WHARRAM-le-STREET, a parish comprising the
township of Wharram le Street, in the wapentake of
BUCKROSE, East riding of the county of YORK, 6
miles (S. E. by E.) from New Malton, containing 127
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in
the peculiar jurisdiction of the court of the Dean and
Chapter of York, rated in the king's books at £6,
endowed with £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of Lord Middleton. The church is dedicated to
St. Mary.