DlREClORY. J NORTH RIDING . MAL TON. 171 Boulton 3nd Cooper hold a sale for horse!!, carriages &c. :\lalton 'Lodge, at present the residence of the Hon. t>very fourth Saturday at the Horse mart, Castlegate; Geo:ffrey Nioolas Dawnay, is the remaining portion of there are fairs yearly-for the week before Palm Sunday, a large mans10n, originally erected on the site of ~ on Saturday before Whi+suntide, and on the Hth and Roman encampment, by \Villiam, Baron Eure, in the 12th October, and Saturday before November 23rd. early part of the 16th century, but shortly afterwards The Malton Literary Institute and Subscription demolished on account of a family dispute: the existing Rooms, Yorkersgate, erected in 1814, is of white brick structure appeari to be Jacobean and has modern em­ with stone dressmgs, and contains a bijou theatre, a battled wings and angle turrets, finished with ogee­ museum of natural history and curiosities, a reading shaped capping: the house contains a quantity of oak r_oom with a library of over 4,ooo volumes, and a panellin~r, and in an upper room there is a remarkable 1esidence for the librarian. piece of carving illustrating- the history of Jonah; there The Masonic Hall is in the basement of the Literary are also some cabinets and a bedstead of early tlate; Institute. the wall inclosing the front courtyard, next the road, is The Cottage Hospital, in Cemetery road, was opened lofty and has three large gateways, much dilapidated; m 1905, and contdins eight beds and two cots. to the Past are three ivy-covered houses of two stories, At the top of Yorkersgate stands a cannon, on the with stepped gabled dorm.,ers, one of which is the estate carriage of which is the following inscription," Captured office. at Sebastopol by the allied armies, 1855."' In 1883 it On the south side of St. Mary's church, Old Malton, was surrounded with ornamental railings and planted stands the Abbey house, beneath which is a crypt once about with evergreens- and shrubs. forming a part of- the Priory buildings ; several houses Malton was an important Roman station and has been in Old ::\Iahon were entirely built from the materials of claimed as the Roman "Derventio;" coins and other tbt> choir and central tower of the Priory church. . remains have been di~covered. A castle was erected ThP Earl Fitz~illiam D.S.O. is lord of the manor and here, on the site of a Roman "Castrum," in the time of principal landowner. William the ~orman; it subsequently belonged to thr family of de Vesci, but was afterwards destroyed and a The acreage of ~Ialton parish, which comprises the mansion built on the spot by Ralph, srd Baron Eure, in Urban District, is 3,g86 of land and 30 of water; the reign of James I. In 1674 this house was pulled rateable value, £23.829 ; the population in 19II was down. Traces of the south and east side of the Roman 4,822 (induding 7 officers and 120 inmates in the work­ mtrenchments may be seen to the south of the lodge, home). and in the centre of these, indications of the foundations The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in ·Igii of tb~ castle. There was formerly a castle here at the wa~ :-St. Ma1 y the Vir'!in, 913 ; St. Leonard, 2,147 and foot of the bridge over the river DPrwent. the "Pat of <:;t_ ~lichael, 1,762. The~e populations are also the the lords de Vesci, but destroyed by King Henry II. Vrban District Ward populations.. Edmund Burke repre~ented the Maltfm division in the SP-..:tons. St. :\Iary's, Alexander Graham, Old :Ma!ton ; Hou~e of Common<~ from 178o until 179+. and Henry St. l\Iichaer~, Christopher Samuel, Sheffield, Middlecave Grattan was elected m 180,5. hut only sat for about a road; St. Leonatd'5, Burnby Knag-gs, 14 Old Malton year. u-ate.

