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[molly78]

Can anyone tell me where Lyth is or was in Nth Yorks?
I can't find it on the map but I suspect it may have been near Pickering but has been more or less merged with that town and is no longer separate.

Any help appreciated.

Molly

[philipsearching]

Hallo, Molly


Kelly's 1857 directory gives the following information:

KIRBY MISPERTON, or KIRBY-OVER-CARR, is a township, parish and village, 4 miles south from Pickering, 8 miles north-by-west from Malton, and 9 north-west (sic) from Kirby Moorside, in the North Riding, Pickering Lyth west wapentake, Pickering union, Cleveland archdeaconry, and York archbishopric.

see   http://www.kirbymisperton.org.uk/directories/Kelly1857.html


As far as I understand, Pickering Lyth is the district, but Pickering is the town.  Lythe Beck is a stream which flows into the river Esk.


Hope this helps
Philip

[molly78]

Thanks for that. I've got an ancestor born in Lyth acording to the 1851 census but according to the IGI, it says Pickering.