NORMANBY, (p.) in the wap, of Ryedale: 5 miles S.S.E., of
Kirby-Moor-Side.
Population: 191
Church
is in the patronage of: Arthur Cayley esq. Rector:
Rev. Arthur Cayley M.A.
Schoolmaster: Robert Bean; Shopkeeper:
James Hill; Blacksmith: Robert Huddlestone.
Farmers: Thomas Surr; George Thompson
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1840
NORMANBY, a village and township, in the dale of the small river
Seven, 5miles S.S.E. of Kirby Moorside, 2020 acres of land, belonging to
various owners, but Thomas Walker Esq. is lord of the manor. Here is a
sulphurous spa, which yields 60 gallons per minute. The parish includes
also Thornton Riseborough. The Church is a small ancient structure, and
is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £9-12s. -6d and now at £509. The tithes
were commuted in 1838, for a yearly modus of £475. The School is endowed
with £6 year, left by Lady Judith Boynton, for the education of five
free scholars.
Population: 219
Church
is in the patronage of: Richard Hill esq.; Rector: Rev.
Arthur Cayley M.A. Curate: Rev. Rd. Horsfall
Schoolroom: John Featherstone. Shopkeeper:
James Hill. Smith: Robert Huddlestone.
Farmers: Jas. Craven; Rd. Jackson; John Mercer;
Wm. Lealman; Robert Skelton; John Smith; Thomas
Stamper
Gardener: Rd. Agar; Parish Clerk: Rt.
Davison; Vict. Sun: James Hill; Butcher:
Wm. Monkman
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1857
NORMANBY, a village and township, in the dale of the small river
Seven, 5miles S.S.E. of Kirby Moorside.
Population:....
Rector: Rev James Hill B.A.; School:....................;
Shopkeeper: Ralph Boyes; Blacksmith: Robert
Huddlestone
Farmers: William Grayson Low Bottoms; George Hill;
Richard Jackson freeholder Rook Barugh; William Seamer Low
Bottoms; William & George Skelton Low Bottoms; John Smith
Normanby Bridge; William Strickland Lance Butts; William
Smith Wormald freeholder.
Sun:
Anthony Hill; Gardener & Seedsman: Richard Agar;
Butcher: John Sanderson; Horse Dealer:
William Wastell; Tailor & Draper: Richard Ellerker.
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1879
NORMANBY, Letters received from York, via Kirby Moorside; the latter
is the nearest money order office.
Population:...
Rector: Rev. James Hill M.A. J.P.
*(Not same as 1840); Henry
Coverdale, Normanby Hill; John Harrison; Francis
Huddlestone; John Huddlestone.
Parish Clerk: Robert Underwood; School Mistress:
Miss Alice Pybus; Sun: George Sanderson;
Shopkeeper: Ralph Boyes; Blacksmith: John
Foxton
Farmers: William Grayson Low Bottoms; Wm. Benton Rook
Barugh; John Dodds Normanby Lodge low Bottoms; William
Grayson Low Bottoms; Joseph Shepard Low Bottoms; George
Skelton Low Bottoms; John Wood & landowner Normanby Bridge;
Emanuel Strickland Lance Butts; Christopher Wood East Field;
Thos. Coverdale Normanby Hill.
Cow
keepers: Ralph Boyes; Joseph Clark; John Eccles;
Robert Underwood; Robert Walton; Carter: John
Gill.
Farm Bailiff: to Mr. Strickland of Southfield, George Jackson.
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1890
NORMANBY, Postal Address, Normanby, Kirbymoorside, R.S.O., Yorks.
Foot
messenger arrives from Kirbymoorside about 9.30a.m. Box collection at
2-30p.p.m., Money Order and Telegraph Office at Kirbymoorside.
Population.......
Rector: Rev. James Hill M.A. J.P.
*(Not same as 1840); Henry Coverdale, Normanby Hill; John Harrison; Francis
Huddlestone; John Huddlestone.
Parish Clerk: Robt. Underwood; School Mistress:
Miss Eliz. Annie Smorthwaite;
Sun
Inn: Thomas Sleightholme & owner of steam thrashing
machines.
