KIRKBY-WHARFE, a parish, county of YORK, comprising the township
of Ulleskelf within the liberty of ST-PETER-of-YORK,
East riding, and the townships of Grimston and
Kirkby-Wharfe with Milford (a portion of which latter
is also within the liberty of ST-PETER-OF-YORK), upper
division of the wapentake of BARKSTONE-ASH, West
riding, of the county of YORK, and containing 574 inhabitants,
of which number, 86 are in the township of
Kirkby-Wharfe with Milford, 2 miles (S. E. by S.) from
Tadcaster. The living is a discharged vicarage, rated in
the king's books at £3. 16. 8., endowed with £500
private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in
the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Prebendary
of Wetwang in the Cathedral Church of York.
The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, has lately
received an addition of eighty-six sittings, of which
forty-three are free, the Incorporated Society for the
enlargement of churches and chapels having granted
£20 towards defraying the expense. The river Wharfe
runs through the parish.