ALDBROUGH, a parish in the middle division of the wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county of YORK, comprising the townships of Aldbrough, East Newton, West Newton, and a portion of the township of Cowdons, and containing 998 inhabitants, of which number, 802 are in the township of Aldbrough, 11 miles (N. E. by E.) from Kingston upon Hull. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £13. 15., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is a large edifice in the English style of architecture: it contains a circular stone, bearing an inscription recording its erection by one Ulf, who was lord of the place, and had a castle here, every vestige of which has been destroyed. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Slight traces of a Roman road are discernible in the vicinity. The rental of certain land, left by Mr. Towry, is appropriated to the instruction of children and the relief of the poor.