HINDERWELL
Hildreuuelle, Ildreuuelle (xi cent.); Hilderwell
(xii-xv cent.).
This parish contains the townships of Hinderwell
(including Runswick and part of Staithes) and Roxby,
Hinderwell township being governed from 1870 by
a local board and now by an urban district council
under the Local Government Act of 1894. (fn. 1) It has
an area of 4,915 acres of land, of which 12 acres are
covered by water, 191 acres are foreshore and 1 acre is
tidal water. (fn. 2) Nearly half the parish (fn. 3) is occupied by
woods and plantations, the rest being nearly equally
divided between arable land and permanent grass. (fn. 4)
An award was made for the inclosure of Hinderwell
Township Fields in 1853. (fn. 5) The subsoil is Kimmeridge clay, upper and middle lias, the soil clayey
with a mixture of gravel and clayey loam, the crops
wheat, oats and beans. In 1874 350 men and two
boys were engaged at the ironworks of Rosedale, (fn. 6)
50,000 tons of ore being sent annually to Jarrow. (fn. 7)
These mines then belonged to the lord of the manor
of Hinderwell, Mr. (afterward Sir) Charles Mark
Palmer of Grinkle Park, (fn. 8) and are now worked by the
Grinkle Park Ironstone Mining Co. Ltd. There are
various stone and slate quarries, and jet workings all
along the coast. Being only about 12 miles removed
from the Dogger Bank, the coast fisheries here are
very active. Sixteen fishermen of Staithes were summoned to musters in 1539, (fn. 9) and 223 men were employed in this industry in Hinderwell township in
1831. (fn. 10)
The village of Hinderwell, about a mile inland,
with a station on the Saltburn and Whitby branch of
the North Eastern railway, lies about 292 ft. above
ordnance datum. It is almost entirely built on
Hinderwell Lane, at the north end of which is
St. Hilda's Church, and, in the churchyard, St. Hilda's
Well, to which the village owes its name, (fn. 11) both
being called after the founder of the abbey of Whitby,
9 miles away. (fn. 12) There are Primitive Methodist and
Wesleyan chapels here.
The Lumleys' water-mill (perhaps on the site of
the present mill at Dalehouse) is mentioned in
1374, (fn. 13) the site of the manor in 1438. (fn. 14) That family
also possessed 'a park called Windmillenheng.' (fn. 15) Sir
Francis Bigod of Settrington, who was attainted in
1537, evidently had a manor-house here, (fn. 16) and his
younger brother Ralph was described as of Seaton (fn. 17)
in this parish. In Chapel Field, north of the church,
now converted into a cemetery, sculptured AngloSaxon grave-stones have been discovered. (fn. 18)
On Rosedale Cliffs, at a height of 375 ft., neat
Far Rosedale (a farm) and Port Mulgrave, used to be
a beacon. A lane south-east from Hinderwell ends
at the hotel on the cliff (250 ft. above ordnance
datum), below which is the hamlet of Runswick, (fn. 19) on
Runswick Bay. Like Whitby, Old Scarborough and
Robin Hood's Bay, Runswick is chiefly composed of
sandstone cottages, some of them whitewashed,
crowned with dark red tiles and perched in irregular
terraces on the face of the cliff, narrow alleys running
between the rows of houses and steep stairs leading
from tier to tier. 'The situation of the place is
singular,' wrote Graves, (fn. 20) 'and must excite the
curiosity of strangers; when . . . they may on one
side enter the door of one dwelling, and from thence
look down the chimney of another in front.' The
Congregational chapel dates from 1829. Much
ground has been lost by landslips. At the south end
of the bay, which is surrounded by a fine stretch of
sands, is Hob Hole, the resort of a beneficent Hob,
to whom parents, until lately, brought children with
whooping-cough and recited the lines:
'Hob-hole Hob!
