LINTON, a parish in the eastern division of the
wapentake of STAINCLIFFE-and-EWCROSS, West riding
of the county of YORK, comprising the townships of
Grassington, Hebden, Linton, and Threshfield, and containing
1910 inhabitants, of which number, 313 are in
the township of Linton, 9 miles (N.) from Skipton. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
York, in medieties, each rated in the king's books at
£16, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church,
dedicated to St. Michael, contains two reading-desks,
the duty being peformed alternately by the two portionists,
between whom the tithes of the parish are
equally divided, each having also a parsonage-house.
Tne free school was founded and endowed with a rentcharge
by the Rev. Matthew Hewitt; £20 per annum
is paid to the master, and £10 to the usher: there are
four exhibitions, of £ 12 per annum each, to St. John's
College, Cambridge, and the school is open to all applicants,
for instruction in Latin and English grammar.
In 1721, Richard Fountain devised a rent-charge to
trustees, among other charitable purposes, for apprenticing
four boys annually, and for the foundation and
support of an almshouse for six poor persons, each of
whom receive £ 10 annually: there are at present six
poor widows.