Constable Burton

Not to be confused with Burton Constable.

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

Constable Burton
Constable Burton
Constable Burton Location within North Yorkshire
Population	182 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SE166908
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEYBURN
Postcode district	DL8
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54.313°N 1.745°W / 54.313; -1.745

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.^[2][3]

Constable Burton was mentioned in Domesday Book in 1086 as being in the hundred of "Land of Count Alan" and the county of Yorkshire and the population was estimated at 20 households.^[4]

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."

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. There is passing loop at the site.

Governance

The village is in the Richmond (Yorks) parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the Conservative Party. The Member of Parliament since the 2015 general election has been Rishi Sunak, currently Prime Minister. His predecessor was William Hague, who stood down at the time of the election. Constable Burton is also in 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 used to be a school in the village, now converted into housing.^[9]

See also

• Listed buildings in Constable Burton
• Unthank, North Yorkshire

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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2020. 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.

External links

• Constable Burton & Finghall Parish Council Website
• Constable Burton Gardens website