SOS SINNINGTON. 







in removing which extensive cellars and foundations 

 have been recently discovered, as well as its vicinity 

 te the old chapel, and the fine view which it com. 

 inands, all concur to point this out as the site of the 

 old manor house. Nor indeed can any situation be 

 conceived more beautiful : woods of considerable 

 extent, rising behind, give their friendly protection 

 against the inclement north ; whilst on the south, 

 overlooking the village, which extends from the 

 foot of the hill skirting the banks of the Seven, the 

 eye ranges onwards to the villages of Marton, Sal- 

 ton, and the Howardian hills in the distance. From 

 the hill on the left, Wrel ton-cliff, is a justly cele- 

 brated view of the vale of Pickering; the attractive 

 beauty of which must be seen to be duly appreciated. 

 The old chapel, at present converted into a barn, 

 is an interesting relic ; having in all probability 

 formed a private chapel to the mansion,* of which 



* I have called this a private chapel attached to the 

 family mansion, though I am aware that in doing so I 

 am differing in opinion from an author of established re- 

 putation, I mean Mr. Young, who in his History of 

 \V~hitby, p. 440, 754 seems to think that this chapel 

 of St. Michael, mentioned in the quotation from Burton, 

 as belonging to the priory of Guisbro'. But besides that 

 passage being too obscurely expressed to allow of any 

 certain conclusion being drawn from it, it appears to me 

 very improbable that the chapel of the monks should 

 liave formed any part of the private mansion of the lord 

 I<atimer ; nay, even supposing, as in all probability 

 was the case, that the mansion was built last, is it at all 

 probable that the lord Latimer or his ancestors, would 

 lave placed it in such a situation where it was in di- 

 rect contact with the chapel of the monks ? Had St. 

 Michael's chapel been placed at Sinnington, would it 

 not have been distinctly noticed by Burton., amongst the 



