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and there is one church within three miles, dedica- 

 ted to St. Oswald* 



The Church, is an ancient structure, but of small ? 

 dimensions, and without side aisles. The windows 

 are in the gothic, or pointed style. It is said to 

 have been, originally, a chapel of ease to Stonegrave, 

 and built for the accommodation of the lords of the 

 manor, residing in the hall ; a supposition which is 

 somewhat strengthened by the smallness of the pa* 

 rish, and the singular and very intricate mixture of 

 its houses and lands, with those of the parish of 

 Stonegrave ; but on the other hand, the foregoing 

 note, extracted from Domesday, and its being en- 

 titled a rectory, might justify a contrary conclusion. 



It appears from an old register, that the church 

 was rebuilt in 1672, at the sole expence of Ranald 

 Grannie, Esq., the lord of the manor ; who also re- 

 newed the whole of the interior, and " beautified 

 both the church and chancel, and furnished them 

 w ith all things thereunto belonging, both for neces- 

 sity and ornament/' 



In the church are several handsome marble monu* 

 nients. The two in the chancel are to the memory 

 of the Lords Preston, and Widdrington ; whose 

 remains lie interred in the family vault beneath. 

 *Richard) Lord Viscount Preston, was descended 



* Lord Preston was the son of Sir George Graham, 

 Bart., of Netherby, in the county of Cumberland, and 

 grandson of Nicholas Graham, master of the horse to 

 the Duke of Buckingham, and of the Prince's party in 

 his Spanish journey, and who was so severely wounded 

 at the battle of Edgehill, as to be left for dead upou the 

 field, though he afterwards recovered and survived to 

 1653. The estate at Netherby, passed from the Stute. 

 lilies, to the \Vakes, and was granted as debateable 



