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MAPPLETON. This parish was anciently called Mapleton, because it abounded in maple trees. It comprises the hamlets of Rowlston and Great Cowden, and part of the township of Great Hatfield. The parish is bounded on the east by the German Ocean, and contains, according to the census of 1851, 4,279 acres, and 449 inhabitants. The Township of Mappleton including Rowlston, contains 2,022 acres, of the rateable value of £2,202.; population of both places, 203 souls. The manor anciently belonged to the Le Brus and St. Quintin families, and seems to have passed by marriage, in the same manner with that of Brandesburton, to the Dacres. In the beginning of the 18th century the family of Gee, of Beverley, possessed the manor, and from them it passed to Robert Moiser, Esq. The chief proprietors at present are E. R. M. Whyte, Esq. (Lord of the Manor), and B. Haworth, Esq.

This Church, peculiar, is a Perpetual Curacy, dedicated to All Saints, or St. Nicholas, in the patronage of the Archdeacon of the East Riding, and Incumbency of the Rev. Christopher Forge. It is rated at £4. 13s. 4d.; was augmented with £800. of Queen Anne's Bounty, and with £200. given by the Dean of Ripon, and the Rev. Wm. Gee, in 1811; and its nett annual value is now returned at £58. The tithes were commuted in 1770.

The Edifice, which consists of a nave, north aisle, chancel, and tower, is now being restored by public subscription. On the north side of the building there is a chapel, or chantry, long used as the burial place of the Broughs. In it is a large and beautiful table monument of white marble. The church is on elevated ground, and there is an extensive view from the churchyard. In 1786 the church, in a direct line, was 28 chains and 26 links distant from the sea; In 1836 it was 25 chains 17 links. The sea is considered to encroach three yards annually.

The Village is pleasant, and stands about 3 miles E. by S. of Hornsea, and 13 E. by N. of Beverley. The Parsonage, erected in 1822, is a large brick building, south of the church. The Manor House, now in the occupation of Mr. Charles Jackson, is an ancient brick structure near the west end of the church. There is a small Wesleyan Chapel here, built in 1828. The poor parishioners have the dividends of £126. 5s., four per cent. stock, purchased with £100. left by Robert Brown, of Great Cowden, in 1790.

Roulston, Rolston, or Rolleston, as it is variously written, is a hamlet, or constablewick, 1 mile N.W. of Mappleton. It contains 796 acres, and 39 inhabitants. The manor went by marriage, as in the case of Mappleton, to the Dacre family. It was subsequently in the Mayne family, and passed from them to the Trusloves, an heiress of whom carried it in marriage to the family of Brough, with whom it continued till the death of the widow of

Wm. Brough, Esq., Marshal of the High Court of Admiralty, in 1822; when it descended to Theresa, wife of Benjamin Haworth, Esq., of Rowlston Hall and Hull Bank House, who is Lady of the Manor. The Hall is an old building, and was formerly moated.

Great Cowden in this parish, and Little Cowden in Aldbrough parish, forms the township of Cowdens Ambo. The name of the place was anciently written Colden, probably from Ceal Cold, den, or dun, a village. The area of the township is 1,750 acres, and the population is 146 souls. Rateable value, £1,621. From an early period the manor of Colden belonged to, and was held under, the Archbishop of York, as chief of the Church of St. John of Beverley. In later times this manor belonged to the Gee's, and passed from Mr. Moiser to E. R. M. White, Esq., who, with William Wright, Esq., and Messrs. B. Duke and Thomas Jackson, are the chief proprietors. The Hamlet of Great Cowden is situated about one mile S.E. of Mappleton. The Manor House is an ancient thatched building in the village.

Here is a small Wesleyan Chapel.

Little Cowden, or Colden Parva, was anciently a Parochial Chapelry, but the chapel, which was dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, and a portion of the village was swept away by the sea about 150 years ago. The living is a Rectory, in the gift of the Crown, and formerly contributed to the church of Mappleton, but it is now annexed to Aldbrough. This place is in two farms. Great Hatfield Township will be noticed under the parish Sigglesthorne. NUNKEELING. This parish, including the hamlet of Bewholme, covers an area of 2,220 acres, and contains 269 inhabitants. The assessed property amounts to £3,418. The place is called Chillinghe in Domesday, and the etymology is probably a compound of the Saxon Chil, cold, and inge, afterwards corrupted to Keeling or Killing; and being celebrated for a Priory, it afterwards obtained the prefix of Nun.

