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A History of the County of York North Riding
… Massam (xvi cent.). This parish lies in the valley of the Ure on the south-west border of the North Riding. The … of 22,940 acres, and included the townships of Burton upon Ure, Ellingtons and Swinton with Warthermarske, together with … Healey with Sutton and Iltoncum-Pott. Omitting Burton upon Ure, the district covered by the parish has been known as …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… picturesquely situated in Wensleydale between the Rivers Ure and Cover, which unite just beyond the parish. The banks … of the Cover are beautifully wooded. The valley of the Ure is not more than 325 ft. above ordnance datum, but the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… by the River Swale, which here forms a junction with the Ure. The united rivers, henceforth known as the Ouse, …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… at the lower end of Wensleydale on the north bank of the Ure. It covers altogether about 5,500 acres, by far the … south. The village stands a short distance from the Ure, opposite Middleham, with which it is connected by a road crossing at Ulshaw Bridge. Harmby Beck flows into the Ure near the village. Here perhaps was Spennithorne Mill, in …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… (xviii cent.). This parish on the north bank of the Ure covers an area of nearly 2,399 acres, of which the … being arable, and 201 woods and plantations. 1 From the Ure, where it is about 300 ft. above the sea level, the land … in East Witton parish in 1717. 2 Ulshaw Bridge over the Ure was important from its situation on the road from York to …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… in a picturesque position on the eastern slopes of the Ure valley. The height varies from 300 ft. near the river to … limestone with some millstone grit and alluvium near the Ure. The ecclesiastical parish contains the townships of Thornton Watlass, Clifton upon Ure, Rookwith and Thirn, all now separate civil parishes. …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… except for some alluvium in the valley of the River Ure, which runs through Norton Conyers. The parish lies for … in places to 150 ft. and sinking in the valley of the Ure to 100 ft. The inhabitants are mainly engaged in … of Norton Conyers the ground slopes gently to the River Ure, here bordered with marshlike ground and forked with …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… was tenant in 1086. Well had berewicks in Burton upon Ure, 'Opetone' and 'Achebi' in Snape, each assessed at 4 …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… as the prettiest village in Wensleydale. It lies on the Ure, at the point where it is crossed by a 15th-century … inhabited by miners in 1854. 31 The Mill Farm near the Ure probably indicates the site of a mill mentioned in 1420 …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… the civil parish. It lies on the north bank of the River Ure (which here forms the boundary of the riding), and … wrote Leland, 'standeth on a cliving ground hard by Ure, a river of a colour for the most part of soden water, by … point at which the main road from Ripon crosses the River Ure. The present church of St. Nicholas lies a little to the …