Saxton, North Yorkshire
Saxton is a small village in North Yorkshire, England, southwest of York and east of Leeds. The resident population is about 250. It is close to the battlefield of Towton. The closest town is Tadcaster.History
The place-name 'Saxton' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Saxtun. This is from the Old English Seax-tūn, meaning 'town or settlement of the Saxons'.
Saxton is home to an Anglican church, a primary school, a village hall, one pub, the Greyhound owned and operated by Samuel Smith's Old Brewery, a cricket club, and the surviving medieval motte of Saxton Castle which was built in the eleventh century.
All Saints Church is a grade I listed structure which dates back to the 11th century. Some of the bodies of those who were killed in the Battle of Towton were buried in the churchyard. The men who gave their lives in the First World War are remembered on the War Memorial outside the church and a plaque inside the church.
