APPENDIX. 



of the steeple, bells, and bell-hanging, amounted i 

 j1041- and upwards- The sum arising from the sale of 

 the old bells, scaffolding, and other materials, together 

 with the subscription above mentioned, amounted to^2I8 

 10s. 8d- leaving a net expense of about 823. which was 

 defrayed by the parishioners, in the course of a few years, 

 by annual instalments. 



The clock was presented by Mrs. Comber, wife of the 

 Rev. William Comber, A. M. fifty-four years vicar of the 

 pari.-h- It was fiist put up in the year 1795; and re- 

 placed in (he new steeple, in 1803. 



A small organ was presented to the church in 1806, at 

 the joint expense of Mrs. Comber, and of George Atkin- 

 son and Francis Atkinson, Esqrs. ; which was enlarged 

 and improved by Mr Thomas Gray, of Pickering, in the 

 spring of 1818- This instrument was nearly destroyed 

 by fire, on Sunday evening, the 10 of January, 1819, im- 

 mediately after divine service, by the falling of a lighted 

 candle into the inside of it ; and the present one, built 

 by the same self- taug lit aitist, was erected in its stead, in 

 January, 1820 ; partly by subscription, aud partly at the 

 common expense of the township- 



The inn, which in the history of Kirkby-Moorside is 

 called the Greet. Dragon, has since been rebuilt, and is 

 row the Tontine Inn. The foundation of it was laid on 

 the 13 of May last; (Messrs. Rickaby and liolliday, 

 masons, and Mr. George Potter, carpenter-) In removing 

 the alluvium to dig cellars and to make foundations, the 

 workmen discovered the remains of twelve human bodies, 

 buried not far from each other, in an irregular manner ; 

 their heads not being directed to any particular point of 

 the compass- On the east side of them I discovered the 

 remains of three urns, which resemble Roman pottery. 

 They were close to the rock, in the midst of ashes and 

 charcoal. &c- : and the rock was burnt with the strength 

 of the fire which had accompanied them- These urn* 

 probably contained the ashes of chiefs, which were de- 

 posited at the bottom of a tumulus, which was removed 

 when the buildings which were upon those bodies and 

 urns, were erected ; and the builders not going deep 

 enough with the foundations, left the-n undisturbed. 



