M A R 
Premonftratenfian canons, founded in the reign of Hen¬ 
ry II. by Alan de Neville, and his brother Gilbert. Pre^ 
vious to the diflblution, it was inhabited by nine monks, 
whole annual income, according to Speed, amounted to 
119I. 2S. 8d. The church is a I trial 1 but ancient builcj- 
ing, confuting of a nave and chancel, which are feparated 
by elegant fcreen-work, beneath a pointed arch, fupported 
by circular columns. The nave appears to have had fide- 
aifles, as the pillars and pointed arches (land in relief from 
the prefent wall.—Weft Raifin has a fair on the 13th of 
November. 
The principal feats in this vicinity are Willingbam- 
houfe, a feat of the Boucherett family ; and Thurgundy, 
the property of lord Middleton. The latter anciently be¬ 
longed to the Willoughbys: the houfe is fituated on an 
eminence, commanding an extenfive view over the vale to 
Swinhop, and is furrounded by pleafure-grounds, finely 
varied by wood and lawn. Beauties of England and Wales, 
vol. ix. 
Kingerby, a fmall village near Market Railin, deferves 
notice chiefly on account of a very valuable mineral wa¬ 
ter, or fpa. It is a chalybeate, abounding with fixed air, 
and is very efficacious in the cure of fuch diforders as are 
removed or relieved by aerated iron. The fpa is fituated 
about half a mile to the north of the road leading from 
Railin to Gainfborough, and about one mile and a half 
from Bilhop’s Bridge toll-bar. It is much reforted to by 
the fuffering poor, who receive no fmall benefit from its 
falubrious quality. 
The Ankholm (which was not noticed in its proper 
place) is a river firlt formed by the confluence of leveral 
finaller dreams, which chiefly come from the Old Street, 
(North Lincoln Heath is fo called there), uniting in the 
lordlhip of Toft, about five miles from Market Railin. 
It pafies through Glamford Bridge, or Brigg, and falls 
into the Humber at Ferraby near Barton. It is naviga¬ 
ble for barges as far as Brigg, and for fmall craft as far as 
Bilhop’s Bridge, within three miles of its fource. In old 
time it was famous for pike. In Fuller’s Worthies we 
read, 
A Witham eel and an Ankholm pike. 
All England can’t produce the like. 
In the parilh of South Kelfey it receives a navigable ca¬ 
nal from Caiftor, a courfe of about feven miles welterly. 
MARKET-TOW'N, f. A town that has the privilege 
of a ftated market; not a village.—Nothing doth looner 
caufe civility in any country than market-towns, by reafon 
that people repairing often thither will learn civil man¬ 
ners of the better foit. Spenfer. 
MARKET-WEI'GHTON, a market-town in the Eaft 
Riding of Yorklhire, fituate on the polt-road between 
York and Hull, and is conlequently a great thorough¬ 
fare. The town confifts of one long ftreet and a few in- 
confiderable lanes. About thirty years ago, the houfes 
were, in general, low and mean, and covered with thatch; 
but, fince that period, a number of elegant buildings have 
been raifed, by fpirited individuals, on the feites of the 
old ones, and confiderable improvements are daily mak¬ 
ing; fo that the town now begins to aliume an air of 
neatnefs and convenience united. The chief inn, (the 
New King’s Arms,) built about twenty years ago by the 
duke of Devonflrire, is a fpacious and convenient itruc- 
ture; other good inns are, the Old King’s Arms, and the 
Half-moon. This town is diftant from York nineteen 
miles, Beverley nine, Hull eighteen, South Cave nine, 
Pocklington fix, Driffield twelve, and 191 from London. 
Market-Weighton (cum Shipton, a fmall village, dif¬ 
tant from Weighton about a mile and a half) is a vicar¬ 
age, the patronage of which is an appendage to one of the 
prebends in the cathedral church of York. The prefent 
yearly value is about one hundred pounds. The church 
is an old, ftrong, clumfy, edifice. Formerly it had a 
wooden fpire 5 but that has been taken down, and a con¬ 
fiderable addition made to the height of the tower, which 
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has a ring of fix tolerably-good bells. The infide of the 
church has alfo been lately ornamented, and furniffied 
with an additional gallery and a number of commodious 
pews. There is a meeting-houfe for methodifts in this 
town; indeed in what town is there not? 
