Laxton, East Riding of Yorkshire
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 Laxton
Laxton shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire |
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| Population | 314 (2011 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SE790256 |
| – London | 155 mi (249 km) S |
| Civil parish | Laxton |
| Unitary authority | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Ceremonial county | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GOOLE |
| Postcode district | DN14 |
| Dialling code | 01430 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Haltemprice and Howden |
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Laxton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). east from Howden and 20 miles (32 km) south-east from the county town of York.
The civil parish is formed by the village of Laxton and the hamlets of Cotness, Metham and Saltmarshe. According to the 2011 UK census, Laxton parish had a population of 314,[1] a reduction on the 2001 UK census figure of 322.[2]
Laxton lies within the Parliamentary constituency of Haltemprice and Howden an area that mainly consists of middle class suburbs, towns and villages. The area is affluent, placed as the 10th most affluent in the country in a Barclays Private Clients survey,[3] and has one of the highest proportions of owner-occupiers in the country.[4]
The village is served by Saltmarshe railway station on the Sheffield to Hull Line.
In 1823 Laxton was in the civil parish of Howden, and in the Wapentake and Liberty of Howdenshire. Population at the time was 268. Occupations included seven farmers, two carpenters, a corn miller, a tailor, a shopkeeper, a shoemaker, a schoolmaster and public house landlords of the White Horse; the Mason's Arms, who was also a bricklayer; and the Cross Keys, who was also a blacksmith. Resident was the ecclesiastical parish curate and a Philip Saltmarshe, Esquire of Saltmarshe.[5]
References
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- ↑ Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 362
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Laxton in the Domesday Book
