STILLINGTON, a parish in the liberty of ST-PETER-of-YORK,
East riding, though locally in the wapentake
of Bulmer, North riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles
(E. S. E.) from Easingwould, containing 698 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction
and patronage of the Prebendary of Stillington
in the Cathedral Church of York, rated in the king's
books at £4. 15. 5., and endowed with £200 royal
bounty. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A National
school has been established in the village. The
celebrated Laurence Sterne held this living, and resided
at Sutton in the neighbourhood.