LEAK, a parish comprising the townships of Borrowby,
Crosby, Knayton with Brawith, Landmoth with
Catto and Leak, in the wapentake of ALLERTONSHIRE,
the chapelry of Nether-Silton, and the township of
Gueldable, in the wapentake of BIRDFORTH, North
riding of the county of YORK, and containing 1083 inhabitants,
of which number, 11 are in the township of
Leak, 6 miles (N.) from Thirsk. The living is a vicarage,
in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the
Bishop of Durham, rated in the king's books at £16.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a small
sum for the instruction of poor children. Leak was
once a large town, but was destroyed about the time of
the Conquest: the church and a farm-house alone remain
in the township.