. 220 NORTHALLERTON. NORTH RIDING YORKSHIRE. (KELLl'S Here also are the head quarters of the rst Volunteer Bat- sisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled' talion, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment. western tower containing 2 bells: there are 6o sittings. The bankruptcy court is held at Northallerton for the The impropriate tithe amounts to [207. At the West county C()urt districts of Ripon, Richmond, Leyburn, end of the village is a. moat, m good condition, inclosing Helmsley, Tbirsk and Nortballerton. a square piece of land of about four acres in extent, The Maison Dieu, an hospital founded in 1476 by one on which at some remote period a fortified manor bou.se Roger de Moore, a draper of N ortha,llerton, for poor men and stood ; it is still partially filled with water. The present women, is now represented by two houses, occupied by manor house, the residence of Charles Arthur Emerson esq. four poor women, who are in receipt of 3s. a week and a ton lord of the manor and chief landowner, is a modern mansion of coals a year for each. The hospital of St. James, founded of red brick, from which very extensive views of the sur­ by Bishop Philip of Durham, temp. Rd. I. stood on the York rounding country are obtained in all directions. The soil is road, about a mile south of the town; a farmhouse, still clay; subsoil, stiff clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats. called "Spital," now occupies the site. Several charities barley and turnips. The acreage is 2,o69 ; rateable value, are annually distributed by the vicar. The cottage hospital, £1,232 i the population in 1891 was 121. founded in 1877, contains 8 beds, and is supported by vol- Parish Clerk, John Thompson. untary subscri.ptions. 1 Letters through Northallerton, which is the nearest money Standard H1ll, near this town, 1s the place wher~ on the order office, arrive at 9 a. m. ; the nearest telegraph office 22nd of At;,gust, ng8, was. fought the famous." B~ttle of t~e is at Welbury Standard bet~~~n the Scot~~ ~eadeJ by th~Il' kmg, David National School (mixed), with residence for the mistress, I. and the Eng Ish under "\\ 1lham e Fort1bus, surnamed I • for 60 children. average attendance 1 s. Mrs Emil •• Le Gross~," Earl of Albemarle, an~ other barons, when the Richardson, mi~tress. The school & s~hool~istress~ s.cots sustamed a. complete defeat, w~tb a ~oss of ~~,ooo II?-en. house are the property of C. A. Emerson esq. who gives 'I be battle took 1ts name f_rom the. s~ngular. standard ra1sed an annual subscription of £ 15 & the use of the school- by the leaders of the Enghsh host, 1t cons1sted of the mast 1 mistress's residence towards her stipend of a vessel fastened to a car upon four wheels, at the top of the mast being a large crucifix, having in its centre a silver Romanby is a village and township, in the parish and box, containing the Host, and below these the bannel'S of St. union of Northallerton and wapentake and petty sessional Peter of York, St. John of Beverley and St. Wilfrid of Rippn, division of Allertonshire: it is half a mile south-west of North­ the three tutela!' saints of Yorkshire. allerton. The Northallerton railway station is within th~ The principal landowners are the Ecclesiastical Commis- township. The church of St. James was erected at a cost of f!ioners (who are the lords of the manor), the Earl of Hare- [2,000, from designs by Mr. Charles Hodgson Fowler, wood, Sir Henry Monson de la. Poer Beresford-Peirse bart. architect, of Durham, and consecrated May 30, r882; it is n.L.,J.P. of Bedale Hall, Richard Heber Wrightson esq. J. P. a building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel of Cuswortb Park, Robert Hutton-Squire .:r.P. of Holtby Hall, and nave only, under an externally unbroken open-timbered a.nd John Hntton esq. D.L •• J.P~ of Solbergate. The soil roof covered with red tile~ the chancel is decorated in colour varies, but there is some very good land; the subsoil is and the reredos is painted in imitation of mosaic work: gravel, sand and clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, there are 100 sittings. The impropriate •tithe amounts to oats, beans, rye and much land is laid down in pasture. £r51. The principal landowners are John HuLton esq. J.P., The acreage of the township is 3,367 ; rateable value, n. L. who is lay rector, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, £22,915; the population of the township and local board who are lords of the manor, Robert Hutton-Squire esq . .:r.P. district in r89r was 3,802, which includes the officers and · William Warcop Peter Consett esq. n.L.,J.P. Richard