DANBY
Danebia (xi cent.); Danebi (xi-xiii cent.);
Daneby in Blakhoumor (xiv cent.); Danby alias
Danby Forest (xvi-xvii cent.).
This parish is composed of the township of Danby,
which contains the market town of Castleton (a new
village, mentioned in 1715) (fn. 1) and the hamlets of
Dale or Danby End, Little Fryup (Frehope, Frihope,
xiii-xiv cent.) and Ainthorpe (Arnethorpe, xvi
cent.).
Danby Church stands isolated, and Canon Atkinson
thought that a Danish village existed in the fields
called the Tofts and the Wandales, north of the
church. (fn. 2) There is abundant evidence of prehistoric
habitation. Nearly all the tumuli or 'howes' on the
moors contained cinerary urns. (fn. 3) Prehistoric roads
ascend the moors from the Vale of Pickering; north
of the Esk a road passed westward along the ridge
from Lythe over Danby Moor, and, from the number
of tumuli in its course, is thought to have been one
of the most important roads in the district. (fn. 4)
View of Danby
The area of the parish, including Glaisdale (q.v.),
is 23,006 acres, (fn. 5) of which 50 acres are covered by
water, and in Danby 1,780 acres are arable, 3,194
acres permanent grass, 230 acres woods and plantations, (fn. 6) and the rest moorland. The narrow fissure
that divides the Cleveland Hills into northern and
southern sections is formed by the River Esk. The
becks flowing into the Esk from north and south form
the valleys known as 'the Dales.' (fn. 7) In Eskdale there
was in 1086 a wood 3 'leagues' long by 3 'leagues'
wide, (fn. 8) of which the western two-thirds became the
forest of Danby. (fn. 9) This forest descended with the
manor until 1647, (fn. 10) the last mention found. A bowbearer was appointed in 1470, (fn. 11) and in 1388
Thomas de Etton, in 1404 George de Etton, on
their appointment as master foresters of Danby, were
authorized to appoint foresters, parkers, warreners,
pinders and haywards in all the Yorkshire hunting
grounds of the Nevills, to take and give 'courses of greyhounds and trysts of bows' to whom they chose, with
all beasts and birds of warren, and to fish where they
would, to take timber for building, and to give 'one
or two' oaks to their friends. (fn. 12) In 1242 the lord of
Danby granted to Guisborough Priory the tithes of
his hunting and hay in the park under Danby Castle,
and in the four 'launds' or clearings (fn. 13) in the forest,
viz., Souresby, Eskebriggethwoyt, Karlethwoyt (Carlewaite, 1751), (fn. 14) and the 'laund' below Threwekeld (fn. 15)
or Threllekelde (Fringall, Frinkall), now Finkle House
and Bottoms. (fn. 16) These 'launds' are now commemorated by such names as Danby Lawns, Lealholm
Lawns, Glaisdale Lawns, Lawns Gate and Lawns
House. (fn. 17)
The subsoil is upper, middle and lower lias, inferior
oolite and Oxford clay, the soil being very varied. (fn. 18)
The quarry of Clither Beck belonged to the lordship
of Danby in 1274, together with five small forges
worth 10s. and two other forges in the forest worth
£4. (fn. 19) 'All mines and quarries' were included in a
settlement of the manor in 1819. (fn. 20) Thirty-one men
were employed in the coal mines in 1831, (fn. 21) and
coal of an inferior kind is still worked at Castleton.
There were only about six houses in Castleton and
two at Dale End at the close of the 18th century. (fn. 22)
Excellent freestone is quarried, and at Castleton the
'blue flint' of the basaltic dyke is worked for roadmaking. (fn. 23)
There is a local Agricultural Association. Horses,
cattle and sheep in great numbers are bred, but the
farms, mostly small, chiefly supply Whitby market
with dairy produce and heather honey. Two watermills in Danby were appurtenant to the manor in
1274 (fn. 24) and continued to descend with it. (fn. 25) The
former silk-mill at Castleton no longer exists. (fn. 26)
The head of the fee of Orm, the Saxon tenant of
Danby, in Eskdale was at Crunkley, not Danby. (fn. 27)
The original castle of the post-Conquest lord was on
Castle Hill, Castleton. (fn. 28) Danby Castle and Park are
mentioned in 1242, (fn. 29) and the castle may have been
the 'capital messuage' of the manor which, together
with a small park, was only valued at 6s. 8d. in
1274. (fn. 30) It was referred to as a ruined peel in
January 1335–6. (fn. 31) According to local tradition the
castle on Castle Hill was destroyed by fire and the
materials used in building the church. (fn. 32)
Marmaduke de Thweng and Lucy his wife were
evidently living at Danby in 1275 (fn. 33) ; Edward II
was here on 26 August 1323 (fn. 34) and Elizabeth Lady
Latimer was living here in her widowhood in 1388. (fn. 35)
It seems probable that there was already some more
commodious dwelling than the old fortress at Castleton. The old castle alone, however, is mentioned in
extents of the manor in January 1335–6 and 1388. (fn. 36)
It has followed the descent of the manor and is now
in the possession of Viscount Downe.
