ROUNCTON (WEST), a parish in the wapentake
of ALLERTONSHIRE, North riding of the county of
YORK, 7 miles (S. by W;) from Yarm, containing 217
inhabitants. The living is a .rectory, .in the peculiar
jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, rated
in the king's books at £6, and in the patronage of the
King, as Duke of .Lancaster. The.church is .dedicated
to St. James. There is a place of worship.for Wesleyan
Methodists.