Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STAXTON

STAXTON, a township in Willerby parish, E. R. Yorkshire; 6½ miles SSW of Scarborough. Acres, 1,640. Real property, £1,271. Pop., 307. Houses, 58. The manor belongs to Lord Londesborough. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Staxton

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