LYTHE, a parish in the eastern division of the
liberty of LANGBAURGH, North riding of the county of
YORK, comprising the townships of Barnby, Borrowby,
Ellerby, Hutton-Mulgrave, Lythe, Nickleby, Newton-
Mulgrave, and Ugthorpe, and containing 2194 inhabitants,
of which number, 1134 are in the township of
Lythe, 3 miles (W. N. W.) from .Whitby. The living is
a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Cleveland,
and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at
£ 10. 12. 6., endowed with £ 1400 parliamentary grant,
and in the patronage of the Archbishop of York. The
church is dedicated to St. Oswald, and, although of modern
appearance, is an ancient structure. There is a
place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Peter de
Mauley obtained a weekly market to be held here, and
a fair on the eve of the festival of St. Oswald, in the
reign of Henry III., but both have been long disused.