BARNBY-upon-DON, a parish in the southern division
of the wapentake of STRAFFORTH-and-TICKHILL,
West riding of the county of YORK, comprising the
townships of Barnby upon Don and Thorpe in Balne,
and containing 617 inhabitants, of which number, 495
are in the township of Barnby upon Don, 5 miles
(N.E. by N.) from Doncaster. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated
in the king's books at £9. 12. 6., endowed with £200
private benefaction, £200 royal bounty, and £800 parliamentary
grant, and in the patronage of J. Gresham,
Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. There is
a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A school
for poor children is endowed with £11 per annum
from the produce of land belonging to the parish, and
£7. 10. bequeathed by John Martin, in 1798. Frances,
Countess of Sutherland, in 1731, devised property, producing
about £30 per annum, for the relief of four
poor women, and for instructing poor children of
Bramwith.