BILBROUGH, a parish in the ainsty of the city,
and East riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles
(N.E.) from Tadcaster, containing 260 inhabitants. The
living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of York, and in the patronage of T. L. Fairfax,
Esq. Thomas, Lord Fairfax, the celebrated parliamentary
general, who died in 1671,'was interred in the
church here. A school is endowed with about £15 per
annum, for the instruction of twenty-two children.