Burneston is a village and

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, England. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 244, increasing to 311 at the 2011 Census. The village is close to the A1(M) road and is about south-east of

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History

The village is recorded in the ''

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'' as "Brennigston" and at the time was the property of Merleswein the Sheriff. The King passed ownership to

Count Alan of Brittany Alan Rufus, alternatively Alanus Rufus (Latin), Alan ar Rouz (Breton language, Breton), Alain le Roux (French Language, French) or Alan the Red (c. 1040 – 1093), 1st Lord of Richmond, North Yorkshire, Richmond, was a Bretons, Breton nobleman, ...

, who made Robert of Moutiers the local landlord. In 1591 the lordship was granted to Sir Richard Theakston by the Queen. It subsequently passed through the Pierse family of Bedale in 1639, the Wastell family in 1682, to eventually reside in 1830 with

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. The old Roman road of

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ran near the village and now follows the route of the A1(M). The Robinson Almshouses in Main Street, later partly used as a school, were built in 1680 and are Grade II* listed.

Governance

Until 2023, Burneston was part of the

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. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary

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Geography

The village lies west of the A1(M) road on the B6285. The nearest settlements are Theakston, to the north; Carthorpe to the south; Snape to the west and Pickhill to the east. It is above sea level. In the late nineteenth century the population was recorded as 253. According to the 2001 UK Census, the population of the village was 244 in 100 households, of which 196 were over sixteen years of age and 124 of those were in employment. There are 107 dwellings in total.

Community facilities

The village has one

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, The Woodman Inn, and a post office. The village is served by three school bus services, one that picks up primary school children from the surrounding area who attend the village school, and two that serve secondary pupils attending Bedale High School, Outwood Academy or Ripon Grammar School. There is one regular bus service that stops in the village on the Bedale to Ripon route.

Education

There is one school, the Burneston CE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School in the village. The school admits pupils from several of the nearby communities including Melmerby;

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; Norton Conyers;

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; Middleton Quernhow; Sutton Howgrave; Kirklington; Carthorpe; Theakston and

Exelby Exelby is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is south-east of Bedale and west of the A1(M) motorway and is part of the civil parishes in England, civil parish of Exelby, Leeming and Londonderry. The civil parish had a to ...

. Secondary education can be found at Bedale High School.

Religion

The village church is dedicated to St Lambert. It was built in three stages between 1395 and 1550 and is a Grade I

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. Though the village is its own civil parish, it is also part of the ecumenically United Parish of Kirklington, Burneston, Wath and Pickhill.

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* {{Authority control Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire