GENUKI: Marton

The Ancient Parish of MARTON

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"MARTON, a parish-town, in the upper division of Claro, liberty of St. Peter; 3 miles S. of Boroughbridge, 6 from Knaresborough, 15 from York. Pop. including Grafton, 464, which being united form a township. The Church is a vicarage, in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, ~£2. 19s. 4d. Patron, St. John's College, Cambridge."

"GRAFTON, in the township of Marton cum Grafton, and parish of Marton, upper division of Claro, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 3 miles S. of Boroughbridge, 6¼ from Knaresborough. Pop. included in Marton."

Cemeteries

The following MIs are available on the Kirkheaton.info website (you will need to register (free)):
- Marton-cum-Grafton, Christ Church.

Churches

Here is a photograph of Christ Church, Marton (in the rain).
- Internal view looking down the nave

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Marton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Marton.

Directories

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.

Gazetteers

There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts.

Maps

For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.

Memorial Inscriptions

The World War I Memorial Plaque in Christ Church, Marton cum Grafton.

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- Harrogate and district Family History Society

Taxation

A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.

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