Traces Of Old York

Although this coat of arms is less "grand" than yesterday's, it's still my favourite and stands proud on a fairly ordinary local building in Acomb. We still call Acomb "The Village"; but as Ian McMillan has noted, that's a bit of a Yorkshire thing - we like to think only live in towns and villages :)

"Wapentake of the Ainsty of York - Rural Deanery of Ainsty - Archdeaconry and Diocese of York.

The parish and township of Acomb or Akeham, anciently called Ascham, is situated on the south side of the river Ouse. At the time of the Domesday Survey, we find that St. Peter's church, York, had Acho (Acomb) as a manor. The Rev. John Mount Barlow, Ewhurst vicarage, Surrey, is lord of the manor.

The manorial rights comprise Acomb, Holgate, and Clifton, The area of the township is 1,427 acres, of the rateable value of £11,588 2s. 3d., and the population in 1881 was 1,581 souls. The principal landowners are the lord of the manor, George Ellis, Esq., Westfield, and J. Jackson Barstow, Esq.

The soil is of a sandy, gravelly nature, and the air salubrious. The village is situated on the Wetherby road, about two miles from York Minster."