SIGGLESTHORNE, a parish in the northern
division of the wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding
of the county of YORK, comprising the townships of
Catfoss, Little Hatfield, Seaton, and Sigglesthorne, and
containing 538 inhabitants, of which number, 163 are
in the township of Sigglesthorne, 10 miles (E. N. E.)
from Beverley. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of the East riding, and diocese of York, rated in
the king's books at £31. 1. 3., and in the patronage of
the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence.
Marmaduke Constable, in 1810, gave £200 to be applied
for the education of poor children: the annual
income is £16. 15., and fifteen are instructed.