My bairn's getten 't kink-cough:
Tak't off! Tak't off.' (fn. 21)
This bay was formerly a great resort for smugglers. (fn. 22)
Runswick Bay and Kettle Ness, Hinderwell
Staithes, a small fishing village on the northern
boundary of the parish, has a Wesleyan chapel and a
Congregational chapel built in 1823; the Roman
Catholic church of Our Lady Star of the Sea was
built in 1885. The picturesque village is of the
same type as Runswick. The beck that descends
from the moors and cuts the village into two parts is
bridged by a light wooden foot-bridge, the only communication. Otherwise difficult of access, Staithes
has a station on the Whitby and Saltburn branch
of the North Eastern railway. Captain Cook, the
circumnavigator (1728–79), was bound apprentice at
the age of twelve to the grocer and haberdasher of
Staithes, but, wrongfully suspected of theft, he quarrelled with his master, his indentures were cancelled
and he was newly bound to shipowners of Whitby. (fn. 23)
South-west of Staithes is Seaton Hall, a farm-house,
and a quarter of a mile east of it is the supposed site
of Seaton Church, mentioned in Domesday Book. (fn. 24)
On this site three stone coffins and human bones
have been found. One of the coffins, which was
carved with interlaced work of the Anglo-Saxon
period, was used (fn. 25) in 1874 as a water-trough on the
left of the road ascending the hill to Seaton Hall.
Seaton was in 1284–5 one of the ninety-seven vills in
the wapentake of Langbaurgh, (fn. 26) and, although now
always described as 'lost,' (fn. 27) may have been the
present Staithes, which was not in that list of vills,
for in 1450–1 and 1461–2 the hamlet of Seaton
Staithes (i.e., Seaton landing-place) lay within the
manor of Seaton. (fn. 28) In 1314 the lord of the manor
had a messuage at Seaton (fn. 29) ; the site of the manor is
mentioned in 1438, (fn. 30) and Ralph Bigod lived here a
century later. (fn. 31)
Dam Beck, which flows in a thickly wooded ravine
from the south-western moors, becomes Roxby Beck
by the disused mill of Roxby, and enters the North
Sea through the village of Staithes; it joins Easington
Beck at Dalehouse, (fn. 32) a hamlet with a mill south-west
of Staithes, on the road from Hinderwell to Boulby.
Roxby, to which a lane leads south-west from
Dalehouse, lies nearly 2 miles north-east of its disused
mill. (fn. 33) North-west of St. Nicholas's Church is the
site of the Boyntons' mansion, Roxby Hall, of which
only a small fragment remains (fn. 34) ; south-west follow
the manor-house and a few detached clusters of cottages on the road that ascends to the moor on the
south. Roxby High Moor attains the height of 725 ft.
On Roxby Low Moor is the tumulus known as
Stang How, and there was a barrow, now completely destroyed, near Roxby Moor House. (fn. 35) Canon
Atkinson suggested (fn. 36) that Hailthorpe in Roxby township and Scaling in Easington parish may represent
the two vills of Roscheltorp and Arnodestorp mentioned with Hinderwell in 1086. The former was
then appurtenant to the manor of Loftus (q.v.), the
latter, like Hinderwell, was land of William de Percy. (fn. 37)
Gildhustofts, the wood of Roucegrive, Rammesclei
and Houtland are mentioned in the 13th century, (fn. 38)
Lightfootfield (fn. 39) and Blaton alias Monk Carr (fn. 40) in the
16th century.
The public elementary
school at Roxby was erected
in 1878 and that at Staithes
in 1879.
An annual horse show is
held at Hinderwell, and
Staithes has its yearly wakes
on the Monday and Tuesday
after Trinity Sunday.
Manors
In 1086 1
carucate 2 oxgangs of land in
HINDERWELL were soke of
the 'manor' of Hugh Earl of
Chester at Loftus. (fn. 41) Lands
thus appurtenant to Loftus
usually descended to the overlordship of the Percys of Dunsley, but in 1314–15 Richard
de Percy of Dunsley only held
a mesne lordship here under
the Percy overlord of the
other part of Hinderwell. (fn. 42)
Another 4 carucates 6 oxgangs which had belonged to
Norman before the Conquest
were in 1086 in the hands of
William de Percy, (fn. 43) and the
manor was held of his descendant the Earl of Northumberland (fn. 44) in 1491. (fn. 45)
The early feudal returns
for Hinderwell are clearly incomplete, but services and
tenements here must have belonged to the family of Brus,
as three branches of the heirs
of the third Peter de Brus,
who died in 1272, (fn. 46) held lands
here which can be traced until
the 17th century. Marmaduke de Thweng was returned
as sole lord in 1316, (fn. 47) but his descendants the Thwengs
and Lumleys of Kilton (fn. 48) only held tenements. (fn. 49)
Percy. Or a lion azure.
