POPPLETON (UPPER), a chapelry in that part of the parish of ST-MARY-BISHOPSHILL-JUNIOR, which is in the ainsty of the city, and East riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles (N. W. by W.) from York, containing 346 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Dean and Chapter of York. The chapel is a small edifice. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.