DlltECTORY. J NORTH RIDING . D.ANBY. 8L FAWDINGTON. KORTON-LE-CLAY. Hutchinson George Thomas, Three (Marked thus * should be addressed Horseshoes P.H COMMERCIAL. Dishforth, .) *Jackson Geo. C. farmer, North hill Butler Percival, farmer Baines George, tailor Pearson Herbert, farmer Coates William, farmer Biake George, drill owner Turner George, farmer Parkm George, farmer Bowland William, farmer Weddall Charles Herbert, farmer Buckle Thomas, cowkeeper Wray Ernest, joiner DALBY is a and village, on an eminence The Hon. William Henry Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, of of the Howardian hills, 4 miles from Hovingham station Wigganthorpe Hall, is lord of the manor and principal nn the Malton and Thirsk branch of the North Eastern landowner. The soil is sand and clay; the subsoil, railway, 10 west from Malton, 8 east from Easingwold and sand and sandstone; the scenery is picturesque and 14 north from York, in the Thirsk and Malton division of beautiful, embracing extensive views over York. The the Riding, Bulmer wapentake, petty sessional division of chief cr0ps are ccrn and turnips. The area of Dalby West Bulmer, Easingwold union and county court district, with Skewsby is r,347 acres; rateable value, £r,3o9; rural deanery of Easingwold, archdeaconry of Cleveland the population in rgu was rrs. and ciocPse of York. 'l'he church of St. Peter is a small SKEWSBY is a hamlet. I mile south-west from Dalby but ancient building of stone in the Norman style, con- and miles south from Hovingham station. sisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western turret 5 containing 2 bells: the chancel has a stone barrelled roof, WITHERHOLM is a hamlet consisting of two farms, I and there is a large and ancient stone font which for several mile south from Dalby church. The Hon. William Henry yeai"S stood in the churchyard, but was replaced in r8g5. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam owns the whole of both these The church was restored and a reredos of carved oak hamlets. erected in July, 1886, at a cost of £4oo, by the Rev. Letters received through York & Terrington arrive at.g.r5 John Griffiths, rector (1885-92): there are roo sittings. a.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office 1s at Tbe register dates from the year r657. The living is a Terrington, about 2 miles distant rectory, net yearly value £r8J, with 4 acres of glebe Letter Box cleared at 4 p.m and resirlence, in the gift of 1Irs. Griffiths, and held The children of this parish attend the schools at Whenby -.mce 1907 by the Rev. Albert 'Villiam Icely M . ..i. of & Terrington Emmanuel College, Cambridge, who is also vicar of Carrier to York.-William Harrison passes through Wbenby. There are charities. of £24 ros. yearly value. every sat DALBY. Fox ton John Thomas, farmer Hammonby John, farmer, Dalby Carr 1 Broa,iley :)lark, farmer Wales George, stone mason DALTON, see Kirkby Ravensworth. DALTON, see Topcliffe. DALTON-UPON-TEES, see Croft. DAN:BY is a parish (formeriy inc;uding Glaisdale ment of the valley at its southern end is called Danby township): the small river Esk runs through from west Head; the other end, or embouchure into the Esk t.o e..tst, dividing it into two unequal portions, the larger Valley, is Danby End; in the vicinity of the church the of which lies to the south of the stream: it is a station name Da.1by prevails; at an imaginary line drawn east on the and Cleveland branch of the and west across the dale, nearly three-quarters of a :North Eastern railway, and is ro mi:es south-east from mile south of i.he church, Danby Bottom begins, and Guio;borough, I4 west from IYhitby and r:; east ftom 1 joins on, still more to the south, to Danby Head; the Stckesley, in the division of the Riding, Gu~s­ eastern side of the Dale is Dale Side; the western, borcugh union, east division of Langbaurgh liberty, petty Danby West Side. There are collieries of inferior coal ses"ional divi;;ion of Langbaurgh East, county court dis­ in the parish, with seams from 16 to r8 inches thick, trit t of Whit by, rural deanery of Stokesley, arch­ but they have not been worked for a number of years: deaconry of Cleveland and diocese of York. The church at the Commondale shaft