Ellenhall (St. Mary)
ELLENHALL (St. Mary), a parish, in the S. division of the hundred of Pirehill, union, and N. division
of the county, of Stafford, 2¼ miles (S. by E.) from
Eccleshall; containing 280 inhabitants, and comprising
by measurement 1765 acres. The village lies east of the
high road from Eccleshall to Newport. The Hall belonged to the ancient family of the Noels, from whom
descended the Noels of Hilcote, in this county, and the
Noels of Ridlington, in Rutlandshire; it afterwards
passed, with the manor, by marriage, to the Harcourts,
and about forty years ago both became the property, by
purchase, of the family of the Earl of Lichfield. The
living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £91; patron
and impropriator, the Earl of Lichfield.
Ellerbeck
ELLERBECK, a township, in the parish of Osmotherley, union of Northallerton, wapentake of
Allertonshire, N. riding of York, 5½ miles (E. N. E.)
from Northallerton; containing 81 inhabitants.
Ellerburn (St. Hilda)
ELLERBURN (St. Hilda), a parish, in Pickering
lythe and union, N. riding of York, 3¼ miles (E. by N.)
from Pickering; containing, with the township of Farmanby and chapelry of Wilton, 686 inhabitants. The
soil is a red earth of various qualities, and the surface
hills and valley, some of the former being of considerable size, and in a measure planted; the scenery is romantic and beautiful, up the dale. A corn-mill is propelled by a mountain stream. The living is a discharged
vicarage, valued in the king's books at £7. 4. 9½.; net
income, £146; patron, the Dean of York; impropriators, T. Mitchelson, Esq., and others. The church is
an ancient edifice, the interior of which underwent a
thorough renovation in 1800. At Wilton is a chapel
of ease; and at Farmanby a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Ellerby
ELLERBY, a township, in the parish of Swine,
union of Skirlaugh, Middle division of the wapentake
of Holderness, E. riding of York, 7¾ miles (N. E. by
N.) from Hull; containing 275 inhabitants. This place
is called in Domesday book Alverdebi, and at a later
period Heludby; the chief proprietors have been the
families of St. Quintin and Dacre, and at present the
lands are in various hands. The township includes the
hamlets of Dowthorpe, Owbrough, Woodhall, and part
of Longthorpe; and comprises by computation 2500
acres of land: the village, which is small, is on a gentle
acclivity near Burton-Constable. In a pond at Horse
Hill are often found quantities of small marine shells.
Ellerby
ELLERBY, a township, in the parish of Lythe,
union of Whitby, E. division of the liberty of Langbaurgh, N. riding of York, 7½ miles (W. N. W.) from
Whitby; containing 78 inhabitants. This place was
anciently written Elverdby, and in Domesday book Elwordebie. It was part of the great possessions of the
barons Mauley, of Mulgrave; but the lands have been
long parcelled out among various owners, and most of
them now belong to the Marquess of Normanby. The
township comprises 596 acres, of which 51 are waste
land or common: the village is situated a little to the
north of the road between Whitby and Guisborough.
The tithes have been commuted for £105. 10., payable
to the Archbishop of York.
Ellerington
ELLERINGTON, a quarter, in the parochial chapelry of Haydon, N. W. division of Tindale ward,
S. division of Northumberland, 4¼ miles (W.) from
Hexham; containing 337 inhabitants. This place is
situated in the north-western extremity of Hexhamshire;
and the Hexham and Haydon-Bridge road, and South
Tyne river, run at a little distance to the north.
Ellerker
ELLERKER, a township and chapelry, in the parish
of Brantingham, union of Beverley, wapentake of
Howdenshire, E. riding of York, 1¼ mile (S. by W.)
from South Cave; containing 373 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 1920 acres of land, of a fertile
soil, stretching southward to the river Humber. The
chapel is chiefly of brick, and covered with tiles. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Ellerton-Abbey
ELLERTON-ABBEY, a township, in the parish of
Downholme, union of Richmond, wapentake of HangWest, N. riding of York, 7 miles (W. S. W.) from
Richmond; containing 56 inhabitants. It is situated
on the south side of Swaledale, and comprises 1490
acres, rising in bold scarrs and fells from the river.