Danby Castle is entirely without earthwork defences
and is an interesting example of a type of military
architecture in vogue in the north in the late 14th
and early 15th centuries, and elsewhere exemplified
at Castle Bolton and Sheriff Hutton. At Danby the
building is rectangular in plan, 117 ft. from north to
south and 84 ft. from east to west. At the angles
stood four towers placed diagonally, and in the centre
was an open courtyard 49 ft. 3 in. by 22 ft. 7 in.
The most complete portion of the building is the
north front with its two angle towers, but a considerable portion of the south front with the south-east
tower is still standing and is used as a farm-house.
The courtyard is much encumbered by sheds and
farm buildings and the western range and southwestern tower have almost entirely disappeared. The
whole of the existing walls belong apparently to the
14th century with the exception of a few subsequent
alterations in the south wing. The great hall, a fine
apartment 60 ft. 10 in. by 29 ft., occupied the whole
of the east front. There are considerable remains of
the west side, which was pierced by four two-light
transomed windows placed high up in the wall.
Only the lower half of these remain, and the
northernmost has been cut away to form a modern
entrance into the yard. The east side has been
entirely destroyed, but the stone foundations remain
level with the ground. At the northern end of the
hall stood the screens masking four doorways communicating respectively with the courtyard, kitchen,
north-east tower and a large vice. At the southern
end of the west wall a pointed doorway opens on to
a broad stone staircase leading to the great chamber
on the first floor of the southern range. The side
walls of this stair have a continuous corbelling following the rake of the stair and supporting a roof of stone
slabs, which has now disappeared. The southern
range, now forming part of a farm-house, is divided
on the lower floor into three apartments. The
easternmost of these, now a dairy, is entered by an
original door at the end of the great hall and has a
curious little alcove in the thickness of the south wall,
possibly once a garderobe.
A large cellar, 19 ft. 10 in. by 18 ft. 7 in.,
occupies the centre of the range and is roofed with a
heavy barrel vault supported on four double-chamfered
parallel ribs. It is lighted by one narrow light on the
south side and has a large blocked doorway between
it and the dairy. The third and western division of
this range retains none of its ancient features and is
terminated westwards by a modern wall. A single
apartment, known as the court room, but evidently the
original great chamber, occupies the first floor on
this side. It is in a somewhat dilapidated state, and
in the late 16th century a portion of the eastern end
was divided off to form a small apartment, the wooden
partition being covered internally with panelling of
that date. At the same period the three-light east
window was inserted and a similar window of four
lights pierced the south wall of the court room. The
corbelled chimney stack on the north side is apparently part of the original building, and some trace of
the junction of the hall roof may be traced on its outward face. An early 17th-century desk with a rough
canopy is preserved in the court room, and perhaps
formed part of the fittings of the court. High
in the eastern gable of this building is a shield of
the arms of Brus of Skelton. The south-east tower,
half concealed as it is by the modern buildings of
the farm-house of which it forms a part, retains few
original features. It is divided into three stories and
has an open timber roof with a series of small unornamented hammer beams of 16th-century date. It is
probable that this building formed the early chapel
and that the second floor represents the level of the
original private pew or gallery. A small vice (of 16thcentury date) corbelled out in the angle with the
main south wall communicates between it and the
great chamber, which is at a somewhat lower level.
