WESTERDALE, a parish in the eastern division of
the liberty of LANGBAURGH, North riding of the county
of YORK, 7 miles (S.S.E.) from Guilsbrough, containing
281 inhabitants. . The living is a perpetual curacy,
in the, peculiar jurisdiction of the manorial court of
Westerdale, and in the patronage of the Rector of
Stokesley. Fifteen children are instructed for £15 per
annumi arising from a rent-charge of £3, given by
Jane Duck, in 1734, and certain land left by Mary Fish,
in 1741.