Place:Murton (near York), North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameMurton (near York)
Alt namesMurtonsource: from redirect
Mortonsource: alternate spelling
TypeChapelry, Civil parish
Coordinates53.966°N 1.01°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoOsbaldwick, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Bulmer Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which it was located
Flaxton Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which the parish was a part 1894-1974
Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Englandadministrative district in which it was located 1974-1996
York, Yorkshire, Englandunitary authority of which it has been a part since 1996
NOTE: There is another civil parish named Murton about 20 miles (32km) north and much smaller. Murton (near Helmsley) was extraparochial until 1858 when it became a civil parish. This second Murton is not included in Wikipedia.


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Murton (#13 on map) is a civil parish and a village which from 1974 until 1996 was in the Ryedale District of North Yorkshire, England. Since 1996 it is within the City of York unitary authority, but very much on the outer boundary. To the west there is the village of Osbaldwick (#15) and York itself, to the north the parish of Stockton on the Forest (#19), and to the east the villages of Holtby (#10) and Warthill (#24). According to the 2011 census the parish had a population of 688.

The village has around a hundred properties ranging from traditional large country houses to more modern buildings. Its small church is dedicated to St. James and is linked with St Thomas' Church in Osbaldwick, its ancient parish.

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Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Murton was part of Flaxton Rural District. Historically, it was located in the ecclesiastical parish of Osbaldwick in the Bulmer Wapentake.

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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.
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