Whashton Information

WHASHTON, NORTH RIDING, York, a township
in the parish of Kirkby-Ravensworth—(which see
for access, &c.)—wapentake of Gilling-West, union
of Richmond : 237 miles from London, 4 from
Richmond, 12 from Darlington. Money orders
issued at Richmond: London letters delivered 10a.m.
Post closes 2 p.m. Contains 1,000 acres:
28 houses: population in 1841, 133: assd-propy-£3,377 :
poor rates in 1848, £44 13s 0d. (Published 1852)

The family of Tailbois possessed considerable property
at Whashton. Buried. Johannes Talboys de Whashton, 11
May, 1600. Richardus Talboyes de Whashton, 1 June, 1606.

House of Commons Papers 1835 WHASHTON Township (Pop. 159.) One Boarding School (commenced 1823), in
which 1 5 males are educated at the expense of their parents.

1859. Whashton Township. — Whashton, or Washton, township, contains 1,195 acres, of the rateable value of £1,084. Population, 140 persons. C. Cradock, Esq. (Lord of the Manor), George Sowerby, Esq., and Miss Sweetman, are the chief owners of the soil. The Village is situated on an acclivity, under the eastern verge of the high moors of Arkengarth Forest, 4 miles N.W. of Richmond, and less than 1 mile S.E. of Kirby Hill.

The New Churchman Magazine November 1855

A YOUNG MAN, 26 years of age, who has had several years' experience in teaching, is desirous of obtaining the mastership of a small elementary school in connection with the New Church. It is hoped some of the ministers of that Church will respond to this appeal, as the advertiser
is anxious to devote himself to the cause of Education, and his religious principles preclude the possibility of his connecting himself as a schoolmaster with any denomination of Christians but the New Jerusalem. For particulars apply to Henry McLagan, Whashton Lodge, near Richmond, Yorkshire.

1801 WHASHTON, a township in the parish of Kirkby Ravensworth, wapentake of Gilling West, N. R., County of York. Distance from Richmond, 4 m.
Population in 1801 113; in 1831, 159.

A. P. with Ravensworth £3,377.

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