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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Nunburnholme like this:
NUN-BURNHOLME, a township and a parish in Pocklington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The townshiplies on the W side of the Wolds, 1¼ mile N E of Burn by r. station, and 3 E by S of Pocklington; and contains a small village of its own name. Acres, 1, 480. Real property, £2, 118. Pop., 248. ...
Houses, 50. The parish contains also the township of Thorpe-le-Street, and comprises 2, 137 acres. Post-town, Hayton, under York. Real property, £2, 904. Pop., 281. Houses, 55. The property is divided among a few. A Benedictine nunnery was founded here in the time of Henry III., by Roger de Morlais. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value. £350.* Patron, the Arch bishop of York. The church is not good.
Nunburnholme is now part of EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Nunburnholme itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Nunburnholme, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13840
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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