WHELDRAKE, a parish partly within the liberty,
of ST-PETER-of-YORK, but chiefly in the wapentake
of OUZE-and-DERWENT, East riding of the county of
YORK, 7 miles (S. E.) from York, containing, with the
township of Langwith, 677 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Cleveland, and diocese
of York, rated in the king's books at £25. 17. -3-., and
in the patronage of the Archbishop of York. The church,
dedicated to St. Helen, was rebuilt in 1789. There are
places of worship for Wesleyan Methodists and Methodists
of the New Connexion. A manorial court is occasionally
held here, for the recovery of small debts, at
which a bailiff is appointed. Nineteen children are
educated for about £12 a year, arising from the bequests
of Silvester Walker, in 1775, and others.