SHERBURN, a parish in the wapentake of BUCKROSE,
East riding of the county of YORK, 11 miles
(E. N. E.) from New Malton, containing 496 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of the East riding, and diocese of York, rated in the
king's books at £6. 0. 2., endowed with £400 royal
bounty, and £400 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage
of Sir W. Strickland, Bart. The church is dedicated
to St. Hilda. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists.