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.. S61 WEST lliDING . MIDDLETHORPE. .Meggitt 81lmlle1 & SonR, 'tillage & ma· Peace William, shopkeeper Slater Jo'hn, Re'l"~ •.,by ~t-11t~ nure manufacturers . Picken John, shopkeeper Spooner William Earnshaw, farmer .Midgley Luke, stone mason Shepherd Geo. joiner&: wheelwright V enables Mary (Mrs.(, !Jhogkeepet ' .• t I I,.,.,, .. , ;-••tt•J . MICKLEY is a village and 'flcclesiastieal parish iormed of St. John's College, Cambridge, who l1as ~ good residence jn 18« from the parish of Kirk by Malze11rd, town­ here. The \Vesleyans hav«: a. eh a pet here. Jiere is 11 flax ship, 5 miles south from !dasham, in which parish it is for mill belong-ing to Mes!!l"B'. T. and R. Grimston and -eo. civil purposes, and 6~ north-we..r;;t from Ripoo, in the which employ11 ft. large number of hands; '8ttached to the Eastern division of the Riding, wapentake of Claro, Ripon mill is a Catholic chapel, where tlivine serviee i~ held ~very union aud county court district, rural deanery of l\'lasham, alternate week 1 there is al!!O' a Catholic tlchool. The prin­ Richmond archdeaconry and Ripon diocese. The houses in cipal landowners are Mr. Whittaker, Mr. ,Barker an1l this village, wllich is situated in a very picturesque spot at Col. J. S. Crompton. The lt10il is clay and ~vel; subsoil the foot of Hackfa.ll, are all built of stone. The country gravel. The chief crops are wheat and barley. The popu­ around is undulating, richly wooded, and waterf'd by the lation in 1871 was 368-, who are chiefly employed in agricul~ · river Ure, separating the West and .North Ridings, which ture and in the mill ; the area js 398 acres. here works an extensive mill, and a:ffords good sport Cor t.he ang-ler. The church of St, John 's -a small stone building 1 in the Early English style, consisting of nave and chancel. Post' 0 PPICE.-James Rid:Jdal~ postmaster.. .Letters The register dates from the year 1844. The living is a through Rip<111 by foot post; arrive at 11 a. m.; dispatchf\d vicarage, yearly value £110, In the gift of the vicar of at 4 p.m. is the nearest money order Masham and held by the Rev. Robert Stephen MMre M.A. office Atkinson :Mrs 1 COMMERCIA.L. Grimston Thoa.& Ralph &Co.fiaxapinn Atkinson Mrs. Fred Bell John, Bay Horse Harland William,. coal dealer Harrison Miss, High bank Calverley William & John, joiners Heath George, farmer Hartley James, Eton cottage Crabtree Charles, shopkeeper Heath William, cowkeeper Horner Mrs Graham John, Shoulder of Mutton Leathley John, blacksmith Meehan Michael Gregg George, farmer, Carr house Mackley Robert, White Horse Moore Rev. Robt. Stephen M.A.[vicar] Gregg Ralph, farmer Ridsdale J ames~ stone mason • ..

MIDDLESMOOR, situate near the Nidd, is an eccle­ a spot well known to tourists, through which Steanbeck siastical parish and village, on the summit of a hill, com­ flows, is in this district; the cavern, here stretch for a long prising Under Stonebeck township and part!! of Stonebeck distance underground, and it is doubtful whether they Up and parts of and , and have ever been completely explared. John Yorke esq. formed from the parish of Kirkby Malzeard, 9 miles north­ ~ .P. is lord of the manor. T.b.e frincipal 1andowners are­ west from Pateley Bridge, 10 from Masham and 17 from M:rs. · Oxley, Thomas Carter 'esq. C. Other esrJ. William Ripon, in the Eastern division of the Riding, Claro wapen­ Harker e~q. and George Metcalfe esrr. Th!! soil is clayey; take, Pateley Bridge union, Ripon county court district, the subsoil is clay and rock. The chief crops are oats nnd rural deanery of Masham, archdeaconry of Richmond, and pasture. The area is 19,944 aCTes; the population in 1871 diocese of Hipon. The church of St. Chad, originally was 551.· erected in 1484, and restored in 1866, is a buildin~f in the STONEBECK DoWN and l1PPER STb'!q"EBECK are· Gothic sty le of the fourteenth century, or second Pointed, township!~ in the old parish of Kirkby Malzeard. Here are con~isting of chancel, nave and north aisle, with square lead mines. John Yorke esq. is lord of the manur nnd chief tower, and a peal of 6 bells1 dating from 1868: there is a landowner. The 11oil is loamy and gravelly; the suhsoil very fine oltl Saxon font, and in the ehurchyard a cross. gravel and rock. The land is chiefly used for gra'zing' pur­ Eugene Aram, immortalised by the fiction of the first I .. ord po!'les : the moors are 1,500 feet high. The Stonebeck i" a. Lytton, was baptized here in 1704 and married in 1728. small stream, a feeder of the Nidd. The populatfon (1871) The register date:; from· the year 1700, and is in fair con­ of Stonebeck Down was 364, and the area. Is '12,516 acres-; dition. The living is a vicarage, yearly value .£150 with the population (1871) of Upper Stoneheck was 30q are~,. house, in the gift of the \>'icar of Masham-cum-Klrkby 12,505 acres; rateable value, .£4, l714s. Malzeard and held by the Rev. George Graing-er Cass B.A.. of 'Vadham College, Oxford. The Wesleyans have a ehapel PosT OFFICE.-Charles Browes, receiver. Letters llrri~e· here. A fair is held on the 14th of September yearly, for from Leeds via Patelcy Bridge at 12.30 p.m.; dispatched! lambs and cattle. There are in this locality many subter- at 2.30 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Pa~ele.y ranean passages worthy of inspection. The Nidd, entering Bridge one of these at Goydon Pot, after passing 2 miles under- School (mixed}, partly ennowed' in 1809 by Simon Horner- ground, emerges under Vicarage. How , of Hull, with .£20 per annum; Edward Clar~, master Middlesmoor. Mawer John, farmer, Armathwaite Stone beck Down. Alien Richard, farmer, Lodge Mawer.Jonn.(Mrs.),farmr.Armathwaite Brown Thomas, joiner MetcalfWm.shoe maker & assistnt.ovrsr (For other Dames see ) Browse Charles, tailor & postmaster Rhodes George, farmer, Limley Carling William, farmer Car ling John, Crown RhodesMatthew,farmer,NorthSide head Foster Francis, farmer, Moor house Car ling William, farmer, Limley R~der Catherine (Mrs.), King's Head Harrison Williamjun. farmer, Steau Dolphin William, colliery owner Thompson Esther (Mrs.) & !:ion, far- J ackson Henry, joiner~ Whit beck Dolphin William, farmer, New houses mers, Wood ale Mawer George, farmer Eglin Ellen ( Mr~.), farmer, Ho.gle close Verity John, farmer, Lodge Mawer Richard, farmer, Well house Foster William, tiumer Verity John, farmer, Low rigs Mawer William, farmer, "Stean Horner Anthony, farmer, Angram Verity Matbew, farmer, Hadan carr Robson Richard, assistant overseer Horner George, farmer, Lodge Verity Matthew) farmer, Low rigs Spence .Tames, farmer, Whitbeck . Kirkley Rabert, fai'me'r, New houses Verity Peter, farmer, lligh rigs Suttill James, stone mason, ~tean . Kirkley Thomas, farmer, Woodale Verity Thomas_, farmer~ High rig!! Verity Matthew, farmer, Stean Lee Richard,joiuer WoodrupElias., farmer .. W~odale Verity William, farmer, Stildfold Lohley Robt. farmer, Somerstone lodge Woodr11p John, farmer, Woodale Weatherhe.ad William, farmer, Stean Mawer George, farmer, Scar house Woodrup Joseph, farmer, Gill house Woodrup Elio.s, farmer, Studfold

MIDDLETHORPE is a township llituated in rthree rouhded by pleasnre grounds and commanding_ a 'fOod :yiew parishes (the principal part is now consolidated with of the well-wooded scenery around. The Hon. E. W'. Las­ Bishopthorpe, another portion with Dringhoulles _and part celles .l.P. who is lord of the manor, Mrs. Eason Wilkinsou in St. Mary Bishophill the Elder), 1! miles south from York, and W... Cattlay esq. are the principallaJld.<>woers. The IJoil in the Northern division of the Riding, but being irr the is' a good loam and (lravel; the suh!!QiL .is chiefly-gravel. :..4-insty of York, ill is for parliamentary purposes in theN orth The chief crops are wheat, barley, oa~, beans, turnipii and Riding, union and coYnty court district of York, situated seeds. The area is 519 acres; rateable value,..,£2,08{); and on the west bank of the rivet Ouse. The Manor House, the the 'population (1871), 116. Letters received/ from York, seat of the Hon. E. W, La.scelles i .1>. is a mansion sur~ the nearest mo:p.ey order office rt 'Lascelles Hon. ~~remont WUiiam l.P. Bennett'George, farmer• The Grange Wright James, farl;ll hailift'to tne ~on. 'M a nor honse Swallwood ,lienr.r ~ farmer, !3tud farm E. W ,• Lascelles '- Wilklnson :M:r·s. Eason, The Hall