KIRK-BURN, a parish in the Bainton-Beacon
division of the wapentake of HARTHILL, East riding of
the county of YORK, comprising the townships of East
Burn, Kirk-Burn, South Burn, and Tibthorp, and containing
455 inhabitants, of which number, 119 are in
the township of Kirk-Burn, 4 miles (S.W. by W.) from
Great Driffield. The living is a discharged vicarage, in
the archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese of York,
rated in the king's books at £4. 10. 2., endowed with
£ 600 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary.