RASKELF, a chapelry in the parish of EASINGWOULD, wapentake of BULMER, North riding of the county of YORK, 2 miles (W. N.W.) from Easingwould, containing 440 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Cleveland, and diocese of York, endowed with £ 400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Chester. The chapel is dedicated to St. Mary. There are two trifling endowments-, applied for teaching six poor children.