Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CLAXTON

CLAXTON, a township in Bossall parish, N. R. Yorkshire; between the river Derwent and the York and Scarborough railway, 9 miles NE by N of York. Acres, 813. Real property, £961. Pop., 195. Houses, 34. It forms a curacy with Sandhutton.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bossall CP/AP       Claxton CP/Ch       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Claxton

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