ADDINGHAM, a parish comprising the township of Addingham, in the eastern division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE-and-EWCROSS, and part of the township of Beamsley, in the upper division of the wapentake of CLARO, West riding of the county of YORK, and containing 1650 inhabitants, of which number, 1570 are in the township of Addingham, 6 miles (E. by S.) from Skipton. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £9. 7. 8., endowed with £600 private benefaction, and £ 1100 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of Mrs. Mary Cunliffe, The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient structure, pleasantly situated on an eminence near the river Wharf. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists, and, in the vicinity, one for the Society of Friends. A considerable quantity of cotton goods is made here. At the distance of a mile are vestiges of a Roman encampment.