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of the hill within twenty yards of the cave. This 

 building is circular, with the top terminating in a 

 dome ; it is capable of containing twenty persons j 

 and the whole is surrounded by a dwarf wall. 



BROMPTON, 



Ts situated in the wapentake of Pickering Lythe, 

 8 miles from Scarborough, 10 from Pickering, 14; 

 from Malton, and 32 from York ; having a popula- 

 tion of 516 having in its parish Sawdon population 

 139; Snainton 603; and Troutsdale 45; collect- 

 ively 1303. 



This village is said to have been the residence of 

 the Northumbrian kings, and the foundations of an 

 ancient building are still visible on an eminence 

 called castle hills, now surrounded by some majes- 



who for his good services at the battle of Hastings, had a 

 grant from William the conqueror, of Colley Weston, in 

 Northamptonshire, and Hotham in Yorkshire ; from, 

 which latter place the surname is assumed. lohn, the 

 sen of Peter de Hotham, was summoned to parliament 8 

 of Edward II. By Agnes his wife, daughter and heir of 

 Sir lohn Hasleton, of Hasleton in Yorkshire, he had is- 

 sue Sir lohn Hotham, and Thomas his second son, from 

 whom descended another lohn, who was found one of 

 the cousins and co-heirs of Thomas de Thweng, baron of 

 Thweng and Keldon castle ; from which line the family 

 of Hotham, now flourishing, is presumed to be immediate- 

 ly derived. viz., admiral lord Hotham, Mr. baron Ho- 

 tham, late one of the barons of the court of exchequer, 

 general Hotham, and bishop Hotham, all brothers to Sir 

 Charles Hotham, Bart. K. B., sometime since deceased. 

 Arms, argent, four bars azure, and canton gules. 



Dug dale's Baronage, Tel. ii. p. 91, 



