which stood on an eminence on the south side, and afterwards on the north side of the road from Bainton to Driffield. The cause of the removal of the beacon, was the growth of a wood, which intercepted the view of the Kilham beacon. The knightly family of De Mauley were anciently seated in this place, and held the manor of the Seigniory of Holderness. The principal landholders are the Rev. R. C. Wilmot (Lord of the Manor), the Rector in right of his church, John Lee, Esq., Raikes, Esq., and Mr. John Topham. The Living is a Rectory, valued in the King's Books at £35. 148. 8td., and returned at £757. per annum. It is in the patronage of St. John's College, Oxford, and incumbency of the Rev. G. T. Clare. At the enclosure of the parish in 1774, 602 acres of land were allotted to the Rector in lieu of tithes, and six acres to the parish clerk.

The Church (St. Andrew) is a very handsome Gothic structure, consisting of a nave with aisles, a chancel, and a fine west tower, with an elegant pierced battlement. A considerable portion of an octagonal spire, which fell down about the middle of the last century, exists, and has a curious appear

The whole structure appears to have been erected about the latter part of the 13th century. In the west face of the tower is a fine window of four lights, and most of the windows of the church are large and of three lights, with quatrefoils in the arches, the outer mouldings resting on carved heads. There is a very neat stone porch on the south side, having a cross on its apex, and the present Rector (by whom the chancel was restored about the year 1841) removed an unsightly vestry which stood against the north side of the chancel, and erected what now appears to be a north porch, but which in reality is a vestry. Previous to the erection of this vestry there was a handsome doorway on the north side of the church, which is now placed in the front of the vestry, and which gives the building the appearance of a porch, though the doorway is walled up in the interior. This excellent contrivance gives a great uniformity to the plan of the church. The buttresses of the south aisle, and the east and west angles of the north aisle, have large gargoyles; and the whole is finished with a plain parapet. The nave and aisles of the church were re-fitted, newly roofed, and restored, about the year 1840, and the whole is now in most excellent preservation. The interior is very fine. The nave is divided from the aisles by four pointed arches, resting on lofty and elegant octagonal columns. The east window, which has some good tracery in the sweep of the arch, is filled with stained glass, by Wailes, inserted in 1844, at the expense of the Rev. E. H. Woodhall, late curate of the parish; and the other windows of the chancel are of ground glass, with coloured borders. The communion table is of Caen stone; the sanctuary is beautifully wainscotted, and the Decalogue, Creed, &c., are elegantly illuminated on a ground of gold. The sedilia is very neat. The western end of the chancel is fitted up as a choir; the pulpit and reading desk are neat; and the lectern is a finely carved eagle, in wood. The seats are all single, and the timber roofs are stained, The organ, which stands beneath the tower, was presented by the Rev. E. H. Woodall. On a recessed altar tomb in the south aisle, is the full length recumbent effigy, cross-legged, and in chain mail armour, of Peter de Mauley, Knt., who died in the reign of Henry III.; above the effigy is a pedimental canopy, richly crocketed and finished with a finial; and on each side an elegant and lofty buttress, with pinnacles, &c. Within the pediment is a pointed arch, and in the spandrils are representatives of angels, &c. In the upper part, against the wall, are three shields of

arms.

The whole is in good repair. In the centre of the chancel is the full length effigy in brass, of Roger Godeale, Rector of this church, but the date is destroyed. The font is circular, and is entirely covered with net or diamond work. At the east end of the north aisle is a neat tablet, surmounted with some elegant Gothic tabernacle work, to the memory of the late John Grimston, Esq., of Neswick, who died in 1846, aged 70; there are other monuments in the church to the Grimston family. The churchyard is exceedingly neat; and the Rectory House, which adjoins it on the south, is a commodious white brick building, in front of which are some tastily laid out pleasure grounds, which were formed at the expense of the present Rector, who has likewise improved the house, outbuildings, &c.