Several 16th-century windows have been inserted at
the first floor level of this tower. Towards the
western end of the south front of the castle a sunk
panel bears a shield with the arms of Nevill (a saltire
and in chief a rose) with a lion and a griffin as
supporters. Of the south-west tower only slight
traces of the south-west and south-east walls are now
discernible, and a small fragment is likewise all that
is left standing of the western range. This side must
have included the main entrance to the castle, as no
other site is available. At the northern end adjoining
the angle tower are traces of a second large staircase,
evidently similar to that already described. The
centre of the northern range is occupied, on the ground
floor, by the great kitchen, 44 ft. by 20 ft. 3 in.,
with two large fireplaces, the one in the southern
wall being 16 ft. wide. In the thickness of the north
wall is an open gallery, raised somewhat above the
floor level, lit by three windows and communicating
with the kitchen by as many arched openings.
Beneath it and the other window further west are a
number of large aumbries. An apartment of the
most erratic form adjoins the kitchen on the west and
in the dividing wall are remains of a large oven. Further south again is a small smoke room. The ground
floor of the tower itself is provided with a small fireplace and a garderobe in the thickness of the north
wall. The first floor over this room and the kitchen
was occupied by living apartments fitted with fireplaces and garderobes. The corresponding tower on
the north-east has likewise a garderobe and two fireplaces, and was perhaps a second kitchen. The small
irregular apartment between it and the kitchen is
roofed with a ribbed vault. The walls of the whole
of this portion of the castle are standing to the top
of the first floor, and there is nothing to show that
either the angle towers or the range between them
was ever carried any higher. The windows on the
north face are plain square-headed openings, and the
only ornament is a series of four shields built into the
external face. They bear the following arms: (1)
England (three leopards). (2) Roos (three waterbougets). (3) Latimer (a cross paty). (4) The
same with a label of three points.
Plan of Danby Castle
By Danby Beck, a southern tributary of the Esk,
stands Stormy Hall, a farm-house, which according to
a discredited tradition owes its name to Henry VIII
having taken refuge here in a storm when on his way
to visit Katharine Parr at Danby Castle. (fn. 37) Stormy
Hall, however, seems to have taken its name from
the Sturmy family, (fn. 38) who held lands in Danby in the
13th and 14th centuries. (fn. 39) Robert Constable of
Bossall made a bequest of Stormy ('Sturmy') Hall
in 1454 (fn. 40) ; John Constable, lord of Dromonby (q.v.),
died seised of it in 1619 (fn. 41) ; a few years later it is
called a farm with an 'under-farm,' Nooke House,
and had been sold by the Constables. (fn. 42)
Near the church and the present Church House
Farm some mounds mark the site of Canon Hall, (fn. 43)
which stood here from before the Dissolution until
at least the 17th century. (fn. 44) Lumley House (fn. 45) and
Fryup Hall are farms. Botton House, Stainton Hall,
Hopkin House and Lowcon House are mentioned in
1635. (fn. 46) Danby Lodge is a shooting-box of Viscount
Downe.
Castleton, Danby Dale and the Castle bridges are
mentioned in 1715. (fn. 47) The first, called Bow Bridge,
dating from the early 13th century or earlier, was
pulled down in 1873, (fn. 48) the second, or Ainthorpe
Bridge, was replaced in the early 19th century, (fn. 49) but
the Castle Bridge, dating from the 14th century, still
stands and is called Duck Bridge from George Duck,
who restored it in the early 18th century. (fn. 50) Some
tumuli on Danby Low Moor are known as Robin
Hood Butts.
The fame of this isolated parish has been spread
abroad by John Christopher Atkinson (1814–1900),
who in 1847 was presented by the seventh Viscount
Downe to the vicarage of Danby, which he held until
his death. (fn. 51) His Forty Years in a Moorland Parish on
its appearance in 1891 was classed (fn. 52) with White's
Selborne, and The Last of the Giant Killers or Jack
of Danby Dale also enjoyed a wide circulation.
Thomas Ward, controversial writer, was born at
Danby Castle in 1652, (fn. 53) and William Bowyer the
printer, who died in 1737, had lands at Castleton. (fn. 54)
There are Wesleyan chapels at Castleton (rebuilt
1871), Danby End and Danby Botton; at Castleton
are a Primitive Methodist chapel (1861) and a
Friends' meeting-house.
