DRIFFIELD (LITTLE), a chapelry in the parish of
GREAT-DRIFFIELD, partly within the liberty of ST-PETER-of-YORK,
and partly in the Bainton-Beacon division
of the wapentake of HARTHILL, East riding of the county
of YORK, 1 mile (W.) from Great Driffield, containing
75 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy,
rated in the king's books at £5. 3. 4., endowed with-
£100 private benefaction, and £700 parliamentary
grant, and in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage
of the Precentor in the Cathedral Church of .York, as
Prebendary of Driffield. The church, dedicated to St.
Peter, was taken down and rebuilt in 1807; the ancient
structure was celebrated as the burial-place of Alfred,
King of Northumberland, who died in 705, to whose
memory an inscription is still preserved against the.
south wall of the chancel. There is a place of worship
for Wesleyan Methodists. Fairs are held on Easter--
Monday, Whit-Monday, August 26th, and September
19th, for horses, cattle, and sheep.