pended upon the poor and the school; £5. being "for buying and keeping a town's bull."

Melton is usually styled a chapelry, but has no chapel of ease. The rateable value of the township is £1,028.; and the assessed property amounts to £1,256. The Village stands 1 mile E.S.E. of Welton. Melton Hill is the beautiful seat of George Whitaker, Esq.; and the Grange is the residence of the Rev. T. B. Paget. Near Melton is a submerged forest, the date of the submerging of which is not recorded in history.

WILTON BEACON DIVISION. ----The following parishes are comprised in this, the north-western portion of the Wapentake of Harthill:-Allerthorpe, Barmby-on-the-Moor, Bishop Wilton, Burnby, Catton, Fangfoss, Full Sutton, Givendale, Huggate, Kiluwick-Percy, Millington, Nunburnholme, Pocklington, Sutton-upon-Derwent, Thornton, Warter, and Wilberfoss. Area of this division, 54,010 acres; population, 4,382 males, 4,086 females; total, 8,468 persons.

ALLERTHORPE.-This parish includes the townships of Allerthorpe and Waplington. The first mentioned township contains 1,565 acres, and 164 persons. The rateable value is £1,524., and the assessed property, in 1815, amounted to £1,382. The general surface of the parish is flat, and wellwooded; the soil is of a light and various quality, but chiefly sandy. The parish is bounded on the east by the Pocklington Canal. The principal landholders are the Hon. Captain A. Duncombe (Lord of the Manor), Mr. J. Stephenson, Rt. Denison, Esq., Mr. Rt. Sanderson, and J. Silburn, Esq.

The Living is a Curacy, annexed to the Vicarage of Thornton, not in charge. The tithes were commuted for rent charges. The Church is a small ancient edifice, consisting of a nave and chancel. On the apex of the roof, at the west end, is a singular belfry, of two open arches, covered with a pedimental cap. There are two large bells in this belfry. A vestry was erected on the north side of the chancel, a few years ago. The font is very ancient. The Parsonage House is a little west of the church.

The Village is small, but very neat, and stands about 14 mile S.W. by W. of Pocklington. Allerthorpe Hall, the seat of John Silburn, Esq., is a good house, with two fronts, erected about 50 years ago. Mr. Silburn purchased this place of the Hon. A. Duncombe, in 1851. The Manor House is a farm house at the west end of the village. The School is endowed with the interest of £200., left by John Hart, Esq., in 1818. Other charities amount to about £18. per annum.

Waplington Township lies on the S.W. side of the parish, and has no village. It consists of 790 acres, on which there are six scattered dwellings. Population, 45 souls; rateable value, £676.; assessed property, £740. The whole township belongs to R. Denison, Esq., who resides at the Hall, a neat building, in the Elizabethan style. The Warren Farm, now in the occupation of Mr. Robert Ellis, was formerly a rabbit warren. The tithes were commuted in 1839, for rent charges.

BARMBY-ON-THE-MOOR. -Area, 2,290 acres; population, 486 persons; rateable value, £2,308.; assessed property, £2,517. The surface for the most part is level, and the soil, which is generally sandy, was chiefly open moor previously to the enclosure of the parish. The chief proprietors are the Hon. A. Duncombe (Lord of the Manor), G. and J. Swann, Esqrs., Robert Denison, Esq., and John Silburn, Esq.

All our antiquarians have agreed that there are indications of a Roman road on the moor at this place, where Dr. Lister found urns, cinders, and various marks of a Roman pottery. Mr. Gough says, that near Barmby Moor Inn this road appears very plain, and may be traced most part of the - way on the present road; and again, that a mile from the inn, eastward, near moorish ground, it is particularly visible, sometimes serving as the present road, and sometimes left on one side of it. It is considered highly probable that the road from Stamford Bridge to Barmby is Roman, and that the present turnpike from Barmby to the end of the moor near Wilberfoss, is likewise Roman; whilst from the same place to Hayton, eastward, it is distinctly visible. Thence it is conjectured to have passed by Thorpe-in-the-Street, and joined the road from Millington to Brough, most probably at the top of the hill near Goodmanham, where the Roman road to the Spurn branched off.

