Marton cum Grafton explained

Official Name:Marton cum Grafton
Type:Civil parish
Country:England
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Static Image Name:Farm Road to Priestcar Lodge Farm - geograph.org.uk - 2631119.jpg
Static Image Alt:A country road with hedges and fields on either side
Static Image Caption:Farm Road to Priestcar Lodge Farm
Population:510
Population Ref:(2015)
Os Grid Reference:SE416633
Map Type:North Yorkshire
Coordinates:54.061°N -1.367°W
Label Position:left
Post Town:YORK
Postcode Area:YO
Postcode District:YO51
Constituency Westminster:Harrogate and Knaresborough Constituency

Marton cum Grafton is a civil parish in the Borough of Harrogate of North Yorkshire, England. The parish has only two settlements (Marton and Grafton), and has a magnesian limestone and sandstone geography, which has been used for quarrying. The landform is broadly flat, though there are some small hills with the Marton and Grafton being separated by 30m (100feet) despite being only 0.5miles apart.

History

Archaeological evidence shows that just to the south of Grafton there was an Iron Age fort. However, quarrying and the installation of allotments and modern day structures, led to the site being de-scheduled as an ancient monument.[1] In 1835, the population was 482,[2] which had risen to 499 by 1851.[3] However, by 1901, the population was at 299, and saw a rise of 50 people to 349 by 1911.[4] At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 516 which had dropped to 503 by the 2011 Census. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council, estimated the population of the parish to be 510.[5] In 1872, the parish covered an area of, and in 1901, covered, but at the 2011 Census, it was 998hectare.[6]

The parish is connected to York and Boroughbridge by bus.[7] The modern parish has the B6265, Boroughbridge to Kirk Hammerton road in the east (the route of Dere Street), and the western border is the A168 road, adjacent to the A1(M) (the old Great North Road).[8]

The two settlements of Grafton and Marton are contiguous, and since 1979, they have been formed into one conservation area. Besides agriculture, the other major source of employment in the area has been quarrying, with gravel pits still in evidence across the parish. The former Allerton Park Quarry, now the Allerton waste recovery park, was historically in the township of Marton.[9] The geology of the parish is largely of a magnesian limestone ridge, with Sherwood sandstone to the east of the ridge. The earth has been described as being "slightly acid loamy, and clayey soils, with impeded drainage."[10] The land is capped with sands and gravels, which has led to large-scale quarries in the parish. The land is fairly flat given over to agriculture, but the parish has some hills; despite being only 0.5miles apart, Grafton is 38m (125feet) above sea level, whereas Marton is 61.7m (202.4feet).[11] [12] [13] [14] The original church in the parish was located some 0.5miles south of the village of Marton.[15] It was built in the 12th century and repaired after being sacked by the Scottish in 1318. It again fell into disrepair, until being rebuilt in 17th and 18th centuries. It was given after the Dissolution to St John's College in Cambridge, and its dedication was unknown, but after 1692, it is thought to have been the Church of St John after is benefactors, in the College of St John.[16] [17] [18] Until it closed, the church was a prebendal peculier in the Deanery of Boroughbridge and the Diocese of Chester.[19] [20] In 1876, a new church, with a dedication of Christ Church, was built with stones from the former ruined church; Pevsner states the doorway re-erected inside the church is Norman.[21] This structure is now grade II listed.

For a survey of burials in the churchyard see 'External Links' below.

Population of Marton cum Grafton 1801–2015!1801!1811!1821!1831!1841!1851!1861!1871!1881!1891!1901!1911!1921!1931!1951!1961!2001!2011!2015
393[22] 384464482514472454424365320298349[23] 361321362344516503510

Governance

Historically, the ecclesiastical parish was known as Marton-in-Burghshire (or Marton-in-Burgheshire).[24] Sometimes the parish name is spelled with hypens (Marton-cum-Grafton).[25] [26] The parish was formerly in the Great Ouseburn Rural District, in the wapentake of Claro, in the West Riding of Yorkshire; but since the 1974 boundary changes, it has been in North Yorkshire.[27] [28] [29] It is in the Harrogate and Knaresborough Constituency.[30]

