Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Myton like this:

MYTON, a sub-district in Holy Trinity and St. Mary parish, Hull district, E. R. Yorkshire; within Hullborough, and comprising the wards of North Myton and South Myton. Pop. of N. M. in 1851, 12, 639; in 1861, 15, 485. Houses, 2, 907. The workhouse, the infirmary, and the borough lunatic asylum are here; and, at the census of 1861, had respectively 328, 123, and 122 in-mates. Pop. of S. M. in 1851, 19, 923; in 1861, 24, 581. Houses, 5, 239. The jail, the penitentiary, and a convent are here; and, at the census of 1...

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861, had respectively 155, 36, and 30 inmates.

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