Manor
Before the Conquest Orm had a 'manor'
at CRUNKLEY (fn. 55) (Crumbeclive, Crumbeclif, 1086; Cromclyff, (fn. 56) 1388), in the possession of Hugh son of Baldric in 1086, when the
berewicks of Danby, Lealholm, (fn. 57) Great Broughton and
Camisedale (fn. 58) (Westerdale) were appurtenant. (fn. 59) In
1086 Hugh son of Baldric had 12 carucates in
Crunkley, Lealholm and Danby, 1 in Camisedale,
and 3 in Great Broughton, the king had 5 carucates
in Camisedale (Westerdale), 8 carucates in Little
Broughton, and 4 carucates in Great Broughton, and
the Count of Mortain 3 in Camisedale and 5 in
Great Broughton. (fn. 60) Most of Hugh son of Baldric's
lands passed with Thirsk to Niel Daubeny and the
Mowbrays. Robert de Brus, however, received from
Henry I (fn. 61) the Danby lands, viz., 12 carucates
2 oxgangs in Eskdale, of which 6 were in Danby,
3 in Crunkley, 2 in 'the two Hanechetons' and
10 oxgangs in Lealholm in exchange for lands in the
West Riding. (fn. 62)
Robert de Brus founded Guisborough Priory at
some date between 1119 and 1124. (fn. 63) In his endowment Agnes his wife and his son and heir Adam
joined. 'The much-vaunted gift of Espec to Rievaulx,'
it has been remarked, 'is small beside' the Brus grant
to Guisborough. (fn. 64) Robert's second son Robert was
the ancestor of the Scottish dynasty of Brus. (fn. 65) Robert
the father is believed to have died in 1141 and was
succeeded by Adam; he is said to have died in 1167
and left a son Adam. (fn. 66) Henry II in or before 1180
seized the lands of Adam de Brus, including Danby
and its forest, which had been held by the Earl of
Albemarle. (fn. 67) Later he gave Adam in exchange three
manors in the West Riding. (fn. 68) Danby remained in
the Crown until 1200, (fn. 69) when Peter de Brus, son
of Adam, (fn. 70) persuaded King John by a present of
£1,000 to take back the three manors in the West
Riding and restore Danby and its forest (fn. 71) ; 400
marks of the payment were subsequently remitted. (fn. 72)
Peter's son Peter (fn. 73) succeeded him in 1222, and was
followed in 1240 (fn. 74) by his son a third Peter, (fn. 75) who died
childless in 1272, (fn. 76) when his estates were divided
among his sisters and heirs, Alice wife of Walter de
Fauconberg, Lucy wife of Marmaduke de Thweng
of Kilton Castle, Margaret wife of Robert Roos of
Wark, and Laderine wife of John de Bellewe,
Marmaduke and Lucy receiving among their share
Danby and Lealholm. (fn. 77) In 1285 the custody of
Danby and other lands during the minority of Lucy
daughter and heir of Robert eldest son of Marmaduke
and Lucy (fn. 78) was granted to William le Latimer, sen.,
Lord Latimer, Robert Fitz Walter and William de
Leyburn. (fn. 79) Lucy, born in March 1278–9, had married
William son of William le Latimer by 1295, (fn. 80) and
was in 1304 abducted by Nicholas de Meynell of
Whorlton. (fn. 81) Latimer afterwards obtained a divorce
from Lucy, who lived until January 1346–7; she
married as her second husband Robert de Everingham, who died in 1316, and lastly Bartholomew
de Fanacourt, said to have been a retainer in the
Latimer family. (fn. 82) In February 1310–11 this manor
was settled on William le Latimer for life with remainders to William his son by Lucy in fee and
then to Lucy and her heirs. (fn. 83) William the elder,
who was at the battles of Bannockburn and Boroughbridge, (fn. 84) died seised about March 1326–7. (fn. 85) His
son William died in 1335, when his son William,
the fourth Lord Latimer, was a minor. (fn. 86) William
was in the custody of Queen Philippa in 1348 (fn. 87) ; he
procured in February 1378–9 a confirmation of the
grant of Henry I to Robert de Brus (fn. 88) and died in
1381, leaving an only child Elizabeth, wife of John
Lord Nevill of Raby, (fn. 89) father by a former wife of
Ralph first Earl of Westmorland. (fn. 90) Elizabeth afterwards married Robert Lord Willoughby de Eresby;
she died in 1395, and was succeeded by her son
John Nevill (fn. 91) Lord Latimer, a minor, after his stepfather's death in the following year. (fn. 92) John died
childless in 1430, having settled his mother's estates
on his half-brother Ralph to the exclusion of her
daughter. (fn. 93) His widow Maud held the manor in
dower until her death in 1446 with reversion to
George son of Ralph Earl of Westmorland. (fn. 94) George
Nevill, summoned to Parliament as Lord Latimer in
1432, (fn. 95) died in 1469, leaving an infant heir Richard
son of his son Henry. (fn. 96) Richard, together with
Robert Lord Willoughby, made settlements of the
manor in 1500 (fn. 97) and died in 1530. (fn. 98) His son John (fn. 99)
died early in 1542–3 and was succeeded by a son
John, (fn. 100) who died in 1577, leaving four daughters,
Katharine wife of Henry eighth Earl of Northumberland, Dorothy wife of Thomas Cecil, afterwards first
Earl of Exeter, Lucy wife of Sir William Cornwallis,
and Elizabeth wife of Sir John Danvers (fn. 101) of Dauntsey.