OFFIC'I.AL EST.ABLISll~rE:XTS. LOCAL I:XSTITli1IO:XS &c. Post, ~I. 0., T. & TelPphonic Expre's Delivery Office, Collector, Arthur Simpson, Town hall Wheelgate. Joseph Twyford, postmaster. BusineEs Superin e'ldent of Fire Brigade, William .!.. Jackson~ h urs, for sale of ~-otamps & postal order~, 8 a.m. to 8 Town hall sunday~. p.m.; 8.30 to 10 a.m. (for stamps only); COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR ·::VrALTO~ PETTY money orders & ~avings bank, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ; t<>le­ SESSIOXAL DIVISION. graph, 8 a m. to 8 p.m.; sunday•, 8.30 to 10 a.m Letters & parcels from all pai ts are delivered week Kinnear Th nla"-J ohn esq.:M.A. Terrington, ,chairman Behrens Capt. Clive, Swinton grange, Malton days, at 7 & n.15 a.m. & ~ k 6.15 p.m.; on sunday~, letters only, at 7 a.m Dent Lieut.-Col. Henry FranciE, Menethorpe, Malton Letters & parcels are dispatnhed on week days to all Fisher William esq. ~Ianor houst>, Amotherby, Malton Harrisc,n William e~q. Low Button, Buttons A.mbo, York parts at 8.40 & II a.m. & 1.20, 5, B (night mail) & 10 p.m. (supplementary mail , & to Pickering 4-20 Hopkin~ n'i!liam Randolph Innes esq. The Leat house. p.m. & Scarborough 5 & 9 p.m :X orton. Malt on Hornsby Robert esq. Hovin~rham, ~Ialton LettPr~ only are ci<.p.ttched on sundays at 7.5o p.m Po<.t & M. 0. Office, Old Malton.-Miss .Annie Redcl, snb­ Leg-ard Col. Sir James Digby K.C.B., D.L. 24 Elvaston place, QuPen's gate, London S 1V po•tmisti e•~. Letters are delivered from Malt on at Lupton TI illiam Waiter esq. Ashfield, Malton 8 a.m. & 12 noon &; 3·45 & 7 p.m. ; mndav~, 7· 3o Metcalfe Robert esq. West Royd, M1lton a.m. Letter Bo:~: cleared at 7-30 & 10 a.m. & 12 15, 1.45, 4 (except thursdays), 7 & 9 p.m. : 8unday.. , Plo"'man \Villiam esq. 16 Market street, Malton Radd1ffe Everard Joseph esq. ·woodhiow, Malton t'l 30 a.m. Malton, I mile distant, is the nea~est telegraph office St. Quintin William Herbert esq. D.L. Scampston hall. ' Rillington, York 'tRB!.~ DISTRICT COU:XCIL. 'faylor }._lfred Henry esq. The Mount, Malton Offices, Town halL Worsley Sir William Henry .Arthington bart. hall, 1I:alton Meeting day, la•t wednesday in each month at 7 p ll:l. The chairmen. for the time bt>ing, of the M 1lton Urbiln Members. & Malton Rural District Councils, are ex-officio magis­ Chairman, John William Clarke. trates. Yice-Chairman, .Arthur Llewellyn R 1S~e1I. Clerk to the Milg-istrates, Hngh Wm. Pearson, Yorkers­ • l?ate, Malton St. LeonaTd's Ward. • The Petty Ses•ions are held for the Malton division, for Retire :Xorth Riding, at the Court house, Malton, on the April •econd &, last •aturdavs in each month at II a.m. ;. Alfred Barne" ...... 1913 .Jonathan Wardill .. . • &; for the Buckrose division at the Magistrates' room, Thomas ;Hick Robson 1913 GeorQ"e Stephenson .. . Xorton, for the East Riding, on the first & thinf Henry Tobey ...... 1914 1 Alfred Henry Taylor .•• saturdays in each month at II a.m. The following St. Mary's Ward. places are inclurled in the petty sessional division:­ J hn Palli~ter ... • . • H/13 Alfred Wood ... .Amotherby, Appleton-le-Street, Airyholme, Broug-hton,. Th mas Bristow • •, IQJ 4 Butterwick, Barton-le-Street, Bulmer, Coneysthorpe,. Hovin~ham, ~t. 1Iichael'~ Ward. , Ganthorpe, Henderskelfe. Hilden­ William Hall ...... 1913 Ja'lles A. Stubhs .. . ley, Buttons .Ambo, ~Ialton (Old & New), Swinton,. Wllliam Plowman ... 1913 John William Clarke .. . Slingsby, South Holme, Terrington, Welburn, Watb George William Ash ton 1914 .Art h. Llewellyn Russell & Whitwell :viALTO~ URB!.~ SUB-C011MITTEE OF NORTH RID­ Officers. lXG YORKSHIRE LOCAL PENSION COMMITTEE. Cle1k, George Simpl in Cattle, Town hall . The Snb-Di•trict compri•es Malton (including the­ Treasurer, Leonard Wm.Hnffam,Barclay's Bank Lin iteq ,·illa ge of Old l\Ialton). Medical Officer of Health, Henry Mainwaring Ilolt Meetings are hPld at the Town hall monthly or other- M.R.C.S.Eng., D.P.H.Edin., L.S.A. St. John'• hou""', wise aos may be necessary. Norton Chairman, Alderman R. :Metcalfe J.P.West Royd QQ Sul'Vevor & Sanitary 1n•pector, Willi::lm A. Ja 1~o11, C'lt>rk, Geor!!e s:mpkin Qattle, Town hall Town hall Pemion Officer, W. T. C. Lett, 3 Broughto iise,~1alton