BOYNTON, a parish in the wapentake of DICKERING,
East riding of the county of YORK, 2 miles (W.
by N.) from Bridlington, containing 123 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of
the East riding, and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £7.14. 2., and in the patronage of Sir W. Strickland,
Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew.
On an eminence, south of Boynton Hall, is a lofty building,
which was erected by the late Sir George Strickland,
Bart., the upper story of which is encircled by a
colonnade, and it commands very extensive land and
sea views.