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Brayton, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1835.

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BRAYTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1835.

"BRAYTON, a parish in the lower division of the wapentake of BARKSTONE-ASH, West riding of the county of YORK, comprising the chapelry of Barlow, and the townships of Brayton, Burn, Gateforth, Hambleton, and Thorpe-Willoughby, and containing 1489 inhabitants, of which number, 252 are in the township of Brayton, if miles S.W. from Selby, The living is a discharged vicarage, within the jurisdiction of the peculiar court of Selby, rated in the king's books at £7. 14. 4., and in the patronage of the Hon. E, Petre. The church, dedicated to St. Wilfrid, exhibits various styles of architecture; the tower is Norman, surmounted by an octagonal lantern, from which rises a lofty spire, in the later English style; the south doorway, and the arch leading into the chancel, are Norman, highly enriched; the chancel is in the decorated, and the nave in the later, English style. Part of the parish is skirted by the river Ouse, and a canal, connecting that river with the Aire, passes through the centre of it. A rent-charge of £5 was given by the Rev. Thomas Morritt, towards the support of a school."


"BARLOW, a chapelry in the parish of BRAYTON, lower division of the wapentake of BARKSTONE-ASH, West riding of the county of YORK, 3 miles S.E. from Selby, containing 175 inhabitants."


"BURN, a township in the parish of BRAYTON, lower division of the wapentake of BARKSTONE-ASH, West riding of the county of YORK, 2 miles S.W. from Selby, containing 238 inhabitants. There is a small endowment for the instruction of children, given by George Ellis in 1711, and Edward Goodwin in 1743."


"GATEFORTH, a township in the parish of BRAYTON, lower division of the wapentake of BARKSTONEASH, West riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles W.S.W. from Selby, containing 192 inhabitants."


"HAMBLETON, a township in the parish of BRAYTON, lower division of the wapentake of BARKSTONEASH, West riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles W.S.W. from Selby, containing 488 inhabitants. A school-room, with a house for the master, was erected by subscription in 1796, when an allotment of land, under the enclosure act, was assigned for its support."


"THORPE WILLOUGHBY, a township in the parish of BRAYTON, lower division of the wapentake of BARKSTONE-ASH, West riding of the county of YORK, 2 miles W.S.W. from Selby, containing 144 inhabitants."

[Transcribed by Mel Lockie © from
Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835]