In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Ayton like this:
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.
West Ayton through time
West Ayton is now part of Scarborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Scarborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Ayton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Ayton, in Scarborough and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11434
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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