WESTOW, a parish in the wapentake of BUCKROSE,
East riding of the county of YORK, comprising
the townships of Eddlethorp, Firby, Menethorpe, and
Westow, and containing 660 inhabitants, of which
number, 423 are in the township of Westow, 5 miles
(S. S. W.) from New Malton. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of the East
riding, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books
at £4. 18. 4., and in the patronage of the Archbishop
of York. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Three
poor children are educated for an annuity of £2. 10.,
the gift of Elizabeth Sugar.