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702 acres to Eastrington parish, and 343 acres to Blacktoft. Nearly 1,000 acres of these allotments are copyhold, formerly under the Bishop of Durham, but now under the Ecclesiastical Uommissioners. Walling Fen comprises about 5,000 acres, extending into the wapentake of Harthill. At the enclosure, completed and ratified in 1781, it was divided among the 48 townships which, previously, had the right of stray upon it. Upwards of 1,235 acres of the fen were awarded to Eastrington parish; 954 acres to parish, and 365 acres to Blacktoft. :Many of these allotments were inconveniently distant from the townships to which they belonged, and, in 1882, were formed into a distinct parish for all civil purposes, under the name of Bishopsoil.

ALLERTHORPE PARISH. Wapentake of Harthill (Wilton Beacon Division) -County Council Electoral Division of Melbourne-Petty Sessional Division of Wilton Beacon-Poor Law Union and County Court District of -Rural Deanery of Pocklington-Archdeaconry o-f the East Riding-

• Diocese of York. This parish, comprising the townships of Allerthorpe and Waplington, is bounded by the parishes of Pocklington, Barmby-on-the-Moor, and Thornton. The surface is flat, but well wooded; the soil varies, in some places it is clayey, in others gravel and sand, with a subsoil of gravel. Wheat, barley, oats, turnips, potatoes, and seeds are the chief crops. Allerthorpe township contains 1,5'78 acres of land, and is valued for rating purposes at £1,685. The population in 1891 was 139, a decrease of 11 since 188l. Colonel C. W. Duncombe, who is lord of the manor, and George Walker, Esq., vVaplington, are the principal landowners. The village of Allerthorpe (the Eller or Aldertree thorpe) is pleasantly situated one-and-a-half-miles south-west from Pocklington, whereat is the nearest railway station, and 13 miles south-east from York. The church, which is dedicated to St. Botolph, was rebuilt in 1876, on the site of an old one, by the late admiral, the Hon. A. Duncombe, of Kilnwick Percy. It is a small edifice, of stone, con­ sisting of chancel, nave, north porch, and a western belfry, containing two bells. The registers date from the year 1620. The living is a chapelry annexed to Thornton, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held by the Rev. John James In-vin, D.D., of Trinity College, Dublin. Allerthorpe Hall is the property and residence of Trevor Wheler Calverley-Rudston, Esq., J.P., D.L. About half-a­ mile west of the village is Allerthorpe common, comprising about 500 acres. WAPLINGTON is a township containing 813 acres, belonging to Colonel C. W. Duncombe, who is also lord of the manor, and Geo. Walker, Esq. Its rateable value is £553, and the population 59, an increase of 37 since 1881. ALLERTHORPE TO\VNSHIP. Letters via York arrive at 8 a.m., and are despatched at 5-40 p.m. Nearest Money Order a.nd Telegraph Office, Pocklington (one-and-a-half miles). Post Office at :Mrs. Webster's. Farmers. Calverley-Rudston Trevor Wheler, Esq., J.P., Gospel William, Coloured cottage D.L., C.C., Allerthorpe hall Harrison John Hanson Rev. John Clarke, M.A., The vicarage Laverack George, George's cottage Hatfield Mrs. Elizabeth, vict., Plough Inn Massey John Hick Miss Charlotte, schoolmistress Sanderson Thomas William, Ivy house J ac1{son Mr. Charles, Prospect place Simpson Alfred, Manor house Stonehouse Mr. John, Burkill's house Smithson Edward Webster Mrs., Post office WAPLINGTON TOWNSHIP. Letters via York. Day Fredk. l\!urray, farm bailiff, Waplington Bickersteth John J oseph, Esq., clerk of the House farm, Tank farm, and Low farm peace for , \Vaplington manor Walker George, Esq., Waplington