Allerston, North Riding

Description
Allerston, a village, a township, and a parish in the N. R. Yorkshire. The parish lies near the river Derwent, 1/4 mile from Wilton station on the branch of the N.E.R., and 6 miles E of Pickering, the post town and telegraph office; Thornton-le-Dale, 2 1/2 miles distant, is the money order office. Acreage, 10,043 ; population, 373. The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Ebberston, in the diocese of York; joint gross yearly value, £293 with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of York. The church, which is ancient and in the Norman style, was thoroughly restored in 1882. Cross-cliff is a hamlet in this parish.