ROUTH, a parish in the northern division of the
wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county
of YORK, 4 miles (N. E. by E.) from Beverley, containing
124 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of the East riding, and diocese of York, rated
in the king's books at £8. 1.7. 1., and in the patronage
of the Misses Ellerkers. The church, dedicated to All
Saints, has a Norman door and three stone stalls.