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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Yorkshire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[North Riding of Yorkshire Parishes|North Riding]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Redmire | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Yorkshire]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Yorkshire Parishes K-R]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[North Riding of Yorkshire Parishes|North Riding]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Redmire | ||
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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
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Redmire St Mary is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1748 from chapelry in [[Wensley, Yorkshire]] Ancient Parish. <br> | Redmire St Mary is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1748 from chapelry in [[Wensley, Yorkshire]] Ancient Parish. <br> | ||
REDMIRE, a chapelry, in the parish of Wensley,union of Leybourn, wapentake of Hang-West, N.riding of York, 6¼ miles (W. N. W.) from Middleham;containing 288 inhabitants. The lead-mines formerly in operation here have been almost exhausted, but calamine is got in abundance, and in the neighbourhood coal is obtained. In the chapelry is a fine spring strongly impregnated with sulphur, with a convenient well for bathing. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to that of Bolton-Castle: the chapel is dedicated to St.Mary. The tithes have been commuted for £184, and the rectorial glebe here consists of an acre and a half.There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; also a free school, founded in 1725 by the Rev. Thomas Baynes,who endowed it with lands now producing an income of about £19. | REDMIRE, '''a chapelry, in the parish of Wensley''', union of Leybourn, wapentake of Hang-West, N. riding of York, 6¼ miles (W. N. W.) from Middleham; containing 288 inhabitants. The lead-mines formerly in operation here have been almost exhausted, but calamine is got in abundance, and in the neighbourhood coal is obtained. In the chapelry is a fine spring strongly impregnated with sulphur, with a convenient well for bathing. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to that of Bolton-Castle: the chapel is dedicated to St.Mary. The tithes have been commuted for £184, and the rectorial glebe here consists of an acre and a half. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; also a free school, founded in 1725 by the Rev. Thomas Baynes, who endowed it with lands now producing an income of about £19. | ||
From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 652-655. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51234 Date accessed: 09 May 2011.<br><br> | From: Lewis, Sasmuel A., ''A Topographical Dictionary of England ''(1848), pp. 652-655. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51234 Date accessed: 09 May 2011.<br><br> | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||