Marton-cum-Moxby
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Marton-cum-Moxby is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. It is situated to the east of the village of Stillington, near Easingwold. Marton-cum-Moxby consists of the hamlets of Marton-in-the-Forest and Moxby.
The civil parish was formed from the ancient Marton-cum-Moxby parish that arose from the Augustinian priories of Marton (monks) and Moxby (nuns). Boundary changes transferred land to Sutton-on-the-Forest (1882) and Farlington (1887).
The Priory of St Mary was founded by Bertram de Bulmer in 1158 as a joint house of monks and nuns at Marton, although by 1167 the nuns had moved to Moxby. Bulmer endowed the priory with lands at Burnsall and Thorpe. Henry II granted Moxby land in Huby, and the churches of Whenby and Thormanby. Both priories were suppressed by Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The remains of both priories are now Scheduled Monuments.
Today both Marton and Moxby are overwhelmingly agricultural in character.
[edit] External links
- English Heritage Schedule of Monuments record for Marton Priory.
- English Heritage Schedule of Monuments record for Moxby Priory.
- Vision of Britain entry on Marton-cum-Moxby.
- GenUKi entry on Marton-cum-Moxby.
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