FISHLAKE, a parish in the southern division of the
wapentake of STRAFFORTH-AND-TICKHILL, West riding
of the county of YORK, comprising the chapelry of
Sykehouse, and the township of Fishlake, and containing
1274 inhabitants, of which number, 723 are in the
township of Fishlake, 4 miles (W.) from Thome. The
living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
York, rated in the king's books at £13. 3. 9., endowed
with £400 private benefaction, and £1600 parliamentary
grant, and in the patronage of the Dean and
Chapter of Durham. The church is dedicated to St.
Cuthbert. The Rev. Richard Rands, in 1641, founded
and endowed a school for the education of children
unlimitedly: the property consists of a school-house
and garden, with certain lands producing an income
of £102. 13. a year: forty children are now educated.