Elizabeth, who had Danby, married in 1598 as her
second husband Sir Edmund Carey; she died in
1630, having settled Danby in 1594 on her eldest
son Charles Danvers (who died in her lifetime), with
remainder to his brother Henry Earl of Danby at
his mother's death, and then to her third son John. (fn. 102)
Henry, created Earl of Danby in February 1625–6, (fn. 103)
made settlements of Danby in 1624, (fn. 104) 1628 (fn. 105) and
1632 (fn. 106) and died unmarried in January 1643–4. (fn. 107)
His brother Sir John Danvers of Chelsea made a
conveyance of the manor in 1647, (fn. 108) and the manor
and castle were sold by his executors in 1655 to
John Dawnay of Cowick, (fn. 109) knighted in 1660 and in
February 1680–1 created Viscount Downe. (fn. 110) He
died in 1695. His eldest son Henry, attainted by
the Parliament of James II in 1689, died in 1741, a
year after his eldest son John, and was succeeded by
John's eldest son Henry Pleydell Dawnay, who died
unmarried in 1760. He was succeeded by his
brother John, who died in 1780, leaving a child
John Christopher Burton, created Lord Dawnay of
Cowick in 1796. The sixth viscount died childless
in 1832, and was succeeded by his brother William
Henry, who died in 1846, leaving a son William
Henry (died 1857), father of Hugh Richard the
ninth Viscount Downe, (fn. 111) now lord of Danby.
Danby Beacon
Latimer, Lord Latimer of Danby. Gules a cross paty or.
Nevill, Lord Latimer. Gules a saltire argent charged with a ring sable for difference.
Danvers, Earl of Danby. Argent a bend gules with three martlets or thereon.
Dawnay, Viscount Downe. Argent a bend cotised sable with three rings argent on the bend.
Henry I granted Robert de Brus in his Eskdale
fee sac, soc, toll, team, infangentheof, and all other
customs enjoyed on the land exchanged. (fn. 112)
Church
The church of ST. HILDA consists
of chancel 26 ft. 6 in. by 16 ft., nave
56 ft. by 31 ft. 4 in., and tower on the
south side forming a porch 13 ft. by 11 ft., (fn. 113) all these
dimensions being internal. There is a small vestry
to the north-east of the chancel.
The first church on the site was probably of 12thcentury date, but it seems to have been entirely rebuilt
during the first half of the 13th century, and the
chancel then erected stood, though in a more or
less ruinous condition, (fn. 114) until 1848, when it was
taken down and reconstructed in its present form by
Viscount Downe. The nave had been previously
rebuilt by the parish at the end of the 18th century
in the style of the time with tall round-headed
windows, flat ceiling and galleries on the north and
west. The tower is of early 15th-century date.
The old nave of five bays had north and south aisles,
as appeared from evidence brought to light at the
time of the restoration of 1903 in memory of Canon
Atkinson. New arcades were erected on the old
foundations discovered at this time, the 18th-century
walls being retained, and the old piers at the west
end were left exposed behind the face of the wall.
The height and pitch of the 18th-century roof were
left unaltered, but the plaster ceiling was taken down
and the arches of the arcade carried up to the underside of the spars. As far as possible the ancient
masonry was used in the new arcade, which consists
of four bays. The north gallery was taken down,
but that at the west end still remains. (fn. 115)
The chancel is built in the 13th-century style. (fn. 116)
An oak reredos was erected in 1911 in memory of
Cecilia Maria Charlotte Viscountess Downe, who died
in May 1910. The chancel arch is modern.
Externally the nave retains all its 18th-century
features except that the windows have been reglazed
with leaded lights. At the west end is a large roundheaded window, and in the gable above a small
circular opening. Access is gained to the gallery
by an external stone staircase at the west end of the
north wall. The royal arms of George IV, dated
1829, are over the north doorway. The font (fn. 117) and
all the fittings are modern.
