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Bawtry in York County England History and GeographyBAWTRY, a market town and chapelry in that part of the parish of BLYTH which is in the southern division of the wapentake of STRAFFORTH and TICKHILL, west riding of the county of YORK, 41½ miles, (S. by E.) from York, and 153½ (N. by W.) from London, on the great north road, containing 1027 inhabitants. This town is situated on the river Idle, which separates the counties of York and Nottingham, and near the Roman road leading from 'Agelocum,' Littleborough, to 'Danum,' Doncaster. It consists of three streets, the principal of which is very spacious, and contains many handsome and well built houses; it is partly paved, and amply supplied with water from springs and from the river, over which a neat substantial stone bridge was erected in 1811, at an expense of £4000. The trade, which has greatly declined since the construction of the Chesterfield canal, and the erection of a bridge over the Trent at Gainsborough, arises chiefly from the inland navigation, and consists in supplying London, Hull, and other places, with corn, oak-timber, and stone, of which last, that called the Roche abbey stone is much esteemed by statuaries and architects. The river is navigable for craft of from 12 to 24 tons' burden, by which means the town is supplied with coal, grocery, &c. The market is on Thursday: fairs for horses, borned cattle and sheep are on the Thursday in Whitsunweek, and old Martinmas-day. The magistrates for the west riding hold petty sessions here for the district, and constables and other officers are appointed at the court leet of the lord of the manor. The chapel, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was erected in the reign of Henry II., and rebuilt in 1686: the tower, which is strengthened by buttresses, and crowned with pinnacles, was added in 1712. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. A small schoolroom has been built by subscription on the waste land adjoining the town, in which eight boys are taught reading, writing and arithmetic. At Scrooby, one mile from the town, was a palace belonging to the archbishops of York, in which Cardinal Wolsey resided, and afterwards Archbishop Sandys, whose daughter is interred in the chancel of the chapel: the remains have been converted into a farm house. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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