WEAVERTHORP, a parish partly within the liberty
of ST-PETER-of-YORK, but chiefly in the wapentake of
BUCKROSE, East riding of the county of YORK, comprising
the townships of Luttons-Ambo and Weaverthorp,
and containing 645 inhabitants, of which number,
334 are in the township of Weaverthorp, lO miles
(N. N. W.) from Great Driffield. The living is a vicarage,
in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the
Dean and Chapter of York, rated in the king's books
at £ 9. 6. 0. The church is dedicated to All Saints.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.