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Poppleton, Upper

POPPLETON, UPPER, a chapelry, in the parishes of Nether Poppleton and St. Mary Bishopshill Junior, E. division of Ainsty wapentake, W. riding of York, 4 miles (N. W. by W.) from York; containing 373 inhabitants, and comprising by measurement 1340 acres. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to that of Copmanthorpe: the tithes for the manor of Poppleton were commuted for land in 1769. The chapel is a neat edifice, dedicated to All Saints. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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