Malton, North Yorkshire

Malton is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town has a population measured for both the civil parish and the electoral ward at the 2011 Census as 4,888. The town is located to the north of the River Derwent, which forms the historic boundary between the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire. Until 2023 the town was part of the Ryedale district and was the location of the headquarters of the district council. Facing Malton on the other side of the Derwent is Norton. The Karro Food Group (formerly known as Malton Bacon Factory), Malton bus station and Malton railway station are located in Norton-on-Derwent. Malton is the local area's commercial and retail centre. In the town centre there are small traditional independent shops and high-street names. Malton has been described as "the food capital of Yorkshire" and was voted one of the best places to live in Britain by The Sunday Times in both the 2017 and 2018 lists. Malton was named the dog-friendliest town in the UK at the annual Dog Friendly Awards, in association with the Kennel Club, in 2018/19. In 2020 Malton was named as one of the most dog-friendly staycation spots in the UK and the best in Yorkshire.

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Malton Quaker Meeting House

Malton Quaker Meeting House is a historic building in Malton, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The first Quaker meeting in Malton took place in 1671, and in 1677 a small thatched meeting house was constructed on Spital Hill. During the 18th century, a burial ground was created on Greengate, and between 1820 and 1823 a new meeting house was constructed on part of the burial ground. The building was grade II* listed in 1951. In the 1980s, there was a proposal to demolish the building, but it was instead restored from 1991 to 1993, using a grant from English Heritage. The building is constructed of pink and cream mottled brick on a sandstone plinth, with sandstone dressings, a sill band, a moulded eaves cornice, and a hipped slate roof. There is one tall storey and six bays. On the front is a doorway, above which is a blocked square opening. The windows are sashes, and all the openings have flat arches of gauged brick. Inside, there are two meeting rooms, with a through passage between them. There is a painted timber dado in both rooms, and in the larger rooms there is a timber elder's stand at the west end. The walls enclosing the burial ground are in brick with flat stone coping, some sections dating from the 18th century. The neighbouring caretaker's house also dates from 1823, and is grade II listed. The house is built of pink and cream mottled brick, with an eaves band and slate roof. There are two storeys, one bay facing the road, and two bays on the left return. The windows are sashes with cambered arches. In the left return is a doorway with a cambered head, and an upper floor extension on posts.

Malton Town Hall

Malton Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Malton, North Yorkshire, England. The structure, which is used as a restaurant, is a grade II listed building.

The Shambles, Malton

The Shambles is a street in Malton, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The name "Shambles" refers to slaughterhouses and associated butchers' shops. The shambles in Malton was historically alongside St Michael's Church, but in 1826, William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, commissioned a replacement street of butchers' shops off the north side of the marketplace, leading to his new cattle market. Two terraces of eight shops were constructed, facing each other across the narrow street. The shops were altered in the 20th century, with work including the replacement of their windows. They now contain a mixture of shops and offices. Each terrace was grade II listed in 1993. The shops are constructed of painted brick on a stone plinth with an overhanging slate roof on shaped brackets, hipped and curved at the ends. They have a single storey and each shop is a single bay wide. They contain shopfronts and various windows. Between numbers 10 and 12 is a passage doorway. Inside, the majority retain an altered fireplace.

St Michael's Church, Malton

St Michael's Church is the parish church of Malton, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The church was built in about 1150, from which period much of the nave survives. The tower was added in the 15th century, at which time the nave was slightly shortened. The chancel was rebuilt in 1858, then in 1883 under George Fowler Jones the south arcade and east end of the nave were rebuilt, two galleries were removed, and transepts were added. In 1966 the south side of the church was rebuilt, and in about 1986 the north aisle roof was replaced. The building has been grade II* listed since 1951. The church is built of sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, north and south transepts, a chancel with a north vestry and organ chamber and a south chapel, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, angle buttresses, a chamfered plinth, and moulded string courses. On the west side is a doorway with a moulded surround, a four-centred arch and a hood mould, and above it is a Perpendicular window. The bell openings have pointed cusped openings and hood moulds, and above is a plain parapet. Inside, there is a 17th-century font, and there is a 20th-century screen between the nave and the south chapel.