FORCETT, a parish in the western division of the
wapentake of GILLING, North riding of the county of
YORK, comprising the townships of Barforth, Carkin,
Forcett, and Ovington, and containing 417 inhabitants,
of which number, 86 are in the township
of Fprcett, 7 miles (N. by E,)-from Richmond. The
living is a perpetual, curacy, in the archdeaconry of
Richmond, and diocese of Chester, endowed with £400
royal bounty, and £1400 parliamentary grant, and in
the patronage of the Vicar of Gilling. The church, dedicated
to St. Cuthbert, is a neat structure. There are
remains of a Roman intrenchment in the parish.