The market is on Wednefdays ; but it is remarkable 
that it never begins before four o’clock in the afternoon, 
fo that, in the winter-feafon, the main part of the bufinefs 
is tranfacted after it is dark; and this is the cafe with 
fome other fmall towns in the neighbourhood. It is a 
great corn-market, although one fees but little of that 
commodity expofed for fale; for fome thoufands of 
buffiels are weekly difpofed of by fample. .Two fairs are 
annually held in this town, viz. on the 14th of May and 
25th of September : the latter is noted for the vaft num¬ 
bers of flieep which are ihown in it; it is alfo a great fair 
for cheefe. 
Market-Weighton Hands on a little river called Foul- 
nefs ; and there is a communication between the Humber 
and a place within two miles of Weighton by means of a 
canal. Coals and other articles are brought to this place 
for the fupply of the town and neighbourhood ; and the 
keels or barges which bring them return laden with grain. 
The fituation of the town is uncommonly pleafant and 
healthful ; and fo level is the country about it, that from 
a hill near the town, of very inconfiderable elevation, the 
three Minfters of York, Lincoln, and Beverley, and about 
a fcore of parilh-churches, may, on a clear day, be dif- 
tinftly feen. Roman and Britifh antiquities are often 
found in the neighbourhood. 
The principal villages and feats in the vicinity are— 
Londlborough, the feat of the duke of Devonlhire, two 
miles. In the parifli-church at this place are hung up 
fome pieces of very old armour, fuch as a helmet, fteel 
coverings for the hands, See. There are alfo feveral ef- 
cutcheons, and monuments of very ancient date.—War- 
ter, five miles.—Everingham, four miles.-—’Houghton, the 
feat of Philip Langdale, efq. two miles.—South Dalton, 
the feat of fir Charles Hotham, bait, fix miles.—Good- 
manham (a village of great antiquity), one mile. Wilkes's 
Briti/k DircBory, vol. iii. 
MAR'KET-WOMAN,/ A woman that goes to mar¬ 
ket to buy or fell. 
MAR'KETABLE, adj. Such as may be fold; fuch for 
which a buyer may be found.— A plain fifli, and no doubt 
marketable. Shakefpeare. —Current in the market.—The 
pretorian foldiers arrived to that impudence, that after 
the death of Pertinax they made open fale of the empire, 
as if it had been of common marketable wares. Decay of 
Piety. —The marketable value of any quantities of two 
commodities are equal, when they will exchange one for 
another. Locke. 
MAR'KETING, f. Buying and felling. Any thing 
bought in a market. 
MARK'HAM (Eaft, or Great ) v a village nearTuxford 
in Nottinghamftiire. It is a rich and populous place ; the 
parilh is large, and the living is valued at 300I. per ann. 
MARK'HAM (Weft, or Little), a village near the 
above, with a charity-fchool. To its vicarage is united 
the parilh of Bevercote. Britifh DireElory, vol. v. 
MARK'HAM (Gervafe), a mifcellaneous writer, was 
the fon of Robert Markham, of Gotham, in Notting- 
hamlhire, efq. He flouriflied in the reigns of Elizabeth, 
James I. and Charles I. for the laft of whom he took up 
arms, and bore a captain’s commiffion. He was a good 
fcholar, being perfect matter of the French, Italian, and 
Spanilli, languages. He was extremely well verfed both 
in the theory and practice of military difeipline ; and was 
a great adept in horfemanlhip, farriery, and hulbandry ; 
by which means he was fully qualified for the tranflatioa 
and compilement of numerous volumes on all thefe fub- 
je<fts, many of which are even now held in high efteem. 
He alfo wrote fome books on rural recreations. Nor 
among his other attentions were the mufes neglefted ; for 
we find one play extant in his name, though he was in- 
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