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Sancton

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Also known as Sancton, East Riding of Yorkshire

For people with the surname, see Sancton (surname).

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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.

Within Vinony's link graph, Sancton is referenced by 18 other articles, and connects out to civil parish, Office for National Statistics and United Kingdom Census 2011.

It sits within the topics Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire, OpenDomesday and Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality
Sancton
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
286

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Air quality

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PM2.5
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PM10
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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Sancton
UK place.static_image
All Saints Church Sancton.jpg
UK place.static_image_width
250px
UK place.static_image_caption
All Saints' Church, Sancton
UK place.population
286
UK place.population_ref
(2011 census)
UK place.civil_parish
Sancton
UK place.unitary_england
East Riding of Yorkshire
UK place.region
Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.lieutenancy_england
East Riding of Yorkshire
UK place.constituency_westminster
Goole and Pocklington
UK place.post_town
YORK
UK place.postcode_district
YO43
UK place.postcode_area
YO
UK place.dial_code
01430
UK place.os_grid_reference
SE901392

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Population
286
Image
All Saints Church Sancton.jpg
Dialing code
01430
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Commons category
Sancton
OS grid reference
SE901392
postal code
YO43
historic county
Yorkshire
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Notable people
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

For people with the surname, see Sancton (surname).

Sancton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 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, a reduction of one on the 2001 UK census figure.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sancton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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