Book I. 



GARDENS OF YORKSHIRE. 



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Upton Hall, — near Northampton ; T. S. W. Sarmvell, Esq. 

 A large itregular building, on a gravelly soil, displaying fine 

 views of the distant scenery. 



Wakefield Lodge, — near Towcester; Duke of Grafton. 

 Delightfully situated on a gentle eminence, which slopes to a 

 large lake, formed by Brown. 



7581. YORKSHIRE. A central, and, in part, marine county, of 3,698,380 acres ; the surface varied, 

 containing several mountains, extensive moors, and some royal forests ; the subsoil most generally rocky 

 or stony ; no public garden or park ; a subscription botanic garden at Hull, and nurseries and market. 

 gardens at all the large towns. It abounds in residences, especially in the West Riding, where nearly 

 400 are- mentioned in The Beauties of England and Wales, as worthy of notice. The farmers' garden's 

 are kept in a good state in the better parts of the county; and at Leeds there are some neat cottage. 

 gardens. At Sherborne, in the West Riding, the wine-sour plum, one of the best baking sorts, abounds 

 and thrives on limestone soils, and the fruit is sent to Hull, York, London, and other markets. There is 

 a horticultural society held at Leeds, the chief promoter of which is J. Carr, of St. Anne's ; and the same 

 gentleman is active in his endeavors to set on foot a botanic garden. Chapel Allerton, near this town, 

 noted when in the possession of R. A. Salisbury, is now a public nursery. 



The Hull Botanic Garden — was established in 1812, by sub- 

 scription. It occupies five acres, and is arranged on the same 

 general plan as that of Liverpool, having been laid out 

 chiefly by Shepherd, the curator of that garden . The principal 

 walks which surround and intersect the garden are eight or 

 nine feet broad, and form a total length of nearly three quar- 

 ters of a mile; particular compartments are set apart for bog, 

 alpine, and green-house plants ; a pond thirty yards in length, 

 for the growth of aquatics, and at the south-west comer of the 

 garden a mount twelve feet high, admitting, though itself 

 surrounded by trees, an extensive view of the Hurnber, the 

 Lincolnshire coast, and the Wolds. The country round Hull 

 being almost without trees, the shady walks of this garden form 

 an agreeable resource as a promenade for the families of the 

 subscribers. The curator is Mr. William Donn, nephew to the 

 late curator of the Cambridge Garden. 



Nurseries — There are a number in this county, and some 

 are of great extent. The oldest establishments are at \ ork 

 and Pomfret ; the first carried on by J. Backhouse. Pontej 

 has a considerable nursery at Huddersheld, and there are others 

 of greater extent at Cottingham, near Hull, and at Doncaster. 

 The seed of the York cabbage is supplied by Kigg and Son of 

 York. 



7582. Mansion and demesne residences. 



Aldwark Hall — near Rofheram ; Geo. Foljambe, Esq. 

 Charmingly situated on an eminence rising from the Don, and 

 skirted with wood down to the river. 



Allerton ilanleverer, — near Knaresborough ; Lord Stourton. 

 An elegant mansion, in a park of 400 acres of very rich land, 

 and charmingly picturesque. It contains a fine octagonal 

 tower, from which are obtained extensive views. 



Birdstd, — near Malton; Lord Middletun. A spacious and 

 commodious mansion and pleasure-grounds, well planted and 

 arranged. 



Bradford, — at Bradford ; Hustler, Esq. An ingenious 



horticultural amateur, who has a good garden and collection 

 of hardy herbaceous plants. 



X Brcmham Park — near Tadcaster; Geo. Fox, Esq. A 

 stately mansion ; the grounds laid out in the last century, in 

 the ancient style, afford a good specimen of geometrical 

 gardening. 



Brockelesby Hall, Lincolnshire, — near Barton; Lord Yarbo- 

 rough. The park extensive, and diversified with plantations and 

 rising grounds, containing aline Gothic chapel and mausoleum, 

 by Wyatt. Considerable improvements taking place in the 

 kitchen-garden by substituting espaliers forstaiiciard fruit-trees, 

 which had rendered the garden like a closely planted orchard. 



Bilham House, — near Doncaster; W. Hewitt, Esq. The 

 grounds contain a Belvedere {Bel, Italian, fine, beautiful ; and 

 redere, to see,) which commands the most extensive and richest 

 prospect in Yorkshire. 



