282 FRANCIS ORPEN MORRIS 



out of this isolated ancient chapelry and part of the 

 parish of Market- Weighton called Shipton. Accord- 

 ingly, in conjunction with the vicar of Market- 

 Weighton, he set to work to accomplish his object, 

 and was glad to be enabled to see this carried into 

 effect a few years later ; thus the new ecclesiastical 

 parish of Shipton-Thorpe was formed. This, indeed, 

 severed a connection which had been in existence 

 certainly for over six hundred years, which, from 

 one point of view, was regrettable, though this con- 

 nection is so far maintained in that a portion of the 

 tithes of Thorpe is still payable to the rectors of 

 Nunburnholme. My father always felt great satis- 

 faction when this work was accomplished, and that 

 he had been in a measure instrumental in having 

 this new ^ecclesiastical parish formed and a resi- 

 dence for a clergyman built. He was strongly 

 in favour of the multiplication of even smaller 

 parishes than were, perhaps, by most people thought 

 desirable. 



It was very seldom that he went far from home, 

 especially in the latter years of his life. He was 

 always happiest in doing his work quietly in his 

 own parish, and in the constant exercise of his pen. 

 Only on urgent business or from a strong sense of 

 duty would he ever consent to travel so far as Lon- 

 don. One such call of duty occurred in June 1873, 

 when he felt he ought, in compliance with an in- 

 vitation, to make a journey there in order to be 

 examined before a Committee of the House of Com- 

 mons on the subject of bird protection. His exami- 



