KETTLEWELL, a parish in the eastern division
of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE-AND-EWCROSS, West
riding of the county of YORK, 16 miles (N. E.) from
Settle, containing, with the township of Starbotton, 663
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £5, endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £200 royal bounty. R. Tennant, Esq. was patron
in 1786. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has lately
received an addition of one hundred and fourteen sittings,
of which seventy-one are free, the Incorporated Society
for the enlargement of churches and chapels having
granted £ 100 towards defraying the expense. A school
was built by Solomon Swale, and endowed with property
for its repair; three children are instructed by means of
a rent-charge of 30s. per annum, the donor of which is
unknown.