Burton Constable,— near Hedon ; Sir Clifford Constable, Bart, 

 A park spacious though flat, abounding in trees, with extensive 

 walks, a large piece of water, and elegant bridge. 



Cave Castle, — near Southcave ; H. G. Barnard, Esq. A 

 small but extremely pleasant park, with very large gardens and 

 pleasure-grounds. 



Copgrove, — near Knaresborough ; Thos. Duncombe, Esq. An 

 elegant mansion on a rising ground, with a pleasing prospect 

 of the lawn, and a fine sheet of water, bounded with wood, 

 winding out of sight beyond a distant hill. 



Cnsteorth Hall, — near Doncaster; W. Wrightson, Esq. An 

 elegant mansion, in one of the finest situations in the kingdom. 

 Trie grounds are every thing that could be desired in a moderate 

 space ; the prospects extensive in all directions over a delight- 

 ful country embellished with gentlemen's seats, churches, and 

 other enlivening objects. 



Deidon Park, — near Otley ; Sir H. C. Ibbetson. A noble 

 structure, commanding fine views of the Vale of Wharf. 



Everinglutm,—neai Market Wrighton; M. Constabie, Esq. 

 A large and lofty brick mansion in a Hat country ; the park 

 with a successful imitation of a river. 



Eshton Hall, — near Gargrave ; M. Wilson, Esq. A cottage 

 with a conical mountain in front wooded to the top, and 

 gardens liberally provided for, and conducted by .1. Douglass, a 

 skilful gardener. There is a good collection of bog plants for 

 which the cold, moist climate of this place is well adapted. 



Finningley Park Cottage, — near Bawtrey ; Harvey, Esq. 



A curious and elegant snooting cottage, surrounded \vi;h every 

 sporting convenience. 



X Farnley Hall, — near Otley ; W. Fawkes, Esq. An elegant 

 mansion, high on the side of an immense bank, commanding 

 extensive views of the bank opposite, across the Vale of Wharf. 

 The kitchen-garden and farm well attended to. 



(iritiistuiic Garth (Grimstone Hill;, — near Heydon ; Charles 

 Grimston, E.sq. A superb baronial mansion, on an elevated 

 site in a billy park. 



X Hackfull (Hag-fall, i.e. Witch's fall or valley),— near 

 Ripon; Miss Laurence. A singularly romantic scene, com- 

 posed of a steep rocky declivity, descending to a woody glen ; 

 the walks along the declivity, showing finely varied views, a 

 cascade, and, at an elevated point, Mowbray, a prospect w hich, 

 Gilpin says, nature has worked with her broadest pencil. 



X Hack ness, — near Scarborough; Sir J. V. B.Johnstone, 

 Bart. Remarkable for the gardens and pleasure-grounds, exe- 

 cuted in a superior style of elegance, in a vale, with a terrace- 

 walk commanding extensive views, and a green-house richly- 

 stocked with exotic plants. 



Hotrsham Hall, — near Kirkham; Geo. Cholmlev, Esq. A 

 large and elegant mansion, on a swell rising from a beautiful 

 valley; the pleasure-grounds finely embellished with plant- 

 ations, but the views rather confined. 



Holme, — near Howden ; Hon. W. Stourton. A seat on a 

 moor, susceptible of great improvement, and of possessing, at 

 no great expense, a range of pleasure-grounds, which, m mag- 

 nificence and picturesque beauty, not many places in England 

 could excel. 



Kirkleatham Hall, — near Guisborough ; H. Vansittart, Esq. 

 An excellent mansion by Carr ; the gardens extensive, and laid 

 out with much taste ; they contain an octagonal temple, and 

 with the house, the whole has an air of princelv grandeur. 



Ledston Lodge, — near Abberford ; Chr. Wilson, Esq. A 

 handsome mansion, in a fine open country, with agreeable 

 pleasure-grounds. 



Melburn, — near Pocklington ; Sir H. Vavasour. A hand- 

 some brick mansion, in a flat country, finely ornamented with 

 plantations. 



MelUm-on-the-hill, — near Doncaster ; R. F. Wilson, Esq. A 

 good house and fine grounds, with those extensive prospects so 

 general in this part of the country. 



X Mulgrave Castle, — near Whitby; Earl Mulgrave. A 

 Gothic house in a commanding situation on the sea-coast ; the 

 approach roads much admired, and the verdant and marine 

 views both very extensive. 



