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seats and other furniture of the old
chapel were removed. Esk Hall is the
seat of J. C. Coates, Esq.

Eske, E. R. (6) a township in the
parish of Beverley, wapentake of Hol-
derness, 4 miles N. E. from Beverley;
inhabitants, 18.

Esklitts, N. R. (2) a small ham-
let in the township and parish of Wes-
terdale, wapentake of Langbarugh, 11
miles S. E. from Guisborough.

Essington, W. R. (4). See Eas-
ington.

Eston, N. R. (2) a township in the
parish of Ormesby, wapentake of Lang-
barugh, 5 miles N. W. from Guis-
borough; inhabitants, 272; a ehapelry
to Ormesby. This village stands on
the ascent of a hill, the summit of which
runs out into a bold eminence called
Eston Nab, where a telegraphic beacon
has lately been erected, commanding
an astonishing prospect; near the pro-
montory there are traces of an ancient
encampment, supposed to be Saxon.

Etherdwick, E. R. (6) a hamlet
in the township and parish of Ald-
borough, wapentake of Holderness, 7
miles N. E. from Hedon.

Etherthorpe, W, R. (8) a small
hamlet in the township and parish of
Darfield, wapentake of Strafforth and
Tickhill, 4 miles E. from Barnsley.

Etton, E. R. (6) a parish and
township in the division of Hunsley
Beacon, 4 miles N. W. from Beverley ;
inhabitants,
380; a rectory, value
20/. 9*. 4id.; patron, the Archbishop
of York. Etton Hall is the seat of
Lady Legard and Miss Grimston.

Everingham, E. R. (5) a parish and
township in the division of Holme
Beacon, 4 miles S. from Pocklington;
inhabitants, 271; a rectory, value
8/. 6s. Sd.; patron, the Rev. W. Alder-
son. Everingham Park, the stately
mansion of W. Constable Maxwell, Esq.
is a modern structure of brick, in a flat
situation, but with the grounds highly
ornamented. In the house is an ex-
cellent portrait of Charles I. on horse-
back, by Vandyke.

Everley, N. R. (3) a hamlet in
the township of Suffield, parish of Hack-
ness, wapentake of Whitby Strand, 4§
miles W. from Scarborough.

Everthorpe, E.R. (6) a township
with Drewton, in the parish of North
Cave, division of Hunsley Beacon, 2
miles N. W. from South Cave; inha-
bitants, 177.

Ewcross, W. R. (1,4) a wapen-
take situated in the north-west corner
of the West Riding, bounded on the
north and west by Westmoreland, on
the east by the wapentakes of Hang
West and Staincliffe, and on the south
by Staincliffe also ; a mountainous dis-
trict, thinly inhabited, but it contains
the larger part of those natural curiosi-
ties usually called the Caves of Craven.
Ewcross contains 11 townships, five of
which are parishes, and two market
towns; houses, 2323 ; inhabitants,
12,035. In the population returns it
is united with Staincross.

Ewe Court, N. R. (2) a small
hamlet in the township of Skiplam, pa-
rish of Kirkdale, wapentake of Rydale,
4 miles N. W. from Kirkby Moorside.

Ewood Hall, W. R. (7). See
Midgley.

Exa, W. R. (4) a small hamlet in
the township of Ballasheaves, parish of
Mitton, wapentake of Staincliffe, 13
miles S. W. from Gisburn.

Exelby, N. R. (2) a township with
Leeming and Newton, parish of Bur-
neston, wapentake of Hallikeld,
2 miles
S.E. from Bedale; inhabitants, 562.
In this township is Newton House, a
seat of the Marquis of Cleveland.

Exley, W. R. (7) a hamlet in the
township of South Owram, parish of
Halifax, wapentake of Morley, 2§ miles
S. from Halifax.

Exley Gate, W. R. (8) a hamlet
in the township of Denby, parish of
Penistone, wapentake of Staincross, 4
miles N. from Penistone.







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