GARFORTH (WEST), a parish in the lower division
of the wapentake of SKYRACK, West riding of the county
of YORK, 7 miles (E.) from Leeds, containing 731 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at
£8.1?. 8. The Rev. J. Whitaker was patron in 1797.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary. Here are places
of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists.
There is a small sum for the education of children j
the school-house was erected by subscription in 18l8.