Commercial:
Grocer: Ralph Boyes; Blacksmith: John
Foxton &c.
Farmers: James Frank Low Bottoms; William Benton Rook
Barugh; John Dodds Normanby Lodge; Robert Marton Low
Bottoms; William Wood Bridge; William Hornby Lance Butts;
William Strickland Westfield house; Thomas Scoby Normanby Hill.
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1905
NORMANBY is a parish, township and village on the high road from
Kirby Moorside to Malton, and on the western bank of the river Seven, 6
miles north from Amotherby station on the North Eastern railway, 2½ from
Sinnington station on the Gilling and Pickering branch, 6 south- West
from Pickering, 5 south-east from Kirby Moorside and 9 north-west from
Malton, in the Whitby division of the Riding, rural deanery of Helmsley,
archdeaconry of Cleveland and diocese of York. The church of St. Andrews
is a plain edifice of stone consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle,
south porch and a western gable containing 2 bells: the church was in a
great part rebuilt in 1718, but still retains traces of Early Norman
work.: it was thoroughly restored in 1895, at a cost of £1,270, and a
new organ was presented by Mark Mayher esq. of Putney Heath, in 1899:
there are 100 sittings. The register dates from the year 1699. the
living is a rectory, net yearly value £322, with residence and 2 acres
of glebe, in the gift of and held since 1897 by the Rev. Edward Harley
Molineux Jackson, of St Bees. There is a Wesleyan chapel. The principal
landowners are Sir George Everard Arthur Cayley bart. Of High Hall,
Brompton; Augustus Gerald Duncombe, William Wood and W. Muzeen, of
Hutton-Le-Hole. The soil is clayey and loamy; the sub soil is clay. The
chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area of the township is 1781
acres of land and 5 of water; rateable value, £1900; the population in
1901 was 156 in the township and 188 in the parish.
Population: 188
Rector: Rev. Edward Harley Molineux Jackson of St Bees;
Mrs Huddlestone; William Marshall.
School Mistress: Miss Mary Stowell Public Elementary School
for 45, average 22 children. Lords of the Manor: George &
Thomas Grayson
Commercial:
Sun
Inn: Mrs Mary Sleightholme & thrashing machines proprietor;
Shopkeeper: Misses Hannah & Mary J Boyes;
Blacksmith: John Foxton.
Farmers: Robert Brainbridge; Robert Barker Low Bottoms;
Wm. Benton Rook Barugh; Alfd. Dodds Normanby Lodge; Simpson
Dodds The Grange; William Grayson Manor House; William
Hornby; Robert Marton The Rise; William Wood & landowner
Normanby Bridge; John Strickland West Field; Henry Dobson.
NORMANBY the population in 1911 was 141 in the township and 167 in
the parish.
Post Office: - Miss Mary Jane Boyes, Sub-postmistress. Letters
arrive from Sinnington, Yorks, at 8.15 a.m.; dispatched 4.45 p.m.; no
Sunday mail. Sinnington 3 miles distant is the nearest money order &
telegraph office.
Population: 167
Rector: Rev. Edward Harley Molineux Jackson of St Bees
School Mistress: Miss Mary Stowell Public Elementary School
for 34, average 32 children
Commercial:
Sun
Inn: Mrs Mary Sleightholme; Shopkeeper & Post Office:
Misses Hannah & Mary J Boyes; Blacksmith: John
Foxton; Thrashing machine proprietor: Albt.
Sleightholme; Tailor: Arthur Thomas Foxton;
Cycle Dealer: Tom Ware.
Farmers: Alfred Benton Rook Barugh; John Cross Low
Bottoms; Alfd. Dodds Normanby Lodge; Simpson Dodds The
Grange; Robert Marton The Rise; Wm. Wood Normanby Bridge;
William Wood Manor House; William Wood Hill Farm; John
Strickland West Field; Robert Ruston Lance Butts; Henry
Dobson.
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1921
NORMANBY the area of the township is 1781 acres of land and 5 of
water; rateable value, £2019; the population in 1911 was 141 in the
township and 167 in the parish.
