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BOUNDARIES and BENCH MARKS
Parish Map for Markington-with-Wallerthwaite.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Markington thus:
"MARKINGTON, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Ripon parish, within the West Riding of Yorkshire. The village stands 1 mile west of Wormald-Green railway station, and 5 SSW of Ripon; and has a post office under Leeds.
The township bears the name of Markington-with-Wallerthwaite, and comprises 3,056 acres. Real property, £4,607. It has a population of 496 with 110 houses The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to W. Wilberforce, Esq.
Agricultural implements are made, and lime is calcined. The chapelry is more extensive than the township, and was constituted in 1845. (Population 535 with 120 houses).
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £180. Patron, the Bishop of Ripon. The church was built in 1844; is in the pointed style consisting of nave and chancel, with porch and belfry, and has three stained windows and sedilia. There is a Wesleyan chapel, and a slightly endowed Church of England school".
A boundary marker, is a robust, physical marker that identifies the start of a land boundary or change in direction of a boundary. Their shape and size can vary enormously. Though usually made of stone, They can be found as pillars, buildings and even trees.
Bench marks, or survey benchmarks are the chiseled horizontal marks that surveyors made in stone structures, into which an angle-iron could be placed to form a "bench" for a leveling rod, thus ensuring that a leveling rod could be accurately repositioned in the same place in the future. These marks were usually indicated with a chiseled arrow
below a horizontal line.
Below are remaining examples of
Boundary Markers and Bench Marks within the parish.
 BOUNDARY MARKERParish Boundary Marker in woodland west of the Rustic Bridge in Fountains Abbey, against a stone wall. On the boundary of Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains and Markington and Wallerthwaite parishes. (Photo by M. Hatton). |  OLD MILESTONECast iron post by the A61, in parish of BISHOP MONKTON (HARROGATE District), Harrogate Road, near crossroads to Markington & Bishop Monkton, on the verge, on East side of road. Ingram iron casting Erected by the Harrogate, Hutton Moor & Ripon turnpike trust in the 19th century. (Photo by C. Minto). |  BOUNDARY MARKERA parish boundary marker situated against a bridge parapet on the west side of the A61 Ripon Road. On the boundary of South Stainley with Cayton and Markington with Wallerthwaite parishes. (Photo by M. Hatton |
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 BOUNDARY MARKERParish Boundary Marker on the northeast side of the A61 Ripon Road opposite its junction with Station Road. Was on the boundary of Ingerthorpe and Bishop Monkton parishes, now Markington and Wallerthwaite and Bishop Monkton parishes. (Photo by M. Hatton), |  BENCH MARKThe bench mark is to be found on the front of Yorkshire Hussar public house, Markington. (Photo by Maigheach-gheal). |  BOUNDARY MARKERParish Boundary Marker on the west side of Wormald Green Bridge on the A61 Ripon Road at Wormald Green. Was on the boundary of Markington and Ingerthorpe parishes, now entirely in Markington and Wallerthwaite parish. (Photo by M. Hatton). |
 BENCHMARKBenchmark on the parapet of Low Bridge, Markington. (Photo by John Slater) |
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