BOLTON-PERCY, a parish in the ainsty of the
city, and East riding of the county of YORK, comprising
the townships of Appleton-Roebuck, Bolton-Percy,
Colton, and Steeton, and containing 1054 inhabitants,
of which number, 238 are in the township of Bolton-
Percy, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Tadcaster. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of the East ridmg,
and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at.
£39. 15. 2., and in the patronage of the Archbishop
of York. The church, dedicated to All Saints, was
built in 1423, by Thomas Parker, the rector: it is a
neat structure, decorated with a considerable quantity
of stained glass, and containing several monuments
belonging to the family of Fairfax. There is a place or
worship for Wesleyan Methodists.