Middlethorp, (5) a township in the
parish of St. Mary Bishop-hill the Elder,
York, in the Ainsty, If mile S. from
York; inhabitants, 44, The manor-
house is the seat of C. Breary, Esq.;
and Middlethorp Hall is the seat of
Lady Stourton.

Middleton, W. R. (4) a township
with Stockhill, in the parish of Ilkley,
wapentake of Claro, 9 miles E. from
Skipton ; inhabitants, 205. Middleton
Lodge is the seat of William Middle-
ton, Esq.

Middleton, W. R. (8) a township
in the parish of Rothwell, wapentake
of Agbrigg, 5 miles N. from Wake-
field; inhabitants, 1096. Middleton
Lodge, or New Hall, is the seat of Wil-
liam Walker, Esq.

Middleton, N. R. (2) a parish and
township in the wapentake of Pickering
Lythe, 1 mile W. from Pickering; in-
habitants, 247; a vicarage, value 10/.

1H. Sd.; patron, the devizees of the
Rev. J.Robinson. The parish contains
the townships of Aislaby, Cawthorne,
Cropton, Hartoft, Lockton, Rosedale,
Eastside, and Wrelton. Entire popu-
lation, 1727.

Middleton on the Wolds,E.R.

(6) a parish and township in the divi-
sion of Bainton Beacon, half a mile
N. W. from Beverley; inhabitants, 441;
a rectory, value, 15/. 3s. 4d,; patron,
Abraham Hoskins, Esq.

Middleton Green, W.R. (8) a
hamlet in the township and parish of
Ecclesfield, wapentake of Strafforth and
Tickhill, 4 miles N. from Sheffield.

Middleton-upon-Leven, N. R.
(2) a township in the parish of Rudby,
wapentake of Langbarugh, 4 miles S E.
from Yarm; inhabitants, 111. Here is a
chapel of ease ; patron, Lady Amherst.

Middleton Quernhow, N.R. (5)
a township in the parish of Wath, wa-
pentake of Haliikeld, 5 miles N. from
Ripon; inhabitants, 102.

Middleton Tyas, N. R. (2) a pa-
rish and township in the wapentake of
Gilling East, 5 miles N. from Catterick;

inhabitants, 569; a vicarage, value
15/. 10s.; patron, the King. The cop-
per mines of Middleton have ceased to
be worked for half a century Here is
a small district called Scotch Corner, in
which is the Three Tuns public house.
Middleton Lodge is the seat of George
Hartley, Esq. The parish contains the
township of Moulton. Entire popu-
lation, 805.

Middlewood Hall, W. R. (8).
See Darfield.

Midgley, W.R. (7) a township in
the parish of Halifax, wapentake of Mor-
ley, 5 miles W. from Halifax; inhabi-
tants, 2207. Here was an ancient man-
sion called Brearley Hall, in a low situa-
tion, a seat of the Lacy family, now a
farm house; this is not to be mistaken
for the house now called Brearley Hall,
situated on the summit of a hill. Ewood
Hall, in this township, was long the re-
sidence of the Farrar family, and the
supposed birth-place of Robert Farrar,
Bishop of St. David’s, one of the noble
army of martyrs, in the reign of Mary,
1555 ; the mansion is now occupied as
a seminary for young gentlemen.

Midgley, Nether and Over,
W. R. (8) two hamlets in the township
of Shitlington, parish of Thornhill, wa-
pentake of Agbrigg, 6 miles S. W. from
Wakefield.

Midhope, W. R. (4) a township in
the parish of Gisburn, wapentake of
Staincliffe, 3 miles S. from Gisburn;
inhabitants, 100.

Midhope, Little, W. R. (4) a
small hamlet of the preceding township.

Midhope, and Midhope Over,
W. R. (8) two hamlets in the township
of Bradfield, parish of Ecclesfield, wa-
pentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, 4
miles S. from Penistone; a perpetual
curacy; patron, W, Bosviile, Esq.

Milby, N. R. (5) a hamlet in the
township of Humburton, parish of
Kirkby, wapentake of Haliikeld, 1 mile
N. from Boroughbridge.

Milforth, North, W.R. (5) a
hamlet in the township and parish of