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Entry TypeCorporate
Corporate NameManor of Morton
Also Known AsMorton, Pilsley and Parkhall; Park Hall
PlaceMorton
EpithetManor
HistoryAt the time of the Domesday survey the manor of Morton, with Ogston, belonged to Walter Deincourt. It apparently remained with the Deincourts until the 15th century, when it probably came into the possession of the Leake family. The Leakes remained lords of the manor until the death of Nicholas Leake, Earl of Scarsdale, in 1736. The manor was purchased by Henry Thornhill and others, who sold it to Francis Sitwell of Renishaw in 1749. R.S.Sitwell was still said to be lord of the manor in 1895.
SourceMagna Britannia: Volume 5: Derbyshire by Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) pp. 214-215
The History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire by T. Bulmer (1895) p. 627
Authorised Form of NameMorton; Manor of Morton; Manor

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