144/ WEST.~IDING . WHITLEY tOW ER. of Hertford : 011 the north wall of the chanee11s a mural of Hugo Francis MPynell-Ingram esq.). who resides af the tablet to John Smeaton P.R.&. the founder ofthe Eddvstofl@ manor house~ , a Late Etlzabetb&l\ building lighthouse, who JWa8 born at. .,lnstborpe Lodge Jn" 1724 of red brick situated in an extensive deer !park. The entire and buried bere ~n l19-~ : there llre al80 several memoria.ll area of the township is 4,086 acres, incl nd in!!' 973 in L@eds; of the Ingrams, consisting of an altar tomb to Sir Arthur the rateable value ol" the whole township iflf .£2I,OB67s. 7tl.; Ingram, knight, dated 1G5.5;..a fine alabaster monument, the entire populatioR of the township in 1871 was 2,113, in­ erected by the Hon. Mrs. Meynell-lng1am in memory of cluding 385 in ; area of district ecelesiastieally attached her husband, Hugp Fra.ncw Meynell-Ingram. who died in to Whitkirk, 2,699 acres; population, l,728. · l 871, ll8 well as to other memben of the lngram family ; AuBTHOBPR is a towmhip in arld Whitkirk it consillte of 3 trefoil-lleaded niches in the Elll'ly English parishes, 5 mile• Past-by-north trom Lee(h, in Tadcaster style, in each of which is a brass tablet with inscriptions in unio11. The principal landowner is Johu Wilson esq. who medimval letters, The registers date from the year ]603 is also lord of the manor. J.odge. the seat of :and jire in good condition. The living i1 a vicarage, yearly Mrs. Wilkinson, was the birthplace of the ce1ebrated en­ 'Value £250, in the gift of Trinity College, Cambridge, and gineer John Smeaton. The entire populatiorl or the town­ held by the Rev. Georg-e Moreton Platt M.A. of that col­ ship in 1871 was 236, including 36 in Garflll'tb r area, 858 lege, formerly Bell's University scholar. There are Wes­ acres, including 236 in Garforth; ;rsteable raiue, ~4,799; ieya.n chapels at Halton and Colton, The charities are ecclesiastical area, 558; population, 119. about .£100 yearly. The principal landowner is the Hon. THORPE STAPLETON is a township iil the parish ot ~frs. Meynell-Ingram of Temple Newsam. The soil is Whitkirk,. 3~ miiM east-south-east from Leeds, near the sandy; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are potatoe'l and Aire, in the union. The population (1811). 39 i grass. The entire area or the parish Is 5,638 acres; and the area is 29~ acres. the population of the entire lJarish in 1871 was 3,187 ; the HALTOJS is a large village 3t mile.l!ast from Leeds on area of the ecclt~siastica1 parish 31551, population 11886. the road to Selhy. Pa'f"'ish Clerk, John Gibson. CoLTON is 1! miles south-east of Whltkirk church. TEMPLE NEWSAM, 4! miles east from LePds, is a town­ ship in Whitkirk and Leeds parishes, and Hunslet union, PosT OFFICE. Halton.-William }lell, sub-postmaster. partly within the municipal and parliamentary borough of Letters arrive from Leeds at 7.45 a.m. J dispatched at Leeds, and includes the villages of Whitkirk, Halton, Col ton 6.30 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is ~nd , and the hamlets of New"3m Green and at Crossgates Waterside. In" Domesday Book" it is called Newhusum, :and acquired its additional appellation from a settlement WALL LETTER Box, near Whitkirk church1 cleared at l1ere of Knights Templars, In 1181. Tbe manor was granted 7 p.m, week days; 9.15 a. m. sundays to the Knights Templars by William de Villers in the twdfth INSURANCE AGENT.-Li11erpool ~London~ Globe, I. B. century, who founded a preceptory here: after the suppres- Atkinson, Halton sion of the order it was granted by Edward I{ I. to Sir John ScHOOLS:- Darcy, in whose familv it remainP.d until the reign of Henry Tne School Board was formed In 187-i &: consists of 5 VIII. when Thomas Lord Darcy was beheaded, and his members. Clerk to the Board, Wm. John Green, Halton -estates forfeited, tor aiding the northern insurgents in their Board, Halton, John Lewis Lodge, master; Miss Sarah attempt to compel the king to restore the dissolved monas- Elizabeth Kaye, infants' mistress teries; it then passed into the hands of Matthew, EBrl of Board, Colton, Joseph Owrid, master Lennox, during whose residence here Henry Lord Darnley, CONVEY ANC&.