KIRKBY-MISPERTON, a parish in PICKERING
lythe, North riding of the county of YORK, comprising
the townships of Barugh-Ambe, Great Habton,
Little Habton, Kirkby-Misperton, and Ryton, and containing
809 inhabitants, of which number, 170 are in
the township of Kivkby-Misperton, 8 miles (S.W.
by S.) from Pickering, The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Cleveland, and diocese of York, rated
in the king's books at £25. 1. 10., and in the patronage
of Lord Feversham. The church is dedicated to
St. Lawrence. William Smithson, in 1637, bequeathed
a rent-charge of £10 per annum towards the support
of a school for all the poor children of the parish.