FELIX-KIRK, a parish comprising the township
of Felix-Kirk, within the liberty of RIPON, West riding,
and the chapelry of Boltby, and the townships of Sutton
under Whitcstone Cliffe, and Thhiby, in the wapentake of
BIRDFORTH, North riding, of the county of YORK, and
containing 1008 inhabitants, of which number, 113 are
in the township of Felix-Kirk, 4 miles (N. E. by E.) from
Thirsk. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Cleveland, and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £ 10, and in the patronage of the Archbishop
of York. The church is dedicated to St. Felix. At
Mount-St. John, in this parish, the Knights of St. John
of Jerusalem had formerly a preceptory.