battlement, adorned with pinnacles at the angles, and the finish of the nave and chancel is a pierced parapet. At the east end is a large window, and above it the arms of Lord Middleton. The interior is very neat, and contains some marble tablets to the Willoughby family. There is an organ on the gallery at the west end, and beneath the gallery is a handsome marble font. The church is said to have cost nearly £6,000.

Birdsall is distant about 5 miles S.S.E. of Malton, but there is no assemblage of houses that may be called a village. Birdsall House, the seat of Henry Willoughby, Esq., is a large mansion delightfully situated in an extensive and well-wooded park, which was very much enlarged and improved by the late Lord Middleton, who occasionally resided here.

The old Manor House is a good building, occupied by Mr. James Colby, whose ancestors have resided here for several generations. The neighbourhood of this house is supposed to be the site of an ancient village, now gone. The Grange is the residence of Mr. Edw. Donkin, steward to Mr. Willoughby. The other farms with designations are Aldrow House, in the occupation of Mr. Wm. Thorpe; Picksharp House, in that of Mr. William Potter; Vessey Pasture, of Mr. Hy. Megginson; and Cork House, Swinham, Mount Farrow, Toft House, and Birdsall Farm, occupied by other farmers. The poor parishioners have 20s. a year out of lands here, left by persons named Rothwell and Crompton, and 10s. a year left by Thomas Seller, out of a house in Malton. Henry Burton, a noted puritan divine in 1579, was a native of this parish. He wrote many controversial pamphlets, and some seditious sermons, for which he was sentenced to pay a fine of £5,000., to be placed in the pillory, and then imprisoned for life; but after being confined for some time, he was recalled by the Parliament, and died in 1648.

BUGTHORPE. This parish contains 1,990 acres, and 266 inhabitants. Assessed property, £2,805.; rateable value, £1,771. Sir Charles Wood is Lord of the Manor and owner of the whole parish except one cottage.

The Living is a Discharged Vicarage, in the patronage of the Archbishop of York, and incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Richardson. It is rated at £20., but its present annual value is returned at £111. per annum, being augmented with £400. of Queen Anne's Bounty. At the enclosure in 1777, about 400 acres were allotted in lieu of the great tithes, and 60 acres in lieu of the small tithes. The Church (St. Andrew) is a fine structure, but in a very bad state of repair, and consists of a nave, chancel, north chapel, and west tower. The chancel is considerably larger and higher than the nave, and the tower is embattled. The nave and chancel are separated by two tall arches, about 16 feet apart, the first of which rests upon

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columns, with curious capitals of SS. Peter and Paul, true lovers' knot, &c. In the chancel is the sedilia and piscina, and the windows are very tall, and Early English in style. At the north-east angle is a large octagonal staircase, finished above the roof with a pedimental cap. The font is ancient and circular. On the north side of the chancel is a fine marble monument, with a profile bust, to Mary Payler, granddaughter and heiress of Sir W. Payler, Bart., of Thorolby Hall, who died in 1756; and a handsome tablet to Sir Edward Payler, who died in 1647. There is likewise a brass tablet to William Watkinson, Esq., who died in 1614.

The Village is small, and stands 64 miles N. by W. of Pocklington. Thorolby Hall is a brick building, in the occupation of Mr. Rd. Midgley, farmer. The old mansion, which was of stone, and which was probably moated, was the seat of Sir Edw. Payler, who was created a Baronet in 1641; but the title became extinct on the death of his successor, without issue, in 1756. The Manor House, now a farm house, was formerly moated.

BURYTHORPE.- The hamlet of Thornthorpe is included in this parish, the area of the whole being 1,225 acres. Population, 289 persons; rateable value, £1,810.; assessed property, £1,394. The principal landowners are the Hon. A. Duncombe, Wm. Preston, Esq., Joshua Field, Esq., Messrs. J. and W. Taylor, Sir T. Sykes, and Mrs. Stubbs. The place is all freehold, and each owner has the manorial rights on his own estate. The parish is situated at the base of the Wolds; the surface is hilly; the soil various, and in general good; and the scenery in many situations very beautiful. Stone is quarried for burning into lime, and repairing the roads.

The Living is a Discharged Rectory, valued at £6.16s. 3d., and in the patronage of the Crown. Rector, Rev. Wm. Carter. The tithes were commuted in 1839, for £270.; and there are 24 acres of glebe, which, with the rectory house, a neat building, erected in 1849, is valued at £40. per annum.

