Muston is a village and civil parish, in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-west from the centre of the coastal town of Filey, and on the A1039 road.
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Population | 339 (2011 census)[1] |
OS grid reference | TA096796 |
• London | 185 mi (298 km) S |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | FILEY |
Postcode district | YO14 |
Dialling code | 01723 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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According to the A Dictionary of British Place Names 'Muston' is derived from either the 12th-century "mouse infected farmstead", or a "farmstead of a man called Musi", being an Old Norse person name with the Old English 'tun' (farmstead or enclosure).[2]
Muston is listed in the Domesday Book as "Mustone", in the Torbar Hundred of the East Riding of Yorkshire. 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 King William I.[3]
In 1823 Muston was a village and civil parish in the Wapentake of Dickering in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The ecclesiastical parish was a Vicarage held by the Archdeacon of Cleveland, 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 Hull and Scarborough. A carrier operated between the village and Bridlington, Hunmanby and Filey twice weekly.[4]
The 1863 parish church of All Saints' was designated a Grade II listed building in 1966.[5]
There is a derelict windmill on the outskirts of the village, just off the A1039 road. References to a mill first appear in 1341.[6] The current mill is thought to have been built in 1826 and was in use until 1932.[7]
Muston became part of North Yorkshire upon local government reorganisation in 1974.
According to the 2011 UK Census, Muston parish had a population of 339,[1] an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 325.[8]
Muston is on the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail, a long-distance footpath.
In July and August, Muston hosts its annual week-long scarecrow festival.[9]
The village cricket team, Muston CC, plays in the Derwent Valley 'A' league.[10]
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Boroughs or districts | (until 2023) * Craven * Hambleton * Harrogate * Richmondshire * Ryedale * Scarborough * Selby |
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