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MELBOURNE TOWNSHIP.
Wapentake of Harthill (Wilton Beacon Division)—County Council Electoral Division of Melbourne—Petty Sessional Division of Wilton Beacon—Poor Law Union and County Court District of Pocklington—Rural Deanery of Pocklington—Archdeaconry of the East Riding—Diocese of York
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MELBOURNE township comprises 3,133 acres; the rateable value is £2,912, and the population in 1891 was 388. The soil and subsoil are clay and sand, and the crops are the same as in the preceding township. The manor and estate, lately the property of Hugh Christie, Esq., were purchased in 1890 by Walter Cliff, Esq., Western Flatts, Wortley, for about £40,000. The other owners are Wm. Thomlinson Walker, Esq., Clifton Grove, York; the Dean and Chapter of York; Geo. Galtrey, Thixendale; John Brabbs, Melbourne ; Robt. Gibson Sturdy, Thornton; Wm. Robson, Beverley; and Richard Charles Bruce. There are also several small freeholders.
The village, which is large and scattered, is situated about a quarter-of-a-mile south of the Pocklington canal, six miles south-south-west of Pocklington, nine miles west of Market Weighton, and 12 miles east of York. A chapel-of-ease, a temporary structure of iron, was erected here in 1883, at a cost of £450. It will accommodate 150 persons. The resident curate-in-charge is the Rev. Chas. A. K. Irwin, B.A., of Merton College, Oxford.
The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels here ; that belonging to the former will accommodate 150, and the latter about the same number, and bears the date 1821. A School Board, consisting of five members, was formed in 1875, and a commodious school, with master's residence attached, was erected in 1877-8, at a cost of £1,400. There is accommodation for 100, and an average attendance of 41. Richard Charles Bruce is clerk to the Board.
About half-a-mile south of the village is Melbourne Hall, a handsome red brick mansion, standing in a well-wooded park. It is the property of Walter Cliff, Esq., and the residence of Captain Bernard Hamilton Gunston, late 5th Dragoon Guards. Melbourne Grange is another fine mansion, with about 14 acres of park-land, two miles west of the village. It is at present unoccupied. Ross Moor, in this township, was formerly open common.
STORWOOD or STORTHWAITE is a township containing 1,228 acres, of which 16 are occupied by the Pocklington canal, now almost disused. The rateable value is £1,102, and the number of inhabitants in 1891 was 83. John Jeremiah Jackson Barstow, Esq., who is lord of the manor; Francis Jennings, Melbourne; Thomas Jennings, Storwood; Robert Edward Jennings, Storwood Grange; and' Francis Thomas Jennings, Storwood, are the principal landowners. There is no village; the houses are scattered over the township, which lies two-and-a-quarter miles west of Melbourne, and eight miles south-west of Pocklington. There is a Wesleyan chapel here, built in 1837 by Mr. Thomas Jennings. It will seat about 70.
MELBOURNE TOWNSHIP.
Post Office, and for purchase only of Postal Orders, at George Beckett's. Letters, via Pocklington, arrive at 8-50 a.m.; despatch at 4-35 p.m. No Sunday business. Wall Box, one mile east of Post Office, is cleared at 4-10 p.m. Nearest Money Order and Telegraph Office, Pocklington (six miles).
Atkin Wm. Wilfred, vict., Blacksmiths' Arms
Barrow Stephen, tailor and grocer
Beckett George, shoemaker and postmaster
Board School (mixed) ; Henry Phillips, master
Brown Thomas, shoemaker
Bruce Richard Chas., joiner and wheelwright, asst. overseer and clerk to the School Board
Clarkson Robert, gardener
Crawford Mrs. Hannah
Dales Wm., vict. and refreshment contractor, Cross Keys Inn
Gunston Captain Bernard Hamilton (late 5th
Dragoon Guards), Melbourne hall
Foster Hy., head gamekeeper, Melbourne hall
Fussey Joseph, police constable
Gorwood George, carrier to York (Wednesday, Saturday, and alternate Thursdays)
Grant James, blacksmith
Harrison Mrs. Elizabeth, Ross Moor house
Harrison John, grocer
Hodgson Miss Mary Ann, dressmaker
Howard Miss Jane, Melbourne grange
Hudson Charles, cattle dealer, Ross moor
Irwin Rev. Chas. A. K., B.A., curate-in-charge
Kidd Chas., carrier to Pocklington (Saturday)
Kidd Jno. Jas., carrier to York, Tues. and Sat.
Kidd Mrs. Mary, grocer
Parrott William, grocer
Todd Frederick, tailor
Todd Richard, shoemaker
Farmers.
Brabbs James Thomas, Brickyard farm
Brabbs John
Cook John (and blacksmith)
Dales William, Cross Keys Inn
Dalton James, Melbourne grange, farm bailiff to William Thomlinson Walker, Esq.
Featherstone Thomas Harrison John, Westfield farm
Hessle Robert Homley Thomas, The Lodge
James Thomas
Jennings Francis, Prospect house
Kirk John Frederick, (and butcher)
Ogle Charles Henry, Glebe farm
Ogle George Henry, East farm (and brick and tile manufacturer), Seaton Ross
Pulleyn Frank, Bibble farm
Simpson James, Ross Moor farm
Simpson John Simpson John, junr.
Smith John, Violet cottage
Story Thomas, Barnfield house
Todd George, East Common farm
Towler John
Walker Richard, Park farm, bailiff to Walter Cliff, Esq.
West Stephen, Ross moor
Whitfield Thos.
STORWOOD OR STORTHWAITE TOWNSHIP.
Letters via Wilberfoss, York.
Farmers.
Anson George
Hessle Thomas, Park house
Jennings Francis Thomas (yeo.), White house
Jennings Robt. Edwin (yeo.), Storwood grange
Jennings Thomas (yeo.), Manor house
Jones John Dales, hind for John Sherbourne
Rickatson Robert, Rush Wood house
Simpson George, General lane
Tate Edward, (and temperance hotel proprietor), Hagg bridge
Thompson Matthew, Rose cottage
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