LEATHLEY, a parish in the upper division of the
wapentake of CLARO, West riding of the county of
YORK, comprising the townships of Castley and
Leathley, and containing 422 inhabitants, of which
number, 312 are in the township of Leathley, 2 miles
(N. E. by E.) from Otley. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the
king's books at £7. 2. 8., and in the patronage of
the Crown. A free school was founded and endowed
with a rent-charge of £ 12, in 1769, by Anne Hitch; all
children who apply are admitted.