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ID: 7030504
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7030504
Record Type:
administrative
Saxton (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 53 49 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 53.8167
decimal degrees
Long: 001 17 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -1.2833
decimal degrees
Note:
There are ancient graves and Roman entrenchments nearby. A church here features a Saxon cross. There is a communal grave for Lancastrians defeated at the Battle of Towton.
Names:
Saxton
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Saxtun
(
H
,
V
)
............
recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086
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United Kingdom
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England
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P
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North Yorkshire
(county) (
P
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Saxton
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Saxton..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999)
634
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Saxtun..........
[
VP
]
.................
Domesday Book (1985)
320
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Domesday Book (1985)
320
..................
Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999)
634
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2607188
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Domesday Book (1985)
320
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