DANBY-WISK, a parish in the eastern division of
the wapentake of GILLING, North riding of the county
of YORK, comprising the chapelry of Yafforth, and the
township of Danby-Wislc, and containing 477 inhabitants,
of which number, 328 are in the township of
Danby-Wisk, 3 miles (N.W.) from North Allerton.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Richmond,
and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books
at £9. 3. 111. The Rev. William Cust was patron in
1811.