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EDSTONE.* 



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Great Edstone, in the wapentake of Ryedale, is 

 situated on an eminence, which overlooks a vast ex- 

 tent of country. The hill on which it it is built is 

 nearly round, and looks at a distance as though it 

 had been raised by art. The land is in general 

 good, and the village healthy. From the northern 

 entrance into it, is a fine and picturesque view of 

 Kirkby-Moorside ; the best which can be obtained. 

 The parish has a population of 156. The village 

 is 2 miles from Kirkby-Moorside, 8 from Pickering, 

 12 from Malton, and 26 from York. The church is 

 a vicarage, value in the king's books 7. 10s. : in 

 the parliamentary return 140 : the patron is 

 George Dowker, Esq., and the incumbent the Rev, 

 Christopher Roberts. On the south side of the 

 church, over the door, is a saxon inscription, on a 

 stone 3ft. llin long, and 1ft. 7|in. broad, consist* 

 ing of two parts ; one on the west side of the dial, 

 and the other above it : the first records the maker's 

 name, and reads thus in modern letters : LO- 

 THAN ME WROHTEA ; that is LOTHAN 

 MADE ME : that over the dial is only a single 



* Ed is supposed to be a proper name, Edstone there- 

 fore is so called from the name of an ancient possesser. 



Great Edstone was amongst the lands of Berenger de 

 Todeni. In Micheledestune, (mickle or Great Edstone,) 

 Gamel had eight carucates to be taxed. Land to four 

 ploughs. Berenger now has it, and it is waste. Meadow 

 eight acres. Wood, pasture here and there, two quar- 

 ters long, and one broad. The whole one mile long and 

 one bioad j v alue in king Edward's time 20s. 



Bawdwen's Domesday, p. 121, 



