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the Holy Trinity is a very small structure of brick, consist­ office is at Kilham & telegraph office at . Postal. ing only of chancel and nave: the font is ancient, of circular orders are issued here, but not paid form, and finely carved. The Rev. Richard Henry Foord National School (mixed), for 150 children ; average attend­ B.A.. 1 l.P. rector of Foxholes, is lord of the manor and prin­ cipal landowner. The area is 2,586 acres; rat-eable value, ance, no ; Tom Bell, master; Mrs. Eugenie Bell, mist £r,833; the population in r8gr was 99· CARRIE~ TO:- Sexton, Thomas Harland. -William Morris, sat PosT 0FFICE.-Josiah Lowther, receiver. Letters arrive DRIFFIELn-Aquilla Sharpe, daily; William Morria & from Hull at 9.50 a.m. & are dispatched at 3·45 p.m.; no Thomas Marshall, thurs. & Samuel Featherstone, daily . • dispatch or delivery on sundays. The nearest money order SCA.RBOROUGH-Thomas Marshall, fri Langtoft. Lamplough Crosby, farmer Simpson George, George & Drago~ l'.,l'r Huthwaite George Lamplough John, farmer, Manor farm Simpson Richard Bell, shopkeeF Speck Rev. Thomas Davies Tulloch Lawty Francis, shoe maker Sowersby John, farmer M.A. Vicarage Lowther Josiah, grocer & drpr. Post off Stork George, shoe maker COMMERCIAL. Marshall Thomas, carrier Stork Henry, farmer Baxter John, tailor Moody Robert, tailor Walker Summers, farmer, Togdale Berwick Tom, butcher Morris William, carrier Watts George, cattle dealer Bower ttichard, farmer Rawlinson Edward, beer retailer Wilson George Robson, farmer Coates George Robert, shopkeeper Richardson Jas. miller (wind & steam) Wilson John, farmer Featherstone Samuel, farmer Robinson George, blacksmith Wrides Jabez, thrashing machineown'l" Featherstone Thomas, farmer Ruston Mary Ann (Mrs.), poulterer Woodmansey Hy. joiner & wheelwright Gatenby Richard, farmer Saville J oseph, farmer., Langtoft grange Gossip Julia (Mrs.), Ship P.H Sawdon 'rhomp&on, bricklayer Cottam. Gray John, carter Sharp J n. market gardener & seeds man Duggleby Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Cottam Gray William E. deputy registrar of Sharp Jordan, seedsman & registrar of warren births & deaths,Lang-tuft sub-district. births & deaths,Langtoft sub-district, Marshall William Clarkson, farmer, Driffield union Driffield union Old Cottam house Harland William, joiner & wheelwright Sharpe Aquila, carrier Watson Margaret Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Hensby William, farmer, Woodbinecot Shipley George, farmer Cottam grange LANGTON is a township, parish and village, watered by a village is a camp of triangular shape and undoubtedly of 1 small stream, 2 miles east from Hut tons Ambo station on the 1 British origin. The Rev. Charles Best N orcliffe M. A. is lord , Scar borough and Whit by section of the North Eastern of the manor and owner of nearly the whole township. The rail way and 3 miles south from Mal ton, in the Buck rose soil is coraline oolite lime and Kimmeridge clay; subsoil.. division of the Riding, wapentake and petty sessional divi- principally clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, sion of Buckrose, Malton union and county court district, clover and turnips. The area of the township is 2,285' rural deanery of Settrington, arch deaconry of the East acres ; rateable value, £2,892 ; the populatioa in 1891 was Riding and diocese of York. The church of St. Andrew, a 191. building of stone, originally of the 13th century, is an edi- PosT 0FFICE.-George Suffill, receiver. Letters through. fice in the Early F.nglish style, consisting of chancel, nave, Malton arrive about 8 a.m. Box cleared at 4.30 :p.m. SDuth porch and an embattled western tower cglttaining 2 week days only. Malton is the nearest money order & bells : the east window is stained, and there is a Norman telegraph office font and several marble monuments to the Norcliffe family: The school, erected in 1841 by the late Maj.-Gen. Norcliffe, the church was repairecl in 1822, and has sittings for 250 is now closed, & the children attend the school at Bury- persons. The register dates from the year 1654. The livin~ thorpe is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £3o8, gross yearly CARRIER TO MALTON.-David Loft, wed. & sat