Here was a small priory of Cistercian nuns, thought to
have been founded by Warnerius, dapifer to the Earl of
Richmond, in the time of Henry II., and which at the
Dissolution was valued at £15. 10. 6.
Ellerton-Priory (St. Mary)
ELLERTON-PRIORY (St. Mary), a parish, in the
union of Howden, Holme-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 9 miles
(N. N. W.) from Howden; containing 320 inhabitants.
The scattered village of Ellerton lies on the east side of
the vale of Derwent. The living is a perpetual curacy;
net income, £110; late patron and impropriator, Sir C.
B. Codrington. The church, which is in a dilapidated
state, is part of the nave of the ancient structure, which
joined a priory built by William Fitz-Piers, before 1212,
for canons of the Semperingham order: this institution
maintained 13 poor persons, and at the Dissolution its
revenue was valued at £78. 0. 10. There are almshouses
for 6 persons, founded by Sir Hugh Bethell, in 1610;
also a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Ellerton-upon-Swale
ELLERTON-UPON-SWALE, a township, in the
parish of Catterick, union of Richmond, wapentake
of Gilling-East, N. riding of York, 1¼ mile (E. by S.)
from Catterick; containing 152 inhabitants. It is situated to the east of the river Swale, and comprises about
1300 acres of land, the property of the Earl of Tyrconnel, who is lord of the manor. Henry Jenkins, who
lived to the extraordinary age of 169 years, was born
here; he died on the 8th of December, 1670, at this
place, and a monument with a suitable epitaph was
erected to his memory in 1743, in the church of Boltonupon-Swale, where he was interred.
Ellesborough (St. Peter and St. Paul)
ELLESBOROUGH (St. Peter and St. Paul), a
parish, in the union of Wycombe, hundred of Aylesbury, county of Buckingham, 2½ miles (W. by S.) from
Wendover; containing 708 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, valued in the king's books at £11. 9. 7.; net
income, £285; patron, Sir R. G. Russell, Bart. Near
the church, on a circular eminence, is an ancient fortification called Belinus' Castle, where tradition relates
that Belin resided; above it is a high hill, still retaining
the name of Belinesbury. There are almshouses for
eight poor widowers and widows, endowed by Lady
Isabella Dodd with land now let for a yearly rent of
£63, and property in the funds producing a dividend of
£34 per annum.
Ellesmere (St. Mary)
ELLESMERE (St. Mary), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, chiefly in the hundred of
Pimhill, N. division of Salop, 16½ miles (N. N. W.)
from Shrewsbury, and 178½ (N. W.) from London; containing, with a portion of the parish in Flintshire, 7080
inhabitants. This place derives its name from an adjoining lake or mere, which, being the largest of several
in the neighbourhood, was distinguished by the appellation of Aelsmere, or the principal lake. It had at a very
early period a strong castle, which in the reign of John
was, with the manor, given in marriage with the natural
daughter of that monarch to Llewelyn, Prince of North
Wales; but from the importance of the place as a frontier town, the government of the castle was reserved in
the crown, as a necessary defence to the marches, and,
after the death of Llewelyn, it was wholly given up by
his son to Henry III. The castle was alternately in the
possession of the English and the Welsh, during the
period of mutual hostilities which preceded the final
subjugation of Wales. In the reign of Edward II., the
custody of it was entrusted to Oliver Ingleham, who had
been the firm adherent of that king during the insurrection of the Earl of Lancaster; and in the reign of
Edward III. the castle and manor were given to Lord
Eubule le Strange, from whose descendant they passed
by marriage into the family of the Kynastons, of whom
Sir Edward Kynaston, Knt., obtained from Queen Elizabeth the grant of a market and a fair.
