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Norton, the river forming the boundary between the 

 east and north ridings. This town has long been 

 improving, in consequence of the Derwent naviga- 

 tion, which facilitates its trade, and has made it the 

 mart of this district for corn ; which is bought by 

 the Malton factors, and shipped to the western and 

 other markets. Butter, bacon, &c. are conveyed 

 hence in large quantities, to Hull, London, Leeds, 

 Wakefield : and other commodities returned, such 

 as groceries, coals, woollens, &c. in great abund- 

 ance ; which could not be done to that extent, 

 \vere it not for water conveyance ; so that the act 

 passed in the reign of queen Ann, to make the Der- 

 ivent navigable to this place, has proved a great 

 blessing to it. 



Malton is an ancient town, it was a considerable 

 place of the Brigantines, or the ancient Britons, of 

 this part of the kingdom, and by them well fortified. 



The Romans after they got possession of this 

 part of this kingdom, thought it of great conse- 

 quence, which is proved by great military ways 

 leading to it ; and the military station they made of 

 it. This warlike people planted here one of the 

 nuroeri, or cohorts of Legio Sexta Vietrix, called 

 Derventionensis, and changed only the termination 

 of its British name to Camulodunum. 



This name by abbreviation, became the Saxon 

 Meld urn, pronounced maiden ; and Maiden Greve 

 Balk is at this day one of the boundaries of Malton.* 



Here was a ford, the only one by which the river 



* History of Yorkshire. 



