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Cayton, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1868.

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CAYTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"CAYTON, a parish, in the wapentake of Pickering Lythe, in the North Riding of the county of York, 3 miles S.E. of Scarborough. It includes the hamlets of Willerby and Deepdale, and the townships of Cayton and Osgodby. The village is situated near the coast, and is a station on the Scarborough and Hull section of the North-Eastern railway. The living is a curacy annexed to the vicarage of Seamer, in the diocese of York, in the patronage of Lord Londesborough. The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, is a handsome stone building with embattled tower. The Wesleyans have a place of worship, and there are schools for both sexes."


"DEEPDALE, a hamlet in the parish of Cayton, in the North Riding of the county of York, 3½ miles S.E. of Scarborough."


"KILLERBY, a hamlet in the parish of Cayton, wapentake of Pickering Lythe, North Riding county York, 4 miles S.E. of Scarborough. It is situated near the coast, and had formerly a castle built by Brian Fitzalan in the reign of Edward L"


"OSGODBY, a township in the parish of Cayton, wapentake of Pickering Lythe, North Riding county York, 2½ miles S.E. of Scarborough."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013