Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KIRKBURN

KIRKBURN, a village, a township, and a parish in Driffield district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an eminence, in the vale of a brook, at the foot of the Wolds, 2 miles S of Garton r. station, and 4 SW by W of Great Driffield; and has a post office under Driffield. The township contains also the hamlet of Battleburn, and bears the name of Kirkburn-with-Battlebnrn. Acres, 1, 369. Real property, £1, 582. Pop., 158. Houses, 31.—The parish contains also the townships of Southburn, Eastburn, and Jibthorpe. Acres, 6, 002. Real property, £7, 651. Pop., 581. Houses, 107. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Sir T. Sykes, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £120. * Patron, the Rev. R. Allen. The church is Norman; has a W tower; was restored in 1856; and contains a carved screen, and a very ancient font. There are three Wesleyan chapels, a Primitive Methodist chapel, and national schools. A school house, for 130 children, was erected in 1861; and is in the Tudor style, with bell turret.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kirkburn AP/CP       Kirkburn CP       Kirkburn and Battleburn CP/Tn       Driffield RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Kirkburn

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