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Ayton, Little

AYTON, LITTLE, a township, in the parish of Great Ayton, union of Stokesley, W. division of the liberty of Langbaurgh, N. riding of York, 3½ miles (E. N. E.) from Stokesley; containing 65 inhabitants. At the time of the Conquest this was an ancient demesne of the crown; the manor was soon afterwards granted to the family of Malbisse, and subsequently passed to the Lords Eure, of Easby. There was once a chapel here, built by Sir William Malbisse, Knt., about 1215; but no remains are now visible. The township comprises about 1170 acres; its small and scattered hamlet is on a branch of the river Leven, and near the road from Stokesley to Guisborough.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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