WHISTON, a parish in the southern division of the
wapentake of STRAFFORTH-and-TICKHILL, West riding
of the county of YORK, 2 miles (S.B.) from Rotherham,
containing 859 inhabitants. The living is a recr.
tory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in
the king's books at £10, and in the patronage of Lord
Howard of Effingham. The church is dedicated to St.
James. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Mer
thodists. Francis Mansel, in 1728, bequeathed a rentcharge
of £6 for teaching twelve children; Mr. Shaw,
in 1719, left £5 a year for the education of ten;- and
Joseph Hammond, in 1794, among other charitable bequests,
gave a proportionate sum for the instruction of
twelve.