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churches of OswalJ kirk, Gilling, Stonegrave, Ho- 

 vinghara, Terrington, Slingsby, Barton, Appleton, 

 Old and New Malton; in the northern vale, 

 Helmsley, Harurn, Nunnington, K i rkby- Moors i do, 

 E Istone, Salton, and Pickering. In the distance 

 are seen oti the north the Hambleton hills, the 

 moors above Rosedale, and as far as Saltersgate; 

 on the east, the Wolds, and in the direction of 

 Scarbro', near to the sea ;- on the south, the high 

 grounds above Hovinghara and Slingsby, intercept 

 the view in the direction of Castle Howard and 

 York. These views are noticed in the 3d Canto 

 of Mrs. Duulop's poem, entitled Edmund of Rye- 

 dale ; the scene being laid at South Holme and 

 Ness, in the adjoining parish. 



The family of the Cray thorns, during their resi- 

 dence at Ness, had a seat erected under an aged 

 thorn, at the eastern extiemity of this delightful 

 hill. 



Miscellanea. When the census was taken in 

 1821, the population of Nunnington amounted to 

 418 ; out of which small number it is worthy of 

 notice, that eight were above the age of 80, and 

 ten above 70; making a total of 18 individuals in 

 this small village above the age of 70. There were 

 also twenty.fi ve others above 60. These remark- 

 able instances of longevity mark the healthiness of 

 its situation ; which arises both from the site of 

 the village, and the dryness and firmness of the 

 ground ; no stream, or spring, at the surface, occur- 

 ring in the whole extent of the hill; the rain wa- 

 ter sinking and passing off through the crevices and 



