History
Some sort of settlement has probably existed since the earliest times. The name 'Monkton' appears to reflect a pre-Viking or Anglian settlement in the 8th and 9th centuries. The village is mentioned in the late 11th-century Domesday Book where it is referred to - like all villages in North Yorkshire - as vastatus i.e. deliberately wrecked by the invading Normans to prevent uprisings against them.
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