SCORBOROUGH AND PARISHES. 493 the Entombment, and the Resurrection. Over the centre light Our Lord is represented seated in His glory. There are also stained-glass windows in the chancel to the memory of the wife and daughter of the founder, and to the two daughters of Samuel Hall, Esq., of . The floors are paved with encaustic tiles disposed in a beautiful pattern, and the roof is elaborately carved in oak. The seats, stalls, and furniture are also of the same material, the pulpit showing on its panels carved representations of four fathers of the early church, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine, St. J erome, and St. Gregory. In the churchyard if! the mutilated figure of an ecclesiastic holding the chalice in his hand. The living is a rectory with the vicarage of Leconfield annexed, net yearly value about £265, in the gift of Lord Leconfield, and held by the Rev. Edwin Watts, M.A., who resides at Leconfield. The tithe rent-charge is £306, and there are 32 acres of glebe. The children attend the school at Leconfield. Letters via Lockington, Hull, arrive at 7-15 a.m., and are despatched at 3-45 p.m. in winter, and 5-15 p.m. in summer. The nearest Money Order Office is at Oherry Burton, and Telegraph at Beverley. Todd :Mrs. J ane Farnaby Ralph Wood George, caretaker, Scorborough hall Prescott Edward, Lickham hall Walker Mrs. Sarah, Scorborough decoy Farmers. Wilson Robert Binnington Mrs. Mary, Gommery Hall farm \Vollas Henry, Keeper's house

SIGGLEsrrHORNE PARISH. Wapentake of (North Division) - Oounty Oouncil Electoral Division of Brandes­ burton-Petty Sessional Division of North Holderness-Poor Law Union of Skirlaugh-Oounty Court District of Beverley-Rural Deanery of -Archdeaconry of the East Riding- Diocese of York. This parish comprises the townships of Sigglesthorne, Catfoss, part of Great Hatfield, and Seaton-and-Wassand, covering a total area of 5,825 acres. In the first-named township there are 1,032 acres of land, belonging chiefly to William Bethell, Esq., Rise, and H. S. Constable, Esq., Wassand, who are joint lords of the manor; Thomas Bainton, Esq., Arram; John Haggas, Esq., Keighley; the Rector, in right of his church; the trustees of the late John Grainger; Major Rial, and Lady Wright. The soil is loamy and clayey; the subsoil principally clay; and the chief crops are wheat, oats, beans, seeds, and turnips. For rating purposes the township is valued at £ l,296. The population in 1891 was 217, the same as at the previous census. The earliest notice of this place occurs in Domesday Book, wherein it is spelt Siglestorne, and is returned amongst the berewicks belonging to the collegiate church of St. John of Beverley. The Conqueror gave, or re-granted, the lordship to that establishment, and the successive provosts held the manor till the abolition of the collegiate body at the Reformation. Its importance at an early period may be inferred from the presence of a church here before the Conquest. In 1314, William de Melton, provost of Beverley, and afterwards Archbishop of York, obtained a royal patent for an annual fair to be held on the eve, the day, and the morrow of the feast of St. Laurence; and he also received a grant of free warren in all his demesne lands. Oll the dissolution of the college of St. John, the manor reverted to the Crown, but to whom it was afterwards re-granted is not known. According to Mr. Poulson,* the ancestors of the present joint owners of the lordship became possessed of it by the escheat of a cottage, &c. The village is well built and delightfully situated nine miles north-east by east of Beverley, three-and-a-hal£ miles west-north-west of Hornsea, and two-and­ three-quarter miles from Sigglesthorne station, on the Hull and Hornsea branch * Seignory of Holderness, page 418. El