Old district of Deighton

West and North fields were mentioned in 1422 and 1481 respectively, and by 1539 the open-field land included 17 bovates belonging to the former St. Mary's abbey manor, all of it held by tenants. Also in the hands of tenants in 1539 were 18½ a. probably akin to the forland in Escrick. The demesnes comprised 141 a. of inclosed ground, including the 40-acre William Ridding and 80 a. in North closes. Tenants held some 30 closes, half of them with 'ridding' names, as well as another called West field which they all held jointly. At least one close, Marsh Ridding, was subject to commonage, for three tenants had a total of eight beast-gates there. The manor included woods called Deighton Spring, Deighton Park, and Rybton Shaw, and there were said to be more oaks growing elsewhere. The tenants held 10 houses and 7 cottages, paid 1½d. each in lieu of 65 boon-works for stacking hay, and rendered many hens and eggs.

Nineteen cottages and twelve houses were held by tenants-at-will in 1619. Most of them were in the village but there were several isolated houses, including one in the Leas, two in North closes, and another in the rabbit warren. The house in the Leas already existed in 1606. There was also a house in Deighton park in 1619, no longer part of the manor, and in 1727 it was described as Park House.

A 1600's map scanned, and edited, and colorized by me.