Old Malton
{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|54.145049|-0.778016|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Old Malton
| static_image = School Buildings, Old Malton.jpg
| static_image_caption = Former grammar school, Old Malton
| population =
| civil_parish = Malton
| unitary_england = North Yorkshire
| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton
| post_town = MALTON
| postcode_district = YO17
| postcode_area = YO
| dial_code =
| os_grid_reference = SE799728
| london_distance_mi = 180
| london_direction = S
}}
Old Malton is a village in the civil parish of Malton, in North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated just south of the A64 road and is {{convert|1.5|km|order=flip|adj=on|0}} north-east of the town of Malton.{{cite map|title =Howardian Hills & Malton |map =300 |year =2015 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn = 9780319245521 }} The village is on the B1257 which links Malton with the A64 and the A169 road to the north and is bounded on its eastern side by the River Derwent.{{cite web |title=Parishes: Old Malton {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp537-541 |website=british-history.ac.uk |accessdate=23 November 2018}}
History
Old Malton appears in the Domesday Book{{cite web |last1=Powell-Smith |first1=Anna |title=[Old] Malton {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE7972/old-malton/ |website=opendomesday.org |accessdate=23 November 2018}} as Maltune (meaning Middleton),{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=312 |edition=4}} the present day settlement of Malton (or New Malton) came after Old Malton.{{cite web |title=History of Old Malton, in Ryedale and North Riding {{!}} Map and description |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20393 |website=visionofbritain.org.uk |accessdate=23 November 2018}}
St Mary's Priory Church in the village was founded as a Gilbertine Priory in the 12th century.{{cite web |title=Genuki: Old Malton, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/OldMalton |website=genuki.org.uk |accessdate=23 November 2018}} A church had previously existed in the village as recorded in the Domesday Book, but it is believed that this was damaged when Thurstan of Bayeaux (then Archbishop of York) burned the village to the ground in 1138 after the Battle of the Standard.{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Stephen |title=Reminder of past glories of St Mary's Priory Church in Old Malton |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10792382.reminder-of-past-glories-of-st-marys-priory-church-in-old-malton/ |accessdate=23 November 2018 |work=York Press |date=7 November 2013}} Eustace Fitz-John, the local landowner, donated the damaged church to the Gilbertine order and they rebuilt the church as a priory.{{cite web |title=Church of England, Old Malton, St. Mary the Virgin, parish - Borthwick Catalogue |url=https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/church-of-england-old-malton-st-mary-the-virgin-parish |website=borthcat.york.ac.uk |accessdate=23 November 2018}} After the Dissolution, the church was reformed as the parish church of Old Malton which it remained as until 1896 when Old and New Malton were joined together as a civil parish.{{cite web |title=Malton - the official guide |url=http://www.maltonhistory.info/resources/Other/Malton-Guide---195354.pdf |website=maltonhistory.info |accessdate=23 November 2018 |page=10}} The church still exists today and is noted for being the only Gilbertine Priory church in use for regular worship in England.{{cite web |title=About us - St Mary the Virgin -A Church Near You |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/19048/about-us/ |website=achurchnearyou.com |accessdate=23 November 2018}} The building, though largely amended since the Dissolution and renovated by Temple Moore in the 19th century, is now grade I listed.{{NHLE|desc=Priory Church of St Mary|num=1201925|grade=I|accessdate=23 November 2018}}
In May 1547, Archbishop Robert Holgate issued letters patent which declared that three grammar schools would be built in the region including one at Old Malton.{{cite book |title=Reports of the commissioners appointed in pursuance of acts of Parliament ... to inquire concerning charities and education of the poor in England and Wales : arranged in counties, with indexes |date=1839 |publisher=House of Commons |location=London |page=788|oclc=45547950}} The school was in existence until 1835, when the incumbent vicar at St Mary's church moved the pupils to his own school in nearby Norton.{{cite book |last1=Lawson |first1=John |title=The Endowed Grammar Schools of East Yorkshire |date=1962 |publisher=East Yorkshire Local History Society |location=York |page=30|oclc=560973889}} The grammar school buildings are still standing as two private dwellings and are now grade II listed.{{NHLE|desc=The Old Schoolhouse and Classroom Cottage|num=1220109|grade=II|accessdate=23 November 2018}}
Eden Camp Second World War Museum is in the village.
In 1891 the civil parish had a population of 1844.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10445425/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Old Malton CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=8 May 2024}} On 1 October 1896 the parish was abolished and merged with New Malton to form "Malton".{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10445425|title=Relationships and changes Old Malton CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=2 May 2024}} Until 1974 it was in the North Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire