LAXTON, a chapelry in the parish of HOWDEN,
wapentake of HOWDENSHIRE, East riding of the county
of YORK, 3 miles (S. E. by E.) from Howden, containing
268 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy,
in the jurisdiction of the peculiar court of Howdenshire,
endowed with £1000 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of the Vicar of Howden. There is a place of
worship for Wesleyan Methodists.