RAWCLIFF, a chapelry in that part of the parish
of SNAITH which is in the lower division of the wapentake
of OSGOLDCROSS, West riding of the county of
YORK, 3 miles (E. byN.) from Snaith, containing 1496
inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, with that
of Suaith, in the jurisdiction of the peculiar court of
Snaith, endowed with £600 parliamentary grant. The
chapel is dedicated to St. James. There is a place of
worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The free school .here
is supposed to have been founded by a Mr. Boynton,
for the education of eight children; the master's income
is £27 a year, with a house and garden.