A Street in Staithes, Hinderwell
The Fauconbergs inherited the Brus lordship of
Skelton (q.v.), and in 1425
lands here called the 'manor'
were held of William Nevill
afterwards Lord Fauconberg
as of Skelton Castle. (fn. 50) Joan
Countess of Kent and heir
of the Fauconbergs (fn. 51) herself
died seised of the manor, (fn. 52)
and lands called a manor descended with the manor of
Skelton until the 16th century, (fn. 53) and are no further to
be traced. The Nevills, also, through Lucy wife of
William Lord Latimer, heirs of the Brus fee, (fn. 54) held
this 'manor' of the Fauconbergs (fn. 55) from 1383 to
1475. (fn. 56)
The Darcys of Knayth, lords of Whorlton (q.v.),
however, connexions by marriage and sometimes coparceners with the heirs of Brus, were mesne lords (fn. 57)
of what, in spite of the lack of records, seems to have
been the actual manor.
A Narrow Street in Staithes, Hinderwell
The Wirfaucs (fn. 58) must have been the earliest undertenants. The grant of half a carucate of land in
Hinderwell from William Wirfauc, with consent of
William his son, was confirmed to Whitby Abbey in
the second half of the 12th century (fn. 59) ; William
Wirfauc of Hinderwell sold Ugthorpe (fn. 60) (q.v.) to
Guisborough Priory in 1202, and Osbert his son and
heir in 1234–5 quitclaimed his right in the advowson
of this church to Marmaduke de Thweng. (fn. 61) John
Wirfauc, mentioned in 1281, (fn. 62) lived here from 1300
to 1316, (fn. 63) his lands being assessed at 5s. 11¾d. for the
subsidy in 1301–2, (fn. 64) when the sole return for knights'
fees in Hinderwell was that 4 carucates of land of the
fee of Percy were held by free tenants. (fn. 65) Edmund de
Mauley (fn. 66) died seised of the right of alternate presentation to the church and of 37s. 10d. rent of free
tenants in or before 1314, holding the same of John
Wirfauc. (fn. 67) Hinderwell was then included in the
extent of Seaton Manor, and was perhaps manorially
dependent on Seaton, but afterwards it descended as
a separate manor with that of Seaton until 1857 or
later. Sir Charles Mark Palmer, bart., of Grinkle
Park, was already lord in 1872. He died in 1907,
and it is now held by his widow Gertrude, Lady
Palmer.
Although not stated to be appurtenant to Loftus in
1086 ROXBY (Rozebi, Roscebi, xi cent.; Roucebi,
xii cent.; Rossby, Rouxby, Rokysby, Rowkesbie,
Rokesby, xvi cent.; Rowsby, xvi-xvii cent.; Rousby,
xvi-xix cent.) was in the fee of Arnold de Percy (fn. 68)
in 1302–3. (fn. 69)
One carucate was land of the king in 1086 (fn. 70) ;
2 carucates were soke of Seaton (fn. 71) (q.v.) and 3
carucates formed a berewick of Borrowby. Borrowby and Roxby, held before the Conquest by
Swen as one 'manor,' were held in 1086 by
Niel Fossard of the Count of Mortain. (fn. 72) Robert
son of Niel Fossard and William his son granted
to Whitby Abbey 1 carucate of land here, (fn. 73)
of which the abbey subenfeoffed Thurstan the
steward of Acklam, (fn. 74) and succeeding lords of
Acklam and Roxby, no doubt descendants of
Thurstan, held lands here of Whitby Abbey. (fn. 75)
The 'heir of Marmaduke de Thweng' (fn. 76) was
mesne lord of three parts of a knight's fee in
Acklam and other places and Roxby in 1284–5. (fn. 77)
Of this fee and Yarm Lucy de Thweng and her
third husband, Bartholomew de Fanacourt, made
a settlement in 1346, (fn. 78) and the mesne lordship
followed the descent of Yarm (fn. 79) (q.v.).
Roger de Acklam, probably lord, granted to
Hugh son of Patrick 14 acres of land here between the foot of the moor and the waterfall,
except the wood of Roucegrive. (fn. 80) He died
before 1230–1 leaving two daughters and heirs,
Agnes who married Henry son of Ralph and
died childless, and Joan who married Ingram de
Boynton. (fn. 81) William, said to be son of Ingram, (fn. 82)
was lord in 1284–5. (fn. 83) He married Alice daughter
and heir of Ingram de Monceaux (fn. 84) and had a
son and heir Ingram, (fn. 85) assessed for the subsidy
in Roxby in 1301–2, (fn. 86) and lord of Roxby and
Acklam from that date to 1316 (fn. 87) or later. His
son, described as Walter de Boynton (fn. 88) 'of
Acklam,' lord in 1325, (fn. 89) was succeeded by a son
Thomas who made a settlement of the manor in
1340, (fn. 90) received a grant of free warren here in 1365 (fn. 91)
and was succeeded by a son Thomas. (fn. 92) Henry son
and heir of Thomas rose with the Percys in 1405
and was executed and attainted, (fn. 93) but as his widow
Elizabeth had not maintenance for herself and six
children or money to pay her husband's debts she
was allowed to retain this manor for life. (fn. 94) On the
death of Elizabeth it was seized by Henry V and
was still in the hands of the Crown in 1425 when
William, eldest surviving son of Henry Boynton,
petitioned for its restoration. (fn. 95) Roger de Thornton,
to whom it had probably been granted with Acklam,
held the Boynton lands in 1428, (fn. 96) but they were
ultimately restored to their old owners. William
Boynton had a son and heir Thomas, father of
Henry, who married one of the co-heirs of Barmston. (fn. 97) Henry left a son and
heir, Thomas Boynton (fn. 98) 'of
Roxby,' who died in 1523. (fn. 99)
Matthew son and heir of
Thomas (fn. 100) died seised of the
reversion of the manor (on
the death of his mother Cecily)
in 1540 leaving a son and
heir Thomas. (fn. 101) Cecily died
in 1550–1 and was buried in
Roxby chapel. (fn. 102) Thomas, with
whom the family begin to be
described as of Barmston, was
knighted in 1578 (fn. 103) and died
in January 1581–2 leaving a
son and heir Francis. (fn. 104) Francis, knighted in 1603, (fn. 105)
was succeeded in 1617 by his son Matthew, (fn. 106) knighted
in May 1618 and created a baronet six days later. (fn. 107)
Matthew took the Parliamentary side in the Civil
War, assisted in the capture of Sir John Hotham,
was governor of Scarborough Castle and colonel of a
troop of horse. He died early in 1646–7 leaving a
son and heir Francis. (fn. 108) His first wife Frances and
widow Katharine are both buried at Roxby. (fn. 109) Francis
made a settlement of the manor in 1649, (fn. 110) succeeded
to the Griffith estates at Burton Agnes, and died in
1695. (fn. 111) His grandson and successor, Sir Griffith
Boynton, son and heir of Lieut.-Col. William Boynton who died in 1689, died childless in 1731 and
was succeeded by his cousin and heir Sir Francis,
son and heir of the Rev. Henry Boynton, rector of
Barmston, third son of the second baronet by his
second wife. (fn. 112) Sir Francis appointed a gamekeeper for this
manor in 1738 (fn. 113) and died in
the following year leaving a
son and heir Griffith, who
appointed gamekeepers in
1740, 1741 and 1745 (fn. 114) and
died in 1761. (fn. 115) His son and
heir Griffith died in 1778 leaving a son and heir Griffith,
who before his death in 1801 (fn. 116)
sold this manor to John Turton of Edinburgh. (fn. 117) From
this time the manor descended
with the Turtons' manor of
Upsall in South Kilvington
parish (q.v.), and it is now in
the possession of Mr. Edmund Russborough Turton
of Upsall Castle.
Boynton of Barmston, baronet. Or a fesse between three crescents gules.
Turton of Upsall. Ermine nine trefoils alternately vert and azure with a crosslet fitchy sable in the foot and a quarter gules.
Of SEATON (Scetune, xi cent.; Sethuna, Setton,
Saiton, xii cent.; Seton, xii-xviii cent.; Seyton,
Ceton, xiii cent.; Setun, xiv cent.; Stokton, 1428;
Seaton, xvii cent.) Arnold de Percy was overlord
in 1302–3, (fn. 118) but the Percy fee here, as at Roxby,
seems to be no further mentioned.
Three carucates of land, held before the Conquest
by Uctred as a 'manor,' were in the hands of Richard
de Surdeval, tenant under the Count of Mortain, in
1086. (fn. 119) The Surdeval fee had passed to the family
of Brus by 1272 (fn. 120) and descended to Lucy de Thweng (fn. 121)
and her descendants the Darcys, (fn. 122) the manor being
held of their manor of Whorlton (q.v.) in 1401. (fn. 123)
In 1450 (fn. 124) and later it is said to be held of the
Crown in chief.
