Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire
King Charles wrote to Sir John informing him of his intentions to join his son James, Duke of York who was residing in Hull.After holding a meeting in Ye Olde White Hart Inn on 23 April 1642 it was decided by majority vote that the gates of the city would be closed to the king.Lord Hotham, who owned much of the farmland between Market Weighton and Beverley, was reluctant to have a railway built across his estate on the Yorkshire Wolds.Baines History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York recorded that a Roman road passed near the village and towards North and South Newbald.Population at the time was 293, with occupations including nine farmers and yeomen, two shopkeepers, a shoemaker, a bricklayer, a blacksmith, a corn miller, a carpenter, and a tailor.
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