Murton Grange

The name "Murton" means 'Moor farm/settlement', both parts are Old English.^[1] Murton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Mortun.^[2] The manor was granted to Byland in the 12th century, the majority of the originial manor buildings are probably under the current farm house and barns.^[3] Morton was formerly an extra-parochial tract,^[4] in 1858 it became a civil parish. In 1894 Murton became part of the Helmsley Rural District of the North Riding of Yorkshire, on 1 April 1974 the parish was renamed from "Murton" to "Murton Grange" and became part of Ryedale non-metropolitan district in the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire, on 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished and merged with Hawnby.^[5] At the 1971 census (one of the last before the abolition of the parish), Murton had a population of 16.^[6] In 2023 it became part of North Yorkshire district.