The under-tenants were a family called Seaton
whose identity with the ancestors of the great Scottish
family of Seton of Seton in East Lothian has been
suggested. (fn. 125) Benedict, Abbot of Whitby, who resigned
in 1148, (fn. 126) granted to Osbert de Seaton in fee half a
carucate in Hinderwell given by William de Wirfauc
to Whitby Abbey. (fn. 127) Ivo de Seaton was fined 100s.
for forest offences in Yorkshire in 1175–6 (fn. 128) and
1 mark for robbing a Norwegian ship wrecked on this
coast in 1179–80 (fn. 129) ; he was probably the Ivo son
of Adam de Seaton who granted the manor of Castle
Eden in Cumberland to Guisborough Priory. (fn. 130)
Robert son of Sir Ivo de Seaton held lands in Hinderwell parish. (fn. 131) Adam de Seaton was lord of this place
in 1246 (fn. 132) and 1272 (fn. 133) ; and 18d. was paid to the
king's bailiff in 1284–5 as fine for the lands in
Hinderwell of the heir of Robert de Seaton, (fn. 134) perhaps
another Adam, for in 1287–8 the escheator was
ordered to seize all tenements of the Adam de Seaton
who held of the heir of Robert de Thweng. (fn. 135) A
John de Seaton followed and was probably the knight
of Robert de Brus of Annandale who was indicted for
forest offences in Cumberland in 1285, (fn. 136) and the
John de Seaton who granted the vills of Gamblesby
and Unthank in Cumberland to Robert de Brus and
Christine his wife, who died childless, and their issue
with reversion to himself. (fn. 137) This John died seised
of the manor of Seaton in Hinderwell parish and
lands in Cumberland in or before 1298, (fn. 138) and in
1299 Christopher his son and heir did homage for
his father's lands. (fn. 139) Christopher was serving with
Edward I against Robert de Brus in 1303–4, (fn. 140) but in
1306 was hanged for having taken Robert's side. (fn. 141)
In April 1306 Edward I granted Christopher's
lands in Seaton to Edmund de Mauley in fee for his
good service, (fn. 142) and in the same year he received a
grant of free warren here. (fn. 143) Edmund died seised at
Scriven in or before 1314, when the fourth Peter de
Mauley was his heir. (fn. 144) From this time the manor
has descended with the Mauleys' manor of Mulgrave (fn. 145)
(q.v.).
Churches
The church of ST. HILDA is in
plan a plain rectangle, 67 ft. 6 in. by
28 ft. 6 in., with an embattled tower
at the west end forming a porch, 11 ft. 3 in. by
9 ft. 6 in., all these measurements being internal.
There is also a small vestry on the north side of the
tower.
The building dates from 1773, but the tower was
rebuilt in 1817, and replaces an older structure apparently of late 12th-century date, or at any rate incorporating some work of that period. (fn. 146) The church was
restored in 1895, but is of no architectural interest.
It is constructed of wrought stone with quoins at the
angles and is lighted by six square-headed windows on
each side, and at the east end is a window of three
lights of 'Venetian' type now built up and treated
internally as an altar-piece. This window, the
middle light of which has a semicircular head, is quite
plain outside, but internally has an entablature over
the side lights carried on Tuscan pilasters, and a keyed
architrave to the middle opening. The north and
south windows, which were of the usual plain 18thcentury type, were gothicized in 1895 and now have
perpendicular tracery in the heads.
The roof is eaved and has been re-slated and the
east gable is quite plain. (fn. 147) There is a gallery at the
west end erected in 1818, now containing the organ.
The font, pulpit, and all the internal fittings are
modern. The tower, which contains the gallery staircase, has round-headed belfry windows and south
doorway. There are two bells dating from 1792.
The plate includes a mediaeval chalice and paten
of great interest. They are both apparently of late
15th-century date, c. 1490, and the chalice is of
parcel-gilt. It has a deep bowl and hexagonal stem
and foot. The gilt portions are the inside and rim
of the bowl, the knop, and the front compartment of
the foot. In this latter is engraved a crucifix with
attendant figures of St. Mary and St. John. The
chalice is 6¼ in. high. The paten is a thin plain
saucer-shaped plate with a plain rim. In the centre
is the Agnus Dei, with growing grass and flowers.
There are slight traces of gilding on the paten, the
diameter of which is 6¼ in. The plate also includes
a cup of 1777, without inscription, and a pewter
flagon. (fn. 148)
The registers begin in 1601.
The church of ST. NICHOLAS at Roxby consists of chancel, nave, and small west tower containing
two bells, and was largely rebuilt in 1818, though
portions of the north wall are of 17th-century date.
The only object of antiquarian interest is a brass in
the floor of the chancel in memory of Thomas
Boynton, with full length figure in armour and four
shields, with the arms of Boynton in the corners.
The inscription, which is in Gothic characters, reads,
'Pray for the soule of Thom's Boynton of Roysby,
Esquier who caused this chyrche fyrst to be halowd
and was ye first corsse that was beryed in yt and
deceased the xxix day of marche the yer of Or Lord
God Ml. Vc. and xxiij on whose soule Jhu haue
mercy. Amen.' (fn. 149) No portion of the existing building is as old as Thomas Boynton's church. There
is a mural monument to Frances Lady Boynton
(d. 1634) and a stone in the floor to Katherine Lady
Ingram, daughter of Thomas Lord Fairfax (d. 1666).
Graves, writing about ten years before the rebuilding
of 1818, mentions some armorial glass in the east
window, (fn. 150) but this has disappeared.
In 1894 the church was closed by order of the
archbishop on account of the lack of population and
the dilapidated state of the building. It was, however, reroofed and put into good structural repair in
1909. It is still disused.
The plate consists of a cup of 1570, made by
Robert Beckwith of York, and a pewter plate and
flagon. (fn. 151)
Advowson
The advowson of Hinderwell
Church descended in moieties from
the 13th to the 17th century.
Osbert Wirfauc in 1234–5 quitclaimed to Marmaduke de Thweng his right in the advowson, (fn. 152) and in
1246 Adam de Seaton granted the next presentation
to Robert de Thweng, arranging that he and Robert
and their respective heirs should henceforth present
alternately. (fn. 153) The Thweng moiety descended to the
Lumleys of Kilton, (fn. 154) who held it until the 17th
century. (fn. 155)
The second moiety descended with the manor of
Seaton (q.v.) until some date between 1609 (fn. 156) and
1634, when the whole advowson was purchased by
the Rev. Philip Wheath (fn. 157) from Lord Lumley and
Ralph Salvin. (fn. 158) Philip died seised in 1633, leaving
a son and heir Joseph, who was succeeded by his son
Philip. (fn. 159) In 1666–7 Robert Crompton and Anne
his wife, perhaps Anne daughter of Philip Wheath, (fn. 160)
in right of Anne conveyed the advowson to Thomas
Strickland and his heirs and Walter Crompton, (fn. 161) and
in 1670 William Salvin quitclaimed it to Robert
Crompton and his heirs. (fn. 162) The archbishop presented by lapse in 1714, the king in 1747, Boynton
Langley in 1763, the archbishop in 1781, Montague
Lind in 1790, and Dame Mary Boynton in 1793. (fn. 163)
The archbishop was said to be patron in 1817, (fn. 164)
Mary Lady Boynton in 1822. (fn. 165) Thomas Smith presented 1823–41, (fn. 166) Robert Barry 1851–74, (fn. 167) the
Duke of Portland 1875–85, John Corner 1886–98,
the Rev. A. E. Corner 1899–1901, and since then
the present patron, the Rev. Harry Spencer Moore. (fn. 168)
Richard Osbaldeston, successively Bishop of Carlisle
and London, was instituted rector in 1715. (fn. 169)
Seaton Church is not heard of after 1086.
The chaplain of Roxby is mentioned in 1301–2, (fn. 170)
but a mention has already been made of the record
that Thomas Boynton, who died in 1523, caused
this church to be hallowed. (fn. 171) His younger brother
Martin bequeathed 40s. in 1518 to the use of Roxby
chapel. (fn. 172) The living is a chapelry annexed to
Hinderwell.
The old National school at Staithes is licensed for
worship and is served by the rector of Hinderwell.
Charities
In 1780 Nicholas Howlet, by will,
left £50, the interest to be given to
the poorest inhabitants of the several
townships, in respect of which an annuity of 40s. was
by Samuel Howlet, the testator's brother, secured by
deed dated 15 January 1782 on a parcel of land in
the parish of Kirkby-in-Cleveland. The charity is
still administered. There was at one time a lapse
owing to difficulty in identifying the land on which
the annuity is secured, but the present rector cleared
up the matter and all payments, including arrears,
have been made.
In 1824 the Rev. William Smith, by will, left
£102 10s. 2d. consols (with the official trustees) for
the relief in December of poor attending divine
service. The dividend, amounting to £2 11s., is in
accordance with trusts distributed in money among
eight recipients.
St. Hilda's almshouses, consisting of six cottages,
were the gift of the late Mr. John Corner.