Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
Human settlement in England
Moulton is a small village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire , England. It lies in a secluded valley between the villages of Scorton and Middleton Tyas .
Amenities
Moulton Hall is a 17th-century manor house, owned and maintained by the National Trust , it was formerly tenanted by Viscount Eccles and his wife, the Baroness Eccles of Moulton . It is possible to gain admission via prior arrangement with the tenant.[ 2]
The village pub is called the Black Bull inn.[ 3]
History
Moulton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as the residence of a Saxon named Ulph.[ 4]
After the Norman Conquest the manor was transferred to the Earls of Richmond. Moulton changed hands many times, belonging to the Marshall, Wright, Smithson, and Shuttleworth families.[ 4]
The artist George Cuitt the Elder was born in Moulton.[ 5]
Transport
The village lies just to the east of the A1 , but access from the village has been restricted to southbound traffic via Scurragh Lane since the early 1990s.[ 6] Motorists intending to travel north must head to Scotch Corner via the local road. When the A1(M) extension opens, Scurragh Lane will afford a Local Access Road (LAR) going northwards to Scotch Corner only.[ 7]
The village is served by a rural bus route between Darlington and Richmond.[ 8]
The former railway station at Moulton End (3 miles away) is named after Moulton, but the nearest station was actually Scorton railway station . Both stations closed in 1969 with the abandonment of the Eryholme-Richmond branch line .[ 9]
References
^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Moulton Parish (E04007507)" . Nomis . Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 21 May 2020 .
^ Reid, Mark (19 March 2015). "Moulton Hall & Gatherley". The Northern Echo . p. 43. ISSN 2043-0442 .
^ Lewis-Smith, Victor (17 September 2004). "The Black Bull Inn, Moulton, Richmond" . The Guardian . Retrieved 4 June 2017 .
^ a b Bulmer, T (1890). History, topography, and directory of North Yorkshire . Preston: T Bulmer. p. 518. OCLC 2037822 .
^ Cust, L H. "Cuit [Cuitt], George, the elder". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/6867 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Tipping, C J (9 February 2007). "Report to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and to the Secretary of State for Transport B" (PDF) . www.dft.gov.uk . pp. 50–51. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2017 .
^ "A1L2B Sheet of Works Exhibition Plan sheet 2 of 2" (PDF) . brompton-on-swale.org.uk . 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2017 .
^ "Route Number: X34 - North Yorkshire County Council Public Transport Information" . www.northyorkstravel.info . Retrieved 4 June 2017 .
^ "Disused Stations: Moulton Station" . www.disused-stations.org.uk . Retrieved 4 June 2017 .
External links
Media related to Moulton, North Yorkshire at Wikimedia Commons