WIGHILL, a parish in the ainsty of the city,
and East riding of the county of YORK, 2 miles
(N. by W.) from Tadcaster, containing 250 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at
£5. 3. 6., endowed with £200 private benefaction, and
£200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of -Wilson,
Esq. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is situated
on an eminence rising from the margin of the river
Wharfe.