Burton Salmon, W. R. (8) a township in the parish of Monk Fryston, wapentake of Barkston Ash, 5 miles N. from Pontefract; inhabitants, 182.
Burton upon Ure, N. R. (2) a township in the parish of Masham, wapentake of Hang East, 2 miles N. from Masham ; inhabitants, 170. This township consists chiefly of scattered farm houses, one of which is called High Burton, another Low Burton Hall, and another Burton House.
Burythorpe, E. R. (5) a parish and township in the wapentake of Buck- rose, 5 miles S. from Mai ton; inha- bitants, 216 ; a rectory, value 16/. 16s. 3d.; patron, the King. This village presents another Yorkshire instance of extraordinary longevity, Francis Con- sith having died here in 1768, at the age of 150.
Busby, Great, N.R. (2) a town- ship in the parish of Stokesley, wapen- take of Langbarugh, 2 miles S. from Stokesley; inhabitants, 117.
Busby, Little, N. R. (2) a ham- let in the township of Great Busby, parish of Stokesley, wapentake of Lang- barugh, 3 miles S. from Stokesley. Busby Hall is the seat of the Rev. G. Marwood.
Busby Stoop, N.R. (2). See Hut- ton Sand*
Busker, W. R. (8) a hamlet in the township of Skelmanthorpe, parish of High Hoyland, wapentake of Stain- cross, 6 miles N. from Penistone.
Buslingthorpe, W.R. (5) a ham- let in the township and parish of Leeds, wapentake of Skyrack, 1 mile N. from Leeds.
Butterbusk, W. R. (8) a hamlet in the township and parish of Warms- worth, wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, 4 miles S.W. from Doncaster.
Buttercrambe,N.R. (5) a town- ship in the parish of Bossall, wapen- take of Bulmer, 10 miles N. E. from York; inhabitants, 235. This pleasant village is situated on the Derwent; on an adjacent eminence stands Aldby Park, the noble mansion of Henry Darley, Esq., the site of which appears to have been once a Roman station, and afterwards a royal Saxon village. |
Butterthwaite, W. R. (8) a hamlet in the township and parish of Ecclesfield, wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, 5 miles N. from Sheffield.
Butterwick, N. R. (5) a town- ship in the parish of Barton le Street, wapentake of Rydale, 5 miles N. W. from Malton; inhabitants, 50.
Butterwick, E. R. (6) a town- ship in the parish of Foxholes, wapen- take of Dickering, 9 miles N. from Driffield; inhabitants, 93 ; a chapelry to Foxholes. Here is Falconers Hall, a seat of the late Col. Thornton.
Button Hill, W. R. (8) a hamlet in the township of Ecclesall Bierlow, parish of Sheffield, wapentake of Straf- forth and Tickhill, 3 miles S. from Sheffield. Here is the seat of John Crawshaw, Esq.
Byland, N. R. (5) a township in the parish of Coxwold, wapentake of Birdforth, 6 miles N. from Easing- wold ; inhabitants, 372. Here, situated in a rich valley, are the picturesque re- mains of Byland Abbey, once a large and magnificent structure, founded by Roger de Mowbray, in 1177, for an abbot and some monks of the Cistercian order, who had been driven by the Scots from Furness, in Lancashire: this religious fraternity had been fixed at two other places in the neighbourhood, but finally settled at Byland; the monastery con- tinued till the general dissolution in 1540 ; its revenues, according to Speed, were 295/. bs. id.
Byland, Old, N. R. (2) a parish and township in the wapentake of Bird- forth, 4 miles N.W. from Helmsley; inhabitants, 133; a perpetual curacy; patron, Sir George Wombwell, Bart.; the chapel is in ruins.
Byram, W. R. (8) a township with Poole in the parish of Brotherton, h |