Houghton, East Riding of Yorkshire

Houghton
Houghton  Houghton shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE886392
– London	160 mi (260 km)  S
Civil parish	Sancton
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	YORK
Postcode district	YO43
Dialling code	01430
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	East Yorkshire
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°50′30″N 0°39′14″W / 53.841714°N 0.653875°W

Houghton is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the market town of Market Weighton.

Houghton Hall, near Houghton

It forms part of the civil parish of Sancton.

Houghton Hall was designated a Grade I listed building in 1952 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.^[1]

References

1. Historic England. "Houghton Hall (1160656)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

• Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 7.

External links

• Media related to Houghton at Wikimedia Commons
• Houghton in the Domesday Book