The Archdeaconry of Richmond in the Eighteenth Century

This volume contains the information collected by Francis Gastrell (Bishop of Chester 1714-25) about the Yorkshire parishes within his doicese. His ''Notitia'' of the diocese is a mine of information concerning townships parishes schools and charities and gives a clear picture of the parishes in north-west Yorkshire in the reign of George I and an insight into how the churches schools and charities operated.