Oxton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, and about 8 miles (13 km) south-west from the county town and city of York.

The parish touches Bolton Percy, Grimston, Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford, Steeton and Tadcaster.

[2] The name "Oxton" means 'Ox farm/settlement',[3] and was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Ositone".

[4] The lord of the manor in 1086 was Osbern D'Arques, who had received the manor of a 2 ploughlands area from the 1066 lord Alwin, and who was also tenant-in-chief to king William I.

Also listed within Oxton is Ouston Farm, of 2 ploughlands and a meadow of 4 acres (1.6 hectares), which was under the lordship of Toki, son of Auti in 1066, and which passed to Fulco, son of Rainfrid in 1086 under William de Percy, the tenant-in-chief to William.