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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Flixton like this:
FLIXTON, a township in Folkton parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the Wolds, near the Hull and Scarborough railway, 6½ miles S of Scarborough. Acres, 2, 500. Real property, £1, 563. Pop., 362. Houses, 71. An hospital was founded here, in the time of Athelstan, by Acc-horn or Acehorne; and afterwards bore the name of Carmans-Spittle. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.
Flixton 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 Flixton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Flixton, in North Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25017
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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