WEIGHTON, MARKET, a market-town of England, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and 19 miles E. S. E. of York, on the small river Foulness. It is a small place, and has in the middle of the town an ancient church with a square tower. There are also Independent and Methodist places of worship, and national schools. Some trade is carried on in corn, cattle and sheep, which is facilitated by the Market Weighton Canal, extending to the Humber, and by the railway to York. Pop. of the parish (1851) 2269.