Laxton Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Laxton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1785 from chapelry in Howden Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Yokefleet, Saltmarshe, Metham, and Cotness.

Alternative names: Howden St Peter

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1779
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1793

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LAXTON, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Howden parish, E. R. Yorkshire.

The village stands near the river Ouse, 3 miles S of Eastrington r. station, and 3½ SE by E of Howden; and has a post office under Howden.

The township comprises 1, 520 acres. Real property, £1, 950. Pop., 327. Houses, 69. The manor belongs to P. Saltmarsh, Esq.

The chapelry is larger than the township, and was constituted in 1858. Pop., 790. Houses, 154. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £70. Patron, P. Saltmarsh, Esq. The church is a brick building, with a tower.

There is a Wesleyan chapel.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Laxton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, Laxton
Author:    East Yorkshire Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Laxton – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Bishopsoil, 1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Laxton, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Laxton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Howden, 1639-1861
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Howden (Yorkshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Barmby-on-the-Marsh (Yorkshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Laxton (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Laxton, 1793-1848
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Laxton (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Laxton, parish registers, 1855-1989
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Laxton (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Laxton, 1779-1891
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Laxton (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Laxton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Laxton, Yorkshire, England

England, Yorkshire, Laxton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Laxton, 1783-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Howden
  • Probate Court:    Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Durham within the Jurisdiction of Howden and Howdenshire
  • Diocese:    York
  • Rural Deanery:    Harthill and Hull
  • Poor Law Union:    Howden
  • Hundred:    Howdenshire
  • Province:    York