WELBURY, a parish in the wapentake of BIRDFORTH,
North riding of the county of YORK, 6 miles
(N. N. E.) from North Allerton, containing 257 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Cleveland, and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £7- 2. 11., and in the patronage of the King,
as Duke of Lancaster. The church, dedicated to St.
Leonard, has been lately rebuilt.