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. |