Hi again, And just to confirm Martons location: MARTON CUM MOXBY: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1890. Wapentake of Bulmer - Petty Sessional Division of West Bulmer - Electoral Division of Stillington - Poor Law Union, County Court District, and Rural Deanery of Easingwold - Archdeaconry of Cleveland - Diocese of York. This parish is also called from its situation within the limits of what was once the Forest of Galtres, Marton-in-the-Forest, and Marton-in-Galtres, and not unfrequently Marton Lordship; but the latter is scarcely definite enough to distinguish it from other Martons in the County. Some slight alteration was made in the boundaries in 1887, and its area is now, according to the latest returns, 2,379½ acres; rateable value, £2,058; and population, 144. This manor or lordship, soon after the Norman Conquest, formed part of the possessions of the old Saxon family of Bulmer, the builders of Sheriff Hutton Castle, and Brancepeth Castle, in the County of Durham. Bertram de Bulmer, the last of the line, left an only daughter and heiress Emma, who married Geoffrey Neville, and thus Sheriff Hutton. Brancepeth, Raskelfe, &c., came into the possession of that family. The whole lordship is now the property of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who hold it in trust for the Archbishop of York, who is lord of the manor. There is no village; the houses lie scattered, chiefly, on the east side of the Foss. The land lies low, and was formerly a marsh, until drained and cultivated by the monks, hence its name Marton, that is, the ton or enclosure in the mere or marsh. ----- Original Message ----- From: "P & V Matthews" <vpmatt22@optusnet.com.au> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 7:55 AM Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] location of a place named "martin lordship" > Hi there, > > Excerpt from the Leeds Intelligencer Newspaper 1789 > > "This Farm is situate at Upper Thowthorpe, alias Thornthorpe, in Marton > Lordship, about ten Miles from York, five from Easingwold, and held by a > renewable Lease for Three Lives, under the Archbishop of York, at the annual > reserved Rent of Ten Pounds, and pays a Composition of 6s. 8d. Yearly, in > Lieu of all Tythes." > > This excerpt was from the following link; > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dutillieul/ZOtherPapers/NewLI10Mar1 > 789.html > > The following link also has some interesting reading on the area, including > Marton Lordship, relating to boundary stones etc. > > http://apl385.com/gilling/history/chapt10.htm > > This next link shows Easingwold in the present day. As you can see, the only > remaining 'part' of Marton is now Marton Abbey and Marton in the Forest. My > guess would be that the area originally came under a Lord's jurisdiction, > presumabley Lord Marton and he owned the surrounding land. > Hope this helps > > http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?grid2map?X=459640&Y=468800&arrow=Y& > zoom=5 > > You can zoom in a little further on this map and there is a 'very small > township' at Marton in the Forest including Marton Grange. > > > Paul in Queensland > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > To: <ENG-YORKSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 3:47 AM > Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] location of a place named "martin lordship" > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Author: titan2001 > > Surnames: > > Classification: queries > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.yks.general/14874.5/ > mb.ashx > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > hi everyone, > > you're all just fantastic!! using various pieces of info you've given me > it turns out that (after checking several different census years and > grouping people together) martin lordship should actually be marton > lordship. whilst the exact location of "lordship" is not precisely known as > yet it must be the near the marton at easingwold in north yorkshire. many > thanks to you all. by the way, if anyone locates "marton lordship" as to its > precise location then i'd love to know. thanks again. > > > > Important Note: > > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message