Birdforth, North Riding

Description
Birdforth, a hamlet, township, and chapelry, in the N. R. Yorkshire. The chapelry is in Husthwaite parish, and lies 3 miles ENE of Sessay railway station, and 5 NNW of Easingwold, which is the post town. Area of the township, 628 acres; population, 50. The property chiefly belongs to Viscount Downe, who is lord of the manor. The living is annexed to Husthwaite, in the diocese of York; joint net value, £280, in the gift of the Archbishop of York. The church is very ancient.