Wold Newton Parish information from Bulmers' 1892.

WOLD NEWTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892.

Wapentake and Petty Sessional Division of Dickering - County Council Electoral Division of Hunmanby - Poor Law Union and County Court District of Bridlington - Rural Deanery of Buckrose - Archdeaconry of the East Riding - Diocese of York.

Wold Newton is a parish and township embracing an area of 2,028 acres (the extent under assessment is returned at 1,896 acres); the rateable value is £2,126, and the population in 1891 was 292. The surface is diversified by picturesque undulation; the soil is light and loamy, the subsoil chalk. Col. Mitford, who is lord of the manor; J. Cadman, Esq., Lady Downe, Mrs. Col. Nelson, the Earl of Londesborough, and Mr. J. Summers, are the principal landowners.

The village is small but picturesquely situated in a valley, five-and-a-half miles south-west from Hunmanby station, on the Hull and Scarborough branch of the North-Eastern railway, eight miles north-west from Bridlington, and 13 south from Scarborough. In the centre is a large mere or pond, which draws its chief supply from one of those phenomenal streams called Gipseys. (See Burton Fleming, page - .) The church bears the characteristic Saxon dedication of All Saints. It was built, or perhaps rebuilt, soon after the Conquest, and it still retains some of the original Norman work. The chancel was rebuilt in 1850, by the Hon. M. Langley, the then patron; and in 1857, the north aisle, which had been removed at some previous so-called restoration to avoid the cost of keeping it in repair, was built on the original lines. The low semicircular arch of the old chancel remains in its integrity, and another and more elaborate piece of Norman work is seen in the inner doorway of the south porch. It consists of three heavy mouldings (two ornamented and one plain), which spring from stout pillars with carved capitals. The door is square-headed, and the semicircular space above is filled in with a chequer work pattern, the centre ornament being a cross in a circle. The font is very ancient, and exhibits some good carving. The aisle is separated from the nave by four pointed arches resting upon cylindrical piers. The east window consists of two lights, and is glazed with coloured glass. There are four single lights in the aisle, inserted by W. Cadman, Esq., in memory of his wife. The illustrations are St. Mary Magdalen, St. Stephen, St. Peter, and St. Mary. The three-light window in the south wall of the nave is a memorial of the Rev. Joseph Skelton, who was for 30 years the respected and beloved vicar of the parish. He died in 1860. The subjects represented are the Good Shepherd in the centre light, the parable of the Barren Fig-tree on one side, and of the Sower on the other. There are a few monumental tablets, but none claiming any special interest. The church was repaired and re-pewed in 1839, and will now seat 143 persons. There is a valuable service of church plate, procured at a cost of £300, and presented by the Viscountess Downe. The roofs of the nave and chancel are low and covered with lead. The registers date from the year 1716. The parish was anciently a chapelry to Hunmanby, and did not possess the privilege of burial till 1828.

The living is a vicarage, valued in the King's Books at £6 19s. 9½d., now worth £200 a year, of which £50 is given by the patron, Viscountess Downe. The Rev. Thos. Suter Ackland, M.A., Clare College, Cambridge, is the present vicar.

There are chapels in the village belonging to the Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. That belonging to the former body was built in 1839, and will accommodate 160 persons.

A School Board for the united district of Wold Newton and Fordon was formed in 1872, and the same year a school was erected at a cost of £462. There is accommodation for 70 children, and an average attendance of 55. J. Cadman, Esqr., is chairman of the board; Mr. Joseph Summers, clerk; and Mr. S. Southwell, treasurer.

WOLD NEWTON HALL, the residence of John Cadman, Esq., is a large modern structure of brick, situated in the village. Wold Cottage is the residence of Mrs. Nelson. Near this house fell, on the 13th December, 1795, a large meteoric stone (See Thwing, page 278).

[Description(s) from Bulmer's History and Directory of East Yorkshire (1892)]

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