SLEDMERE, a parish in the wapentake of BUCKROSE,
East riding of the county of YORK, 7 miles
(N.W. by W.) from Great Driffield, containing, with the
hamlet of Groom, 425 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry of the East riding,
and diocese of York, endowed with £400 royal bounty,
and £ 200 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage
of Sir Tatton Sykes, Bart. The church is dedicated to
St. Mary.