Burneston

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

Data from the 'Collectio Rerum Ecclesiasticarum' from the year 1842.

The place: LEEMING.     Church dedication: ST. JOHN BAPTIST.

Area, 2,300 acres. Hallikeld wapentake. Population, 633 ; Church-room, £170; Net value, £84.

Patron, the Vicar of Burneston.

Here was a Chantry founded for the soul of Sir John Heslarton, Clerk. There is no glebe house.

Register Books, vide Burneston. Charities, vide Burneston.

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References:
Torre's MS., page 1627. Whitaker's Richmondshire, vol. ii. page 133.