HOVINGHAM is a township, parish and small market town, situated 9 miles west-north-west from Malton and 8 south-east from Helmsley, having a station on the Thirsk and Malton branch of the North Eastern railway; it is in the Thirsk and Malton division of the Riding, wapentake of Ryedale, Malton union, petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Helmsley, archdeaconry of Cleveland and diocese of York. The church of All Saints is an ancient edifice of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and a western tower, partly of Norman date, and containing a clock and 6 bells, hung in 1878 by public subscription at a cost of £600;: the church was rebuilt and enlarged in 1860; there are 300 sittings. The Cemetery, of 1½ acres, is situated at the north side of the village. Here are four almshouses, erected in 1870 by Mrs. Worsley, for aged widows, and supported by her. About a mile from the village is The Spa, which is much visited during the summer months by invalids; the waters are of a sulphursodaic character, and there is also a copious and very strong chalybeate spring, and one of pure rock water: the present proprietor, Sir William Cayley Worsley Bart., D.L., J.P., has erected, at considerable expense, suitable baths, a spa villa, gardens and pump room, for the accomnmoilation of visitors. The Worsley Arms hotel, in the centre of the village, is a large and well-built house, with good bedrooms. Wednesday is market day, but the market is discontinued. Hovingham Hall is a handsome mansion of stone in the Italian style, built by and from the designs of Thomas Worsley esq., c1750

Airyholme, Howthorpe and Baxtonhowe together form a township of Hovingham parish, about 2 miles south-by-west from Slingsby station, on the Malton and Thirsk branch railway, and the same distance from Hovingham south-by-east, and 8½ west from Malton. The trustees of the Earl of Carlisle, who are lords of the manor, and Valentine Kitchingman esq., are the landowners. The soil is sandy; subsoil, gravel and clay; and the chief crops are oats and barley. The area is 690 acres; and the population in 1881 was 41.—Letters from York, via Hovingham, arrive at 7a.m. Hovingham is the nearest money order & telegraph office

Fryton is a township of Hovingham parish, ½ mile west from Slingsby, 1½ east of Hovingham station and 7½ west from Malton. The trustees of the Earl of Carlisle are lords of the manor and sole landowners. The soil is in parts clay and limestone; subsoil, clay and rock. The crops grown are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The acreage is 1,289; the population in 1881 was 23.-- Letters through York, via Slingsby, arrive at 6.45 a.m. The nearest money order office is at Slingsby & telegraph office at Hovingham

Coulton is a township of Hovingham parish, 2¾ miles south-west from Hovingham station, 2½ south-east from Gilling station and 7 south-by-east from Helmsley, in the Helmsley union and county court district. There is a place of worship for the Primitive Methodists. Major Francis Chomely, who is lord of the manor, and George Wilson esq., JP., of Grimston manor, Gilling, are the principal landowners. The soil and subsoil are generally sandy, and the produce mainly oats and barley. The acreage is 1,067; the population in 1881 was 131

Scackleton is a small village and township in the parish of Hovingham, 2 miles south-west and 10 west from Malton. In August 1888 the foundation stones were laid of a New Primitive Methodist chapel, to be erected at a cost of £200; the services are at present held in the upper room of a farmhouse. Here is a limestone quarry. William Henry Garforth esq., of Wiganthorpe, Terrington, is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is mixed; subsoil, blue limestone and clay. The chief crops are corn and potatoes. The population in 1881 was 165; the area is 1,460 acres

South Holme is a township of Hovingham parish, 3 miles north-east of the village, 1½ north from Slingsby Station and 8 north-west from Malton. Henry Peckett esq., is lord of the manor, Valentine Kitchingman esq., and William Franks esq., are the principal landowners. The soil is clay and loam; the subsoil clay and sand. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The acreage is 438; the population in 1881 was 84

Wath is a township, about 1 mile south-east of Hovingham Station and 8 west from Malton. Here are the remains of an old hall, supposed to have been a seat of the Mowbrays, ancient lords of this manor. The trustees of the Earl of Carlisle are lords of the manor and sole landowners. The soil is partly limestone and partly redstone, and produces wheat, barley and oats. The area is 350 acres; the population in 1881 was 11

East Ness is a township in Kirby Moorside union, adjoining West Ness, 3 miles north from Hovingham, and 2½ west-by-north from Slingsby Station. By a Local Government Order, March 25, 1887, the township of West Ness was amalgamated with East Ness. The names of residents are given with Stonegrave. Ness is situated on the direct line of the Roman road from Malton towards Cleveland. In 1816 a sarcophagus was found in a ploughed field near the village, containing human bones, covering which was a stone with a Latin inscription. The township consists of 1,405 acres of fertile land, principally on limestone and redstone, but some portion of clay; the
population in 1881 was 104. Letters through York, via Oswaldkirk, arrive at 11a.m. The nearest money order office is at Slingsby & telegraph office at Hovingham