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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 517 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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market See also:town in the See also:Thirsk and Malton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 21 M. N.E. of See also:York by a See also:branch of the See also:North Eastern railway. The town comprises Old Malton and New Malton in the North See also:Riding, and See also:Norton on the opposite See also:side of the See also:river See also:Derwent, in the See also:East Riding. Fop. of See also:urban See also:district of Malton (1901), 4758; of urban district of Norton 3842. The situation, on the wooded hills rising from the narrow valley, is very picturesque. The See also:church of St See also:Michael is a See also:fine See also:late See also:Norman See also:building with perpendicular See also:tower; the church of St Leonard, of mixed See also:architecture, with square tower and See also:spire, has three Norman See also:arches and a Norman See also:font. The church of St See also:Mary at Old Malton was attached to a Gilbertine priory founded in 115o; it is transitional Norman and See also:Early See also:English, with later insertions. Remains of the priory are scanty, but include a See also:crypt under a See also:modern See also:house. In the neighbourhood of Malton are the slight but beautiful fragments of Kirkham See also:Abbey, an Early English Augustinian See also:foundation of See also:Walter 1'Espec (1131) ; and the fine See also:mansion of See also:Castle See also:Howard, a massive building by See also:Vanbrugh, the seat of the earls of See also:Carlisle, containing a noteworthy collection of pictures. Malton possesses a town-See also:hall, a See also:corn See also:exchange, a museum, and a See also:grammar-school founded in 1547. There are See also:iron and See also:brass foundries, agricultural See also:implement See also:works, corn See also:mills, tanneries and breweries. In the neighbourhood are See also:lime and whinstone quarries.

Traces of a Romano-See also:

British See also:village exist on the east side of the town, but there appears to be no See also:history of Malton before the Norman See also:Conquest. The greater See also:part of Malton belonged to the See also:crown in 1o86 and. was evidently retained until See also:Henry I. gave the castle and its See also:appurtenances to Eustace son of See also:John, whose descendants took the name of Vescy. Eustace meditated the deliverance of Malton Castle to See also:King See also:David of See also:Scotland in 1138, but his plans were altered owing to the See also:battle of the See also:Standard. The " See also:burgh " of Malton is mentioned in 1187, and in 1295 the town returned two members to See also:parliament. It was not represented again, however, until 164o, when an See also:act was passed to restore its See also:ancient privileges. In 1867 the number of members was reduced to one, and in 1885 the town was disfranchised. Until the 17th See also:century the burgesses had all the privileges of a See also:borough by prescriptive right, and were governed by two bailiffs and two under-bailiffs, but these liberties were taken from them in 1684 and have never been revived. From that See also:time a See also:bailiff and two constables were appointed at the See also:court leet of the See also:lord of the See also:manor until a See also:local See also:board was formed in 1854. In the 13th century See also:Agnes de Vescy, then See also:lady of the manor, held a market in Malton by See also:prescription, and See also:Camden See also:writing about 1586 says that the lord of the manor then held two weekly markets, on Tuesday and Saturday, the last being the best See also:cattle market in the See also:county. The markets are now held on Saturdays and alternate Tuesdays, and still belong to the lord of the manor.

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