SANDALL (KIRK), a parish in the southern division
of the wapentake of STRAFFORTH-and-TICKHILL,
West riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles (N. E.
by N.) from Doncaster, containing 192 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at
£9. 0. 2., and in the patronage of the Crown. The
church, dedicated to St. Oswald, is a cruciform structure,
with a tower rising from the intersection: it contains
a curious monument to the memory of John Rokeby
a native of this place, and Archbishop of Dublin, who
directed his body to be buried here, and his heart
and bowels at Halifax. A free school was founded, in
1626, by Robert Wood, and endowed with a messuage
and land, of the annual value of £60, which is enjoyed
by the master, who at his own cost has lately rebuilt
the school-house; he receives annually £15 from another
source, and educates about forty children.