The picturesque village of Muston is situated the Scarborough District of North Yorkshire and is located on the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail which is enjoyed by walkers and hikers especially in July and August when the village hosts their annual Scarecrow Festival.
The village is just 1.5 miles from south-west from the centre of the beautiful coastal town of Filey which is easily accessed via the A1039 which passes through the village.
Muston is listed in the Domesday Book as “Mustone”, in the Torbar Hundred of the East Riding of Yorkshire. The settlement included seven households, twenty-one villagers, six smallholders, and ten ploughlands. In 1066 Karli son of Karli held the Lordship, this transferring in 1086 to Gilbert of Ghent who also became Tenant-in-chief to King William I.
In 1823 Muston was a village and civil parish in the Wapentake of Dickering in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The ecclesiastical parish was a Vicarage held by the Archdeacon of Cleveland, Francis Wrangham. Population at the time was 350. Occupations included fourteen farmers, two butchers, two carpenters, three grocers, a tanner, a bricklayer, a corn miller, a shoemaker, an earthenware dealer, a tailor, a blacksmith, and the landlady of The Cross Keys public house. A daily coach linked Muston to Hull and Scarborough. A carrier operated between the village and Bridlington, Hunmanby and Filey twice weekly.
The 1863 parish church of All Saints’ was designated a Grade II listed building in 1966.
There is a derelict windmill on the outskirts of the village, just off the A1039 road. References to a mill first appear in 1341. The current mill is thought to have been built in 1826 and was in use until 1932.
Currently a warm welcome always awaits at The Ship Inn which is located in the middle of the village and offers two guest ales (up to four in the summer) and a wide range of traditional home cooked food which is served all day during summer.
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