ELVINGTON, a parish in the wapentake of OUZE-and-DERWENT,
East riding of the county of YORK,
7 miles (E.S.E.) from York, containing 405 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Cleveland, and diocese of York, rated in the lung's
books at £5. 17. 3., and in the patronage of the
Crown. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is
a neat building, erected in 1801, by the Rev. A. Cheap,
L.L.B., rector. -There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. A school is supported by subscription
to the master of which £20 per annum is paid, for the
instruction of twenty poor boys.