ESCRICK, a parish in the wapentake of OUZE-and-DERWENT,
East riding of the county of YORK, comprising
the townships of Deighton and Escrick, and
containing 716 inhabitants, of which number, 548 are in
the township of Escrick, 6 miles (S. by E.) from York.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Cleveland,
and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at
£23. 3. 9. Henry Gale, Esq. was patron in 1827. The
church, dedicated to St. Helen, is a handsome structure,
built about fifty years ago by Beilby Thompson, Esq.,
on the site of the prior edifice.