Sancton

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}} ''For people with the surname, see Sancton (surname).'' {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Use British English|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|53.841984|-0.631691|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Sancton | static_image = All Saints Church Sancton.jpg | static_image_width = 250px | static_image_caption = All Saints' Church, Sancton | population = 286 | population_ref = (2011 census)<ref name="2011 census"/> | civil_parish = Sancton | unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire | constituency_westminster = Goole and Pocklington | post_town = YORK | postcode_district = YO43 | postcode_area = YO | dial_code = 01430 | os_grid_reference = SE901392 }} '''Sancton''' is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately {{Convert|2|mi|km}} south-east of the market town of Market Weighton on the A1034 road. The civil parish is formed by the village of Sancton and the hamlet of Houghton. According to the 2011 UK census, Sancton parish had a population of 286,<ref name="2011 census">{{NOMIS2011 | id = 1170211251 | title = Sancton Parish | accessdate = 24 February 2018}}</ref> a reduction of one on the 2001 UK census figure.<ref name="2001 census">{{cite web |url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=791029&c=Sancton&d=16&e=15&g=391487&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1211315768718&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title = 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Sancton CP (Parish) |accessdate = 20 May 2008 |work = Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher = Office for National Statistics |archive-date = 25 May 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110525234921/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=791029&c=Sancton&d=16&e=15&g=391487&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1211315768718&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

== History == Sancton is known to have been a place where Roman mercenaries were billeted to defend their empire against northern tribes or Anglo-Saxon raiders. A cemetery probably founded by the mercenaries was used until around the year 650.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Allison |first1=Keith John |title=The East-Riding{{sic}} of Yorkshire Landscape |date=1976 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |location=London |isbn=0340158212 |page=45}}</ref> Sancton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Robert Malet. The name derives from the Old English ''sand-tūn'', meaning sand town.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sancton {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE8939/sancton/ |website=opendomesday.org |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=403 |edition=4}}</ref>

Besides being the birthplace of Robert, Samuel and Thomas Jackson who were noted Wesleyan preachers, John Wesley himself preached in the village in June 1788.{{sfn|Hall|1892|p=132}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peach |first1=Howard |title=Curious tales of old East Yorkshire |date=2001 |publisher=Sigma |location=Wilmslow |isbn=1850587493 |page=46}}</ref>

The church dedicated to All Saints was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1967 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1084105|desc=Church of All Saints|accessdate=16 August 2013}}</ref>

== Notable people == *Thomas Jackson, Wesleyan minister, born in Sancton<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brockbank |first1=James Lindow |title=The East riding of Yorkshire |date=1913 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |page=213|oclc=1042922782}}</ref> *Marmaduke Langdale, English Civil War participant, buried at Sancton<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peach |first1=Howard |title=Curious tales of old East Yorkshire |date=2001 |publisher=Sigma |location=Wilmslow |isbn=1850587493 |page=125}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Refbegin}} *{{cite book|title=Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets|year=2006|publisher=East Riding of Yorkshire Council|page=10}} {{Refend}}

=== Sources === *{{cite book |last1=Hall |first1=John George |title=A history of South Cave and of other parishes in the East Riding of the county of York |date=1892 |publisher=Ombler |location=Hull|oclc=1046574520}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Sancton}} *{{OpenDomesday|OS=SE8939|name=sancton|display=Sancton}}

Category:Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire