HELMSLEY (GATE), a parish within the liberty
of ST-PETER-OF-YORK, East riding, though locally in
the wapentake of Bulmer, North riding, of the county
of YORK, 6 miles (E.N.E.) from York, containing 209
inhabitants. The living is a discharged viearage, rated
in the king's books at £2, endowed with £200 private
benefaction, and £800 royal bounty, and in the peculiar
jurisdiction and patronage of the Prebendary of Osbaldwick
in the Cathedral Church of York. The church
is dedicated to St. Mary.