Barwick in Elmet, West Riding

Description
Barwick-in-Elmet, a township and a parish in the W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 3 miles N of Gariorth railway station, and 7 ENE of Leeds, and forms a parish with the hamlets of Barrowby, Barnbow, Kiddal, Potterton, Scholes, and part of Winmoor; and has a post and money order office under Leeds; Aberford is the telegraph office. Acreage, 6957; population of the civil parish, 2403; of the ecclesiastical, 1285. A monastery, which existed in 730, but was probably much older, stood somewhere in the parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon; net value, £800 with residence. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is good, and there are charities. A large mound called Hall-Tower Hill, with extensive earthworks, enclosing about 8 acres, is said to have been the stronghold of Edwin, King of Northumbria; but it is of British origin, though probably utilised by the Saxons later on against the Danes, and then connected with several miles of earthworks extending to the east.