GARTON, a parish in the middle division of the
wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county of
YORK, containing, with the townships of Garton and
Owstwick, part of which latter is in the parish of Rooss,
299 inhabitants, of which number, 160 are in the township
of Garton, 12 miles (N. E. by B.) from Kingston upon
Hull. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of the East riding, and diocese of York,
rated in the king's books at £6. 1. 0., endowed with
£400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown.
The church is a neat structure, dedicated to St. Michael.
Here is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.