Kelly's Post Office Directory of the North & East Ridings of Yorkshire: 1889
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