The Priory of Nunkeeling was founded in the reign of King Stephen (about A.D. 1150), by Agnes de Arches, or de Catfoss, wife of Sir Herbert St. Quintin, for nuns of the Benedictine Order, and was dedicated to God in honour of St. Mary Magdalen and St. Helen. She endowed it with the church here, and three carucates of land, and the neighbouring proprietors soon enriched it with many other lands, &c. Burton, in his Monasticon Eboracense, has given a list of their possessions, with the names of the donors. The Priory escaped the dissolution of the lesser monasteries, in 1537, but in 1540 it was suppressed, its revenues being valued at £50.17s. 2d. gross, and £35.15s. 5d. nett. The site and demesnes of the Priory, as well as the manor of Nunkeeling were granted (sold) to Sir Rd. Gresham, Knt., to be held in capite by

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Knight's service. The seal of the Priory attached to the deed of surrender, in the augmentation office, represents a full-length figure of St. Helen, with a cross in her right hand, and a book in her left. The lower portion of the legend is deficient; the following remains: - S. SANCTE. HELE...... ECCLE. D'KILLING.

The following is a list of Prioresses of Nunkeeling, with the dates in which their names occur:-Agnes de Roos de Beverley, in 1299; Amaricia de la More, 1303; Isabel de St. Quintin, 1316; Isabel Burton, 1380; Jane or Joan Barnston; Jane Trymm, 1453; Eleanor Roote, 1493; Margaret Fulthorpe, 1504; Isabel Metham, 1505; Jane Alanson, 1521; Christiana Burgh, 1547. The latter surrendered the house, and received a pension of £8. per annum during her life; and nine other nuns had much smaller pensions.

After passing through many hands, the manor and estates of Nunkeeling, together with the perpetual advowson of the church, were advertised for sale in the York Courant newspaper, of the 10th of August, 1773, by the trustees of John Hudson, Esq. Billings Hill was then sold to Mr. Jas. Farthing, then of Foston, and the remainder of the estate was sold in portions to several purchasers. The manor of Bewholme was also advertised for sale, and was included in the above-mentioned advertisement, but another advertisement appeared about the same time, cautioning the public against purchasing it, as it belonged to Mr. William Acklam, of Bewholme, and Mr. Johnson Beswick, of Reighton.

The Living is a Perpetual Curacy, augmented with £800. from Queen Anne's Bounty, from 1807 to 1817, and now returned at £55. per annum. It is in the gift of Mrs. Dixon, and Incumbency of the Rev. R. Otterburn. The present church stands alone in the fields, and is a small building, consisting of a nave and chancel, erected in 1810, at the expense of the then patron, T. Dixon, Esq. Parts of the circular pillars are the masonry of the old Priory church. The font is ancient. In the chancel is the mutilated effigy of a crusader, supposed to represent Sir Andrew Fauconberg, an early benefactor to the Priory; and near it is the full length effigy of a lady. An inscription on a white stone on the floor denotes that Robert Owst, an ecclesiastic, was buried there in 1480. This is the oldest memorial of the family of Owst. There are also several memorials of the family of Acklam, of Bewholme.

There is no village at Nunkeeling, strictly speaking, the houses being scattered all over the township. The Manor House, close to the church, seems to have been built from the old materials of the Priory. On the side of the road from this place to Catfoss, stands the broken shaft of an ancient stone cross. Billings Hill House and estate now belongs to John Rickerby, Esq., and is occupied by Mr. Henry Robson, farmer.

Bewholme is a pleasant village, situated about 3 miles N.W. from Hornsea. The principal landowners here are Mr. Thos. Ward, Mrs. Dixon, and Messrs. Chas. Cornwall and Wm. Acklam. The soil is chiefly a strong clay.

Nunkeeling Church is more than a mile west from Bewholme. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a small chapel here. The School, which was built in 1848, at a cost of £60. raised by subscription, is almost entirely supported by voluntary contributions.

