ALDFIELD, a chapelry in that part of the parish
of RIPON which is in the lower division of the wapentake
of CLARO, West riding of the county of YORK,
3 miles (W. by S.) from Ripon, containing 133 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, within the jurisdiction
of the peculiar court of Ripoii, endowed
with £200 private benefaction, and £600 royal bounty,
and in the patronage of Mrs. Lawrence. This village
is resorted to on account of its mineral springs, the
water of which possesses a sulphureous impregnation:
the neighbourhood abounds with beautiful and romantic
scenery.