CATTERICK, a parish, North riding of the county of YORK,
comprising the townships of Ellerton upon Swale, Kiplin,
Scorton, Uckerby, and Whitwell, in the eastern division
of the wapentake of GILLING; the chapelry of Hudswell,
in the western division of the wapentake of HANG; and the
chapelry of Hipswell, and the townships of Appleton, Brough,
Catterick, Colbourne, St. Martin's, Killerby, Scotton, and
Tunstall, in the eastern division of the wapentake of
HANG, North riding of the county of YORK, and containing
2788 inhabitants, of which number, 561 are in
the township of Catterick, 5 miles (S. E.) from Richmond.
The living, is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Richmond,
and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books
at £25. 2. 1., and in the patronage of the Crown. The
church, dedicated to St. Anne, is partly in the early style
of English architecture, and partly of later date. This
is a place of great antiquity, having been the site of a
Roman station of some note, called Cataractonium, where
the Ermin-street branches off in two directions} numerous
Roman relics, have been discovered at different periods.
It also flourished during the Saxon times, but
in the devastations of the Danes it was utterly destroyed,
and is at present of little importance. A school, in
which twelve children are instructed, and an hospital
for six poor widows, were founded in 1658, by the
Rev. Michael Syddally formerly vicar of the parish, and
endowed with £45 per annum, of which the schoolmaster
receives £20, with a house to reside in. At the
distance of a mile to the north is Catterick bridge, over
the river Swale, on which was formerly a chapel; and
opposite is a race-course.