Hawnby Parish |
"ARDEN, (with Ardenside) in the parish of Hawnby, and wapentake of Birdforth; 1½ miles WNW. of Hawnby, 7½ miles NE. of Thirsk. D'Arcy Tancred, Esq. resides at the hall. Population with Arden Side, 139.
Here Peter de Horton founded a Priory, about the year 1150, for Nuns of the Benedictine Order. -Dugdale. Not a vestige of it now remains. -Ed."
"BILSDALE WEST SIDE, in the parish of Hawnby, wapentake of Birdforth; 4 miles N. of Hawnby, 8 miles NNW. of Helmsley. Pop. 127."
"BUMPER CASTLE, (a Shooting-Box) in the township of Bilsdale, West-side, and parish of Hawnby; 1¾ miles NNE. of Hawnby, 8 miles from Helmsley."
"DALE TOWN, in the parish of Hawnby, and wapentake of Birdforth; ¾ mile SSW. of Hawnby, 6 miles NW. of Helmsley. Here is a cliff, called Peak Scarr. Pop. 68."
"EASTERSIDE, a farm house in the township of Bilsdale West-side and parish of Hawnby, wapentake of Birdforth; ¾ mile ESE. of Hawnby, 7 miles NW. of Helmsley."
"LIMEKILN HOUSE, a single house in the township of Arden, and parish of Hawnby; 9 miles from Northallerton, 10 from Thirsk."
"RAINSDALE GRAVEN, in the parish of Hawnby, and wapentake of Birdforth; 8 miles NNW. of Helmsley."
"SNILESWORTH, in the parish of Hawnby, and wapentake of Birdforth ; 4 miles NNW. of Hawnby, 10 miles NW. of Helmsley."