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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burneston like this:
BURNESTON, a township and a parish in Bedale district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies near the river Swale, 4 miles SE of Bedale, and 3 W of Sinderby r. station. Acres, 1,185. Real property, £2.368. Pop., 290. Houses, 70. The parish contains also the townships of Gatenby, Theakstone, Carthorpe, and Exelby, Leeming, and Newton; and its Post Town is Bedale. ...
Acres, 7,411. Real property, £13,261. Pop., 1,554. Houses, 355. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £546.* Patron, the Duke of Cleveland. The church was restored in 1854; and has a splendid eastern memorial window to the late Duke of Cleveland. The p. curacy of Leeming is a separate charge. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £29.
Burneston is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burneston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burneston, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11867
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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