HARTWITH, a chapelry, joint with Winsley, in the
parish of KIRKBY-MAIZEARD, lower division of the
wapentake of CLARO, West riding of the county of
YORK, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Ripley, containing 675
inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the
peculiar jurisdiction of the Prebendal court of Mashan
in the Cathedral Church of York, or in that of the
Dean and Chapter of York, being claimed by both, and
the matter not yet determined, endowed with £1100
private benefaction, and £800 royal bounty. A small
school-room has been erected, and is endowed with an
estate by Robert Haxby; the present annual income
is £29.