WHARRAM-PERCY, a parish in the wapentake of
BUCKROSE, East riding of the county of YORK, comprising
the townships of Raisthorpe with Birdall, Thixendale,
Towthorpe, and Wharram-Percy, and containing
336 inhabitants, of which number, 44 are ia the township
of Wharram-Percy, 7 miles (S.E.) 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 £11. 13. 4., endowed
with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Miss
Isted and Miss Englefield.