Upper Easington was gifted to the Abbey of Kirkstall, Leeds in the early thirteenth century and had its grange at Rushton (now submerged beneath Stocks Reservoir).
Upper Easington was gifted to the Abbey of Kirkstall, Leeds in the early thirteenth century. It was the Abbey's most far-flung land holding and had its grange at Rushton (now submerged beneath Stocks Reservoir).