406 GRIMSTON. 



borough, p. 157, that Sir Nicholas Fairfax, Kt, of 

 Walton and Gilling in the county of York, was a 

 member for the borough of Scarborough, in the year 

 1651 ; a Sir Nicholas Fairfax was also high sheriff 

 for the county of York in 1531, and another Sir 

 Nicholas his descendent, in 1544 1561. 



ORIMSTON, 



a township in the parish of Gilling, and one mile 

 south of it. At this place, as well as upon the east- 

 ern moors above Kirkby-Moorside, pits have been 

 sunk for coal ; but the seam proving thin, and of an 

 inferior quality, has occasioned the working of them 

 to be discontinued. See Tuke's Survey of York- 

 shire, 



According to the Domesday survey, Grimeston 

 ^Grimston) was a Berwick, belonging to the manor 

 of Hovingham, see the account of that place. 



HELMSLEY 



is situated in the wapentake of Rydale, 6 miles from 

 Kirkby-Moorside, 16 from Malton, and 23 from 

 York ; having a population of 1520. 



This place is called in Domesday, Elmeslac, from 

 elm, and slac, a narrrow vale ; and was given by the 

 Conqueror to the earl of Morton. It is a place of 

 -great antiquity, and has been a situation of vast im- 

 portance. The manor and castle of Helmsley, not 

 long after the conquest, became the property of Sir 

 Walter de le Espec ; from whom it passed to the 



