Myton-upon-Swale
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| Myton-on-Swale shown within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 152 |
| OS grid reference | SE439666 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | YORK |
| Postcode district | YO61 2 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
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Myton-on-Swale is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Boroughbridge and on the River Swale.
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Mitune in the Bulford hundred. Prior to the Norman invasion, the manor was split between Ligulf, Gospatric and Alverle. After 1086, the manor was the possession of Robert de Mortain, who tenanted some of the land to Niel Fossard and some to Robert de Stutevil. Eventually part of the manor passed to the Mowbray family. In 1294 the manor was granted to St Mary's Abbey in York until its dissolution on 1539. Afterwards it was granted to Lord Burghley and John Fortescue, and eventually was sold to the Stapyltons.
The Battle of Myton was fought opposite the village on the north bank of the Swale on 20 September 1319 between local levies, led by William Melton, Archbishop of York, and Scots raiders led by James Douglas and Thomas Randolph. The Yorkshiremen, with their backs to the river, were routed with heavy losses including many who drowned in the Swale.
The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton Parliamentary constituency. It also lies within the Helperby ward of Hambleton District Council and the Easingwold electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council.
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