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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 is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Ayton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Ayton, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11434
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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