Acaster-Malbis, (Ainsty) a parish town; 4 ½ miles from York, 7 from Tadcaster – Pop. 291. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, value, pr. 32l. Patron, Paul Beilby Thompson, Esq. Bacon styles it a discharged vicarage, value, 5l. 6s. 5½d.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire By Thomas Langdale. Second Edition. Printed and Sold by J. Langdale; and sold by T. Langdale, Ripon. 1822.