Hello Bill, As a member of the Ryedale Family History Group, I immediately noticed that the Rev. Mr. Mackerith was mentioned in association with Thornton. There are many places in Yorkshire called Thornton, but this stands out as being Thornton Dale, in the Vale of Pickering. It is also close to Thorpe Bassett - about 10 miles by road, although only about half that in actual distance, but the River Derwent intervenes. Castlethorpe may be near to Selby. It could be just the name of a farm, or could be a mistake. Castleford and Castleforth (probably contraction of Castleford) are mentioned in the Selby parish records, but not Castlethorpe. Our Research Room has copies of the microfilms for Thornton Dale, so I will be able to check that for you when we open tomorrow (Thursday). Regards Janice Wood ________________________________ From: Bill Webster via <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 28 January 2015, 0:46 Subject: [YORKSGEN] Selby Yorks - Scawby N Lincs Recent posts mentioning Selby have prompted me to reprise a query I put here a year ago, which many tried to help with, thank you, including the Selby FHS.  It concerned this entry in the Hull Packet & Advertiser of 13 Dec 1808. MARRIAGES On Tuesday last, at Thornton, by the Reverend Mr Mackerith, Mr. CLARK, of Castlethorp, near Selby, to Miss WEBSTER, daughter of the late Reverend Robert Webster, Rector of Thorpebasset, and Curate of the Holy Trinity Church at this place (Hull).  (My capitals and brackets.) I do not know these areas at all.  But I have just done a search at the OS Getamap site for "Castlethorp" and one of two options is for a village and farm named Castlethorpe, near SCAWBY, just west outside of Brigg in North Lincolnshire. Does anyone think it may have been possible for the Hull Packet compiler of local news to have mistaken Scawby for Selby, Selby being much the better known?  The Hull newspaper also could have been rehashing an entry in another paper from closer to Thornton (Dale) where the marriage took place, but I have not found such other newspaper entry.  Such other paper may not have known its Selby from its Scawby. Clark is such a difficult name to research because there are just so many hits.  But I will have to try to find an association of the name Clark with Castlethorpe in N Lincs.  And I have no idea why this couple married in the north of the Vale of Pickering.  The bride was aged about 31 having been born in Hull in 1777.  Perhaps by 1808 she was employed and therefore lived near Thornton. Bill Webster New South Wales ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message