GARTON-upon-the-WOLDS, a parish partly in the
liberty of ST-PETER-OF-YORK, and partly in the wapentake
of DICKERING, East riding of the county of YORK,
S miles (W. N. W.) from Great Driffield, containing 357
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the
archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese of York,
rated in the king's books at £5. 6, 8., endowed with
£600 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown.
The church is dedicated to St. Michael. There is a place
of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A school is partly
supported by the proceeds of a share in the Driffield
canal, bequeathed by the late Mrs, Jane Cdok.