ARTHINGTON, a township in the parish of ADDLE,
upper division of the wapentake of SKYRACK, West
riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles (E.) from Otley,
containing 329 inhabitants. A convent of Cluniac nuns
was founded here, in the twelfth century, by Piers de
Ardington, which was valued, at the dissolution, at
£19, the site is occupied by a farm-house, now called
the "Nunnery." There is an endowment of £3 per
annum for the education of poor children.