FILEY, a parish partly in PICKERING lythe, North
riding, but chiefly in the wapentake of DICKERING, East
riding, of the county of YORK, 2 miles (N. by E.) from
Hunmanby, containing, with the townships of Gristhorpe
and Libberston, which are in Pickering lythe, 1128
inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the
archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese of York,
endowed with £400 private benefaction, £600 royal
bounty, and £1600 parliamentary grant, and in the
patronage of Humphrey Osbaldeston Esq. The church
is dedicated to St. Oswald. The parish is bounded
on the east by the bay of the same name. It has a
considerable fishery, and is much resorted to in the
bathing season. There is a mineral spring, the water
of which has properties similar to that at Scarborough.