FIRBECK, a parish partly in the liberty of ST-PETER-OF-YORK,
and partly in the southern division
of the wapentake of STRAFFORTH-AND-TICKHILL, West
riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles (S. W. by S.)
from Tickhill, containing 226 inhabitants. The living is
a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
York, endowed with £ 1200 royal bounty, and in the
peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Chancellor in
the Cathedral Church of York. The church, dedicated
to St. Peter, has lately received an addition of one hundred
and fourteen free sittings, the Incorporated Society
for the enlargement of churches and chapels having
granted £ 120 towards defraying the expense.