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Torp, xpi. oeccla, 
Mileburg, xpi. oeccla, 
Monechutone, xpi. oeccla, 
Esdesai and Cnapetun, xpi. oeccla, and 
Xpi. oeccla, near the citv of York. 
Now there is no doubt about the identity of the last on the 
list : it was the Church we are considering, then (and for 
centuries afterwards) being described as standing in the suburbs 
of the city of York. But what about the other places ? Let 
me read them again : 
Bishopthorpe, Christ’s Church, 
Bilborough, Christ’s Church, 
(Moor) Monkton, Christ’s Church, 
Hessay and Knapton, Christ’s Church, and 
Ch rist’s Church itself near the city of York. 
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But now the Church of Bishopthorpe never was Christ’s 
Church : its present and past dedication was S. Andrew. 
Bilborough Church was never known as Christ’s Church. 
Its patron saint is not really known, but it has sometimes 
been called S.“ Saviour’s, sometimes S. James, Lawton says 
it is unknown ; but certainly Christ’s Church has never 
been mentioned in the controversy regarding its dedication. 
And Moor Monkton Church is now, as it always has been, 
“ All Saints’.” Hessay and Knapton have no Church, or at 
least they had not until about four years ago, when a small 
Mission Church was erected at Hessay, Knapton still re¬ 
maining Churchless. 
Then why in Domesday are these places referred to as Torp, 
Christ’s Church, Mileburg, Christ’s Church, Monechutone, 
Christ’s Church, and Hessay and Knapton, Christ’s Church ? 
I think there is only one answer to that question : they were 
in a district known as Christ’s Church, a district lying to the 
west of the city of York, a district which was, or had been, 
possibly under the jurisdiction of the House of Secular Canons, 
a district at all events which was named after that Religious 
House. That Christ’s Church was not only the name of the 
Church but of a district is further corroborated by Domesday 
Book, for there is another entry respecting Richard Litz- 
