ALLERTON-MAULEVERER, a parish in the
upper division of the wapentake of CLARO, West riding
of the county of YORK, 5 miles (E. by N.) from
Knaresborough, comprising the townships of Allerton-
Mauleverer with Hopperton, and Clareton, and
containing 290 inhabitants, of which number, 276 are in the
township of Allerton-Mauleverer with Hopperton. The
living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of
Richmond, and diocese of Chester, and in the patronage
of Lord Stourton. The church is dedicated to St.
Martin. This place obtained its distinguishing name
from a family, one of whom, Richard Mauleverer, in
the reign of Henry II., founded here an Alien priory of
Benedictine monks, the revenue of which was given by
Henry VI. to King's College, Cambridge.