Newby Hall, — near Ripon ; Lord Grantham. A brick man- 

 sion, supposed by Sir C. Wren, in 1705: the pleasure-grounds 

 laid out with most correct taste. 



0;ra/oM,_near Doncaster; Phil. Cooke, Esq. An elegant 

 structure on a rising ground in the centre of a rich and fertile 

 country ; the estate enlarged and a good arrondissement formed 

 by the exertions and purchases of the present proprietor. 



X Plmnpton, — near Knaresborough ; Lord Harewood. Re- 

 markable for its pleasure-grounds, which are studded with 

 detached rocks resembling large coal-cinders ; it contains also a 

 lake abounding in sinuosities. The whole scene of twenty acres 

 is supposed to have been formed out of an old quarrv ; like the 

 beau tiful garden, mentioned by Brydone {Trait/sin kiiilsj), near 

 Syracuse. 



Rilistt.ne Hall, — near Knaresborough; Sir H. Goodrick. A 

 house on an eminence, the grounds remarkable for containing 

 the original tree of the Ribstone pippin. 



Ripley, — near Knaresborough; Sir W. Ingilby, Bart. The 

 house, built in 1 550., is a capacious castellated mansion with 

 a park of old oaks, and a kiu hen-garden, remarkable for its 

 complete arrangement of hov-liouses, and its collections of 

 culinary and tloricultutal exotics. 



SamWeck (Beck, /. e. stream), -near Tickhill; Earl of Scar- 

 borough. A ma{;nificent Grecian mansion in a valley, sur- 

 rounded by high grounds and plantations, containing a fine 

 piece ofwater and many miles of gravel- walks. 



Sledmere, — near Bridlington; Sir Tatton Svkes, Bart. A 

 mansion from the proprietor's own de>igns, executed in a su- 

 perior degree of elegance; the pavilions, hot-houses, green- 

 houses, and other ornamental appendages, all in the most ele- 

 gant and appropriate style. 



Streethorpe,— near Doncaster ; G. C. Yarborough, Esq. A 

 handsome modern mansion, and the plantations and pleasure- 

 grounds laid out with great judgment and taste. 



Skdton fustic. — near Gainsborough; J. Wharton, Esq. An 

 extensive fronted mansion, on the banks of a stream which 

 has been expanded into a lake, and appropriate planting and 

 other alterations made in the pounds. 



X Spojfbrth, — near Wether by ; Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, 

 an eminent botanist and horticultural amateur. The gardens 

 are rich in curious bulbs and other rare plants. 



Sprotbrough Hall, — near Doncaster; Sir Joseph Copley. A 

 mansion of Charles the Second's time, commanding delightful 

 views of verdant scenery. 



Stochdd Park,— near Wetherby; W. Middleton, Esq. In 

 the grounds is a lake, and on its margin near the house, a 

 rock of a very singular shape, sixty-five feet in circumference 

 and thirty feet high. It is supposed to have given rise to the 

 name of the seat, as StocLheldt, in Germanv, signifies the base 

 or pedestal of an image or statue. 



X Sludley Royal, — r.car Kipon; Mis Lawrence. The 

 pleasure-grounds used to be reckoned the finest in England. 

 They' occupy a valley furnished with a brook swelled into ponds, 

 and forming vaiious cascades, terminating in the fine ruin of 

 tountains Abbey. They abound in seats and buildings, and 

 contain 500 acres, and the park 700 acres. 



Thirkleby Park,— near Thirkleby ; Sir T. Frankland. A 

 good house, by Wyatt, and the grounds and gardens re- 

 modelled, partly from the proprietor's own ideas, and partly 

 from those of the late Mr. Meikle. They contain some fine old 

 common pme-trees (P. sylr.) and a good kitchen-garden. 



Wentworth Castle, — near Bamsley ; H. Vernon, Esq. An 

 extensive fabric, on a considerable eminence, surrounded by an 

 extensive park, containing a piece of water, half-way down 

 the slope, forming, from the house and grounds above, a zone 

 of light which to a stranger has a strange and unnatural effect. 

 I\ear the house the grounds indicate the remains of the 

 geometric style, and contain some fine cedars and other exotics, 

 and a flower-garden of embroidery. 



Wheatley Hall,— near Doncaster ; Sir Will. Cooke, Bart. On 

 the banks of the Don, in a low but beautiful situation, and 

 decorated with some of the finest oaks in the counrrv. 



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