Marton cum Moxby Yorkshire Family History Guide

Marton cum Moxby is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Throwthorpe and Moxby.

Alternative names: Marton, Marton in the Forest, Marton Lordship

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1539
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601

Nonconformists include: 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MARTON-IN-THE-FOREST, a parish in Easingwold district, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Foss, and within the old forest of Gartree, 4½ miles WNW of Flaxton r. station, and 5 ESE of Easingwold.

It contains the hamlet of Moxby; and its Post town is Easingwold. Acres, 2,370. Real property, £3,396. Pop., 168. Houses, 29. The manor belongs to the Archbishop of York. An Augustinian priory was founded at Marton, in the time of King Stephen, by Bertram of Bulmer; and a nunnery was founded at Moxby by Henry II.

The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Farlington, in the diocese of York. The church is ancient.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Marton-in-the-Forest – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, St. Mary’s parish church, Marton-in-the-Forest, 1764-1997
Author:    City of York & District Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Marton-in-the-Forest (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Marton-in-the-Forest – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Marton in the Forest, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Marton-in-the-Forest – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Marton-in-the-Forest, 1601-1837
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Marton-in-the-Forest (Yorkshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1539-1837
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Marton-in-the-Forest (Yorkshire); Moiser, J.

Parish registers of Marton-in-the-Forest,1539-1992
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Marton-in-the-Forest (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Marton-in-the-Forest – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Marton cum Moxby, Yorks., Eng

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Easingwold
  • Probate Court:    Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese:    York
  • Rural Deanery:    Bulmer
  • Poor Law Union:    Easingwold
  • Hundred:    Bulmer
  • Province:    York