| Description | Request sent by Mr Newton at Coxwold to Messrs Paul and Simpson at Malton. He wishes to present part of the highway leading from Ness to Scawton, and asks Mr Paul to make out the proper instrument for him to sign. The description of the highway is: from a gate at the end of Pew Lane adjoining Wass Green in the township of Byland Membris to within 50 yards of the first boundary stone on Byland Moor, being 1816 yards in length. Mr Newton had viewed and measured the highway on 9 October 1817 |