AMPLEFORTH, or AMPLEFORD, a parish partly
in the liberty of ST-PETER-of-YORK, East riding, and
partly in the wapentake of BIRDFORTH, but chiefly in the
wapentake of RYEDALE, North riding, of the county
of YORK, comprising the townships of Ampleforth
and Kirk-Oswald-quarter, and containing 582 inhabitants,
of which number, 214 are in the township of
Ampleforth, in. the last-named division of the county,
4 miles (S.W. by S.) from Helmsley. The living is a
discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and
patronage of the Prebendary of Ampleforth in the
Cathedral Church of York, rated in the king's books
at £4. 6. 5. The church is dedicated to St. Hilda.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.