EASTRINGTON, a parish in the wapentake of HOWDENSHIRE, East riding of the county of YORK, comprising the townships of Bellasize, Eastrington, Gilberdike, Newport-Wallingfen, and Portingten with Cavil, and containing 1649 inhabitants, of which number, 375 are in the township of Eastrington, 3 miles (E.N.E.) from Howden. The living is a discharged vicarage, within the jurisdiction of the peculiar court of Howdenshire, rated in the king's books at £12. 9. 7, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. In 1726, Joseph Hewley gave a house and land, now producing £28 a year, for the use of a school, in which about thirty children are educated.