KEYINGHAM, a parish in the southern division of
the wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county
of YORK, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Hedon, containing
639 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in
the archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese of York,
rated in the king's books. at £ 12, endowed with £600
royal bounty, and £ 1200 parliamentary grant, and in
the patronage of the Archbishop of York. The church
is dedicated to St. Nicholas. There is a place of worship
for .Wesleyan Methodists. In 1802, Edward Ombler,
Esq. bequeathed £200, directing the interest to be appropriated
to the education of children; and in 1807,
Edward Marriott bequeathed the residue of his estate,
amounting to £255 four per cents, for a similar purpose.