Hayton, East Riding of Yorkshire


Hayton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south of the market town of Pocklington and north-west of the market town of Market Weighton. It lies on the A1079 road.
Hayton forms part of the civil parish of Hayton and Burnby.
The church dedicated to St Martin was designated a Grade I listed building in 1967 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.
In 1823 Hayton was a village and a civil parish in the Wapentake of Harthill. The ecclesiastical parish was Hayton-cum-Beilby, with the parish incumbent living under the patronage of the Dean of York. Population at the time was 177. Occupations included twelve farmers, a blacksmith, a wheelwright, a corn miller, a shoemaker, and the landlord of The White Horse public house.