Market Weighton, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1868.

MARKET WEIGHTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"MARKET WEIGHTON, a parish, post, and market town in the Holme-Beacon division of Harthill wapentake, East Riding county York, 10 miles W. of Beverley, and 20 S.E. of York. It is a station on the York and Market Weighton and Selby railways. This town, which is situated at the western foot of the Wolds, on the road from York to Hull, is connected with the river Humber by a short canal of 10 miles. It is a small but improving place, containing in 1861 a population of 2,178, or 2,589 in the parish. The Temperance Hall was erected in 1841. Petty sessions for the division are held fortnightly on Wednesday at the police-station, and manorial courts in April and December by Lord Londesborough, who is lord of the manor. The parish includes the chapelry* of Shipton. The surface is undulating, and the soil chalk and clay. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of York, value £100, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There is also a chapel-of-ease at Shipton. The Independents, Wesleyan, Primitive, and Free Church Methodists have chapels. The charities produce about £140 per annum, including £90, the produce of the poor and church estate. There is a free school with an endowment of £8 per annum, and spacious National schools, erected in 1842 at a cost of £600. Roman coins have been found, and on the moors are numerous barrows. Market day is Wednesday. Fairs are held on 14th May and 24th September for horses and cattle, and on 15th September for sheep."

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"ARRAS, a township in the parish of Market Weighton, and wapentake of Harthill, in the East Riding of the county of York, 3 miles from Market Weighton."

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"SHIPTON, a chapelry in the parish of Market-Weighton, partly in the Holme Beacon division of Harthill wapentake, and partly in the liberty of St. Peter's, East Riding county York, 2 miles N.W. of Market-Weighton, its post town. It is a station on the York and Berwick railway. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Toomer, and is chiefly agricultural. The soil is a mixture of gravel and sand. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1773. The living is a curacy annexed to the vicarage of Market-Weighton, in the diocese of York. The church is an ancient structure, with an embattled tower containing two bells. The parochial charities produce about £35 per annum. There is a village school, with an endowment of £8 per annum. The Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans have each a place of worship, and in the latter a Sunday-school is held. Lord Londesborough is lord of the manor."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013