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AUGHTON is a township, parish, and village, on the east side of the river Derwent,  8 miles north-west from Howden, and 2 north from Bubwith station on the Selby and Market Weighton branch of the North Eastern railway, and 2½ miles north from Highfield station, in the Howdenshire division of the Riding, petty sessional division of Holme Beacon, Harthill wapentake, Howden union and  county court district, rural deanery of Market Weighton, East Riding archdeaconry, and diocese of York. The church of All Saints is an old stone building, chiefly in the Norman style, having chancel, nave, south porch and a western embattled tower with pinnacles, containing 2 bells; between the nave and the chancel is a fine Norman arch: in the chancel is a brass, with effigies of the fifteenth century, to Robert Aske esq. and his wife. The register dates from the year 1610. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the curacy of Cottingwith annexed, joint yearly value of £172, including 52 acres of glebe, in the gift of J.B. Newsome, esq. of Dewsbury, and held since 1871 by the Rev. Robert Simpson, of St. Bees. There is a Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1844.  J.B. Newsome, esq. of Dewsbury, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is loamy and clayey, and the subsoil clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, potatoes, turnips, and seeds. The area of the township, 1,952 acres; rateable value, £2,772; the population of the township in 1881 was 137.

 

Parish Clerk & Sexton, John Wilson

 

Letters received through York by foot post, arrive at 10.30 a.m. The nearest money order office and telegraph office is at Bubwith.

 

Wall Letter Box, cleared at 3 p.m.

 

National School (mixed), erected in 1878, for 30 children; average attendance 15; Miss Kirkham, mistress

 

COTTINGWITH township, which is in this parish, will be found under a separate heading.

 

Laytham is a village and township in the parish of Aughton, 3 miles east from Aughton,and 8 miles north from Howden. G. W. Lloyd, esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The area is 1,434 acres; rateable value, £962; the populalion in 1881 was 68.

 

Letters received through Howden, arrive at Froggathorpe station at 11 a.m. & are fetched by the inhabitants. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Bubwith.

 

CARRIERS TO:-

HOWDEN - George Thompson, on sat

YORK – George Thompson, on sat

 

Aughton.

Simpson Rev. Robert, Vicarage

 

COMMERCIAL

Batty Levi, farmer

Blanshard Rd. Raimes, farmer,The Hall

Graves Henry James, farmer

Heptonstall John, farmer

Lobley & Whitlock, farmers

Longhorn Richard, brick maker

Nutt Thomas, farmer

Precious George, farmer

Slack Thomas, farmer

Stephenson Francis, farmer, Ruddings

Ward James, farmer

Watson Joseph, farmer

Wilson Leonard (Mrs.), shopkeeper

 

Laytham.

Fowler Rev. John Nottingham

Brabbs John, farmer

Creaser John, farmer

Exelby George, farmer

Exelby John, farmer

Exelby Joseph, farmer

Robinson Richard, farmer

Thompson George, farmer

 

 

EAST COTTINGWITH is a township, parochial chapelry and village, in the parish of Aughton, pleasantly seated on the east bank of the navigable river Derwent, across which is a ferry to this place from West Cottingwith, 2½ miles north from Aughton, 9 south-west from Pocklington, 12 south-east from York, and 4½ north from Bubwith station on the Selby and Market Weighton branch of the North Eastern railway, in the Howdenshire division of the Riding, petty sessional division of Holme Beacon, Holme Beacon division of Harthill wapentake, Pocklington union and county court district, rural deanery of Market Weighton, archdeaconry of the East Riding and York diocese. The Pocklington Canal communicates with the river Dement near here. Here is a Parochial chapel, rebuilt about the year 1780: it is a small and plain edifice of brick, consisting of chancel, nave and a low tower containing 2 bells, and surmounted by a cupola; the interior was re-seated about 1845: the font is octagonal: there are 175 sittings. The register dates from the year 1715. The living is a chapelry, annexed to Aughton, yearly value £172, including 52 acres of glebe, in the gift of J.B. Newsome, esq., and held since 1871 by the Rev. Robert Simpson, of St. Bees, who resides at Aughton. There is a Friends’ Meeting-house in the village, built about 1790: the Wesleyans have a small chapel here. The land is divided among numerous freeholders. The soil is sand and clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and beans. The acreage is 1,140; rateable value, £1,896; population in 1881 was 259.

 

Parish Clerk, John Wilson.

 

Letters received by foot post from York, arrive at 10.30 a.m. Bubwith is the nearest money order & telegraph office.

 

Wall Letter Box, cleared at 3 p.m.

 

CARRIER TO YORK. – George Bell, every sat

 

A Board School of 5 members was formed March 10, 1876, for east Cottingwith & Storwood United District, R. Banks, clerk to the board.

 

COMMERCIAL.

Bell Richard, coal merchant

Brown Alexander, shoe maker

Dearing John, farmer

Fratson Charles, Blue Bell P.H.

Hewson George, bricklayer

Houseman John, farmer

Outhwaite James, farmer

Overend William, shoe maker

Pacey William, farmer

Pears James, shopkeeper

Precious John, farmer

Reader Robert, Ship inn

Room John, farmer

Room Thomas, farmer

Room William, farmer

Seymour Benjamin, farmer

Slights James, basket maker

Slights Snowden, basket maker

Slights Thomas, blacksmith

Smith George, farmer

Turner James, grocer

Wilson Richard, farmer