Brayton, West Riding

Description
Brayton, a township a village, and a parish in W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Selby Canal between the rivers Ouse and Aire, and on the Leeds and Selby railway, 1 1/2 mile WSW of Selby, the nearest railway station. It has a post office under Selby, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage of the township, 1945; population, 509; of the ecclesiastical parish, 1860. The parish contains also the townships of Gateforthe, Hambleton, Thorpe-Willoughby, Burn, Barlow, and the manor of Burton. The Earl of Londesborough is lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage with Hambleton in the diocese of York; gross value, £342 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is of various dates and character, from Norman downward, consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with lofty west steeple, shows much beautiful Norman work, was thoroughly restored in 1878, and contains .a fine sculptured font. There is a Wesleyan chapel.