

NORTON CON YERS, 

 YORKSHIRE, 



OLD'&NEW 



are few 

 plac-". more 

 interesting in 

 Yorkshire than 



>n Conyers. th.it quaint old h HIM.- w Inch we illus- 

 trate. It IN pleasantly situ.ited in the valley f the ^ 



four miles north of the city f Rip -n. and ha> 

 a Charmingly simple garden, such .is iis pcturesqm 

 demands. | -.- who. like !'.: BeH, hfl "truJgi I through 

 York'shir ' have n -ticed in their wanderings many 



s akin t Nort.m Conyers. Some "l ilu-m have fallen 

 tr.>m tlu-ir high estate, and tin- peasant light* his tire up >n the 

 hearth about which lorJs and laJu-s ^atlu-reJ of \ ,>re. A 

 the mantel trn-ir armorial bearing m.iy ^ull remain, with many 

 a J tlieir ancient heraldry. S >mt-times the Royal 



Arms speak of Stuart diy. with Mich an inscription .i> 

 < . ..) ; H -nour the Kin^e." Uut-iJe at the fates or 

 over the door will be tlte date and some motto wikomin^ the 

 :. or it may he. as in a certain place that the writer 

 knows of, warning tlv>-e who violate justice tli.it they 

 may not knock thereat. The ghosts of those times still 

 linger in the panelled galleries, and are seen when the 

 moonlight fall* through the latticed wind -iw, or are I 



with silken s in the ni^ht 



tinu*. About them II il s ,m times 



neglected, but olte;i u and fragrant with 

 etness. 



\ ton ( :.. nvers lu- in many \\ .i\ > ! . -n a fortunate ; 

 In that beaut. I ul country of tlie nvi-r Y"rc. fani'ius i.ir its 

 spreading woods anJ i~reen piMures, the memory of the 

 Nortons still - .md tlie pl.ue was |..< .iti-d with 



them.. iv Is witli tlu- j.i\ and gallant ( iraliarns. I'lu-re 



n some Jitti.ulty in ti\mu ' ! date wh.-n the old house 



was built, but no doubt can r\i-t that it was standing in the 

 rei^n of IK-nry VII. UK- aiuu-nt tamily of Norton was in 

 P ,sv, xs.,11 from very early times, until it was involved in 

 the Rising in the North. A remarkable cliaptrr of I: i-^lixh 

 history was that in wh.ch those who clun^ to the old Faith 

 staked their lives for its caiisi-. many perishing, while others, 

 like tlie l:.ul .t Westm irland, wlio lelt historic Raby b.-hind, 

 and ancient N .rt-n. tied ! r-landr-s. .m.l were k:i r.vn in 

 England no more. The st.iry ..f Norton was taken by Words- 

 worth as the theme of his "White l)..e t Kylstone," in 

 which he accepts the st"iy, as told in the oil ballad, of the 

 mission of Earl Percy's " little foot page " to Master Norton. 

 It was a summons In- m.ild not re^ 



THE ORANGfcRV AND THE KSEtllV, SLAVE. 



