CAYTON, a parish in PICKERING lythe, North
riding of the county of YORK, comprising the townships
of Cayton-Deepdale with Killerby, and Osgodby, and
containing 519 inhabitants, of which number, 447 are
in the township of Cayton-Deepdale, 4 miles (S. by E.).
from Scarborough. The living is a perpetual curacy
annexed to the vicarage of Seamer, in the archdeaconry'
of the East riding, and diocese of York. The church is
dedicated to St. Leonard. There are places of worship
for Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists. A school is
endowed with £15 a year.