The Benefice is a Discharged Vicarage, a peculiar of the Dean of York, rated at £5. 6s. 8d., and now worth £50. per annum, being augmented with £400. of Queen Anne's Bounty. One Vicar is ordained in this church and that of Fangfoss, each reckoned a separate parish, yet made but one vicarage. The present Incumbent is the Rev. Rt. Taylor. Tithes commuted in 1777.

The Church (St. Catherine) is an ancient structure, consisting of a nave and chancel, with a west tower, surmounted by an elegant modern octagonal spire. The nave and chancel were rebuilt, and the interior refitted, in 1851-2; and it is now a neat Gothic edifice, with stained glass windows. The Vicarage House is a good brick building.

The Village, which was anciently a market town, is seated on the post road to York, about 14 mile W. of Pocklington. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a small chapel here; and the School and the poor have a charity fund amounting to about £38. per ann. The parish feast is held on the Thursday after July 10th. The Manor House is a farm house; Barmby Grange is in the occupation of Mr. W. H. Cook.

BISHOP WILTON. - This parish comprises the townships of Bishop Wilton with Belthorpe, Bolton, and Youlthorpe with Gowthorpe, containing altogether 7,224 acres, and 886 inhabitants; of which the first mentioned township contains 4,970 acres, and 652 persons. Rateable value, £3,753; assessed property, £3,149. At the time of the Norman Survey this parish had a church and a priest, and the manor was held by the See of York. The place derives its affix from the palace which was erected here by Archbishop Neville, in the reign of Edward IV. This episcopal residence stood in a moated field, near the church, where there is now a large farm house, and some fine avenues of lofty trees. On the summit of a hill in this parish is the beacon, which gave name to this part of Harthill Wapentake. The view from it is very extensive and luxuriant, the country beneath being in a high state of cultivation; and the scenery is highly romantic, embracing valleys of considerable length, with hanging woods, and several small but pleasing streams. There are some tumuli, and several good farm houses on the Wolds. The soil belongs to Sir Tatton Sykes (Lord of the Manor), James Singleton, and several other proprietors. The Living is a Discharged Vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the court of the Dean of York; valued in the King's Books at £7. 3s. 6d., and now returned at £148. per ann., being augmented with £1,100. of Queen Anne's Bounty, from 1756 to 1823. Sir T. Sykes is patron, and the Rev. Joseph Shooter, incumbent. The tithes have been commuted.

The Church (St. Edith) is an ancient fabric, comprising, in addition to the usual parts of a parish church, a north chapel. The tower is comprehended in the plan, contains three bells, and is surmounted with an octagonal spire. The interior is spacious; the nave and aisles are divided by four pointed arches supported by octagonal pillars; and on one of the windows are painted the arms of the Nevilles. The Vicarage House is a modern building.

The Village, which appears as if embosomed in an amphitheatre, is seated on both sides of a small brook, on the north-western side of the Wolds, about 44 miles N. of Pocklington. The Methodist Chapel was built in 1810, and the Primitive Methodist Chapel was rebuilt in 1838. There is a good parochial school. Sir Wm. Hildyard, in 1632, bequeathed out of his manor house and estate here, a yearly rent charge of £8. 13s. 4d., viz:-£6. 10s. for the Vicar, and £2. 3s. 4d. for the poor. At the enclosure in 1772, about 22 acres were allotted to the poor; who also receive £3. 12s. per ann. from other sources. A person named Whip died at Bishop Wilton, in 1784, at the advanced age of 115 years!

Belthorpe, about one mile W. of the village, consists of a farm, the house of which stands on the moated site of an ancient mansion. Here is a fine spring, which rises from a hard grit stone, and was once famed for its medicinal virtues; it is called St. Leonard's Well.

Bolton Township contains 904 acres, and 129 persons; rateable value, £866.; assessed property, £1,042. The soil belongs to several freeholders. The Hamlet stands about 3 miles N.W. of Pocklington, and 3 miles W. S.W. of Bishop Wilton. The Hall is now a farm house. The Wesleyans have a small chapel here.

Youlthorpe with Gowthorpe Township. -The area is 1,350 acres, of the rateable value of £858.; population, 105 souls. The Hamlet of Youlthorpe is situated about 5 miles N.W. by N. of Pocklington, and 2 miles W.N.W. of Bishop Wilton; and the Hamlet of Gowthorpe, called also Yawthorpe, is about a mile distant from Youlthorpe; and both are small places. The land chiefly belongs to R. Lucas, B. Egar, and J. Blanchard, Esquires.

