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

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

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

The place: CONISTON.     Church dedication: ST. MARY.

Area, vide Burnsall ; Staincliffe wapentake, E. D. -Population, vide Burnsall; Chapel-room, 310; Net value, no return. -The town contained five carucates of land, held of the Castle of Skipton.

The Chapel may be considered as the oldest building in Craven. -Whitaker, page 455.

An Inclosure Act was passed in the 41st Geo. III.

The Register Books commence in 1571. They are in Rolls till 1772.

Charities:
Poor's land and dole. ISa. 2r. 3r., and rent-charge of 5s. for the poor of Coniston with Kilnsay. -Vide 13th Report, page 623.

Post town: Skipton.

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References:
Torre's MS., page 512. Abp. Sharp's MS., vol. i. page 125. Whitaker's Craven, page 451.