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ESTATES AND TENURES. 



THE LANDS of the Vale are much 

 in the hands of fmall owners. The only 

 laro;e eflate which it contains lies on its 

 weftern margin ; and this for magnitude and 

 intirenefs is exceeded by few eflates in the 

 kingdom. The towns of Hemfley and Kir- 

 bymoorfide, with the villages in their neigh- 

 bourhoods, and an immenfe traft of More- 

 land reaching to the verge of Cleveland, are 

 included in the Duncombe eflate. The 

 Earl of Salisbury has a confiderable pro- 

 perty fcattcred acrofs the richer part of the 

 Vale from Sinnington to Brawby : and there 

 are fome few other ofFeftates of noblemen in 

 difTerent parts of the Diftrid. 



The Crown ftill retains, in right of the 

 dutchy of Lancafter, fome property in the 

 ancient forefl of Pickering ; and the Arch- 

 bishop OF York has a confiderable eflate in 

 the marfhes. 



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