MALTBY, a parish in the southern division of the
wapentake of STRAFFORTH-and-TICKHILL, West riding
of the county of YORK, comprising the townships of
Hooton-Levet and Maltby, and containing 774 inhabitants,
of which number, 679 are in the township of
Maltby, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Tickhill. The living
is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of York, rated in the king's books at £4. 13. 4.,
and endowed with £200 royal bounty, and £1400 parliamentary
grant. The Earl of Scarborough was patron
in 18] 6. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew.
Lord'Viscount Castleton, in 1714, gave certain waste
land for the support of a free school; the income arising
from it is £15 a year, for which eight children are
instructed.