HUMBLETON, a parish in the middle division of the
wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county
of YORK, comprising the chapelry of Elstronwick, and
the townships of Danthorpe, Fitling, Flinton, and Humbleton,
and containing 586 inhabitants, of which number,
136 are in the township of Humbleton, 9 miles
(N. E. by E.) 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 £10. 1. 0., endowed with £600 royal bounty, and
in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated
to St. Peter. Francis Heron, in 1718, devised certain
houses and lands, now producing an annual income of
£70, for teaphing and apprenticing eighteen children
of both sexes. At Elstronwick is a school, towards the
support of which, £11.10. is paid annually to a schoo
mistress from the poor's estate.