HORNBY, a parish in the eastern division of the
wapentake of HANG, North riding of the county of YORK,
comprising the townships of Ainderby-Myers
with Holtby, Hackforth, and Hornby, and containing,
exclusively of portions of the townships of Arrowthorne
and Hunton, which are in this parish, 315 inhabitants,
of which number, 102 are in the township or
Hornby, which is partly within the liberty of ST-PETER-of-YORK,
4 miles (S. S. W.) from Catterick. The living
is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction ana
patronage of the Dean and Chapter of York, rated in the
king's books at £6. 15. 6. The church is dedicated
to St. Mary. There is a small endowment for the instruction
of children. In Hackforth is a school for
twenty poor boys, to which the Duke of Leeds allows
£30 per annum, as a salary for the master. Hornby
castle, anciently the seat of the family of St. Quintin,
and now belonging to his Grace the Duke of .Leeds, is
a spacious mansion in different styles of architecture,
containing superb apartments, and, by its situation,
commanding a fine view of the rich valley of Bedale.