Muston, Yorkshire
| Muston | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 Muston | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA096796 |
| Location: | 54°12’0"N, 0°19’19"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 339 (2011) |
| Post town: | Filey |
| Postcode: | YO14 |
| Dialling code: | 01723 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Thirsk and Malton |
Muston is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, a mile and a half south-west of the centre of the coastal town of Filey, and on the A1039 road.
The 2011 census recorded Muston's population as 339
The name 'Muston' may be derived from either the 12th-century "mouse infected farmstead", or a "Mussi's farmstead", from an Old Norse personal name and the Old English 'tun' (farmstead or enclosure).[1]
History
Muston is listed in the Domesday Book as "Mustone", in the Torbar Hundred of the East Riding. The settlement included seven households, twenty-one villagers, six smallholders, and ten ploughlands. In 1066 Karli son of Karli held the Lordship, this transferring in 1086 to Gilbert of Ghent who also became Tenant-in-chief to the King.[2]
In 1823 Muston was recorded as a village and parish of the Dickering Wapentake. The parish was a Vicarage held by the Archdeacon of Cleveland, then Francis Wrangham. Population at the time was 350. Occupations included fourteen farmers, two butchers, two carpenters, three grocers, a tanner, a bricklayer, a corn miller, a shoemaker, an earthenware dealer, a tailor, a blacksmith, and the landlady of The Cross Keys public house. A daily coach linked Muston to Kingston upon Hull and Scarborough. A carrier operated between the village and Bridlington, Hunmanby and Filey twice weekly.[3]
The 1863 parish church of All Saints' was designated a Grade II listed building in 1966.[4]
There is a derelict windmill on the outskirts of the village, just off the A1039 road. References to a mill first appear in 1341.[5] The current mill is thought to have been built in 1826 and was in use until 1932.[6]
Society
Muston is on the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail, a long-distance footpath.
- Events: Scarecrow Festival; a week-long festival held in July and August
- Cricket: Muston CC
Gallery
All Saints' Church, Muston
Scarecrow Festival 2008
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Outside links
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References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ Muston, Yorkshire in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 370
- ↑ National Heritage List 1316466: Church of All Saints, King Street (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Comes, Alan (11 January 2016). "Village Spotlight: Muston". The Scarborough News. https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/village-spotlight-muston-1-7661326. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ↑ Whitworth, A (2002). Tyke Towers Yorkshire's Windmills. Landy Publishing. ISBN 1-87289557-3.
