SALTON, a parish in the liberty of ST-PETER-of-YORK,
East riding, though locally in the wapentake of
Ryedale, North riding, of the county of YORK, comprising
the townships of Brawby and Salton, and containing
336 inhabitants, of which number, 148 are in
the township of Salton, 6 miles (W. S. W.) from Pickering.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar
jurisdiction of the Impropriator, rated in the king's
books at £4. 10. 10., and in the patronage of G. W.
Dowker, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. John of
Beverley.