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ave the meadow called Gocelyngenge, laying be- 

 tween the entrance and part of Harum meadow 

 near the ditch or fosse of Nunnington- Raker, to 

 Rievalx ; they gave also land to the monastery of 

 Kirkham, and church of Helmsley, all of which 

 Sir William confirmed. 



About half a mile s. w. of Harum, in a field cal- 

 led Hall garth, are the vestiges of a once extensive 

 building, which was probably the most ancient 

 residence of the Harums; the field is now in the pos- 

 session of Mr. Jonathan Taylor, whose men not 

 long since dug up two pieces of stone, which ap- 

 pear to have formed part of a window, and which 

 no doubt were fragments of the ancient mansion. 



The waters of the Rye sink in various places 

 above the cascade near Helmsley ; and after having 

 gone under ground two miles, rise in a field near a 

 place called Walk-mill, near the house occupied by 

 Ann Wind : and the Rical sinks above the Rical 

 bridge, near the Helmsley road ; and after having 

 gone through the limestone rock two miles and a 

 half, rises near the same place as the Rye, 



lias a stone placed in the front of it, which was ta- 

 ken out of the wall when it was rebuilt, having a 

 very ancient inscription ; many of its letters are 

 doubled but being divested of the redundant ones, 

 it contains the following latin couplet. 

 CONDIT ECCLESIAM WjLLELMUS NOBILIS tSTAM, 

 INTEMERATJE NOMINE SANCT.E VIRGINIS HILD^J. 



Which signifies lord William builds this church in 



