Excerpt from A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire: Containing the Names of All the Towns, Villages, Hamlets, Gentlemen's Seats, &C., In the County of York, Alphabetically Arranged Under the Heads of the North, East, and West RidingsIn giving the township, in which each hamlet or single house. M is situated, it may he proper to observe that they are given ac cording as they pay Poor's Rates, with some few exceptions - This part, which may he considered the most valuable, as additional matter, and what has never been attempted before, will be found of the greatest utility in all public offices.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.