In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sancton like this:
SANCTON, a village, a township, and a parish, in Pocklington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 2½ miles S E by S of Market-Weighton r. station, and has a post-office under Brough. The township contains also the hamlet of Houghton, and comprises 3, 410 acres. Real property, £3, 194. ...
Pop., 400. Houses, 93. The parish contains also the township of North Cliff, and comprises 4, 708 acres. Pop., 476. Houses, 106. The manor belong to the Hon.Langdale. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £49. Patron, J. Broadley, Esq. The church is good, and has a pinnacled tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed school with £20 a year.
Sancton through time
Sancton is now part of East Riding of Yorkshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Riding of Yorkshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sancton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sancton, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14166
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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