this township is Nostal Priory, the seat
of Charles Winn, Esq.; this mansion
was built by Sir Rowland Winn, in the
beginning of the last century, on the
site of a priory of Austin Friars, foun-
ded in the reign of Henry I.

Prs Nest, W.R. (7). SeeSkircoat.

Q-

Quarmby, W.R. (7) a township
with Lindley, parish of Huddersfield,
wapentake of Agbrigg, 3 miles W. from
Huddersfield; inhabitants, 2040. This
place was long the seat of an. ancient
family of tbe same name, and here
was Sir Hugh Quarmby murdered by
Sir John Elland, the sheriff of York-
shire, in a deadly feud, 1341. See
Elland.

Quarry Hill, W. R. (8) a ham-
let in the township and parish of Mir-
field, wapentake of ^Agbrigg, 3 miles
W. from Dewsbury.

Quarry House, W. R. (7) a ham-
let in the township of North Owram,
parish of Halifax, wapentake of Mor-
ley, 2 miles N. from Halifax.

Queen’s Head, W. R. (4) a ham-
let in the township of North Owram,
parish of Halifax, wapentake of Mor-
ley, 4 miles S. W. from Bradford.

Quick W.R. (7) a township in the
parish of Rochdale, Lancashire, wapen-
take of Agbrigg, 15 miles S. W. from
Huddersfield; inhabitants, 13,902. This
township comprehends the whole dis-
trict of Saddleworth (which see,) and
consists of nearly one hundred small
villages and hamlets, whose inhabitants
are chiefly occupied in the manufacture
of woollen cloth. The township is
divided into four quarters, called Quick
Mere, Lord’s Mere,, Shaw Mere, and
Friar Mere; the latter was once an
estate belonging to a monastery of
Black Friars, who had a house or
Grange near Delph.

Quick, W. R. (7) a hamlet in the
preceding township, 3 miles S. W. from
Dobcross.

R.

Rainber Park, W.R. (8). See
Brampton Bierlow.

Rainton, N. R. (5) a township
with Newby, in the parish of Topeliff,
wapentake of Hallikeld, 4 miles N. E.
from Ripon ; inhabitants, 347. Newby
Park is the seat of John Charles Rams-
den, Esq.

Raisgill, W.R. (4) a hamlet in
the township of Buckden, parish of
Arnecliffe, wapentake of Staincliffe, 6
miles N. W. from Kettlewell.

Raisthorpe, E. R. (6) a township
with Burdale, in the parish of Whar-
ram Percy, wapentake of Buckrose,
5 miles W. from Sledmere; inhabi-
tants, 47.

Raithwaite, N. R. (3). See New
Holme.

Rakes, W. R. (5) a hamlet in the
township of Birstwith, parish of Hamps-
tliwaite, wapentake of Claro, 3§ miles
W. from Ripley.

Ralph’s Cross, N. R. (2). See
Westerdale.

RamsgIll, W. R. (4) a hamlet in
the township of Lower Stonebeck, pa-
rish of Kirkby Malzeard, wapentake of
Claro, 6 miles N. W. from Pately
Bridge. This village is no other-
wise remarkable than in having given
birth to Eugene Aram; for the detail
of whose melancholy history, see
Knaresborough.

Ramsgill, W. R. (4) a hamlet in
the township and parish of Ilkley, wa-
pentake of Skyrack, 6 miles, N. E. from
Keighley.

Ranah, W. R. (7) a hamlet in the
township of Thurlston, parish of Peni-
stone, wapentake of Staincross, 3 miles
W. from Penistone.

Rand Grange, N. R. (2) a small
hamlet in the township and parish of
Bedale, wapentake of Hang East, £
mile N. from Bedale.

Rand Moor, or Stockwell Green,
W. R. (8) a hamlet in the township of
Upper Hallam, parish of Sheffield, wa-