MARR, a parish in the northern division of the
wapentake of STRAFFORTH-and-TICKHILL, West riding
of the county of YORK, 4 miles (W. N. W.) from Doncaster,
containing 162 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of York, endowed with £600 royal bounty, and
in the patronage of the Earl of Kinnoul. The church,
dedicated to St. Helen, is principally in the early style
of English architecture; the tower is surmounted by a
small spire, and has two singular arched recesses, one on
the north, the other on the south, side.