BARTON-le-STREET, a parish comprising the
township of Coneysthorpe in the wapentake of BULMER,
and the townships of Barton le Street and Butterwick
in the wapentake of RYEDALE, North riding of the
county of YORK, and containing 386 inhabitants, of
which number, 176 are in the township of Barton le
Street, 4 miles (w. N. W.) from New Malton. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Cleveland,
and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at
£14. 18. 6., and in the patronage of the Marchioness
of Hertford. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is
said to have been erected with materials from the ruins
of St. Mary's abbey, York: it contains some curious
specimens of ancient sculpture. There is a place
of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The parish is
bounded on the north by the river Rye.