Birkin, West Riding

Description
Birkin, a township and a parish in the W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Aire, 3 miles from Whitley Bridge station on the L. & Y.R., and 7 1/2 SW of Selby. It has a post office under Normanton, which is the telegraph office; money order office, Ferrybridge. Acreage, 2173; population of the township, 158; of the ecclesiastical parish, 487. The parish comprises the township of Beal. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York; net value, £361 with residence, in the gift of Simeon's Trustees. The church dates from 1130, and is quite a gem.