Laxton, Yorkshire
| Laxton | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 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.
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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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Laxton, Yorkshire) |
- Laxton, Yorkshire in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ 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.