The tower has diagonal buttresses of four stages on
the south side, finishing at the level of the belfry
floor, and terminates in an embattled parapet with
small angle pinnacles. The stages are unmarked
externally by either string-course or set-off, and on
the east and west sides the walls are blank below
the belfry windows. The south doorway has a
plain chamfered segmental head with the chamfer
continued down the jambs, and above it is a small
square opening. The belfry windows are squareheaded and of two cinquefoiled lights without hood
moulds. There is a projecting vice at the northwest angle, the entrance to which is from the nave.
The walls of the tower are 3 ft. thick and the inner
doorway is apparently of 18th-century date with a
mediaeval grave slab forming the lintel.
Under the tower is a large sepulchral slab with
incised cross, now very much weathered, and on the
south side of the churchyard the base and shaft of a
cross or sundial. The shaft is 3 ft. 6 in. high, and is
now surmounted by a circular stone which may have
formed the gable cross of the old church. (fn. 118) In the
chancel is a mural tablet to Canon Atkinson, who was
buried in the churchyard.
There is a ring of three bells cast by Samuel
Smith of York in 1698. The first is inscribed
'Venite exultemus Domino,' the second 'Gloria in
altissimis Deo,' and the third 'Canticum novum
psallam tibi Deus,' with the names of the churchwardens. (fn. 119)
The plate consists of a silver-gilt chalice, paten
and flagon of mediaeval design presented by Viscount
Downe in 1847. Each piece is inscribed 'In
honorem Dei et in usum ecclesie parochialis de
Danby hunc calicem [hanc patinam or ampullam]
dedit Gulielmus Henricus Vice Comes de Downe
Ao Dni MDCCCXLVII.' The ancient vessels of
pewter were given to Glaisdale. (fn. 120)
The registers begin in 1585.
Danby Church from the North-east before Restoration
The iron church of Castleton was erected at the
joint expense of Viscountess Downe and the Hon.
Lydia F. C. Dawnay in 1865. (fn. 121) It is a chapel of
ease to Danby.
A church was built at Stonebeckgate, Little Fryup,
in 1871 on a site given by Viscount Downe but at
the expense of Viscountess Downe. (fn. 122)
Advowson
Robert de Brus, 'by the counsel
of Pope Calixtus II and of Thurstan
Archbishop of York,' granted this
church to Guisborough Priory, (fn. 123) a grant confirmed
by Henry I, Henry II and others. (fn. 124) The church
was appropriated to the priory, which was absolved
from the duty of appointing vicars. (fn. 125) The priory
kept the advowson until the Dissolution, (fn. 126) and after
various leases (fn. 127) it was granted in 1604 to Anthony
Crewe and William Starky, citizens of London, in
fee. (fn. 128) It was in the possession of the lord of
the manor in 1628, (fn. 129) and has since descended with
the manor. (fn. 130)
Charities
In 1631 Samuel Raybanke by deed
(enrolled) conveyed his estates to
trustees upon trust that they should
apply the rents and profits thereof in such manner as
he should by his will direct. The donor, by his
will proved at York, 1635, (fn. 131) directed that payments
of 3s. a month and an allowance of one peck of rye
annually should be made to each of nine poor people,
and 10s. should be paid for a sermon by 'a godly
and able preacher' on 9 December in the parish
church every year. This charity is now known as
the Pension Charity. The nine selected recipients
are allowed 1s. each in lieu of rye, receiving £2
apiece, and 10s. is paid for a sermon.
In 1721 Roger Bell by his will charged his close
called Stubblewhite with 10s. a year for the poor at
Christmas, and Joseph Dunn, as appears from the
inscription (1716) on his tombstone in the churchyard at Kildale, left, among other charitable gifts,
20s. to be paid on the said gravestone by equal
portions on 1 May and 11 November yearly for
ever.
The free school of Ainthorpe in this parish is
endowed with a house and land and workshop producing £8 5s. a year, an annual payment of £4 10s.
out of land at Little Fryup, of £1 payable out of
lands at Danby Side, the sum of £156 10s. 5d. consols, with the official trustees, including a sum of
£48 1s. 4d. consols representing the bequest of
— Scarth. The charity is administered under a
scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 28
February 1893.
The Wesleyan chapel at Castleton was founded by
deeds of 1811 and 1856, and is regulated by scheme
of the Charity Commissioners propounded in 1896.