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Notes and References

  1. Alison Clarke . Archaeological Consultant . Grafton Hills Iron Age Hillfort, Marton cum Grafton, North Yorkshire . Alison Clarke, Archaeological Consultant Unpublished Report Series . 1993 . 2 . 10.5284/1036897.
  2. Book: Liber Ecclesiasticus. An authentic statement of the revenues of the Established Church compiled from the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Revenues and Patronage of the established Church in England and Wales . 1835 . Hamilton, Adams & Co . London . 134. 1064949647.
  3. Book: Yorkshire returns of the 1851 census of religious worship . 2000 . University of York, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research . York . 1904497101 . 57.
  4. Book: Census of England and Wales, 1911 : (10 Edward 7 and 1 George 5, ch. 27): Administrative Areas . 1912 . HMSO . London . 389. 40808794.
  5. Web site: 2015 Population Estimates Parishes . northyorks.gov.uk . 20 May 2022 . 13 . December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf. 4 June 2022. dead.
  6. Web site: Marton-cum-Grafton . visionofbritain.org.uk . 7 August 2022.
  7. Web site: Bus services in York Marton cum Grafton Map . getdown.org.uk . 20 May 2022.
  8. Web site: Magic Map Application Marton cum Grafton and surrounding area . magic.defra.gov.uk . 26 May 2022 . Zoom out and click on "Administrative Geographies" and "Parishes" to active layer with parish boundaries.
  9. Ross . S . Allerton Park Quarry, North Yorkshire: Post-Excavation Assessment Report . Northern Archaeological Associates Unpublished Report Series . 2009 . 4 . 10.5284/1029276.
  10. Talbot . A . Land at Yew Tree Farm, Marton cum Grafton . Solstice Heritage Report Series . 2018 . 6 . 10.5284/1096193.
  11. Ripon & Boroughbridge . 299. 2015 . 1:25,000 . Explorer . Ordnance Survey . 978-0-319-24551-4 .
  12. Web site: Grafton . getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 9 August 2022.
  13. Web site: Marton . getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 9 August 2022.
  14. Web site: Marton cum Grafton undulating farmland . harrogate.gov.uk . 9 August 2022 . February 2004.
  15. Web site: Marton cum Grafton . maps.nls.uk . 8 August 2022.
  16. Book: Howard . Henry Fraser . Account of the Finances of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge 1511-1926 . 1935. 2010 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 978-1108012225 . 117.
  17. Book: Whellan . T . History and Topography of the Wapentake of Claro . 1871 . Longman Green . Beverley . 295. 504016489.
  18. Book: Kelly . E. R. . Kelly's Directory of West Riding of Yorkshire, 1881. [Part 2: Places L-Y] . 1881 . Kelly & Co . London . 854. 1131686669.
  19. Web site: Genuki: Marton parish registers: Dates and current locations etc., Yorkshire (West Riding) . www.genuki.org.uk . 8 August 2022.
  20. Book: Page . William . The Victoria history of the county of York. vol 3 . 1907 . Constable & Co . London . 88. 500092527.
  21. Book: Pevsner . Nikolaus, Sir . Yorkshire The West Riding . 1959. 2003 . Yale University Press . London . 0-300-09662-3 . 362 . 2.
  22. Book: Page . William . The Victoria history of the county of York. vol 3 . 1907 . Constable & Co . London . 531. 500092527.
  23. Web site: Administrative unit Marton Cum Grafton CP/AP Parish-level Unit . visionofbritain.org.uk . 8 August 2022.
  24. Book: Reports and papers of the architectural and archaeological societies of the counties of Lincoln and Northampton . 1879 . Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society . York . 236. 3896686.
  25. Web site: Marton-cum-Grafton: Christ Church . www.achurchnearyou.com . 9 August 2022.
  26. Web site: Marton-cum-Grafton Village Design Statement . harrogate.gov.uk . 9 August 2022.
  27. Web site: Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OUSEBURN (Great) . visionofbritain.org.uk . 7 August 2022.
  28. Book: Chrystal. Paul. The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales. 2017. Stenlake. Catrine. 9781840337532. 100. 1.
  29. News: Gledhill . Raymond . White Rose ties hold fast despite amputations and shake-up of boundaries . The Times . 59053 . 1 April 1974 . 31. 0140-0460.
  30. Web site: Marton cum Grafton . www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 7 August 2022.
  31. News: David Bairstow . The Times . 66092 . 7 January 1998 . 19. 0140-0460.

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