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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Flaxton like this:
FLAXTON, a township-chapelry and a sub-district, in the district of York and N. R. Yorkshire. The chapelry is in Bossall parish; lies adjacent to the York and Scarborough railway, near the river Foss, 9 miles NNE of York; and has a station on the railway, and two post offices under York, the one called Flaxton, the other called Flaxton Station. ...
It is sometimes called Flaxton-on-the-Moor. Acres, 1,827. Real property, £2, 951. Pop., 367. Houses, 86. About 300 silver Saxon coins, together with other relics, were found here in 1807. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value-£250. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.—The sub-district contains two parishes and part of a third. Acres, 13, 159. Pop., 1, 677. Houses, 354.
Flaxton is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Flaxton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Flaxton, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12598
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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