KIRKLINGTON, a parish in the wapentake of
HALLIKELD, North riding of the county of YORK, comprising
the townships of Kirklington with Upsland, Sutton
with Howgrave, and East Tanfield, and containing
491 inhabitants, of which number, 337 are in the
township of Kirklington with Upsland, 6 miles (S. E.
by S.) from Bedale. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, rated
in the king's books at £25. 7. 3., and in the patronage
of the Countess of Ormond. The church is dedicated
to St. Mary. Here is a small endowment for.
a school, [the bequest of Lady Ormond. In the neighbourhood
are vestiges of a Roman or Danish encampment.