A HISTORY OF YORKSHIRE 



included under one head.''" Subsequently the parishes of Adel, Guiselc)-, Leeds, and Otley 

 (Skyrack), and Fewston, Hampsthwaite, Leathley, Pannal, and W^eston (Clare), with their 

 chapelries/* were formed into the deanery of Old Ainsty ; while the remainder were 

 comprised in that of New Ainsty. 



(3) The deanery of Craven embraced the wapentake ot Staincliffe, with the parishes 

 of Bingley and Ilkley *^ in Skyrack Wapentake. The following churches are mentioned in 

 the Ecclisiastkal Taxation : Addingham, ArnclifFe, Bolton-in-Craven,'* Bracewell, Broughton, 

 Burnsall, Carlton, Gargrave, Giggleswick, Gisburn, Keighley, Kildwick, Kirby Malham, 

 Linton, Long Preston, Marton, Great Mitton, Skipton, Slaidburn, and Thornton ; Bingley 

 and Ilkley. To these should be added Gilkirk," Horton-in-Ribblesdale," and Kettlewell." 



(4) The deanery of Doncaster embraced the soke of Doncaster, with the exception 

 of Rossington ; the wapentake of StrafForth and Tickhill, with the exceptions already 

 mentioned as in the archdeaconry of Nottingham ; the greater portion of the wapentake of 

 Staincross ; and part of the wapentake of Osgoldcross. The following churches, exclusive 

 of peculiars, are mentioned in Pope Nicholas' Taxation . Adwick-le-Street, Adwick-on- 

 Dearne, Arksey, Armthorpe, Aston, Barnby-on-Don, Barnbrough, BoIton-on-Dearne, 

 Braithwell, Brodsworth, Cantley, Conisbrough, Darfield," Dinnington, Doncaster, Eccles- 

 field, Edlington," Fishlake, Harthill, Hatfield, Hickleton, Hooton Pagnell, Hooton Roberts, 

 Maltby, Melton-on-thc-Hill, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, Sandal Parva,'^ Sheffield, Sprotbrough, 

 Thrybergh, Thurnscoe, Tickhill, Todwick, Treeton, Warmsworth, Wath-on-Dearne, 

 Whiston, and Wickersley, in Strafforth and Tickhill ; Darton, Felkirk, Hemsworth, High 

 Hoyland, Penistone, Royston, Silkstone, and Tankersley, in Staincross ; Badsworth, 

 Burghwallis, Campsall, Kirk Bramwith, Kirk Smeaton, Owston, and South Kirkby, in 

 Osgoldcross. Stainton, originally a chapelry of Tickhill, is mentioned in the Fa/or 

 Ecc/esiasticus as a separate benefice ; and Marr, a chapelry of Hickleton, appears to have 

 been accounted parochial before the Reformation.'' 



(5) The deanery of Pontefract embraced the northern and eastern portions of the 

 wapentake of Osgoldcross ; the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley with the exception ot 

 the chapelry of Saddleworth ; and a small portion of the wapentake of Staincross. The 

 following churches are mentioned in Pope Nicholas" Taxation : Ackworth, Adlingflect, 

 Castleford, Darrington, Featherstone, Ferry Fryston, Kellington, Pontefract, and Womersley, 

 in Osgoldcross ; °' Almondbury, Batley, Birstal, Bradford, Calverley, Crofton, Dewsbury, 

 Emley, Halifax, Huddersfield, Kirkburton, Kirkheaton, Methley, Mirfield, Normanton, 

 Rothwell, Sandal Magna, Thornhill, Wakefield, Warmfield, and Woodkirk, in Agbrigg and 

 Morley. To these should be added Whitgift,"' in Osgoldcross, mentioned in the Fa/or 

 Ecclesiasticus ; East Ardsley, in Agbrigg and Morley ; and Wragby,°° in Osgoldcross and 

 Staincross wapentakes. 



The Archdeaconry of East Riding comprised the whole of the East Riding, with the exception 

 of the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent. Fulford and Naburn, in this wapentake, were chapelries 

 in the deanery of the Christianity of York and York archdeaconry : the rest of the wapentake was 

 in the archdeaconry of Cleveland and deanery of Bulmer. Portions of -the wapentake of Pickering 

 Lythe and the liberty of Whitby Strand, in the North Riding, were included in the archdeaconry of 

 East Riding. 



The following peculiar jurisdictions were locally within the limits of the archdeaconry : 



(i) The jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of York included Bishop Burton, 

 Bubwith," Burton Pidsea," Helperthorpe,^ and Weaverthorpe.** 



" forks. Chant. Surv. (Surt. Soc.), ii, 2 1 1. 



" Old chapels existing before the time of the Commonwealth were as follows : Thruscross (Fewston) ; 

 Horsforth (Guiseley) ; Thornthwaite (Hampsthwaite) ; Leeds St. John, Beeston, Bramley, Chapel Allerton, 

 Famley, Headingley, Holbeck, Hunslet (Leeds) ; Baildon, Burley, Denton, Farnley, Pool (Otley). 



'^ Part of Ilkley is in the wapenuke of Claro, in which also are included parts of Addingham, 

 Burnsall, and Skipton. m i.e. Bolton-by-Bowland. 



" i.e. St. Mary-le-Gill, at Barnoldswick. « Horton is partly in Ewcross Wapentake. 



'^ No returns for the deanery of Craven remain in Valor Eccl. ; but the printed edition (Rec. Com.), v, 

 14.3, gives the retams from the Liber Vabrum, in which Gilkirk and Horton appear as curacies. 



" \\'orsborough, formerly a chapeky of Darfield, is in Staincross Wapentake. 



" Now united with Warmsworth. « i_e_ Kjrt Sandall. 



'• See Lawton, Coll. 206. Frickley with Clayton (ibid. 195) should also be mentioned ; it was a parish 

 church at the time of the Parliamentary Survey. 



" Also Snaith, a peculiar of Selby Abbey at a later date. " Formerly peculiar. 



" A donative chapelry after the dissolution of Nostell Priory. 



" Locally in the deanery of Harthill. " Locally in the deanery of Holdemess. 



" Originally a chapel of Weaverthorpe. " Locally in the deanery of Buckrose. 



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