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Barytes Limited. The moors above Hilton furnish at the English college in that city : he is also said to extensive grouse shooting ; the fells extend to the have been born at Burton-in-, but this appearS>­ Maisebeck and Swarthbeck, both tributaries of the river to be incorrect. Sir Joseph Savory hart. who is lord Tees, which forms the boundary between this parish of the manor, Lord Hothfield, the trustees of the late and Durham, and which they join above Middleton. William Percival esq. and Mrs. Salkeld are the principal Christopher Bainbridge LL.D. who was born here in landowners. the latter part of the reign of Henry VI. c. 1464. was "provost of Queen's College, Oxford, 1495, and promoted Post Office. William Rudd, sub-postmaster. Letters to the see of York in 1508; in 1509 he was sent by through Appleby arrive at 7·55 a.m.; dispatched at Hen. VIII. as ambassador to Rome, and in I5II was 3·45 p.m. week days only. Appleby, 4 miles distant, advanced to the dignity of Cardinal of St. Praxedis, in is the nearest monev- order & telegraph office Rome, by Pope Julius II. who in the same year dis­ Carrier to Appleby, John Birkbeck, moo. tues. wed. fri. patched him as legate to Ferrara, and gave him the & sat command of the troops engaged in besieging that place: he died at Rome, from poison administered by BRA.CKENBER is a small hamlet about half a mile his chaplain, Rinaldo de Modena, at the instigation, it south-west from Hilton. On Brackenber Moor are is said, of Silvester Giglis, bishop of Worcester, July tumnlus and tumnli. In the summer months a largt­ qth, 1514, and was buried in the church of St. Thomas number of troops are encamped here. MURTON. HILTON. , Simpson Esther (Mrs.), cowkeeper (For other names in this parish see Tarn Tamar (Mrs.) & Son, farmers, Appleby.) COMHEllCIAL. Hilton hall Salkeld Mrs. Rumney green Barker William, farmer, Ellerholme Tarn Timothy, farmer, Bankwood Wallis Rev. Charles Herbert M.A Birkbeck John, carrier 1 Wappett Christopher I&; John farmers (vicar), Vicarage Dent William, grazier, assistant over- Bank end • ' ' COMMERCIAL. seer & clerk to the Parish Council Wappett Geo. farmer, Bongate moor Allan Charles, New inn & Cemetery committee Watson Joseph, shoe maker Bellas Thomas, fanner Earl Joseph, farmer Watson Mark, farmer, Linelands Cemetery (William Dent, clerk. to Hall Joseph, farmer Whitt>head William James, joiner burial committee) Harrison William, farmer, Fell dykes Ellwood Thomas Parker, farmer Hilton Reading Room (George Lan- idle George, farmer caster, sec) Lambert Fred.erick .Matthew, farmer, Horn W alter & J oseph, farmers BRACKENBER. • Harbour flatts Idle William, farmer, Storth Appleby Brackenber Golf Club (Rev. Mason Edward, gamekeeper to Jsph. Ireland Jonathan, farmer, Stone riggs Roger Parry Bosworth M.A.hon.sec) Toroock esq Richardson Margaret (Mrs.), Cross Davis William, grazier Ni:xon George, farmer Keys P .H Earl William, farmer Pattinson Richard, farmer Robinson John, farmer, Town head Glen Thomas, grazier !Pearson William, farmer Robinson Jn.Admiral,farmr.Mid town Hill Thomas, ,grazier Richardson Isaac, farmer Rudd William, shopkeeper,Post office Lowis Henry, grazier Spark John, farmer, Murton hall 'Scordale Barytes Limited, Scordale Richardson George Lowas, farmer .... MUSGRAVE is a small parish, formed in 1894 by removal to Hartley Castle ; their mansion stood some­ Local Government Board Order No. 31,578, from the where near the present farm of Hall Garth, and the tewnships of Great and . It is in the family name appears to have been originally a title Northern division of the county, East ward, petty conferred by the sovereign for some service now un­ 'Sessional division and union of the East ward, county known, but the place and village existed long before -court district of .Appleby, rural deanery of Appleby the name was so adopted: it is nearly all held by cus­ and Kirkby Stephen and archdeaconry and diocese of tomary tenants, who pay arbitrary