In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burn like this:
BURN, a township in Brayton parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Selby canal, adjacent to the river Aire, 3 miles SW of Selby. Acres, 2,372. Real property, £2,923. Pop., 320. Houses, 63.
Burn through time
Burn is now part of Selby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Selby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burn, in Selby and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11850
Date accessed: 13th May 2024
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