OS grid reference SE604680 Country England Post town YORK Shire county North Yorkshire UK parliament constituency Thirsk and Malton | Civil parish Marton-cum-Moxby Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Tuesday 1:06 AM District Hambleton | |
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Marton-cum-Moxby is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish is less than 100 at the time of the 2011 Census. Details were included in the civil parish of Farlington, North Yorkshire. It is situated to the east of the villages of Stillington and Farlington, near Easingwold. Marton-cum-Moxby consists of the hamlets of Marton-in-the-Forest and Moxby. Today both Marton and Moxby are overwhelmingly agricultural in character.
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Map of Marton-cum-Moxby, UK
History
Both Marton-in-the-Forest and Moxby Hall are mentioned in the Domesday Book as Martun and Molesbi respectively. Both were part of the Bulford hundred.
The etymology of Marton comes from Old English of mere and tun meaning settlement in the marsh.
The civil parish was formed from the ancient Marton-cum-Moxby parish that arose from the Augustinian priories of Marton (monks) and Moxby (nuns). Boundary changes transferred land to Sutton-on-the-Forest in 1882 and Farlington in 1887.
Governance
The parish is within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It lies within the Stillington ward of Hambleton District Council and Stillington electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council.
Geography
The parish is bounded on the east by the River Foss and on the west by Farlington Beck. Much of the parish used to be a marsh prior to being drained by the nearby monasteries.
Religion
There is a functioning church in the parish dedicated to St Mary located at Marton-in-the-Forest. It is a Grade II* listed building built around 1540, though some parts indicate an older building.
Notable buildings
The Priory of St Mary was founded by Bertram de Bulmer in 1158 as a joint house of monks and nuns at Marton, although by 1167 the nuns had moved to Moxby. Bulmer endowed the priory with lands at Burnsall and Thorpe. Henry II granted Moxby land in Huby, and the churches of Whenby and Thormanby. Both priories were suppressed by Henry VIII in 1536 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The remains of both priories are now Scheduled Monuments.