Kelly's Post Office Director of the North & East Ridings of Yorkshire: 1879
AUGHTON is a township, parish, and village, on the east side of the river Derwent, distant. 8 miles north-west from Howden, and 2 north from Bubwith station on the Selby and Market Weighton Railway, in the 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, and tower contains 2 bells; between the nave and the chancel is a fine Norman arch in good preservation: there is a brass, bearing date 1500, on which are elaborately cut the effigies of Richard Aske and lady. The register dates from the year 1610. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the curacy of Cottingwith annexed, joint annual value of £150, in the gift of A. J. Fletcher, esq., and held by the Rev. Robert Simpson, of St. Bees. There is Wesleyans chapel, erected in 1844. A. James Fletcher, esq., 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 population of the township of Aughton in 1871 was 178; the area is 1,790; and rateable value, £2,124; the area of the entire parish is 4,295 acres; and the population in 1871 was 560.
Letters received through York by foot post, arrive at 11.30 a.m; dispatched at 1.30 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Bubwith.
National School, Robert Banks, master
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 of Howden. Amos James Fletcher, esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The area is 1,365 acres; rateable value, £1,244; and the population in 1871 was 98.
Parish Clerk, Robert Banks.
Letters received through York. The nearest money order office is at Bubwith.
CARRIERS TO:-
HOWDEN - Thomas Thompson, on saturday
YORK – Edward Thompson, on saturday.
Aughton.
Simpson Rev. Robert, Vicarage
COMMERCIAL
Blanshard Rd. Raimes, farmer,The Hall
Brownbridge John, farmer
Collins James, farmer
Falkingham Robert, farmer
Longbones Thomas, farmer
Longhorn Richard, brick maker
Nutt Thomas, farmer
Precious George, farmer
Sanderson William, Plough inn
Slack Samuel (Mrs.), farmer
Stephenson Francis, farmer, Ruddings
Watson Thomas, farmer
Wilson Leonard, shopkeeper
Laytham.
Brabbs John, farmer
Exelby Joseph, farmer
Hare Leaton,
Perkin George, blacksmith
Robinson Richard, farmer
Thompson George, farmer
Thompson John, farmer
Todd Thomas, farmer
EAST COTTINGWITH is a township, parochial chapelry and village, in the parish of Aughton, from which place it is 2½ miles north, 9 south-west from Pocklington, 12 south-east from York, and 4½ north from Bubwith station, 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, pleasantly seated on the east bank of the navigable river Derwent, across which is a ferry to this place from West Cottingwith. The Pocklington Canal communicates with the river Dement near here. Here is a Parochial chapel, which was rebuilt about the year 1780, and is a small plain brick building, consisting of chancel, nave and low tower containing 2 bells, and surmounted by a spherical cupola; the interior was re-seated about 1845: the font is octagonal. The register dates from the year [ blank ]. The living is a chapelry, annexed to Aughton, yearly value £150, in the gift of A. J. Fletcher, esq., and held by the Rev. Robert Simpson, of St. Bees. There is a Friends’ Meeting-house in the village, built about 1790; the Wesleyans also have a small chapel here. The land is divided among a numerous body of small 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, £2,181; and the population in 1871 was 278
Parish Clerk, John Wilson.
Letters received by foot post from Selby via Bubwith, which is the nearest money order office. There is not a post office here
CARRIER TO YORK. – James Pears, every saturday
COMMERCIAL.
Bean George, carrier
Bell Richard, coal merchant
Brown Alexander, shoe maker
Danton Jas. farm bailiff to Mr. Walker
Gell Thomas, farmer
Hemingway John, carpenter
Hewson George, bricklayer
Houseman John, farmer and Ship inn
Laverick Camidge, farmer
Overend William, shoe maker
Pacey Robert, farmer
Pears James, shopkeeper & carrier
Precious John, farmer
Radcliff William, farmer
Room John, farmer
Room Robert, farmer
Room Thomas, farmer
Rydar Mary (Mrs.), farmer
Seymour Benjamin, farmer
Slights James, basket maker
Slights Snowden, basket maker
Slights Thomas, blacksmith
Smith George, farmer
Sumpton Hannah (Mrs.), Blue Bell inn
Turner James, grocer
Wilson Richard, farmer