fines on change of Carlisle. The village lies between Brough and W arcop, tenant or lord. limited so as not to exceed two years '()ll the north side of the river Eden, with a station on in value. Sir Richard George Musgrave hart. of Eden­ the North Eastern railway, and is 2 miles south-west hall, Col. Henry Paul Mason, of Eden Place, Kirkby from Brough, 3! north from Kirkby Stephen and 7 Stephen, and Mr. Philip Rudd are the principal land­ i!Outh-west from Appleby, and is agreeably placed on owners. The soil is loam; subsoil, brown freestone. an eminence and commands a fine view of •the Eden The chief crops are oats, turnips and potatoes. The l\"Slley. The church of St. Theobald, rebuilt in 1845• area is 4,365 acres of land and ~4 of water; rateable on the site of an ancient fabric, at a cost of £5oo, value, £3,255; the population in 19II was 205 in the is a small edifice of stone, consisting of chancel, nave civil and 152 in the ecclesiastical parish of Great and an embattled western tower containing 2 bells, Musgrave. bearing inscriptions in Latin: in the church is a brass Sexton, Joseph Richardson. with kneeling effigy, to Thomas Ouds, rector and official "f the bishop and archdeacon of Carlisle, and a memorial Post Office, .-Miss Sarah Rudd, sub­ to Simon Pindar, also a former rector, 1719-55: the postmistress. Letters through Penrith arrive at 8.30 silver communion plate was pre8ented in 18og by the a.m. ; dispatched at 6.25 p.m. ; no delivery or dis­ Rev. Septimus Collinson D.D. a native of this parish patch on sundays. Warcop is the nearest money order a111.d sometime provost of Queen's College, Oxford: the & telegraph office church affords 180 sittings. The registers date from the FLITHOLME, or Fleetholm, is a hamlet, 1 mile north year 1562. The living is a discharged rectory, net of the village. yearly value £170, with 120 acres of glebe and resi­ dence, in the gift of the Bishop of Carlisle, and held is also a hamlet about 1 mile north. since 1909 by the Rev. Thomas Harrison Collinson M A.. Little Musgreve, a manorial township, originally of Wo.rcester College, Oxford. Dr. William Paley, arch­ belonging to the parish of Crosby Garrett, was joined deacon of Carlisle and author of the " Evidences of to the parish of Great Musgrave, for civil purposes, Christianity," held this living as his first preferment. under the provisions of the " Local Government .Act, The Wesleyan chapel here was erected in 1895· 1894.'' in that year; it is 2! miles south-west-by-west Richardson's charity provides xos. a year for distribu­ of Brough, Peparated by the river Eden from Great tion to the poor on Christmas day. The Poor's stock Musgrave. The Poor's Stock of about £31 in Consols and Wailer's charity are said to t>e lost. The ancient affords 16s. 8d. yearly for distribution in money. Sir custom of "rush-bearing," which has been maintained Richard George Musgrave hart. of Edenhall, in whose for centuries in .this village, is regularly observed on family this manor has from time immemorial been old Midsummer day (6 July), when thirty or more invested, is the present owner. Sir R. G. Musgrave couples of maidens, dressed in holiday garb and each bart. Richard Bovill Thompson and G. E. Thompson wearing a garland of flowers, assemble on the village esqrs. of Stobars Hall, are the principal landowners. green, whence, led by the churchwardens and a brass Area, rateable value and population are included in band, they proceed to the church, and after the service Great Musgrave. present the garlands to the clergy, and the day is closed in the village with innocent merriment and Letters through Penrith arrive at 10 a.m. Brough k dancing: on the following day the churchwardens hang Warcop are the nearest money ordel" & telegraph the garlands on a space allotted over the entranf'P door. offices The manor has been held from the Conquest by the The children of this place attend the schools at Great family of Musgrave, who resided here long before their Musgrave & Waroop WEHTMORLAXD 8