MARTON, a parish in the western division of the
liberty of LANGBAURGH, North riding of the county of
YORK, 6 miles (N.) from Stokesley, containing 397 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Cleveland, and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £4. 18. 9., and in the patronage of the Archbishop
of York. The church, dedicated to St. Cuthbert,
is a small ancient edifice, situated on an eminence at the
western end of the village. Captain James Cook, the
great circumnavigator, was born here, of humble parents,
October 27th, 1728; he was killed at Owhyhee
on the 14th of February 1779.