Kelly's Directory of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire: 1913

AUGHTON is a parish, township and village, on the east side of the river Derwent, 2 miles north from Bubwith station and 2½ north from Highfield station, both on the Selby and Market Weighton branch of the North Eastern railway, and 8 north-west from Howden, in the Howdenshire division of the Riding, petty sessional division of Holme Beacon, Harthill wapentake, Howden union and county court district, rural deanery of Weighton, archdeaconry of the East Riding and diocese of York. The church of All Saints is a building of stone, chiefly in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing 2 bells: between the nave and the chancel is a fine Norman arch, and in the chancel is a brass, with effigies, of the 15th century to Richard Aske esq. and his wife: the church was thoroughly restored in 1891 at cost of about £1,200, and affords 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1610. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the curacy of Cottingwith annexed, joint net yearly value £120, including 52 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Thomas Henry Newsome esq. of Dewsbury, and held since 1911 by the Rev. Ernest Jesse Inman B.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and B.Sc. of London University. There is a small farm at Bubwith producing about £30 yearly for the maintenance of the church fabric. The trustees of the late J. E. Newsome esq. of Staincliffe, Dewsbury, are lords of the manor and principal landowners. 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, 1,947 acres of land and 4 of tidal water; rateable value, £1,708; the population in 1911 was 122 in the township and 473 in the ecclesiastical parish.


Parish Clerk and Sexton, Christopher Massam.


Letters received through York, via Wheldrake, by foot post, arrive at 8.30 a.m. week days only. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Bubwith, 2½ miles distant. Wall Letter Box cleared at 4.20 p.m. week days only.


Inman Rev. Ernest Jesse B.A., B.Sc. (vicar), Vicarage

Newsome Misses, The Hall


COMMERCIAL.

Gowthorpe George, farmer, Glebe frm

Harrison Charles, blacksmith

Nutt Geo. Robinson, farmer, York ho

Pitts Mary Hannah (Mrs,), farmer, Aughton grange

Nutt William, farmer & breeder

Outhwaite Charles farmer, Aughton ruddings

Precious George, farmer

Slack Thomas Brownbridge, farmer

Tattersall Fred Harper, farmer,Staincliffe lodge

Wake Benjamin Newham, farmer, Aughton house

Westerman Matthew, builder


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, 4½ miles north from Bubwith station on the Selby and Market Weighton branch of the North Eastern railway, 2½ north from Aughton, 9 south-west from Pocklington, and 12 south-east from York, 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 Weighton, archdeaconry of the East Riding and diocese of York. The Pocklington canal communicates with the river Derwent near here. The chapel of St. Mary, rebuilt about 1780, is a small and plain edifice of brick, consisting of chancel, nave and a low tower surmounted by a cupola and containing 2 bells: the interior was re-seated about 1845, and affords 175 sittings. The register dates from the year 1715. The living is a chapelry, annexed to Aughton, joint net yearly value £130, including 52 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of J. B. Newsome esq. and held since 1911 by the Rev. Ernest Jesse Inman B.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, who resides at Aughton. There is a small Wesleyan chapel here. The poor have 10s. yearly, derived from land left about 1719 by Mr. Ellis Bradley. The land is divided among numerous free-holders. The soil is sand and clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and beans. The area is 1,238 acres of land, 6 of water and 7 of tidal water; rateable value, £1763; population in 1911, 218.


Post Office.—Alexender Brown, sub-postmaster. Letters received through York, via West Cottingwith, by cycle post; arrive at 7.35 am.; dispatched at 5.10 p.m.; no sunday post. West Cottingwith, 2 miles distant. is the nearest money order & telegraph office.


Carriers to York.—John Bell, every sat. ; William Gorwood, every sat. & thurs. & to Selby, mon.


Public Elementary School (mixed), for 80 children; average attendance, 55; Frederick Vicars, master; the school is under the control of six managers


COMMERCIAL

Allan John William, shopkeeper

Atkinson Thomas, farmer

Bell George, farmer

Bell John, carrier & farmer

Houseman John, farmer

Brown Alex, shoe ma. & sub-postmstr

Dunn Thomas, Ship inn

Fratson Arth. Blue Bell P.H. & joiner

Gorwood William, carrier

Gowthorpe Isaac. farmer

Horsley George & Hebdon, basket mas

Horsley John, farmer

Houseman John, farmer

Houseman William, farmer

Lazenby Thomas, smalll holder

Maltby Robert William, farmer

Moor James William, farmer

Moor Thomne, farmer

Outhwaito William, farmer

Pears Bernard, farmer

Room William, farmer, The Elms

Slights John Thomas, blacksmith

Turner Charlotte (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Wilson Richard, farmer, Ivy house

Young Nicholas Maud, farmer


LAYTHAM, or Latham, is a village and township in the parish of and 3 miles east from Aughton and 8 north from Howden. G. W. Lloyd esq. of Stockton Hall, York, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The area is 1435 acres; rateable value, £754 17s. 4d.; the population in 1911 was 69.

Letters through Ellerton, York, arrive at no fixed time; delivered daily. The nearest money order office is at Seaton Ross, about 2½ miles & telegraph office at Bubwith, about 4 miles distant, & posting box at Foggathorpe.


Appleyard Thos. frmr. Lowther farm

Dobson Tom, frmr. Laytham grange (postal address, Seaton Ross, York)

Harrison Tom, farmer, Favin farm

Jefferson Charles, farmer, Bell farm

Knapton Fredk. Wm. frm. The Hall

Moore Herbert, farmer. Manor farm

Pears Edwin, farmer, Green farm

Rickatson Robert. farmer

Sutton Robert. huckster