Malton: Precious & Distinctive

Malton is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The town is the location of the offices of Ryedale District Council and has an estimated population of approximately 4,000 people.

  Distinctiveness Politics Priory Notes 1600 1730 1850 Eure Family Finkel Street Memories Spas Dany Battle Unique Mount Church Racecourse Church 1 Church 2 Trades 1 Trades 2 Railway Sleeper Mount Customs and Privileges Undercrofts York House Hinderwell Contracts Earth Mortars Earth Plastering Tenants 1774 Bridge Agent Memo Atlas Fountain 1 Atlas Fountain 2 Boar Bossall Talbot Indentures

Horse Racing: Malton & Norton

Malton Races had been established some years, vide announcement in the London Gazette. On Tuesday 6th September, a plate as been usual, will be run for on Langton Wolds, near Malton, and another on the Thursday following, according to articles.

  John Scott 1 John Scott 2 John Scott 3 Langton Wold 1 Langton Wold 2 Langton Wold 3 Langton Wold 4

Mud Mortars

The first right and privilege of the late medieval burgesses of New Malton was to 'dig stone and earth for building and edification from wastes on either side of the town'. The use of earth mortars for construction in Malton was typical until the mid 18th century.

  Mud Mortars Earth Mortars

Malton Stones

Vernacular Malton was built of three stone-types: Oolitic limestone, calcareous sandstone and Hildenley limestone. These stones are essential to the character of the town and of surrounding villages.

  Full Report Hildenley Limestone Pickering Stones Lime

Protest & Discontent

In 1808, the voters of Malton rebelled at the ballot box against an absentee landlord who had forfeited their affection. This is the story of that protest, its consequences for the people concerned and its effect upon the architecture of the town.

  Full Report Bower Voters Dirty Dogs Evictions Petition 1795 Voters 1808 Duel

Old Malton, the Wider Vale of Pickering & Beyond

Old Malton is a desirable and historical village location, it is situated approximately one mile from Malton town centre.

  Moor Enclosure George Watson Holdings Lambing Sheds 1 Lambing Sheds 2 Lambing Sheds Appendix Lambing Sheds Elevations Lambing Sheds Plan Lambing Sheds Report 964 Garfoth Hall Sheds 1 Sheds 2 Sheds 3 Malton Priory Lands Pilfit Field Shelter Settrington 1600 Coulton Mill Building Analysis Coulton Mill Management Plan Coulton Mill Drawing 01 Coulton Mill Drawing 02 Coulton Mill Drawing 03 Coulton Mill Drawing 04 Coulton Mill Drawing 05 Coulton Mill Drawing 06 Coulton Mill Drawing 07 Coulton Mill Drawing 08 Coulton Mill Drawing 09 Coulton Mill Drawing 10 Swallow Head Management Plan 1 Swallow Head Management Plan 2 Swallow Head Drawing 1 Swallow Head Drawing 2 Swallow Head Drawing 3 Swallow Head Drawing 4 Swallow Head Drawing 5 Swallow Head Drawing 6 Swallow Head Drawing 7 Swallow Head Drawing 8 Swallow Head Drawing 9 Howe Farm Bywell Crambe Grindon

Thornton, Farmanby and the Honour of Pickering

From 1733 until the late 19thC, the Hill family of Thornton held the lease of the Honour, Manor and Lordship of Pickering. The Thornton Estate archive contains rentals and documents of this great swathe of North Yorkshire – from Aislaby, all along the A170 to Scalby – from as early as 1422, but intensively after 1580.

  Bridge over the Ha-Ha California Farm Management Plan Farmanby 1607 Transfer of Cholmley Lands Farmanby Enclosure 1671 Farmanby Enclosure 1678 Farmanby Hill 1663 Farmanby Survey 1743 Pickering 1722 Pickering Blandsby Park Pickering Inclosure 1674 and 1786 Pickering Manor By-Laws Pickering Residents 1619 Pickering Survey 1651 Thornton Papers