 By 1857, the manor was in the possession of the Venerable Archdeacon Cust

Danby Wiske is around ¼ mile from the East Coast Main Line; there was once a railway station here, but this has long since closed.The ancient parish of Danby Wiske included Yafforth as well as Streetlam, but not Lazenby.Yafforth became a separate civil parish in 1866.