Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Sancton

Sancton, par., township, and vil., East-Riding Yorkshire - par., 4478 ac., pop. 491; township (Sancton and Houghton), 3174 ac., pop. 370; vil., 2½ miles SE. of Market Weighton; P.O.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Sancton Parish       Sancton Parish       Yorkshire Ancient County
Place: Sancton

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