STRENSALL, a parish within the liberty of ST-PETER-of-YORK,
East riding, though locally in the wapentake
of Bulmer, North riding of the county of YORK,
6 miles (N.N.E.) from York, containing 378 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction
and patronage of the Prebendary of Strensall
in the Cathedral Church of York, rated in the king's
books at £4. 13. 4. The church is dedicated to St.
Mary. Robert Wilkinson, in 1718, gave by deed £ 14. 6.
per annum in support of a school; the present annual
income, arising from this and other sources, is £34,
for which the master instructs all the poor children of
the parish.