Heber inmates in the workhouse and in H. M. prison. Wrightsonesq . .:r.P. and Mrs.DawsonLampton. The acreage Parish Clerk, Job.n Stevensol).. is 2,469; rateable value, £9,587; the population in r8;~~ was 42r. Deighton is a cbapelry in the parish and union of Letters from Nortballerton, which is the nearest money N orthallerton and wapentake of Allertonshire, 1 i mile"! west order & telegraph office, arrive at 7 a. m. WALL L&TTRR from Welbury station on the Leeds and Stockton branch of Bo~ cleared at 7·35 a. m. & 7 p.m. except sunday the North Eastern railway, 6 nortb~ast from Northallerton and u from Darlington. All Saints', a chapel of ease to National School (mixed), erected in 1874, for So children; N orthallerton, is a building of stooe in the Gothic style, (:on- average attendance, 74 ; Mrs. Mary Walker, mistress · Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c . • PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office & not later than 10 a.m. ; for second dispatch, 7 p.m.; for Inland Revenue Stamp Office.-Henry Ream Smithson, third dispatch, 7.50 p.m. There are two deliveries in the postmaster town, week days only, 8 a.m & 4 p.m On week days the office is open for ordinary business from A mail cart leaves every morning at 5.30 for Kirby Sigston, 7 a.m till 8 p.m Harlsey, Osmotherley, Staddle Bridge, Ingleby-Cross, Money Orders are issue:l & paid & Savings Bank &; Swainby,Carlton,Stokesley & Ayton,&one forBedale at4.20 Annuity bllSiness transacted & Inland Revenue Licences Rural postmen leave for the following villages every week H:!sued from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Postal Orders issued & day at 6 a.m. :-Langton, Ainderby-St,oople, Morton-on- paid from 9 a..m to 8 p.m. No business of this descrip- Swale, Warlaby, Thrintoft & Kiplin; Thornton-le-Bt~ans, tion transacted on sundays Thornton-le-Moor, North 0Lterington, Newby Wiske & Postal Telegraph Office open on week days from 8 a.m till South Otterington ; Da.nby Wiske, Yafforth, Hutton Bon- 8 p.m & on Sundays from a till IO a.m villB & Lovesome Hill LETrERS for London, Lancashire, Cheshire, & South of Eng- CouNTY MAGISTRATES FOR THE PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION land, York, Hull, Scar:>ro', Beverley,Leeds,Selby, Malton, OF ALLERTONSHI&K. Whitby, Tbirsk, Pickering, Guisbro', Saltburn, Marske, Aikenhead Robt. esq. Otterington ball, Nortballerton,chrmn Leyburn,Hawes &c.can be posted till 11 a. m.; with extra Brown William esq. B. A. Arncliffe hall, North!l.llerton ld. stamp, 11.5 a. m.; registered until 10.30 a. m Cust The Ven. Archdeacon Edwards M.A. Danby Hill, For Darlington, Bedale, York, Great Ayton. Stokesley, Nortba!lerton North East of England, Ireland & Scotland until 2 p.m.; Elliot George William esq. M.P., M.A. Scruton hall, Bedale with extra~d. stamp, 2.5 p.m.; registered until 1.30 p.m Emerson John James esq. LL.D. Easby ball, Northa.llerton FQr London, South of England, Ireland & Scotland, until Godman Col.ArLh.Fitzpatrick,Sme'lton manor,Northallerton 7.50 p.m.; with extra !d. stamp, B.5 p.m.; & letters & Hildyard JohnArundell esq.HuttonBonville ball,Northallertn parcels registered until 7.20 p. m Hors fall Micbael Heineken esq. Westthorpe, Little Smeaton, 'For London & all parts, until 10 p.m.; registered until 7.30 Northallerton 'THE DELIVERY OF LETTERS received by 1st London mail &; Horsfall Thomas Garnett esq. Hornby grange,Northallerton all parts, by postmen & to callers, begins at 7 a. m. From Hutton John esq. D.L. Solbergate, Northallerton Scotland, York & Darlington at 8 p.m Jobnson Waiter esq. Rounton grange, Nortballerton 2nd London, York, Darlington, Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Little Edward Delanoy esq. M.A. The Mount, Northallerton Stockton, Guisbro', Bedale, Scotland & South, by postmen, Lumley Bartbolomew esq. Nortballerton at 3.25 p.m.; to callers at 3.25 p.m Rutson Henry esq. B.A.. Newby Wiske ball, Northallerton Local letters from Stokesley, Ayton &c. by postmen at Rutson John esq. B.A. Newby Wiske, Nortballerton 8.10 p. m Wilford Ben jam in esq. Brompton, N orthallerton On snnday there is only one delivery by postmen, commenc- Clerk to the Magistrates, William Fowle ing at 6 a. m. & letters are delivered at the office from 8 Petty Sessions are held every wed. at the court bou'le, at II to 10 a. m. only, when the office is closed, but the letter a. m. The following places are include;! in the petty box remains open as on other days sessional division :-Ainderby Steeple, Birkby, Borrowby, PARCEL PosT.-Parcels are received at the counter between Brompton, Brawith, Cotcliffe, Crosby, Deighton, East 7 a.m & 8 p.m.