BOSSALL, a parish comprising the chapelry of
Sand-Hutton, in the wapentake of BIRDFORTH, and the
townships of Bossall, Butter-Crambe, Claxton, Harton,
Sand-Hutton, and a part of that of Flaxton on the Moor,
in the wapentake of BULMER, North riding of the county
of YORK, and containing 1365 inhabitants, of which
number, 31 are in the township of Bossall, 10 miles
(N. E.) from York. The living is a vicarage, in the
archdeaconry of Cleveland, and diocese of York, rated
in the king's books at £12, and in the patronage of the
Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church, dedicated
to St. Botolph, is a handsome cruciform structure, with
a steeple rising from the centre. The village of Bossall
was-formerly large, but it does not now comprise more
than three or four houses: foundations of buildings
have been discovered in an adjoining field, thence called
" Old Bossall." Courts leet are held for the several
manors within the parish, which is bounded on the
south and east by the river Derwent.