The Church (All Saints) is situated on an eminence, and is a curious structure, in the Norman style of architecture, consisting of a nave and chancel. The interior is plain, and on the south wall is a handsome marble tablet, to Mary, the wife of Thomas William Rivis, Esq., and daughter of William Preston, Esq., who died in 1852.

The Village is small, and stands 5 miles S. of Malton. There is a Wesleyan Chapel, erected in 1820; and a Parochial School, built in 1841. The poor parishioners have three small rent charges, amounting to a guinea a year, left by unknown donors. Burythorpe House, the seat of Wm. Preston, Esq., is pleasantly situated, in tastefully laid down pleasure grounds, a short distance from the church. Thornthorpe House, the residence of Mr. Wm.

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Taylor, is situated in the hamlet of that name, 2 miles N. of Burythorpe. Thornthorpe is a small manor belonging to the Taylor family. Penhow is the name given to a neat farm house in this parish, occupied by Mr. Walker.

Francis Consitt is said to have died at Burythorpe in 1768, at the patriarchal age of 150 years. He is stated to have prolonged his life by taking great exercise, and occasionally eating a raw new laid egg.

COWLAM.-Area, 1,930 acres; population, 35 persons; rateable value, £1,570.; assessed property, £2,200. This place, anciently called Colume, gave name to a family that possessed property here; for, at an early date, Thos. de Colume gave two oxgangs of land, and a croft here, to the Priory of Bridlington. Cowlam is situated about 64 miles N.N.W. of Driffield, and appears to have been formerly a large village of some importance. It now consists of two houses, and the land belongs to the Rev. Timothy Fysh Foord Bowes, D.D., Lord of the Manor, and patron and incumbent of the Rectory, and to whose brother, General Bowes, killed at the head of his brigade, in Spain, after being severely wounded at the storming of Badajoz, a monument was voted by Parliament, and erected in the Cathedral of St. Paul, London. Mr. Robert Simpson resides at Cowlam House, and farms the entire parish. The surface is very irregular, and intersected with deep valleys of a romantic character. The soil is chiefly chalky.

The Church (St. Mary) was rebuilt in 1852, on the site of the old church, mentioned in Domesday as belonging to the Archbishop of York. The cost of the building was defrayed by the Rev. T. F. F. Bowes, who also endowed the living, making it worth £300. per annum.

The Edifice consists of a nave, chancel, porch, bell gable, and vestry, and is in the pointed style. The designs were supplied by Miss Sykes, of Sledmere, who also presented a handsome stained glass window for the west end of the church. The east window is likewise glazed with the same beautiful material, in memory of the late Mrs. Bowes; and there is a handsome marble monument, by Chantrey, to her memory, and another to the late Major Topham, Mrs. Bowes's father. A few years ago this living, which is a Discharged Rectory, valued in the King's Books at £11. 11s. 3d., was worth but £30. per ann., and Divine Service was only performed once a year.

FRIDAYTHORPE. - This parish, which is situated on the western side of the Wolds, comprises 2,070 acres, and 330 inhabitants; rateable value, £1,102.; assessed property, £1,619. The surface is undulated, and the scenery, in some parts pleasing. Amongst the chief landowners are Lord Londesborough, Sir Tatton Sykes, Rev. W. R. Griesbach, the Executors of the late Mr. Robert Wharram, and John Leper, Esq.

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The Benefice is a Discharged Vicarage, in the patronage of the Archbishop of York, rated at £1. 13s. 4d., and now worth about £150. per ann. Vicar, Rev. Wm. Robt. Griesbach. At the inclosure, in 1810, about 327 acres of land were allotted in lieu of the great tithes, and 282 acres in lieu of the small tithes. The Church is an ancient structure, in the Norman and Gothic styles; its parts are a nave with a south porch, a chancel, and a west tower, in which are two bells. There has been a north aisle, but it is gone. The edifice bears an apocryphal date, "713." The font is ancient.

The Parsonage House is occupied by Mr. John Dale, who farms a part of the glebe land; another portion of the glebe is farmed by Mr. John Wilson. Sir Tatton Sykes is lessee of the appropriate rectory lands.

