Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for AYTON (West)

AYTON (West), a township in Hutton-Bushell parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on a tributary of the Derwent river, 3½ miles W of Seamer r. station, and 5 WSW of Scarborough. Acres, 2,160. Real property, £2,704. Pop., 385. Houses, 78. Remains exist of an ancient castle which belonged to the Evers or Eures and the Cliffords.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place names: AYTON     |     AYTON WEST     |     WEST AYTON
Place: West Ayton

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