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But the ooals that are ufed, are brought 
from the pits upon Stanmore, a diftance 
of fixteen miles. And when the people 
fetch the coals themfelves, they pay 1s. 3d. 
the cart load; but when fold or purchafed 
here, the cart-load is ufually eftimated at 
s*.. Turf and peat are alfo ufed for fuel 
by fome families ; and are got in the pa- 
rifh. 
Great Afby is a ftraggling and irregular 
village, about half a mile in extent, in the 
middle of which flands the church, of a 
fmall but decent appearance. ‘This edi- 
fice bears evident marks of great antiquity ; 
and the time of its erection is unknown, 
It has apparently undergone much mutila- 
tion and frequent repairs. The body or 
nave has only one aifle, and meafures forty- 
eight feet in length, and thirty-three in 
breadth: onthe north-fide is an arch, now 
built up, which proves.it to have been for- 
merly of greater extent. .The chancel is 
nearly twenty-four feet in length, and {e- 
venteen in width; is feparated from the 
nave by two arches 5 and againit the pillar 
that intervenes is the pulpit erected. This 
church has four windows to the fouth, 
two tothe weft, two to the north, and one 
to the caft. It will contain about three 
hundred and fifty perfons, and is dedicat- 
ed to St. Peter. Sir Frederick Fletcher 
Vane, Bart. of Hutton Hall, in the coun- 
ty of Cumberland, is patron. It is a 
rectory, valued in the King’s books at 
231. 138.4d. the yearly value of which, 
at this time, is probably not lefs than, 
x30l. There are only two acres and a half 
of glebe land, and the reft of the ftipend 
arifes altogether from tithes. All the 
corn, and moft part of the hay, pay tithe 
in kind: the prefent reftor is the Rev. 
Mr. Hugh Atkinfon: his predeceffors 
were Mefirs. Dawes, Tibbold, Fleming, 
Burrow, and Machel, the laft of whom he 
fucceeded in the living. The facrament 
is adminiftered three times in the year, at 
which, upon an average, fifty perfons ge- 
nerally attend. There are only four fami- 
lies of Diffenters, three of which frequent 
the chapel at Ormfide, and the otker the 
‘meeting-houfe at Ravenftonedale. The 
Methodifts have, however, preachers that 
come here once every fortnight, and to 
hear whom many of the people affemble 
after having performed their evening de- 
votion at the church. The parfonage- 
houfe, which is an ancient and very indif- 
ferent edifice, was principally- erected by 
LS Sail eine BENET, Se Sc Dh 
* Thefe carts will contain about the fame 
quantity of coals as thofe mentioned in the 
Account of Ravenftonedale, 
‘ Account of Afby in ¥eftmoreland. . 
[ March 1, 
Mr. Dawes, about the year 1618; but 
part of it appears to be the remains of an 
old monaftery. ' 
A little to the eaft of the church ftands 
the {chool, founded by Mr. George Smith, — 
merchant-taylor and citizen or London, 
1683, who was a native of this parifh, 
and endowed it. with feveral parcels of 
land. Dr. Smith, Bithop of Carlifle, and 
coufin to Mr. Smith, left a handfome be- 
queft to this fchool. The ftipend at this 
time amounts to 2ol..per annum, and the 
number of ‘{cholars. is about thirty, none 
of whom are more than:ten years of age. 
Writing and arithmetic have never been 
introduced into this fchool, and the educa- 
tion of the children is indeed very limited, 
the Spelling-book and Bible being only 
in general ufed. 
_ This. parifh is divided into three ma- 
nors, the feveral lords of which are, the 
Earl of Thanet, Sir Frederick Fletcher 
Vane, Bart. and Mr. James Park (a no- 
minal lord). ‘There being no feparate or 
‘independent townfhips, the whole parifh 
unites together for the maintenance of its 
poor. The number of poor upon the roll 
for the laft year was twenty-eight ; and 
the fum expended for their fubfiftence was 
about io5l. None had more than three 
fhillings, and none lefs than one fhilling, 
per week. In the year 1740, the poor- 
rate, was 10l.; in.1756, 15l.; and in 
4733, ssl. per annum. There is about 
Gol. ancient poor-ftock, but at what time, 
cr by whom, it was bequeathed, is now 
wholly unknown: the intereft of this 
money is regularly applied to the relief 
of the pocr. The Rev. Simon Pindar, 
rector of Mufgrave, and anative of Afby, 
lett alfo 60]. the intereft of which was to 
be diffributed in fix twopenny loaves, 
every Sunday, to fix poor widows or wi- 
dowers, and to be given according to the 
difcretion of the church-wardens. Dr. 
Thomas Smith, Bifhopof Carlifle, and the 
before-mentioned Mr. George Smith, be- 
queathed three-eighths of aneftate of land, 
now rented at371.a year, to the poor houfe- 
holders of this parifh who receive no pa 
rochial affiftance, and the truftees of the 
{chool are empcwered to carry this into 
effect, on St. Thomas’s Day, every year. 
Both thele benefactions are alfo applied 
according to the original defign of the 
donors. : 
At Little Afby was formerly a chapel, 
dedicated to St. Leonard, to which a mef- 
fuage, and fix acres of land, in Great 
Afby were given, in the reign of Ed- 
ward I. for eftablifhing a chantry therein ; 
and there is at this time a houfe common- 
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