RATHMILL, a township in the parish of GIGGLESWICK,
western division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE-and-EWCROSS, West riding of the county of
YORK, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) from Settle, containing 328
inhabitants. George Clarke, in 1716, devised;;the pror
fits of an estate in support of a school, and, Ijia, 1725,
Stephen Carr bequeathed £80 in augmentation of the
master's salary; the annual income is about £23, for
which all children who apply are taught to read, but
pay for further instruction.