-Crossgates station, North Eastern Rail- husband of Mary Queen of Scots, was born, and was after.. way, is halt-a-mile north of tlte tillage of Whitkirk. wards conferrPd byJames I. on Esme Stuart, Uuke of Rich· Two omnibuses leave for Leed~ daily 9 a.m. &: 2 'p.m. rnond : the Duke sold tht- e~;tata to Sir Arthur Ingram, returning from Briggate at 1 & 5 p.m. ; extra on satur- .and it is now held by the Hon. Mrs. Meynell-Ingram (widow day 6 p.m. returning 9 p.m Whitkirk. Ha.lton. Keigbley James, plumber ~bild Thomas Brooke Mrs Kershaw Joshua, farmer Hick Henry, Manor house Crosthwaite John William King John, shopkeeper J ohnson J ames Edwin Fanlkner Mrs Kirk by Edmund, farmer .Piatt Rev. Geo. Moreton M.A. [vicar) Fawcett Richarcl LawtonJoseph, u;reengrocer coMMERCIAL. Gravely John Malham Joseph, grocer Child Thomas, farmer Grea ves Herbert Milburo J oseph, watch maker Gibson William, grocer Groves Rev. John [curate of Whitkirk] Noake Samuel Joseph, surgeon &c ..t.l£anston Coal Co. Limited, colliery Groves Joseph Pawson .John, builder owners (William Wilkinson, mauag- Hart John Pogson Wi!liam, surgeon injr partner) Mills Mrs Rollisson John, hay dealer & farmer -Scatcbard John, Brown Cow N oake Samuel J oseph 8haw George, hay dealer Phillips Mrs Shaw Robert, hay dealer Colton. Shaw Thoma~, wheelwright COMMERCIAL. Bean WiHiam .' Shaw W illiam, hay deal~:r Ellingwortb John Ambler Emma Annie & Kate (Misses), Smllrt Benjamin, draper Harland Jame~ Walter dress makers Smith John, wheelwril{ht Heaps Joseph Atkinson Isaac Barker, 11addler Steveuson Frederick, farmer Herbert George Atkiuson William, bay dealer Stevenson Henry, farmer lngle Charles Bell William, grocer Stockdale Francis, shoe maker Kitchin Robert Bickerdike Matthew, farmer Swift Mark William, farmer Walker Mrs Briggs Caroline (Mrs.), T7'ar:ellers Swift Squire, butcher & farmer ·Crosthwaite Alfred, shoe maker Hriggs Edwin, bricklayeP' Thompson Joseph, IMDin Arm~ Vob3on Charles, farmer Bri:,rgl! George, bricklayer Walker Richard, market gardener Ellis John, farmer Carr John, !!hop keeper Walker William, butcher Laurie James, gardener to Hon. Mrs. Crosthwaite George, shoe maker Wilson Edward, farmer Me~·nell ln~ram Crosthwaite Jesse, tohoe maker Moxon J oseph, farmer Do'J&on Artuu.. , butcher N ewsa.m Green .. Pe&.l!e John, farmer lJobson Mary (M~.), greengrocer Meynell-lngram Hon. Mrs. Temple ilcott Samuel, farmer&. machine owner Dodsworth George H. chimney !!Weeper Newsam 1'omlinson J ames, carpenter Fryer George, Woodman inn Gowland Henry

Gr~n Wm,Joho,clerk to School Board Senior - 1 Stapleton hGuse Austhorpe. & assistant overseer .Steel Thomas Han110n William, greengrocer COJIM&llCIAL. 'Wilkinson Mrs. Austhorpe lodge Hebden Anne (Mrs.), blacksmith Apple~ard William, farmer Appleyard H~. farmer, Austhorpe ball Herbert George Thomas, grocer Broadbent Charles, farmer Manllton Coal Co. Limited, collit!ry Hoy1e Luke, butcher Oldroyd Joseph, farmer owners ( WilHam \Vilkinson1 manag- Hoyle Samuel, plumber Overton Charles, farmer ing partner) ' Jackson Catoline (Mrs.), farmer Wilson Henry, farmer

WHITLEY LOWER is a township and village con- fical paTisb frnm the parish of ThornhUI, Southern division talning the hamlets of W HITLKY and BRI&liTPIELD, about of the Riding, lower division of Agbrigg wapentake, Dews- 3 miles south-.,vest of Dt:WoJhury, in Thornhlll parish, and 6 bury union, county court district and rural deanery, arch­ miles south-west of Wak~field, and formed into an ecclesia:s- deaconry of Craven and . The church or