Aughton, East Riding of Yorkshire

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Aughton is a village in East Riding of Yorkshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Aughton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Aughton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Aughton, par. and township, East-Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles NW. of Bubwith ry. sta. and 7 miles NE. of Selby -- par., 5201 ac., pop. 489; township, 1952 ac., pop. 157. The ancient castle was the seat of the family of Aske, of whom Sir Robert Aske was executed as the leader of the insurrection called "The pilgrimage of grace..

Aughton in the Domesday Book

A village in Cave hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

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