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five arches, I saw the ruins of a manor house called 

 Brus-hall ;* and the manor house of the Lascelles 

 at Keldhead. 



The park of the castle is more than 3 miles ; but 

 is not well covered with wood." 



The liberty of Pickering extends to the bridge of 

 Filey, by the sea-side, 6 miles from Scarborough to- 

 wards Bridlington ; thence again by the shore to 

 Scarborough castle, and on towards Whitby. To- 

 wards the Wolds it gees towards Normanby bridge, 

 and in another corner to the brows of Blackmoor j 

 so that its extent is about 20 miles in length ; and 

 though in some parts the liberty approaches to the 

 Derwent by Ayton, yet in another place towards 

 Malton the Derwent excludes it. Perhaps the 

 reader may have a clearer view of this subject by 

 attending to the following summary. It is bound- 

 ed on the east by the sea, on the south by the river 

 Derwent, or east riding, on the west by the wap en- 

 take of Ryedale, and on the north by those of 

 Langbarugh and Whitby strand. The wapentake 

 and liberty are co-extensive. It is a mountainous 

 district, and formerly had its forest, styled the li- 

 berty or forest of Pickering Lyth. 



The castle of Pickering is a specimen of the re- 



* On the site of this mansion is Beck-Hall, built by 

 the late Mr. Marshall, and now the property and resi- 

 dence of William Wells, Esq., his heir. The Bruises 

 had great property about Pickering, and also a seat here 

 which by marriage cane to the Marshalls. 



Here was an hospital of St. Nicholas, now gone,' 

 hut the chapel-close remains 



Cough's Camden, TO!. III. p. 325. 



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