Place:Marton in Cleveland, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameMarton in Cleveland
Alt namesMarton (near Middlesbrough)source: Wikipedia
Martonsource: common local usage
East Martonsource: village in parish
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates54.551°N 1.243°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inCleveland, England     (1974 - 1996)
North Yorkshire, England     (1996 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoLangbaurgh West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which it was located
Middlesbrough Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1894-1932
Stokesley Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district into which part was transferred in 1932
Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandborough into which part was transferred in 1932
Teesside, Cleveland, Englandconurbation of which it was a part 1974-1996
Middlesbrough (metropolitan borough), North Yorkshire, Englandunitary authority to which the Stokesley Rural portion was transferred in 1996
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog

NOTE: There are a number of places in Yorkshire named Marton, usually with an additional name as part of the official description. Locally, the town described here is simply known as "Marton", although the name of the civil parish is Marton in Cleveland. Wikipedia names it "Marton, Middlesborough".

Marton cum Grafton in the West Riding and Marton cum Moxby in the North Riding have been confused with Marton in Cleveland but both are a distance away.


the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Marton — officially Marton-in-Cleveland — is a dormitory suburb of Middlesbrough, in northeast England, built from the 1950s onwards, around and beyond a small village of the same name. Marton now stands firmly within the boundaries of Middlesbrough unitary authority which is included in present-day North Yorkshire for ceremonial purposes. Originally, the parish of Marton extended down to the River Tees; but, with the expansion of Middlesbrough, the parish became progressively smaller.

The famous explorer and navigator James Cook was born to James and Grace Cook in a clay-built cottage in the village of East Marton in 1728, and he lived for a short time in the village, until the family moved to Great Ayton.

Prior to the creation of Teesside and Stockton-on-Tees unitary authority in 1974, Marton was located in Middlesbrough Rural District from 1894 until 1932. Part of the civil parish was transferred into Middlesbrough Borough in 1932 and the remainder was transferred to Stokesley Rural District where it remained until until 1974. The entire original parish of Marton-in-Cleveland is now within Middlesbrough Borough Council.

Historically, it was an ecclesiastical parish in the Langbaurgh West Wapentake. It was in the Stockton Registration District in County Durham until 1875 and in the Middlesbrough Registration District in the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1875 until 1974.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Marton, Middlesbrough.

Research Tips

This is by far the most complete history of the parishes of the North Riding to be found online. The volumes are divided into sections by wapentake (early divisions of the county) and the parishes within each wapentake follow in alphabetical order. The links above open to the indexes covering all the wapentakes in the volume.
  • GENUKI has a page on all three ridings of Yorkshire and pages for each of the ancient or ecclesiastical parishes in the county. Under each ancient parish there is a list of the settlements (townships and chapelries) within it and brief description of each. Many of these secondary settlements became civil parishes during the latter half of the 19th century.
These notes are based on a gazetteer dated 1835 and there may have been a number of alterations to the parish setup since then. However, it is worthwhile information for the pre civil registration era. GENUKI provides references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area. There is no guarantee that the website has been kept up to date and the submitter is very firm about his copyright, but this should not stop anyone from reading the material.
  • The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date. The wiki has a link to English Jurisdictions 1851 which gives the registration district and wapentake for each parish, together with statistics from the 1851 census for the area.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time, Yorkshire North Riding, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions which also include historical population and area statistics. Descriptions provided are usually based on a gazetteer of 1870-72.
  • Map of the North Riding divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
  • Map of North Riding divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
  • Another provider of maps is the National Library of Scotland. In this index the Scottish provision precedes the English one, but the choice of maps for England is still quite vast.
  • Yorkshire has a large number of family history and genealogical societies. A list of the societies will be found on the Yorkshire, England page.
  • In March 2018 Ancestry announced that its file entitled "Yorkshire, England: Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873" has been expanded to include another 94 parishes (across the three ridings) and expected it to be expanded further during the year. The entries are taken from previously printed parish registers.
  • The chapter of the Victoria County History, published 1923, dealing with Marton in Cleveland parish. This chapter has been titled Marton with Moxby in error. The content deals with Marton in Cleveland.


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