STARTFORTH, a parish in the western division of
the wapentake of GILLING, North riding of the county
of YORK, 1 mile (W. S. W.) from Barnard-Castle,
containing 460 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese
of Chester, rated in the king's books at £4. 0. 10., endowed
with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal
bounty, and in the patronage of the Earl of Lonsdale.
The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is of great
antiquity.