Bewholme Hall, now in the occupation of Mr. Wm. Brankley, farmer, is a good building, erected by Sir William Pennyman, above fifty years since. RISE.-Franco, of Fauconberg in Normandy, who had come over at the time of the Conquest, held this place as a vassal of Drogo, at the period of the Domesday Survey. The Fauconbergs, of which this Franco was the ancestor, became ennobled, and were Lords of the Manor for nearly 400 years. Joan, daughter and heiress of Thomas Lord Fauconberg, carried this and many other estates in marriage to William de Neville, younger son of Ralph, first Earl of Westmoreland, who in her right became Lord Fauconberg. He was afterwards created Earl of Kent, and, dying in 1463, his property was divided amongst his three daughters. After the Restoration, Charles II. granted the lordship in fee to Sir Hugh Bethell, Knt., elder brother to John Bethell, Esq., from whom it descended to his posterity. The present much respected possessor, Richard Bethell, Esq., inherits the family estates under the will of the late Wm. Bethell, Esq., who died in 1799. The Bethell, or Ap Ithell, family are of Welch extraction. The present Mr. Bethell was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1822, and was elected one of the four parliamentary representatives of that county in 1830; and after the passing of the Reform Bill he was for some time one of the representatives of the East Riding He is now a Deputy Lieutenant of the East Riding, and for many years he was Chairman of the Quarter Sessions of that Riding. The arca of the parish of Rise, according to the census returns of 1851, is 2,012 acres, and the population is 197 souls. Rateable value, £2,097.; assessed property, £2,353. The surface is level, and the soil is chiefly clay.

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The Living is a Rectory, rated at £10. Os. 5d., and returned at £550. per The patronage is vested in the Lord Chancellor, and the present Rector is the Rev. W. J. Whateley. The tithes have been commuted for £537. 15s., and the glebe consists of 53 acres, with a very neat residence.

The Church (All Saints) was rebuilt in 1845, at a cost, it is supposed, of about £2,000., by Richard Bethell, Esq., and is now a neat structure, with a tower. It contains several monuments to the Bethell family. There were two chantries in this church before the Reformation, dedicated severally to the Blessed Virgin and St. Thomas the Martyr. The lands with which the former of those chantries was endowed, were appropriated by Edward VI., to the support of the school of Giggleswick in Craven.

There is no assemblage of houses that might be called a village; the farmhouses are scattered, and there are several neat cottages, for labourers, built by Mr. Bethell. The place is situated about 8 miles E.N.E. of Beverley, and 6 miles S.S.W. of Hornsea.

Rise Hall, the elegant seat of Richard Bethell, Esq., and of his nephew, Wm. F. Bethell, Esq., is situated in a fine park, beautifully ornamented with timber. About 300 head of deer occupy 130 acres; there are 120 acres of wood; and the fish ponds occupy 20 acres. The principal entrance to the park, near the church, is ornamented with two stone lodges having Doric columns. The old mansion house was taken down in 1815, and the present structure, which was erected in its stead, was finished in 1820, occupying a space of five years in building. It is a large handsome stone structure, in the Grecian style of architecture, having three fine fronts. The west front is ornamented with a portico, pillars, entablature, and pediment; the south front has two projecting wings of about six feet, and a plain pediment in the centre; and the north front is similar. The interior is very elegant and chaste in its design, decorations, furniture, &c.

The Rectory House is also situated in the park, behind the church. It is a neat residence, rebuilt in 1809, and surrounded with tastefully laid out gardens. There is a School for poor children, supported by Mrs. Bethell.

Wood House is the residence of Mr. Francis Dawson; and Rise Grange is in the occupation of Mr. Hugh Carr.

Farnton contains about 60 acres of land, in a conspicuous situation, planted with trees, and has a circular course formed for the purpose of training horses on it, but it is not now used for that purpose. Rise Bush is another conspicuous place, which, from its elevated station, and being planted with fine ash trees, is seen at great distances.

The poor parishioners have an annuity of 40s. out of the manor of Rise, left by Sir Hugh Bethell, in 1679; and they have also the greater part of the rent of a house and about 34 acres of land in Withernwick, purchased with benefaction money in 1738.

ROUTH. This place gave name to its ancient possessors, the knightly family of De Ruda, Ruth, or Routhe, as it has been variously spelt. The manor was in the Hildyard family from the reign of Elizabeth to that of Charles II., when Henry Hildyard, Esq., of East Horsley, in the county of Surrey, by will dated January, 1674, bequeathed it and several other manors