BLACKTOFT, a parish in the wapentake of
HOWDENSHIRE, East riding of the county of YORK, comprising
the townships of Blacktoft and Scalby, and
containing 457 inhabitants, of which number, 278 are
in the township of Blacktoft, 7 miles (E.S.E.) from
Howden. The living is a perpetual curacy, within the
jurisdiction of the peculiar court of Howdenshire, endowed
with £200 private benefaction, and £1000 royal
bounty, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter
of Durham. The village is situated on the northern
bank of the Ouse, one mile above its confluence with
the Trent, and there are usually vessels lying at anchor
opposite to it.