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Snaith in York County England History and GeographySNAITH, a parish comprising the market town of Snaith, the chapelries of Armin, Hooke, and Rawcliff, and the townships of Balne, Cowick, Goole, Gowdall, Hick, Hensall, and Pollington, in the lower division of the wapentake of OSGOLDCROSS, and the chapelry of Carleton, in the lower division of the wapentake of BARKSTONE-ASH, West riding of the county of YORK, and containing 6909 inhabitants, of which number, 834 are in the town of Snaith, 23 miles (S. by E.) from York, and 175 (N. by W.) from London. The town is situated on a gentle declivity on the south bank of the river Aire: it is small and irregularly built; the streets are lighted with oil; the houses are chiefly of brick, and rather of mean appearance, but a few handsome and substantial dwellings have been lately erected; the inhabitants are well supplied with water from wells. Flax is cultivated in the neighbourhood to a considerable extent, and conveyed to the market at Leeds by the river Aire: the canal from Knottingley to Goole passes southward of the town. The market is on Thursday, and fairs are held on the last Thursday in April, and August 10th, for cattle, &c. Courts are occasionally held for the manor. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the jurisdiction of the peculiar court of Snaith, and in the patronage of Nicholas Edmund Yarburgh, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient and spacious structure, in the later style of English architecture, with a low square tower surmounted with pinnacles and a belfry of wood. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The free grammar school is of unknown foundation: in 1741, Nicholas Waller gave a rent-charge of £30 for its endowment: twenty boys are educated, but classical instruction has been long discontinued. There are almshouses for six poor persons, founded by the Yarburgh family; and others for six poor widows, which were rebuilt, in 1802, by Lord Viscount Downe. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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