OWSTON, a parish in the upper division of the wapentake
of OSGOLDCROSS, West riding of the county of
YORK, comprising the townships of Owston and Skellow,
and containing 452 inhabitants, of which number,
306 are in the township of Owston, 5 miles (N. by W.)
from Doncaster. The living is a discharged vicarage,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the
king's books at £?. 0. 2., and in the patronage of
P. D. Cooke, Esq. The church is dedicated to All
Saints. Four pqor children are-instructed for a trifling
annuity left by Ann Jackson, in 1675.