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Staveley (All Saints)

STAVELEY (All Saints), a parish, in the Lower division of the wapentake of Claro, W. riding of York, 4 miles (N. by E.) from Knaresborough; containing 347 inhabitants. It comprises 1378a. 1r. 15p., of which about two-thirds are arable, and the remainder pasture and meadow, with a moderate portion of wood; the surface is boldly undulated, and the scenery is pleasing. There is a limestone-quarry, but it has not been wrought for many years; and a mill for spinning flax and grinding corn employs about fifty hands. On the north of tbe parish is a rivulet which separates it from the parish of Copgrove and the township of Rocliffe. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £8. 17. 11.; net income, £354; patron, the Rev. Richard Hartley. The tithes were commuted for land in 1801; there is a glebe-house, and the glebe altogether contains 235 acres. The church was rebuilt in 1831, at a cost of £1000. Here 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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