value £5331 net £412, including 87 acres of glebe, wit.h resi- Kennythorpe is a. township of Langton. St. John's dence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since r879 College, Cambridge, and :\frs. Herbert are the principal by the Rev. Arthur Hibbit B. A. of St. Catharine's College, landowners. The area is 542 acres; rateable value, £452; Cambridge. There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel. Near the the population in 1891 was 68. Langton. Beale Robert, farmer Thompson Peter, blacksmith Hibbit Rev. Arthur B.A. Rectory Blenkin William, Albirm inn Wilson Henry, farmer NorcliffeRev.Chas.BestM.A.Langton bll Boyes John, farmer & shopkeeper West Rev. J oseph Harrison B. A. Hoggard Harry, wheelwright Kennythorpe. . [curate], Rectory Houlden John, farmer, Middle farm Hall William, farmer Agar George, gardener to the Rev. C. Hunter John, mason Milner J ames, farmer B. N orcliffe Peacock Francis, cattle dealer Milner, Richard, College farm . LAXTON is a parish, formed .April w, I858, from that p.m. is the nearest money order & Howden & of Howden, extending to the river Ouse, and ineluding the Blacktoft are the nearest telegraph offices. Postal orders townships of LAxTON, CoTNE:>S, METHAM, SALTMARSHE and are issued here, but not paid YOKEFLEET, in the Howdenshire division of the Riding, National School (mixed), erected in 1874, for 120 children; napentake and petty sessional division of Howdenshire,union average attendance, 6g; George Waiter Marshal!,~ and county court district of Howden, rural deanery of How­ Cotness is a township on the river Ouse, r! miles south­ den, archdeaconry of the East Riding and diocooe of York. east from Saltmarshe station and 7 east-by~south from How• Laxton village has a. station, called Saltmarshe, on the Hull den, and consists of two farms. The area is 498 acres of and Don caster section of the North Eastern railway, and is land and 85 of water ; rateable value, £679 ; the popula· 4 miles south-east from Howden and 20 west from Hull. tion in 18gx was 36. The vicar of Laxton is the chief land· The church of St. Peter, er~cted in 1876, at a cost of about owner. £3,300, raised by subscription, is a building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, Letters, viil. Howden, arrive at g. Blacktoft is the nearest organ chamber and a western belfry containing 2 bells : the money order & telegraph office organ wa!! presented by Mrs. Gambell, and the marble pul- Metham is a township, 6 miles east from Howden and . pit by Lieut.-Col. P. Saltmarshe J. P.: there are ten memo­ 1! east from Saltmarshe station. Near here traces of a rial windows, and the church affords 262 sittings: the chancel Roman pottery have been discovered. The Rev. E. W. of the old church is now used as a mortuary chapel. The Simpson, vicar of Laxton, who resides at Metham Hall and register dates from the year 1779. The living is a vicarage, is lord of the manor, and John William Empson esq. l.P. ot net yearly value £275, including 23 acres of glebe and resi­ Yokefleet Hall, are the chief landowners.. The soils are clayey dence, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since and peaty. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, beans 1868 by the Rev. Edward Whitmore Simpson, of St. Aidans, and potatoes. Thtl area is 747 acres of land and 62 of water; who resides at Metham Hall. The tithe, amounting to £34, rateable value, £831 ; the population in 18g1 was 55· is impropriated. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Lieut.-Col. Letters via Howden arrive at 9 a. m. Blacktoft is the nearest Philip Saltmarshe .1. P. of Saltmarshe, is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is sandy; subsoil, sand and money order & telegraph office clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, beans and Saltmarshe is a straggling village and township on tha potatoes. The area of the ecclesiastical parish is 5,573 banks of the River Ouse, with a station on the Hull and acres; township, r,ug acres; rateable value, £2,838; the Doncaster section of the North Eastern railway, a mile and population in r8gr was, township 244, parish in r88r, 563. a half north from the village and 4 miles south-east from Parish Clerk, Thomas Hatfield. Howden. There is a ferry here across the Ouse to Reedness. . The tithe, amounting to £1 xo, is impropriated. The greater PosT 0FFICE.-George Leetham, receiver. Letters arrive part of this township is the property of Lt.-Col. Philip Salt· via Howden at 7 a. m. & are dispatched thereto at ·5· 10 I ma.rshe D.L. 1 l.P. of Sa.ltmarshe Hall, a. mansion standing