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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
FLAXTON, a township-chapelry and a sub-district, in the district of York and N. R. Yorkshire. The chapelry is in Bossall parish; lies adjacent to the York and Scarborough railway, near the river Foss, 9 miles NNE of York; and has a station on the railway, and two post offices under York, the one called Flaxton, the other called Flaxton Station. It is sometimes called Flaxton-on-the-Moor. Acres, 1,827. Real property, £2, 951. Pop., 367. Houses, 86. About 300 silver Saxon coins, together with other relics, were found here in 1807. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value-£250. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.—The sub-district contains two parishes and part of a third. Acres, 13, 159. Pop., 1, 677. Houses, 354.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Flaxton Tn/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | FLAXTON | FLAXTON ON THE MOOR |
| Place: | Flaxton |
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