Saxton, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes, S-Y West Riding  Saxton

Parish History
SAXTON (All Saints), a parish, in the Upper division of the wapentake of Barkstone-Ash, W. riding of York; containing, with Towton township, 573 inhabitants, of whom 427 are in the township of Saxton with Scarthingwell, 4¼ miles (S. by W.) from Tadcaster. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 23-26. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51257 Date accessed: 01 November 2011.

Parish Records
This ancient parish was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1539.