The Village is neat, and situated 10 miles W. by N. of Driffield, and 9 N.W. of Pocklington, on the road between York and Bridlington. A Wesleyan Chapel was built here in 1840; a chapel for the Primitive Methodists in 1851; and a parochial school in 1841. The Manor House is in the occupation of Mr. John Johnson, farmer.

NORTH GRIMSTON. -The area of this parish is 1,350 acres; population, 167 persons; rateable value, £1,313.; assessed property, £1,319. Except 148 acres of glebe land, and 35 acres belonging to Y. Yarburgh, Esq., the entire parish is the property of H. Willoughby, Esq., of Birdsall, the impropriator and Lord of the Manor. The soil is various, and the scenery beau tiful and picturesque, particularly at the base of Grimston Hill.

The Living is a Discharged Vicarage, in the patronage of the Archbishop of York, and incumbency of the Rev. Edward Trueman. It is rated at £6. 6s. 8d., and now worth about £160. per annum. At the enclosure, in 1793, the vicarial tithes were commuted for 148 acres of land.

The Church (St. Nicholas) is an ancient edifice, consisting of a nave, chancel, porch, and tower. The entrance is Norman. The font is curious. The Vicarage House is a neat residence.

The Village is seated in a valley, 41 miles S.E. of Malton. Here is an intermediate Station on the Malton and Driffield Railway. The School is chiefly supported by Mrs. Willoughby. The poor have two rent charges, viz., £2. Os. 6d., bequeathed by Thomas Langley, Esq., in 1700; and 6s., per annum left by the Rev.

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HELPERTHORPE. - Area, 2,620 acres, of the rateable value of £1,525.; population, 1.40 persons; assessed property, £2,214. The chief proprietors are Sir T. Sykes (Lord of the Manor), Sir G. Strickland (the impropriator), and Messrs. Robt., Rd., Thos., and Wm. Esh. At the enclosure, in 1801, the tithes were commuted for allotments of 226A. 2R. 15P. to the Vicar, and 245A. OR. 38P. to the Dean and Chapter of York, the impropriators and patrons of the living. The Discharged Vicarage is valued in the King's Books at £4. 19s. 7d., and now at £178. per annum. Vicar, Rev. Samuel Henry Duntze. The Church (St. Peter) is a small plain structure, and the township is considered a parochial chapelry, having no burial ground. The parishioners bury their dead at Weaverthorpe. The chancel and nave are divided by an old oak screen, and there are two bells in the tower. The impropriators of the great tithes pay £20. a year to the Vicar of Helperthorpe, and £30. to the Vicar of Weaverthorpe, to which parish Helperthorpe pays one-fourth of the church rates.

The Village is small, and situated 11 miles E. of Malton, and 104 N.W. by N. of Driffield. A Wesleyan Chapel was built here in 1852. The Manor House is now a farm house.

HESLERTON. The two townships of East and West Heslerton are comprised in this parish, which is intersected by the York and Scarborough Railway, and partly bounded on the north by the river Derwent, which divides it from the North Riding. West Heslerton contains 2,180 acres, and 351 inhabitants; rateable value, £1,937. The chief landholders are Viscount Downe (Lord of the Manor), Sir Tatton Sykes, and William Thompson, Esq. Amount of assessed property in the parish, £6,087.

The Church is a Rectory, valued at £21. 6s. 8d. in the King's Books, and in the patronage of the Crown. Rector, Rev. Charles Wm. Knyvett. The tithes have been commuted for 490 acres of land, and the annual value of the living is returned at £465. The Fabric of the church (St. Andrew) is small but neat, comprising a nave and chancel, with an open turret for two bells on the west end of the roof. The chancel arch is circular, and on the north side of the chancel is an ancient altar tomb, with a pedimental canopy exhibiting a mutilated basso relievo of our Divine Redeemer and the Blessed Virgin. This tomb is supposed to belong to Thos. de Heslerton, the founder of the church. The edifice was restored in 1809, when the north wall was built six feet further south, thereby making the church six feet narrower. Before that period the entrances were on the north and south sides, but since then the entrance is at the west end. A handsome new font was given by Lord Downe in 1853. A fine Rectory House was built in 1820; the grounds and gardens surrounding it are beautiful.

The Village of West Heslerton is seated near the foot of the Wolds, 8 miles E.N.E. of Malton. A Wesleyan Chapel was erected here in 1839. The School was built in 1829, at the joint expense of the Hon. Marmaduke Langley (then Lord of the Manor), M. Cannon, Esq., and the Rector. It