BROTTON, a parish in the eastern division of the
liberty of LANGBAURGH, North riding of the county of
YORK, comprising the townships of Brotton, Kilton,
and Skinningrove, and containing 492 inhabitants, of
which number, 332 are in the township of Brotton, 6
miles (N. E. byE.) from Guilsbrough. The living is a
perpetual curacy, annexed to that of Skelton, in the
archdeaconry of Cleveland, and diocese of York. The
church was erected in 1741. There is a place of worship
for Wesleyan Methodists.