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POPPLETON, NETHER,  '''a parish''', in the E. divivision of Ainsty wapentake, W. riding of York, 4 miles (N. W.) from York, on the road to Boroughbridge; containing 240 inhabitants. It comprises 1169 acres, of which 669 are arable, and 500 pasture and meadow: the surface is level; the soil is various, but rich, except on the moorland, and the scenery is pleasing, embracing views of the river Ouse, and York cathedral. The York and Newcastle railway passes east of the church, and crosses the Ouse on a bridge of three semi-elliptical arches, thirty feet above the bed of that river, which forms the northern boundary of the parish. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £155; patron and appropriator, the Archbishop of York, whose tithes are held under lease by Richard F. Wilson, Esq. The church was rebuilt, with the exception of the chancel, in 1842, at a cost of £400; it has a turret with two bells of reverberating sound, and contains some monuments to the family of Archbishop Hutton, who resided here in1620. Prince Rupert, with his army, crossed the riverat this place, on his way to Marston-Moor, in 1644.

From: Lewis, Samuel A.,&nbsp; ''A Topographical Dictionary of England ''(1848), pp. 593-596. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51219&nbsp; Date accessed: 15 September 2011.&nbsp;<br>