Constable Burton
| Constable Burton | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Constable Burton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE166908 |
| Location: | 54°18’47"N, 1°44’42"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 182 (2011) |
| Post town: | Leyburn |
| Postcode: | DL8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
Constable Burton is a village in the North Riding of Yorkshire, on the north side of Wensleydale, three miles east of Leyburn.
History
The village takes its name from ‘Burton’, meaning a fortified settlement in Old English, and ‘Constable’ as in 1100 it was granted to Roald, the Chief Constable for the Earl of Richmond.[1][2]
Constable Burton appears in Domesday Book in 1086 as being in "Land of Count Alan" (Alan of Brittany) in Yorkshire, and the population was estimated at 20 households.[3]
In 1870–72 John Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Constable Burton 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."
Constable Burton Hall, a grand Georgian mansion, was built in 1768 by John Carr for Sir Marmaduke Wyvill and is now owned by Marmaduke's great grandson, Charles. It is a Grade I listed building. The surrounding gardens have been open to the public on selected dates throughout the year since 1977.[4][5]
From 1856 to 1954 Constable Burton railway station on the Wensleydale Railway served the village, hall and the rural community. There is passing loop at the site.
Community and culture
The village public house is The Wyvill Arms; a former 18th-century farmhouse. There used to be a school in the village, now converted into housing.
See also
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 77 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ Burton Constable Burton in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "Sundial gift that marks 40 years of opening". https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15284993.forty-years-open-gardens-constable-burton-hall/.
- ↑ "Constable Burton Hall, Leyburn, North Yorkshire". https://castlesandgardens.co.uk/historic-houses-gardens/constable-burton-hall-leyburn-north-yorkshire.
