Saxton with Scarthingwell is a civil parish just south of Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, England.

[2][3][4] Land in the parish was granted to Margaret Kirkton by Alice de Lacy in the late 13th century.

[17][18] Three bus routes totalling eight services per day connect the parish with Tadcaster and Sherburn.

[22] Although now delisted from the main works, a section of the proposed HS2 railway line to York was projected to run through the far south-eastern corner of the parish.

[23][24] The village holds the site of Saxton Castle, an 11th-century motte and bailey design, which has been damaged by being built upon since its demise.

[26][27][28] Later, in 1854, a private Chapel was erected by the lake which became the Church of the Immaculate Conception St John the Worker, a grade II listed building.