Post Office: - Miss Mary Jane Boyes, Sub-postmistress. Letters
arrive from Sinnington, Yorks, which is the nearest money order &
telegraph office, 3 miles distant.
Population: 167
Rector: Rev. Edward Harley Molineux Jackson of St Bees;
William Wood.
School Mistress: Miss Mary Stowell Public Elementary School
for 34.
Commercial
Sun
Inn: Mrs Mary Sleightholme ; Shopkeeper & Post Office:
Misses Hannah & Mary J Boyes; Blacksmith: John
Foxton; Thrashing machine proprietor: Albt.
Sleightholme; Tailor: Arthur Thomas Foxton;
Farm Bailiff: Robert Tanton to Capt. John Robert Renwick.
Farmers: Alfred Benton Rookbarugh; Robert Hardwick Low
Bottoms; Alfd. Dodds Normanby Lodge; Sidney Dodds The
Grange; John Robert Renwick; Normanby Bridge; William
Wood Manor House; William Wood Hill Farm; Wilfred Rivis West
Field; Robert Ruston Lance Butts Thomas E Dobson.
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1925
NORMANBY: - the area of the township is 1781 acres of land and 5 of
water; rateable value, £2020; the population of the township in 1921 was
143, and of the ecclesiastical parish in 1911, 167.
Post Office; - Miss Mary Jane Boyes sub-postmistress. Letters arrive
from Sinnington, Yorks, which is the nearest money order & telegraph
office, 3 miles distant.
Population: 168
Rector: Rev. Edward Harley Molineux Jackson of St Bees;
William Wood
School Mistress: Miss Mary Stowell Public Elementary School
for 34.
Commercial:
Sun
Inn: Mr George R Sleightholme ; Shopkeeper & Post
Office: Misses Hannah & Mary J Boyes; Blacksmith:
John Foxton; Thrashing machine proprietor: Albt.
Sleightholme; Tailor: Arthur Thomas Foxton.
Farmers: Alfred Benton Rookbarugh; Robert Hardwick Low
Bottoms; Alfd. Dodds Normanby Lodge; Sidney Dodds The
Grange; Ralph W Lee Normanby Bridge; William Wood Manor
House; William Wood Hill Farm; Wilfred Rivis West Field;
Albert Jackson Lance Butts; Thomas E Dobson.
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1929
NORMANBY is a parish, township and village on the high road from
Kirby Moorside to Malton, and on the western bank of the river Seven, 6
miles north from Amotherby station on the North Eastern railway, 2½ from
Sinnington station on the Gilling and Pickering branch, 6 south-West
from Pickering, 5 south-east from Kirby Moorside and 9 north-west from
Malton, in the Thirsk and Malton division of the Riding, Ryedale
wapentake and petty sessions division. Kirby Moorside Union, county
court district of Helmsley, rural deanery of Helmsley, archdeaconry of
Cleveland and diocese of York. The church of St. Andrews is a plain
edifice of stone consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch
and a western gable containing 2 bells: the church was in a great part
rebuilt in 1718, but still retains traces of Early Norman work.: it was
thoroughly restored in 1895, at a cost of £1,270, and a new organ was
presented by Mark Mayher esq. of Putney Heath, in 1899: there are 115
sittings. The register dates from the year 1699. The living is a
rectory, net yearly value £450, with residence, in the gift of Mrs
Jackson and held since 1927 by the Rev. John Edward Jackson M.A. of St
John’s College, Cambridge. There is a Wesleyan chapel. The principal
landowner is Augustus Gerald Duncombe J.P. The soil is clayey and loamy;
the sub soil is clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The
area of the township is 1781 acres of land and 5 of water; the
population in 1921 was 143 in the township and in the ecclesiastical
parish 162.
Post
office, Letters from Sinnington, York, which is the nearest M.O. & T.
office.
THORNTON RISEBOROUGH, or Riseborough, is a township in the parish of
Normanby, on the eastern bank of the river Seven. There are charities of
£5 yearly value for educational purposes. Riseborough Hall is the
property of Mrs G. W. Tweedie. The soil is deep loam; the subsoil, clay,
and in some parts gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats, and barley
and pasture land. The area is 604 acres; the population in 1921 was 19.
