ARNCLIFFE, a parish comprising the township of Buckden in the eastern division, and the chapelry of Haltongill, and the townships of Arncliffe, West Halton, Hawkswith, and Litton, in the western division, of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE-and-EWCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, and containing 1063 inhabitants, of which number, 189 are in the township of Amcliffe, lOf miles (N. E.) from Settle. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £ 13. 6. 8., endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of University College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Oswald. The village is pleasantly situated near the river Wharf: the scenery in the vicinity is highly picturesque.