KILNWICK, a parish in the Bainton-Beacon division of the wapentake of HARTHILL, East riding of the county of YORK, comprising -the chapelry of Beswick, and the townships of Bracken, Kilnwick, and a portion, of Locldngton, and containing 676 inhabitants, of which number, 230 are in the township of Kilnwick, 7 miles (S.S.W.) from Great Driffield. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese of York. Charles Grimston, Esq. was patron in 1817 The church is dedicated to All Saints.