Laxton, Yorkshire

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Laxton
Yorkshire
East Riding
Laxton, East Riding of Yorkshire.jpg
Chapel Lane, outside St Peter's Church
Location
Grid reference: SE790256
Location: 53°43’16"N, 0°48’12"W
Data
Population: 314  (2011)
Post town: Goole
Postcode: DN14
Dialling code: 01430
Local Government
Council: East Riding of Yorkshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Haltemprice and Howden

Laxton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire., two miles east of Howden and nineteen miles south-east of the county town, York.

Laxton village

The wider civil parish includes also a number of hamlets: Cotness, Metham and Saltmarshe. The 2011 census, recorded a parish population of 314,

The village is served by Saltmarshe railway station on the Sheffield to Hull Line.

In 1823 Laxton was noted as part of the parish of Howden, and in the Wapentake and Liberty of Howdenshire. The population at the time was 268. Occupations included seven farmers, two carpenters, a corn miller, a tailor, a shopkeeper, a shoemaker, a schoolmaster and public house landlords of the White Horse; the Mason's Arms, who was also a bricklayer; and the Cross Keys, who was also a blacksmith. Also resident in the village were the parish curate and a Philip Saltmarshe, Esquire of Saltmarshe.[1]

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References

  1. Baines, Edward: 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York' (1823); page 362
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.