HOVINGHAM. 



remains, though there is a field, which still retains 

 the name of the chapel field. 



At Wath, a short mile from Hovingham, on the 

 Mnllon road, there are some remains of an old and 

 extensive ruin, supposed to have been the mansion, 

 or castle of some ancient family, for either of which 

 purposes it is well adapted, from the extraordinary 

 beauty of its situation, and commanding scite.* 



It was probably in the possession of the de Mow- 

 brays, who, we are informed by Camden, enjoyed 

 extensive domains in the immediate neighbourhood, 

 (at Gilling and Slingsby,) and at one period held 

 Hovinghara, in the same parish. On the north 

 side of the road, between Hovingham and Wath,is 

 a long line of stately and venerable elms. 



At Fryton, a short distance from Wath, and also 

 on the Malton road, mounds of earth, and other in- 

 equalities in the surface, indecate the foundation of 

 some similar buildings, formerly ornamented with 

 fish ponds and pleasure grounds. 



OSWALDKIRK. 



Oswaldkirk,t 3 miles from Helmsley, 1\ from 



* By the kindness of Mr. Walker, of Wath, I am en 

 abled to state that the foundations have extended from 

 east to west, 100 yards, by a breadth of 60 yards ; and 

 the remains of a park wall are discoverable on the south 

 side, enclosing from 3 to 400 acres of ground. Bones 

 liave also been found near the house, indicating the scite 

 of an old chapel, in all probability attached to the man- 

 sion* 



t Oswaldkirk is spelt in the Domesday book, Os 



