Constable Burton

Constable Burton is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Leyburn.

Not to be confused with Burton Constable.

Constable Burton

Constable Burton
Constable Burton
Location within North Yorkshire
Population182 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSE166908
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLEYBURN
Postcode districtDL8
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

History

The village takes its name from "Burton" meaning a fortified settlement in Old English and "Constable" as it was granted in 1100 to Roald who was the Chief Constable for the Earl of Richmond.[2][3]

Constable Burton was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1096 as being in the hundred of "Land of Count Alan" and the county of Yorkshire, the population was estimated at 20 households.[4]

In 1870-72 John Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tunstall as:

"a township in Finghall parish, N. R. Yorkshire; adjacent to the Leyburn railway, 3¼ miles E of Leyburn. It includes the hamlet of Studdow. Acres, 2,572. Real property, £3,038. Pop., 224. Houses, 46."

The grade I listed Georgian mansion of Constable Burton Hall was built in 1768 by John Carr for Sir Marmaduke Wyvill and is now owned by Marmaduke's great grandson, Charles. The surrounding gardens have been open to the public on selected dates throughout the year since 1977.[5][6]

From 1856 to 1954 Constable Burton railway station on the Wensleydale Railway served the village, hall and the rural community. A passing loop is located at the site.

Governance

The village lies within the Richmond (Yorks) parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the Conservative Party. The current Member of Parliament, since the 2015 general election, is Rishi Sunak. Tunstall also lies within the Lower Wensleydale ward of Richmondshire District Council.[7]

Community and culture

The village public house, The Wyvill Arms is a former 18th century farmhouse and has been featured in the Good Pub Guide.[8] There was also a school in the village, now converted into housing.[9]

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See also

References
  1. "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 77. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  3. Mills, A.D. (1998). A dictionary of English place names (2. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 88–89. ISBN 9780192800749.
  4. "[Constable] Burton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. "Sundial gift that marks 40 years of opening". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. "Constable Burton Hall, Leyburn, North Yorkshire". Castles Gardens. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. "Lower Wensleydale Ward Map" (PDF). Richmondshire District Council. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  8. "Dales pub featured in Good Pub Guide". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  9. "Geograph:: The Old School, Constable Burton © Gordon Hatton". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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