THURNSCOE, a parish in the northern division
of the wapentake of STRAFFORTH-and-TICKHILL,
West riding of the county of YORK, 2 miles (E.) from
Barnesley, containing 202 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated
in the king's books at £11.7. By., and in the patronage
of Earl Fitzwilliam. The church is dedicated to
St. Helen.