Sicklinghall is a village and township, 9 miles east-south-east from Kirkby Overblow and 1 ½ from Spofforth station. Here is a Catholic church, dedicated to St. Mary, with a monastery attached, called the Lys Marie Monastery, of the order of the Immaculate Conception; young men are educated here for the Catholic priesthood: the church, together with the house, was erected in 1852, by Peter Middleton esq. of Linton springs, and is in the Gothic Style, with groined timber roof: since its erection two wings have been added by the order for the monastery; the total cost of the building was about £8,000: all the windows are stained, the east window being especially fine. Woodhall, on the banks of the Wharfe, 1st he seat of H. R. J. Scott esq. The Wesleyans have a chapel here, built of stone. The Earl of Harewood, who in lord of the manor, and H. R. J. Scott esq. are the principal landowners. The area is 1,494 acres; rateable value £2,353: and the population (1871), 246. There is a population of 42.