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MARTON-IN-THE-FOREST, a parish in Easingwold district, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Foss, and within the old forest of Gartree, 4½ miles WNW of Flaxton r. station, and 5 ESE of Easingwold. It contains the hamlet of Moxby; and its Post town is Easingwold. Acres, 2,370. Real property, £3,396. Pop., 168. Houses, 29. The manor belongs to the Archbishop of York. An Augustinian priory was founded at Marton, in the time of King Stephen, by Bertram of Bulmer; and a nunnery was founded at Moxby by Henry II. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Farlington, in the diocese of York. The church is ancient.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Marton Cum Moxby AP/CP Easingwold RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Marton in the Forest |
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