Place:Oxton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameOxton
Alt namesOsitonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 318
Ossetonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 318
Oxetonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 318
TypeHamlet
Coordinates53.883°N 1.22°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England
Also located inNorth Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoTadcaster Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1894-1974
Selby District, North Yorkshire, Englandmunicipal district of which it has been a part since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


GENUKI describes Oxton as:

"Oxton, in the parish of Tadcaster; (the seat of John William Clough, Esq.) 1-1/2 miles southeast of Tadcaster. Population, 66." {Data from a 1820s gazetteer.)
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