BARWICK-in-ELMETT, a parish in the lower division
of the wapentake of SKYRACK, West riding of the
county of YORK, comprising the townships of Barnbow,
Barwick, Kiddal with Potterton, Morwick with Scholes,
and Roundhay, and containing 1667 inhabitants, of which
number, 593 are in the township of Barwick, 8 miles
(N. E. by E.) from Leeds. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £33. 12. 6., and in the patronage of the King,
as Duke of Lancaster, The church is dedicated to All
Saints. A school is endowed with £ 14 per annum for
the instruction of fourteen poor children. Here was anciently
a castle of considerable extent and importance,
supposed to have been a residence of some of the Northumbrian
monarchs; the site was encompassed by a
fortification, including an area of upwards of thirteen
acres: the only remains are, a portion of the groundworks,
and a mount, called Hall Tower Hill.