Grinton |
Area, 32,170 acres. Gilling West wapentake. -Population, 1,247 ; Church-room, 450; Net value, £98.Patron, the Vicar of Grinton.
The glebe house is fit for residence.
The Register Books commence in 1638. Parts illegible.
Charities:
Free School, founded by Anthony Metcalfe, by will, 11th July 1678 ; eight free scholars, in reading, writing, accounts, and the Church-catechism. Endowment; fourteen acres of land, and a school-house. -Vide 7th Report, page 651.
References:
Not noticed by Torre. Whitaker's Richmondshire, vol. i. page 310.