Flaxton
Flaxton is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the A64 between York and Malton. The village lies entirely within a Conservation Area as defined by Planning 1990.Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 343 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Flaxton, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Lawrence’s Church, Flaxton and Strensall Common.
St Lawrence’s Church, Flaxton
Church
St Lawrence's Church is an Anglican church in Flaxton, North Yorkshire, a village in England. Until the mid 19th century, Flaxton was divided between the parishes of St Botolph's Church, Bossall and All Saints' Church, Foston.
Strensall Common
Heath
Strensall Common is 1,430 acres of common land to the east of the village of Strensall, in the City of York, England. The land is recognised as an SSSI and a Special Area of Conservation, with much of it being owned and maintained by the Ministry of Defence, which has a rifle range on its southern edge. Strensall Common is situated 2 miles southwest of Flaxton.
All Saints’ Church, Foston
Church
Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints' Church is the parish church of Foston, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was built in the early 12th century, from which period most of the walls survive. All Saints’ Church, Foston is situated 2 miles northeast of Flaxton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harton and Claxton.
Harton
Village
Harton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish was less than 99 at the 2021 Census. However, in 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be 80. Harton is situated 1½ miles east of Flaxton.
Claxton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Claxton is a village and part of the Claxton & Sand Hutton civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the A64 road and 8 miles north-east of York. Claxton is situated 1½ miles southeast of Flaxton.
Barton-le-Willows
Village
Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barton-le-Willows is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, situated near the River Derwent, about eight miles south-west of Malton. The parish had a population of 186 according to the 2001 census increasing to 284 at the 2011 Census. Barton-le-Willows is situated 2 miles east of Flaxton.
Flaxton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Flaxton, Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.05224° or 54° 3′ 8″ northLongitude
-0.9632° or 0° 57′ 48″ westPopulation
343Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB FLNOpen location code
9C6X322P+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 245491589OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Flaxton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Flaxton”
- Dutch: “Flaxton”
- French: “Flaxton”
- Irish: “Flaxton”
- Italian: “Flaxton (North Yorkshire)”
- Italian: “Flaxton”
- Ladin: “Flaxton”
- Persian: “فلکستون، یورکشر شمالی”
- Polish: “Flaxton”
- Swedish: “Flaxton”
- Turkish: “Flaxton, North Yorkshire”
- “Flaxton”
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