*
Letters; received from Pickering.
Population: 162
Rector: Rev. John Edward Norman Jackson M.A.; Parish Clerk:
Thomas Henry Foxton; Samuel Sugden Lockwood J.P. Normanby Hill;
Commercial
Sun
Inn: Mr George R Sleightholme; Shopkeepers & Post
Office: Misses Hannah & Mary J Boyes; Blacksmith:
John Foxton; Thrashing machine proprietor: Albt.
Sleightholme; Tailor: Arthur Thomas Foxton.
Cowkeeper: Thos. Hy. Foxton; Smallholder:
Jn. Wm. Hornby; Farm Bailiff: Thos Flintoff, to A.
Kitching.
Farmers: Alfred Benton Rookbarugh; *Alfd. Dodds Normanby
Lodge; *Sidney Dodds The Grange; Hy. Armitage Normanby
Bridge; *Hy. Dobson East Field; *A. Kitching Normanby Manor;
Albert Jackson Lance Butts; Wilfred P. Rivis West Field;
*Dennis Rt. Marton Rise Farm.;
RISEBOROUGH: *George Wynne Tweedie Riseborough Hall;
Geo. Rt. Marton, Thompson & Bullock Hall Farm.
Marked
thus * Letters; through Pickering.
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1931
NORMANBY: - Marked thus * letters through Kirby Misperton, Malton.
Normanby Manor, letters through Pickering.
Population: 168
Rector: Rev. Marmaduke Fredk. Thos. Swalwell B.A.;
Parish Clerk: Thomas Foxton; Samuel Sugden Lockwood J.P.
Marked
thus º farm 150 acres or over.
Farmers: *Wm. Bentley Eastfield; ºAlfred Benton
Rookbarugh; *Alfd. Dodds Normanby Lodge; *Sidney Dodds The
Grange; º Jsph. Patmore Normanby Bridge; A. Kitching
Normanby Manor; ºS.S. Lockwood J.P. Hill Top & Lance Butts;
Jn Cossey West Field; *Dennis Rt. Marton Rise Farm.
Commercial
Sun
Inn: Mr George R Sleightholme; Grocer & Post Office:
Albt. Thos. Sleightholme; Shopkeeper: J. & M.H.
Frank, Vine ho. Blacksmith: John & Thos. Foxton;
Thrashing machine proprietor: Albt. Sleightholme;
Tailor: Arthur Thomas Foxton; Smallholder:
Jn. Wm. Hornby; Cowkeeper: Thos. Foxton;
Farm Bailiff: Thos Flintoff, to A. Kitching.
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1937
NORMANBY: - the area of the township is 1781 acres of land and 5 of
water; the population of the township in 1931 was 150, and the
ecclesiastical parish, 168. Post & Tel. call office. Letters from
Sinnington, Yorks. Sinnington nearest M.O. & T. office. Marked
thus * letters through Kirby Misperton, Malton. Normanby Manor,
letters through Pickering.
Population: 168
Rector: Rev. Marmaduke Fredk. Thos. Swalwell B.A.
Parish Clerk: Thomas Foxton; Samuel Sugden Lockwood
J.P.;
Marked
thus º farm 150 acres or over.
Farmers: *Wm. Bentley Eastfield,; ºAlfred Benton
Rookbarugh; *Thos Bowes Normanby Lodge; *Sidney Dodds The
Grange; º Jsph. Patmore Normanby Bridge; A. Kitching
Normanby Manor; ºS.S. Lockwood J.P. Hill Top & Lance Butts;
Thos. Cossey & sons West Field; *Dennis Rt. Marton Rise Farm.
Commercial
Sun
Inn: Mr George R Sleightholme; Grocer & Post Office:
Albt. Thos. Sleightholme; Blacksmith: John & Thos.
Foxton; Thrashing machine proprietor: Albt.
Sleightholme; Tailor: Arthur Thomas Foxton; riding
breeches made to order; Farm Bailiff: Thos Flintoff,
to A. Kitching; Smallholder: Jn. Wm. Hornby;
Cowkeeper: Thos. Foxton.