Staxton, East Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Description

Staxton, a hamlet and a village in Willerby parish, E.R. Yorkshire, 6¼ miles SSW of Scarborough, and 2 from Ganton station on the N.E.R. Post town and money order office, Ganton; telegraph office, Sherburn. The manor belongs to Lord Londesborough. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Staxton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Staxton)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the East Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following East Riding newspapers online:

• Hull Daily Mail
• Hull Packet
• Driffield Times
• Hull Advertiser and Exchange Gazette
• Beverley and East Riding Recorder