Flaxton

Other current and historical names

Flaxton On The Moor

Built-Up Area: Flaxton
Parish/Community: Flaxton
District/Borough: Ryedale
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°3'24"N 0°58'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 467654, 462802
OS Grid: SE676628
Mapcode Local: GBR PPPJ.7J
Mapcode Global: WHFBS.399D

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

Flaxton in historic gazetteers

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

Flaxton on the Moor, township and ry. sta. (Flaxton), Bossall and Foston pars., North-Riding Yorkshire, 9 m. NE. of York, 1825 ac., pop. 366; P.O., called Flaxton, and P.O. at sta., called Flaxton Station.

Flaxton in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: 14 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers
- Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf of Carlton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of York (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld

British Place Names

Flaxton, North Yorkshire

Flaxton is a village in North Yorkshire

Flaxton in historic gazetteers

Flaxton in the Domesday Book