The town, which is pleasantly situated, consists of
several streets tolerably well paved; the houses are in
general well built and of handsome appearance, and the
inhabitants are amply supplied with water. On the
elevated site of the castle, of which there are no remains,
is a fine bowling-green commanding a pleasing view;
where a festival called the meeting of the Ellesmere Club,
is celebrated at Midsummer. The trade is chiefly in
malt, which is sold to a very considerable extent, and in
leather, for which there are several tanneries; and many
of the labouring poor are employed in spinning flax and
in the manufacture of stockings. The Ellesmere canal
passes to the south of the town, and, with its several
branches, affords a communication with the Severn, the
Dee, and the Mersey, forming a line of navigation from
Liverpool to Bristol, and opening a communication with
North Wales. The market is on Tuesday, and is abundantly supplied with corn, for which it is in high repute;
the fairs are on the Tuesday after February 2nd, the
third Tuesday in April, Whit-Tuesday, August 26th, and
November 14th, for horses, cattle, and sheep. This
place formerly gave name to a hundred, which, with its
dependencies, was annexed to the hundred of Pimhill in
the 27th of Henry VIII.
The parish is bounded on one side by the river Dee,
and comprises by measurement 24,745 acres, exclusively
of the chapelry of Penley, in the county of Flint. The
surface is richly varied; and within the parish are six
lakes, varying in extent from 50 to 120 acres, the principal
of which, bordered on one side by the town, and on the
other by the beautiful grounds of Oakley Park, in which
are some of the finest elm-trees in the country, is a fine
expanse of limpid water. The living is a vicarage, valued
in the king's books at £17. 18. 1½., and in the patronage
of the Trustees of the Earl of Bridgewater, to whom,
with others, the impropriation belongs: the great tithes
have been commuted for £2591. 10., and the vicarial
for £430. The church is an ancient cruciform structure,
in the decorated English style, with a handsome embattled tower crowned by pinnacles; the east window, in
the later style, is enriched with delicate tracery of
elegant design: on the south side of the chancel is the
sepulchral chapel of the Kynastons, the ceiling of which
is elaborately groined. There are chapels at Penley,
Duddleston, and Cockshut, in the patronage of the Vicar.
The Independents and Primitive Methodists have places
of worship. The union comprises 9 parishes or places
in Salop, and a like number in the county of Flint; and
contains, in the English portion, a population of 10,993.
The town gives the title of Earl to the Egerton family.
Ellesmere-Port
ELLESMERE-PORT, a small town or port, in the
township of Whitby, parish of Eastham, union, and
Higher division of the hundred, of Wirrall, S. division
of Cheshire, about 6 miles (N.) from Chester. This
place owes its origin to the formation of a canal from
Chester to the river Mersey here; though for some
years after the opening of the navigation, the progress
of the port was slow. At present, there are about 200
houses, many of them of neat aspect; a fine range of
warehouses, erected on arches, with branches of the
canal passing below; and a splendid floating-dock, containing upwards of 60,000 yards of water-space. A
large dock, also, for coasters, was opened in September
1843; and other works have been formed, connected
with boats and shipping. The canal itself was commenced towards the close of the last century; it was
lately much improved from designs by Mr. William
Cubitt, who also planned the recent dock improvements,
and in 1843 the whole line, with the docks, quays, and
warehouses, was leased by the proprietors to the Earl of
Ellesmere. A neat church of stone has been just erected,
by the contributions of the Grosvenor family, the Rev.
Henry Raikes, and others; and schools, with a dwellinghouse for the teachers, have been also opened.
Ellingham (St. Mary)
ELLINGHAM (St. Mary), a parish, in the union
of Loddon and Clavering, hundred of Clavering,
E. division of Norfolk, 2¾ miles (N. E. by E.) from
Bungay; containing 398 inhabitants. It is situated on
the river Waveney, which is navigable from Yarmouth
to Bungay. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £12, and in the gift of Trustees: the tithes
have been commuted for £339. 13., and the glebe comprises 91 acres. The church is in the early English
style, with a square embattled tower.
