DUNNINGTON, a parish partly in the wapentake of OUZE-AND-DERWENT, but chiefly within the liberty of ST-PETER-OF-YORK, East riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles (E. by N.) from York, containing, with the township of Grimston, 623 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Cleveland, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £19, and in the patronage of the Trustees of the late Earl of Bridgewater. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The high road here separates the East from the North riding.