THORNTON-DALE, a parish in PICKERING lythe,
North riding of the county of YORK, comprising the
townships of Farmanby and Thornton-Dale, and containing
1282 inhabitants, of which number, 879 are in
the township of Thornton-Dale, 2 miles (E. by S.) from
Pickering. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Cleveland, and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £20, and hi the patronage of R. Hill, Esq. The
church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a place of
worship forWesleyanMethodists. A free grammar school
was endowed, in 1657, by Viscountess Lumley, who also
erected twelve almshouses for as many poor people.