ironstone was found at the of St. Hilda, an edifice of stone, and probably at first a depth of 113 yards. The accumulations of ancient slag, Xorman structure, consists of chancel, nave anJ an em­ some of them of enormous extent, which exist in dif­ battled t{)wer, on the south side, containing 3 bells: the ferent parts of the parish, are very curious, and it is now an ascertained fact that manv of these accumula- ba"e of the tower forms the entrance: the ancient Earlv• • English ch.ancel, which existed in a near:y ruinous con- tions are due to the furnaces, some of which were dition up to 1848, was then rebuilt by the late Viscount retained in the hands of the lords of the fee, and others Downe, the nave had been rebuilt by the parish about kept in operation by the canons of Guisbro', to whom tl e year 1789; the tower was added in the rsth cen· large grants of mining privileges were made by the tury: there are about 300 sittings. The 1egister dates different lords of the Brus .family, together with the from the year r583. The living is a vicarage, net yeally right to make charcoal from the wood of the district; valne £3oo, including 9 acres of glebe, "ith a handsome the farm called Furnace farm perpetuates the record res1dence, built by the patron about 1850, in the gift of of one of these sites. The soil is of the most varied Vili'ccmnt Downe, and held since 1900 by the Rev. George description, the subsoil equally so; clay, sand and peat Bird M.A. and L. Th. of Durham "Gniversity. Here is a are frequently found in the same field. The chief pro• Wesleyan Methodi~t chapel. There are charities nf ducts are cheese, bacon, oats, barley, turnips and about £22 yearly. Dnnby Lodge is a shooting box be­ potatoes. The population of Danby (exclusive of Glais­ longmg to Viscount Downe K.C. V.O., C. B., C. I.E. who dale), and including Castleton, Danby End, Little Fryup is lord of the manor and chief landowner. Danby and Ainthorpe in 19II was r,164; the area. in the parish Castle, in Little Fryup, on the nortllern slope of the is 12,492 acres, of which about 7,300 are inclosed and moorland hills, to the south o.f the Esk, and now in the cultivated; rateable nlue of Danby, including Castle­ occupation of Mr. John Dowson, farmer, was founded ton, £9,931. by William le Latimer, jun. probably about 1308 ; the buildmgs originally surrounded a court yard, with a Danby End, Litt~e Fryup, 3 miles south-west, and square, but not lofty tower at each angle, but about part of Great Fryup, 4 miles south-west, and Ainthorpe, r6oo the south-east and south-west angular projections once called "Armthorp," ! mile south, are hamlets in were greatly enlarged; the existing remains, including this parish. There is a station of the North Yorkshire a curjous undercroft with ribbed vaulting, are worth and Cleveland line at Danby End. The chapel of ease inspection. Up to the time of the foundation and at Little Fryup, erected by Viscount Downe, and attached erection of this castle, the baronial residence had been to the parish church of Danby, is a building of stone in at Castleton, on the site now occupied by the farmhouse the Early English style, consisting of a small chancel, known as "Castle Hills. liP In the parish are numerous nave, south porch and western turret containing one scattered farms, the average size being considerably bell: there are go sittings. under Ioo acres, and some of the farmhouses bear Parish Clerk, Daniel Medd. ancient names, such as Wedland Head, Kadeland House, Butterwhitts, Clitherbecks, Didderhowe and Foresters' A.ssistant Overseer, George Meggeson. Lodge. The residence called Church House stands on Post & M. 0. Office. John Clemmit, sub-postmaster. the sJte of an ancient grange or farm building con- · Letters arrive at Danby End through Grosmont at nected with lands once belonging to Guisborough Priory, 8.5 a.m. & 6-45 p.m. & are dispatched at 11.45 a.m. and for many years after the Dissolution was known as & 6 p.m. on week days only. Castleton is the nearest 2 Canon Hall. The different portions of the dale are dis- teleqraph office, miles distant ,.. M tingmshed by different names: thus, the commence- , Wall Letter Box, Ainthorpe, cleared at 5.20 n_..; N R Y()RKQ. fr • f'