Claxton

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Claxton is a village in North Yorkshire

Parish/Community: Claxton
District/Borough: Ryedale
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°1'58"N 0°56'41"W
Eastings/Northings: 469215, 460165
OS Grid: SE692601
Mapcode Local: GBR PPVT.83
Mapcode Global: WHFBS.GWBR

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

Claxton in historic gazetteers

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

Claxton, township, Bossall par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 9 miles NE. of York, 839 ac., pop. 210.

Claxton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ligulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel Fossard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 9 ³⁄₄ geld
- Households: 3 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Gospatric son of Arnketil; Arnger
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066

British Place Names

Claxton, North Yorkshire

Claxton is a village in North Yorkshire

Claxton in historic gazetteers

Claxton in the Domesday Book