HEATON (KIRK), a parish in the upper division
of the wapentake of AGBRIGG, West riding of the county
of YORK, comprising the townships of Dalton, Kirk-
Heaton,Lepton, and Upper Whitley, and containing 7968
inhabitants, of which number, 2186 are in the township
of Kirk-Heaton, 2 miles (E. by N.) from HuddersH
field. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £25.13.9.
The Duke of Northumberland was patron in 1785.
The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist.