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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Saxton like this:
SAXTON, a village, a township, and a parish, in Tadcaster district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 2 miles W by S of Church-Fenton r. station, and 4¼ S by W of Tadcaster: and has a post-office under Tadcaster. The township contains also Scarthingwell village, and comprises 2, 662 acres. ...
Real property, £3, 117. Pop., 360. Houses, 73. The parish includes also the township of Towton, and comprises 4,022 acres. Pop., 461. Houses 97. The property is divided among a few. Towton Heath was the battlefield of the great battle of the Roses in 1461. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £76.* Patron, Lord Ashtown. The church is tolerable. The churchyard contains thegraves of some of the noblemen and gentlemen who fellon Towton field. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Roman Catholics, and a church school.
Saxton 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 Saxton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Saxton, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14172
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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