The Village is very neat, and pleasantly situated on the eastern side of the Wolds, about 6 miles S.W. of Driffield, and 10 N.W. from Beverley; and contains the remains of an ancient Market Cross. There is here the site of a moated building, a plan of which is drawn upon an old plan of the parish. The Primitive Methodist Chapel was built in 1837, and the Methodist Chapel in 1838. There are schools for boys and infants, supported by subscription. The Petty Sessions for the division of Bainton Beacon are held about once a month, at the New Inn, a large ancient brick building, north of the village, at which the manor courts were formerly held.

The principal farms and farm houses are the Beacon Farm, in the occupation of Mr. William Angas, which takes its name from the hill upon which formerly stood the above-mentioned beacon; Field House, the residence of Mr. Haldenby Sharp; the Glebe Farm, now held by Mr. Thomas Hotham; Dickendale House, occupied by Mr. Bielby Topham; Bainton Burrows Farm, held by Mr. Wm. Parks; and Bainton Heights House, the residence of Mr. John Topham. From the latter are very extensive views of Holderness, &c.

Neswick Township.-Area, 960 acres; population, 65 souls; rateable value, £1,426. The place is situated about 1 mile N.E. of Bainton, and is the sole property of the Rev. Richard Coke Wilmot, of Neswick Hall, a good mansion, standing in a well wooded park, on the north side of a picturesque valley. A girls' school in the park is supported by Mrs. Wilmot, and the children's pence. Neswick Farm is now in the occupation of Mr. John Wheatley.

NORTH DALTON.-This parish, of which the name signifies North Dale town, comprises 3,890 acres; population, 499 souls; rateable value, £3,412.; assessed property, £5,173.; chief landholders, Lord Londesborough (Lord of the Manor), James Walker, Esq., Henry Woodall, Esq., and Messrs. Wm. Binnington, jun., John Hudson, Wm. Leak, and Wm. Duggleby.

The Living is a Perpetual Curacy, rated at £9. 6s. 8d.; augmented from 1715 to 1819, with £1,400., in parliamentary grants, and with £307. 12s., subscribed by the patron and the landowners in the latter year, and now returned at £75. per annum nett. Patron and impropriator, James Walker, Esq.; Incumbent, Rev. Thomas Rankin.

The Church (All Saints) stands on a large conical mound of earth in the village, and is an ancient edifice, with a nave, chancel, and low embattled tower. The latter is of a more recent date than the church, and the chancel is the most ancient part of the edifice. The south door is Norman, with clustered cylindrical jambs, and the north door of the chancel, though plainer, is of the same style. The arch between the nave and chancel is also Norman, with zigzag ornaments. At the west end is a beautiful pointed window, and at the east end are three lancet windows. The interior was repewed in 1840, at a cost of £86. 10s., raised by subscription. The font is circular. In the chancel is a neatly carved Caen stone mural monument, to the memory of Mr. Thomas Binnington, who died Sept. 23rd, 1850, aged 64 and years; there are three neat monuments in the nave to the Dowker, Fawsett, and Buttle families.

The Village, which is highly romantic and picturesque in appearance, is situated in a deep valley in the Wolds, about 7 miles S.W. of Driffield. There is a deep pool of water opposite the church, which was never known to have been dry, except in the summer of 1826.

The Wesleyan Chapel in 1836. The Manor House, in the occupation of Henry Woodall, Esq., stands a little south of the church, and is surrounded with some fine elms; and at the west end of the church is an ancient farm house, said to have formerly been the Parsonage House, and now in the occupation of Mr. John Boast.

Chapel was built in 1839; and the Primitive Methodist
The School is supported by subscription.

The other good residences in the village are occupied by Mrs. Binnington, Mr. Wm. Binnington, jun., and Mr. John Hudson. There are two Granges in this parish; one of which is the residence of Mr. James Grubb, and the other is in the occupation of Mr. John Staveley. Wold House is occupied by Mr. William Binnington, and Shiptondale House is the property and residence of Mr. William Leak.

GREAT DRIFFIELD.

This parish contains the township of Emswell with Kelleythorpe, and the chapelry of Little Driffield, besides the town of Great Driffield. The area of Great and Little Driffield is 5,058 acres, and the chief proprietors of the soil are Lord Londesborough, Viscount Downe (Lord of the Manor), E. D. Conyers, Esq., and Mr. Robert Hornby. The parish is situated in the heart of a fertile district, the soil is well adapted to the growth of corn, the pastures are luxuriant, and the cattle bred here are of very superior quality. The famous short horned bull Patriot, bred by the late Mr. George Coates, was fed here about 35 years ago, and was sold for 500 guineas; and Mr. Coates afterwards bred a cow from the same stock, for which he is said to have refused the offer of 1,000 guineas. This neighbourhood is remarkable for the breeding of Leicester sheep, and there is, perhaps, no part of the world in which they arrive at greater perfection, or where the breeding of them is better understood. There is also here an excellent breed of carriage horses, and good waggon horses.

Several thousand acres of land in this district were formerly occupied as rabbit warrens. The air is pure and salubrious, and the locality is remarkably pleasant, and abounds with varied scenery.

The Market Town of Great Driffield is situated at the foot of the Wolds, and near the confluence of several fine trout streams, which, uniting their waters, flow south-eastward to Frodingham, where, receiving numerous tributaries, they form the river Hull. It is distant from Hull 22 miles N. by E., 13 N. of Beverley, 12 S.W. of Bridlington, and 196 miles N. from London. The assessed property in the parish, in 1815, amounted to £15,271. The population of Great Driffield in 1851 was 3,963 souls, viz:-1,894 males, and 2,069 females. The population of the same place in 1801 was 1,329 persons. Rateable value of Great Driffield town and township, £14,285. The town consists of one spacious street, extending nearly north and south, in a direction parallel with the principal stream, and of two or three small streets of inferior houses. The streets are lighted with gas, from works

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established in 1835, at an expense of £1,800., raised in shares of £10. each. These works were erected by Mr. John Malam, and have since been much enlarged. The inhabitants have an ample supply of excellent water. The Market is held every Thursday, and for corn it is said to be the best market in the East Riding. A market for fat cattle is held on every alternate Wednesday. There are Fairs for horses, cattle, and sheep, at Little Driffield, on Easter Monday, Whit Monday, August 26th, and September 19th.

There are branches of the York Union, the East Riding, and the Bridlington and Driffield Banks; as well as a branch of the Hull Savings' Bank, opened in 1831. The amount deposited in the latter during the year 1854 was £7,491.; and the amount paid to depositors is £6,514.. The total amount deposited since the opening of the bank, is £103,412.; and the amount paid to depositors, is £78,588.

The principal trade is in corn, of which the surrounding district affords an abundant supply. There are several extensive steam and water corn mills on the various streams in the town and neighbourhood, viz:-Poundsworth Mill (in Hutton Cranswick parish) about 1 mile from the town, now occupied by Mr. Thomas Dawson; River Head Corn and Bone Mill, the property and in the occupation of Messrs. Harrison; King's Mill, worked by Mr. William Witty; the Albion Steam Mill, the property of Mr. Chambers Sproxton; and the Bell Corn and Bone Mills, situated in Skerne parish, and formerly a flax spinning and dressing mill. The corn mill is worked by Mr. W. Wrigglesworth, and the bone mill by Mr. Brigham, of Beverley. There are likewise two wind mills in the town, one of which is worked by steam.

The Driffield Canal was constructed under an act of the 7th of Geo. III. (1767), and extends along the side of the principal stream to the river Hull, a little below the bridge at Frodingham. At the head of the canal are commodious wharfs and warehouses, as well as two mills for crushing bones.

There are several good Breweries. Gibson's Foundry was established in 1826; Johnson's Foundry, in 1848; and Pickering's Foundry, in 1854. These three are likewise agricultural implement manufactories. Harker's Foundry is also a millwright establishment, and it was at it that the fine powerful water wheel of the Wansford Mill was cast. The manufacture of Artificial Manure is carried on here to a considerable extent, by Messrs. F. C. Matthews and Co., manufacturing agricultural chemists. This excellent manure has, in the course of seven years, attained so great a notoriety for its good qualities, that not less than from £5,000. to £6,000. worth of it is annually manufactured and sold here, and during the past season an area of not less than 15,000 acres of crops in this locality were placed under its fertilizing influence.