HUNTON, a chapelry partly within the liberty of
ST-PETER-OF-YORK, East riding, and partly in the parish
of HORNBY, eastern division, but chiefly in the parish
of BROMPTON-PATRICK, western division, of the wapentake
of HANG, North riding of the county of YORK, 6
miles (S.byE.) from Richmond, containing 496 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, with that of
Brompton-Patrick, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Chester, endowed with £200 private benefaction, £800
royal bounty, and £1000 parliamentary grant. The
chapel has been demolished.