Ellingham (St. Maurice)
ELLINGHAM (St. Maurice), a parish, partly in
the union of Alnwick, and partly in that of Belford,
S. division of Bambrough ward, N. division of Northumberland; containing 861 inhabitants, of whom 270
are in the township of Ellingham, 8½ miles (N.) from
Alnwick. The manor, in Henry III.'s reign, was held
of the king in capite by Ranulph de Guagy; it passed
in 1286 to Roger de Clifford, and in 1378 was possessed
by Sir Allan de Heton, who acquired in that year great
honour at the siege of Berwick. When the Earl of
Northumberland's estates were confiscated in 1461, this
estate formed part of his forfeitures, and was given to
the then governor of Ireland, the brother of Edward IV.
The parish, which is near the coast of the North Sea,
includes the townships of North and South Charlton,
Chathill, Doxford, and Preston, and comprises about
13,970 acres; it abounds with coal and limestone. The
seat of Sir Edward Haggerston, Bart., forms an interesting feature in the landscape: the village stands a little
to the east of the great north road. The living is a
vicarage, valued in the king's books at £6. 5. 5.; net
income, £538; patrons and impropriators, the Dean
and Chapter of Durham. The church, which stands at
a short distance from the village, was founded by
Ranulph de Guagy, in the 12th century, and rebuilt a
few years since. Attached to the mansion of Sir Edward,
is a Roman Catholic chapel.
Ellingham (St. Mary)
ELLINGHAM (St. Mary), a parish, in the union
of Ringwood, hundred of Fordingbridge, Ringwood
and S. divisions of the county of Southampton, 2 miles
(N. by W.) from Ringwood; containing 350 inhabitants.
It is situated on the river Avon, and comprises by computation nearly 1400 acres: the soil is a gravelly sand,
alternated with a brownish mould; the surface is generally flat. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in
the king's books at £8. 4. 9½.; net income, £159; patrons and impropriators, the Provost and Fellows of
Eton College. In the churchyard is a plain stone commemorating the execution of Alicia Lisle, in her old age,
pursuant to a sentence passed by Judge Jeffreys, on a
charge of harbouring known rebels in her mansion of
Moyle's Court; which attaint was reversed at the
Revolution.
Ellingham, Great (St. James)
ELLINGHAM, GREAT (St. James), a parish, in
the union of Wayland, hundred of Shropham, W.
division of Norfolk, 2 miles (N. W. by W.) from Attleburgh; containing 838 inhabitants. The parish comprises 2670a. 1r. 35p., of which 2135 acres are arable, and
477 pasture, meadow, and woodland. Ellingham Hall,
an ancient mansion surrounded with a moat, is now a
farmhouse. The village is irregularly built, and consists
chiefly of scattered houses. The living is a discharged
vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Little Ellingham,
and valued in the king's books at £6. 5. 10.: the rector
of Little Ellingham, the vicar of Carbrook, and others,
are the impropriators; there is a glebe of about four
acres. The church is a spacious structure in the later
English style, with a square embattled tower surmounted by a spire; the nave is lighted by clerestory
windows, and in the chancel is a neat monument to the
Colman family. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans. At the inclosure, in 1799, an
allotment of 53 acres was awarded to the poor.
Ellingham, Little (St. Peter)
ELLINGHAM, LITTLE (St. Peter), a parish, in
the union and hundred of Wayland, W. division of
Norfolk, 4½ miles (N. W.) from Attleburgh; containing 250 inhabitants. At the time of the Conquest, this
place, though now an inconsiderable village, is said to
have been three miles long. The parish comprises 1540
acres, of which 1196 are arable, 287 pasture and
meadow, and 20 woodland. The living is a discharged
rectory, with the vicarage of Great Ellingham annexed,
valued in the king's books at £7. 1. 10½.; patron and
incumbent, the Rev. Samuel Colby. The tithes have
been commuted for £416, and the glebe comprises 46a. 1r.
13p., with a handsome parsonage-house, enlarged by the
present rector. The church, chiefly in the early English
style, consists of a nave and chancel, with a square embattled tower on the south side; the east window is
embellished with stained and painted glass, presented by
the incumbent. At the inclosure, in 1769, 40 acres
were awarded for fuel to the poor, who have also 22
acres of old land.
