Sancton

Other current and historical names

Santun
Santune

Built-Up Area: Sancton
Parish/Community: Sancton
Unitary Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°50'29"N 0°38'5"W
Eastings/Northings: 489920, 439230
OS Grid: SE899392
Mapcode Local: GBR SS00.BM
Mapcode Global: WHGF1.6PXT

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

Sancton in historic gazetteers

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

Sancton, par., township, and vil., East-Riding Yorkshire - par., 4478 ac., pop. 491; township (Sancton and Houghton), 3174 ac., pop. 370; vil., 2½ miles SE. of Market Weighton; P.O.

Sancton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert Tison
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 3 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 15 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld

British Place Names

Sancton, East Riding of Yorkshire

Sancton is a village in East Riding of Yorkshire

Sancton in historic gazetteers

Sancton in the Domesday Book