West Marton

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West Marton
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West Marton
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference SD893504
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Post town Skipton
Postcode district BD23
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53°57′01″N2°09′47″W / 53.9504°N 2.1630°W / 53.9504; -2.1630

West Marton is a village in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the A59 road about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of the market town of Skipton, and 8 miles (13 km) north of Colne. [1] [2]

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History

Marton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Gospatric (son of Arnketil) and having two villagers. [3] Historical forms of the name have been recorded as Martun, Marton in Craven, and Bothe Martons. [4] The name derives from the Old English of mere tūn, a farm near a pool. [5] Sometime in the 12th century, the mill at Marton was donated to the religious house of Bolton Priory, (Embsay) before it moved to the place now known as Bolton Abbey. [6]

West Marton has a village Hall and a shop which doubles up as a post office. [7] [8] To the south of the village is Gledstone Hall, which is a grade II* listed building. The current building, designed by Edwin Lutyens, was built in 1923, replacing an earlier structure designed by John Carr of York. [9] [10] [11]

Together with East Marton it forms the civil parish of Martons Both. At the 2011 Census, the parish of Martons Both had 213 residents. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Genuki: East Marton, Yorkshire (West Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "West Marton Craven (BD23)". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Marton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Martons Both, East Marton & West Marton :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 317. ISBN   0-19-869103-3.
  6. ↑ Farrer, William; Clay, Charles Travis, eds. (2013). Early Yorkshire Charters. Volume 7 The Honour of Skipton (2 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 240. ISBN   978-1-108-05830-8.
  7. ↑ "Craven District Council : West Marton Village Hall". www.cravendc.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "West Marton Post Office". www.postoffice.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  9. ↑ Historic England. "Gledstone Hall (Grade II*) (1001312)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  10. ↑ Arnot, Chris (28 April 2005). "Lasting impressions". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "Old hall opens its doors". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 6 September 2002. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  12. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Martons Both Parish (1170216774)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 8 June 2020.


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