BURNBY. This parish contains 1,667 acres, and 129 souls; rateable value, £2,035; assessed property, £1,662. The soil is generally a rich clay, the surface undulated, and the scenery in many situations very picturesque. Sir C. H. J. Anderson is Lord of the Manor, and principal proprietor.

The Living is a Discharged Rectory, in the patronage of the Duke of Devonshire; valued in the Liber Regis at £7. 15s., and now returned at £318. nett per ann.

The Rev. Charles Carr is the present Rector.

The Church (St. Giles) is a small structure, consisting of a nave and chancel, of Norman design. On the north side are marks of four semicircular arches, which formerly divided the nave from the aisle, and two pointed arches, which also separated the chancel from a similar adjunct. The west end of the building was restored about 18 years ago, and shortly afterwards the interior was repewed by the present Rector. At the west end is a handsome doorway and a bell turret, both in the Norman style, erected by and from a design of the present Rector, who likewise rebuilt and enlarged the Rectory House. The latter is a good commodious residence, situated a little eastward of the church.

The Village stands about 3 miles S.E. of Pocklington, on a branch of the river Derwent, and near the York and Market Weighton Railway, on which line there is an intermediate Station here. The Manor House is a farm house in the village. Part of the village belongs to Hayton parish. Burnby House is the residence of Mr. Simeon Templeman. CATTON. The townships of High and Low Catton, and East and West Stamford Bridge, are comprised in this parish, making together 8,150 acres, and 1,075 souls, including Kexby, now an independent parish. The assessed property amounts to £7,048. The Township of Low Catton contains 2,140 acres, and 176 inhabitants. The surface of the parish, in which is some good land, is generally level, and there are some fine plantations. The manor of Catton includes the two Cattons, East Stamford Bridge, Full Sutton, Newton-on-Derwent, and Wilberfoss, and passed to Colonel George Wyndham from the late Earl of Egremont. The tithes of the whole parish were commuted for allotments, at the enclosure in 1760.

The Living is a Rectory, in the patronage of Col. Wyndham, and incumbency of the Hon. and Rev. Fitzroy Stanhope. It is rated at £21. 12s. 84d., and now returned at £270. nett per annum. The Church (All Saints) is a neat edifice, comprising a nave with aisles, a chancel, and north chapel, and an embattled tower at the south-west angle, containing three bells. The whole appears to be the work of the 15th century. An arcade of four pointed arches divides the nave from the aisles, and the columns which support the arches are octagonal. The font is circular. The old rectory is now a farm house, on the north side of the church yard, and the present Rectory House, a good residence, stands a little south-east from the church.

The Village of Low Catton is agreeably situated, on the eastern bank of the Derwent, about 8 miles E. from York. There is a good School, erected in 1841 by Col. Wyndham, and endowed by him with £13. per annum.

High Catton Township contains 1,640 acres, and 177 persons; rateable value, £1,405.; assessed property, £1,206. The Hamlet stands pleasantly, on a gentle acclivity, about 1 mile E. of Low Catton. Here is a small Wesleyan Chapel, erected in 1805.

Stamford Bridge. This is a considerable village, on both sides of the navigable river Derwent, nearly 8 miles E.N.E. from York, and 14 mile N.W. of Catton, on the high road to Driffield and Bridlington. It is mostly in the Township of East Stamford Bridge, which contains 680 acres, and 407 inhabitants, and partly in West Stamford Bridge with Scoreby Township, which has 1,891 acres, and 165 persons. The latter township is locally situated in the Ouse and Derwent Wapentake. The amount of assessed property in the former township is £1,229., and in the latter, £2,121. Principal landowners, Colonel Wyndham (Lord of the Manor), Charles Albert Darley, Esq., Thomas Saltmarsh, Esq., and Mr. G. H. Matterson.

The river is crossed at the village by a good stone bridge, of three semicircular arches. Here are extensive corn mills, and a large brick and tile manufactory, and near the village is a Station on the York and Market Weighton Railway. A large fair for horses, cattle, &c., is held on the west