Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Myton upon Swale

Myton upon Swale, par. and vil., North-Riding Yorkshire, on river Swale, 3 miles E. of Boroughbridge, 1672 ac., pop. 189; P.O.; here, in 1319, William de Melton, Archbishop of York, was defeated by the Scots, under Randolph, Earl of Moray; Myton Hall is the seat of the Stapyltons.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Myton on Swale AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Myton on Swale

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