In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burton Salmon like this:

BURTON-SALMON, a township in Monk-Frystone parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Normanton and York railway, 2 miles NE of Pontefract. It has a station on the railway. Acres, 913. Real property, £1,290. Pop., 247. Houses, 52.

Burton Salmon through time

Burton Salmon 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 Burton Salmon itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burton Salmon, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11893

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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