Ellingstring
ELLINGSTRING, a township, in the parish of
Masham, union of Leyburn, wapentake of Hang-East,
N. riding of York, 4½ miles (N. W. by W.) from
Masham; containing 196 inhabitants. The township is
on the south of the river Ure, and comprises, according
to the tithe survey, 401 acres of land: the road from
Masham to East Witton passes north of the village.
The vicarial tithes have been commuted for £10. 10.,
and the impropriate for £62, payable to Trinity College,
Cambridge. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Ellington (All Saints)
ELLINGTON (All Saints), a parish, in the hundred of Leightonstone, union and county of Huntingdon, 5½ miles (W. by N.) from Huntingdon; containing 448 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, valued
in the king's books at £20; net income, £84; patrons
and impropriators, the Master and Fellows of PeterHouse, Cambridge. A school is partly supported by an
endowment of £12 per annum.
Ellington
ELLINGTON, a township, in the parish of Woodhorn, union of Morpeth, E. division of Morpeth
ward, N. division of the county of Northumberland,
7 miles (N. E. by E.) from Morpeth; containing 286
inhabitants. The township comprises 2060 acres, and
is situated on the north side of the river Line, over
which is a stone bridge: the village is neat and well
built, seated on a rock on the brow of a hill, fronting
the west, and having land of a good quality about it.
The tithes have been commuted for £243 payable to the
impropriators, and £46 to the vicar.
Ellington, Nether and Over
ELLINGTON, NETHER and OVER, a township,
in the parish of Masham, union of Leyburn, wapen
take of Hang-East, N. riding of York. Nether Ellington, including 63 persons, is 2¼ miles (N. W.), and Over,
including 67 persons, 2½ (N. W. by W.) from Masham.
The township is on the south of the river Ure, and comprises 1710a. 2r. 39p.: the two villages are contiguous
to each other. The vicarial tithes have been commuted
for £35. 10., and the impropriate for £183, payable to
Trinity College, Cambridge.
Ellinthorpe
ELLINTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Aldborough, wapentake of Hallikeld, N. riding of York;
containing 49 inhabitants. This place, which is situated
on the north side of the river Ure, near its junction with
the Swale, is the constablewick of Mytton-on-Swale,
and comprises 576a. 2r. 11p., divided in nearly equal
portions between the estates of Ellinthorpe Hall and
Ellinthorpe Lodge, and of which about two-thirds are
arable land, and one-third pasture.
Ellisfield (St. Martin)
ELLISFIELD (St. Martin), a parish, in the union
of Basingstoke, hundred of Bermondspit, Basingstoke and N. divisions of the county of Southampton,
4 miles (S.) from Basingstoke; containing 246 inhabitants. This place is supposed to have derived its name,
a corruption of Ella's Field, from its having been the
seat of war during the heptarchy; and various intrenchments remain, one of which, occupying an area of
three acres, and deeply moated, is thought to have
been the site of a castle belonging to the Saxon king,
Ella. The parish comprises 2254 acres, of which 1447
are arable, 83 meadow, 583 woodland, and 140 common; the soil is generally clayey, and the surface
varied with hills of moderate elevation. The living is a
rectory, valued in the king's books at £8. 3. 6½., and in
the gift of W. Pigott, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £402, and the glebe consists of 18 acres, with
a house, built in 1839. There were two churches, one
dedicated to St. Martin, and the other to All Saints,
till the reign of Edward III., when the latter was taken
down.
Ellough, or Willingham (All Saints)
ELLOUGH, or Willingham (All Saints), a parish,
in the union and hundred of Wangford, E. division of
Suffolk, 3 miles (S. E. by S.) from Beccles; containing
155 inhabitants, and comprising by admeasurement
1088 acres. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in
the king's books at £12; patron, the Earl of Gosford.
The church is a handsome structure in the later English
style, with a square embattled tower. A parsonage has
been erected by the Rev. Mr. Arnold.