Marton is a village in the Harrogate

Harrogate

Harrogate is a spa town in North Yorkshire, England. The town is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include its spa waters, RHS Harlow Carr gardens, and Betty's Tea Rooms. From the town one can explore the nearby Yorkshire Dales national park. Harrogate originated in the 17th...

 district of North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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, England

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. It is situated approximately 15 miles (24.1 km) north west of the city

City status in the United Kingdom

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 of York

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 and 6 miles (9.7 km) north east of the market town

Market town

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 of Knaresborough

Knaresborough

Knaresborough is an old and historic market town, spa town and civil parish in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, located on the River Nidd, four miles east of the centre of Harrogate.-History:...

. Together with Grafton it forms the civil parish

Civil parish

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 of Marton cum Grafton.

Village pub

The village public house is called Ye Olde Punch Bowl Inn, a sixteenth century inn which still contains a number of original features. The lease was part owned by Neil Morrisey until the business went into liquidation on 22 October 2009. The original experience of buying the lease and setting up the pub/microbrewery were turned into a TV programme "Neil Morrisey's Risky Business" which aired late 2008 on Channel 4.

History

There is an active village history group which is engaged in a number of activities as detailed on its website.

In 2007 a Roman lead coffin burial was discovered very close to the village, which was widely reported in the local and national press: the village history group intend to use the location of this burial as the starting point for an extended search for the Roman villa

Roman villa

A Roman villa is a villa that was built or lived in during the Roman republic and the Roman Empire. A villa was originally a Roman country house built for the upper class...

which they believe is certainly associated with it.