Saxton, Yorkshire Family History Guide
Saxton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Towton, Scarthingwell, Saxton with Scarthingwell, Saxton cum Scarthingwell, and Barkston.
Alternative names: Saxton in Elmet
Status: Ancient Parish
Riding: West Riding
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605
Nonconformists include:Â Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Saxton
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
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 the graves of some of the noblemen and gentlemen who fell on Towton field.
There are chapels for Wesleyans and Roman Catholics, and a church school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Barkston Ash
Barkston Langdale A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire 1822
Barkston, (which gives name to the wapentake) in the parishes of Sherburn and Saxton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Abberford, 5 from Tadcaster, 11 from Pontefract. – Pop. 251.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire By Thomas Langdale. Second Edition. Printed and Sold by J. Langdale; and sold by T. Langdale, Ripon. 1822.
Parish Registers
Paver’s Marriage Licences
It would appear that a good many licences were never used. So genealogists should exercise a little care in their acceptance of the licenses.
1630 Robert Woodhall, Kippax, and Isabell Freeman, Saxton—either place.
Source: The Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Vol XL for the Year 1908; Edited by John WM. Clay, F.S.A., Vice-President of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society; Printed for the Society 1909.
Parish Records
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Poll Books
Barkston Poll Book W.R. Yorkshire 1841
Poll Book of the West-Riding Election, July 1841 for Two Knights of the Shire for the West-Riding of Yorkshire.
Aberford Polling District
Barkston Township
N. В. The o after an Electors name, signifies that he is a yearly occupier at a rental of £50.
| Name of Electors | Residence |
|---|---|
| Ainsworth Joseph | Barkston |
| Bradley Thomas | Aberford |
| Clayford Jesse o | Bare arse [sic] |
| Dixon John | Selby |
| Handley John | Scarthingwell Lodge |
| Kent John | Barkston |
| Liddell Richard | Barkston |
| Lawn John o | Saxton |
| Lazenby Charles | Barkston |
| Nicholson S. Edward, | Barkston |
| Squire William | Barkston |
| Simpson Joseph | Barkston |
| Standidge William | Barkston |
| Sissons Robert | Sherburn |
| Sissons Joseph | Sherburn |
| Sissons John | Methley |
| Sissons William | Barkston |
| Thompson Joseph | Barkston |
| Thirkhill George | Barkston Inn |
| Wrightson Richard | Barkston |
| Yeadon Benjamin | Stream field |
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Tadcaster
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of St Leonard’s Hospital, York
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: New Ainsty
- Poor Law Union: Great Preston Gilbert Union
- Hundred: Barkstone Ash
- Province: York