwold. Pop. 56. WHO HAVE SEATS IN THE COUNTY OF YORK, With the Date of their Creation. The East-Riding is indicated by a ; the North-Riding by a † ; and the 1483 Bernard Edward Howard, DUKE OF NORFOLK, Earl of 1807 Right Reverend and Honourable Edward Venables Vernon, 1694 Wm. Spencer Cavendish, DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, Marquis 1793 Francis Charles Seymour Conway, MARQUIS OF HERTFORD, Earl of Yarmouth, Lord Conway and Killulta in Ireland, Warden of the Stannaries; Temple Newsom, (at present enjoyed by the Dowager Marchioness.) 1816 Francis Rawdon Hastings, MARQUIS OF HASTINGS, Earl of Rawdon, late Governor General of India, Constable and Chief Governor of the Tower of London, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the Tower Division, a General and Colonel of the 27th Regiment, (Earl of Moira, in Ireland) K.G. K.G.H. F.R.S. F.S.A. and M.R.I.A.; Rawdon Hall, (dilapidated.) 1821 +Charles Bruce Brudenell Bruce, MARQUIS OF AILESBURY, Earl Bruce, K.T.; Jerveaux Abbey (occasionally.) 1628 Sackville Tufton, EARL OF THANET, Lord Tufton, hereditary Sheriff of Westmoreland; Skipton Castle. 1661 +Frederick Howard, EARL OF CARLISLE, Viscount Mor peth, K.G.; Castle Howard. 1690 Richard Lumley Saunderson, EARL OF SCARBOROUGH, Vis count Lumley, (Viscount Lumley in Ireland) Sandbeck Park. 1711 William Legge, EARL OF DARTMOUTH, Viscount Lewis ham; Woodshall Hall. 1746 #Wm. Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Earl FITZWILLIAM, Visa count Milton, High Steward of Hull, Custos Rotulorum of the Soke of Peterborough and Recorder of HighamFerrers, (Earl Fitzwilliam in Ireland) D.C.L.; Wente worth House. 1749 *George O'Brien Wyndham, Earl of EGREMONT, Lord Cockermouth, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Sussex, F.R. A.S. Wressle Castle, (dilapidated.) 1754 +William Harry Vane, EARL OF DARLINGLON, Viscount Barnard, Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of the Residence.) 1712 * Henry Willoughby, LORD MIDDLETON, High Steward of the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield ; Birdsall Hall. an elder Brother of the Trinity House, Lord Lieutenant, in Ireland); Mulgrave Castle. Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire ; Harewood House. 1448 Wm. Stourton, LORD STOURTON ; Allerton Park. 1553 Kenneth Alexander Howard, Lord HOWARD OF EPFING HAM, a Lieutenant General and Colonel of the 70th Regi ment, G.C.B. K.T.S. Thundercliffe Grange. 1761 Thomas Philip Weddell Robinson, Lonn GRANTHAM, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire, Colonel of the Yorkshire Huscars, F.S.A. Newby Hall. 1776 #Edward Harvey Hawke, LORD HAWKE; Towton Hall and Womersley House. 1782 William Fletcher Norton, LORD GRANTLEY, F.S.A. ; Grantley Park. 1794 +Lawrence Dundas, Lord DUNDAS, L.L.D, and A.A. Aske Hall and Marshe Hall, 1796 John Christopher Burton Dawnay, Lord Dawnay, (Visa count Downe in Ireland ;) Danby Lodge and Cowick Park, |