Saxton, North Yorkshire
Saxton | |
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![]() All Saints' Church, Saxton | |
![]() ![]() Saxton Location within North Yorkshire | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Tadcaster |
Postcode district | LS24 |
Dialling code | 01937 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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Saxton is a village in North Yorkshire, England, 14 miles (23 km) southwest of York[1] and 12 miles (19 km) east of Leeds. The resident population is about 250. It is close to the battlefield of Towton (Wars of the Roses).[2] The closest town is Tadcaster.
History[]
The place-name 'Saxton' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Saxtun.[3] This is from the Old English Seax-tūn, meaning 'town or settlement of the Saxons'.[4]
Saxton is home to an Anglican church, a primary school, a village hall, one pub, the Greyhound owned and operated by Samuel Smith's Old Brewery, a cricket club, and the surviving medieval motte of Saxton Castle which was built in the eleventh century.[5]
All Saints' Church is a grade I listed structure which dates back to the 11th century.[6] Some of the bodies of those who were killed in the Battle of Towton were buried in the churchyard.[2] The men who gave their lives in the First World War are remembered on the War Memorial outside the church and a plaque inside the church.
References[]
- ^ "Genuki: Saxton, Yorkshire (West Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ a b Speight 1902, p. 214.
- ^ "Saxton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 460. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
- ^ Historic England. "Saxton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with a later medieval manor house and field system including a trackway and fishpond (1008226)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of All saints (Grade I) (1168016)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
Sources[]
- Speight, Harry (1902). Lower Wharfedale: Being a Complete Account of the History, Antiquities and Scenery. London: E Stock. OCLC 7225986.
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- The Towton Battlefield Society Homepage
- General information about the village of Saxton
- Saxton Cricket Club Homepage
- Saxton War Memorial
- Selby District
- Villages in North Yorkshire
- North Yorkshire geography stubs