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"MARKET WEIGHTON, a parish partly within the liberty of ST-PETER-of-YORK, but chiefly in the Holme- Beacon division of the wapentake of HARTHILL, East riding of the county of YORK, comprising the market town of Market-Weighton, the chapelry of Shipton> and the hamlet of Arras, and containing 2093 inhabitants, of which number, 1724 are in the town of Market- Weighton with Arras, 19 miles E.S.E. from York, and 190 N.W. from London. This town, which is situated at the western foot of the Wolds, near a branch of the river Foulness, on the high road from York to Beverley, is progressively improving, its trade having been considerably increased by the construction of a canal to the Humber. The market is on Wednesday; and fairs are held on May 14th and September 25th, for horses, cattle, and sheep. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Prebendary of Weighton in the Cathedral Church of York, rated in the king's books at £4.13. 9. The church, dedicated to! All Saints, is an ancient edifice. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. Two small rent-charges have been assigned for the instruction of ten children. Near the town are many tumuli, which have been found to contain some human bones, and remains of ancient armour, supposed to be Danish."
"SHIPTON, a chapelry in the parish of MARKET-WEIGHTON, partly within the liberty of ST-PETER-of-YORK, and partly in the Holme-Beacon division of the wapentake of HARTHILL, East riding of the county of YORK, 1 mile W.N.W. from Market-Weighton, containing 369 inhabitants. It is within the peculiar jurisdiction of the Prebendary of Weighton in the Cathedral Church of York. There is a school for the education of ten boys, endowed with a rent-charge of £5. 14., by John Hutchinson, in 1714, and another of £2 by John and Elizabeth Barker, in 1742."
[Transcribed by Mel Lockie © from
Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835]