BARNINGHAM  Parish

 

"This parish is composed of the townships of Barningham, Hope and Scargill. Scargill in 1331–3 was referred to as 'cum Rotherforde' (fn. 1) (Rudderford, Roderforth), a place now only commemorated by Rutherford Bridge on the Greta {top flag on map} (fn. 2) and Rutherford Farm in Scargill. {bottom flag on map} (fn. 3)"

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Footnotes

• 1. Lay Subs. R. bdle. 211, no. 7 A.

• 2. It was a county bridge, in decay in 1607, but rebuilt about 1650 (Quarter Sess. Rec. [N. R. Rec. Soc.], i, 91; iii, 44; v, 47, 52, 87).

• 3. Mentioned 1717 (ibid. viii, 30).

 

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Source: 'Parishes: Barningham', in A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1, ed. William Page (London, 1914), pp. 39-42. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp39-42 [accessed 3 July 2022].