Place:Marton (near Pickering), North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameMarton (near Pickering)
Alt namesMarton
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates54.258°N 0.801°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoPickering Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which the civil parish was a part 1894-1974
Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it has been situated since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog

NOTE: There are a number of places in Yorkshire which include the name Marton, usually as part of the official description.

Marton (near Pickering) is in the North Riding of Yorkshire, as is Marton cum Moxby, Marton le Moor and Marton in Cleveland. Marton cum Grafton was in the West Riding and is now in North Yorkshire. Marton in Holderness and Sewerby cum Marton are both in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. There are others.


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Marton is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale District of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of the market town of Pickering on the River Seven.

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A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Marton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"MARTON, a township in Sinnington parish, [North Riding of] Yorkshire; on the river Rye, 4¾ miles W by S of Pickering. Acres: 640. Population: 243. Houses: 56. The manor belongs to the Rev. G. Wright. The township is a meet for the Sinnington hounds. A schoolroom is used fortnightly as a chapel of ease; and there are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists."

Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Marton was located in Pickering Rural District. Historically, it was located in the ecclesiastical parish of Sinnington in the Pickering Lythe Wapentake. It was in the Pickering Registration District.

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