Burnsall is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Wharfe in Wharfedale, and is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
| Burnsall | |
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 Village of Burnsall, from east above, showing bridge, Wharfe, chapel, Dalesway path (2008) | |
.svg)  Burnsall Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 110 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SE031615 |
| • London | 190 mi (310 km) SSE |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SKIPTON |
| Postcode district | BD23 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
The village is approximately 2 miles (3 km) south-east from Grassington. It has a parish church, a chapel, two hotels with restaurants, a public house, and a primary school. Burnsall Primary School, a Grade II listed building, is in the original 1602 grammar school building, a legacy of William Craven of nearby Appletreewick.[2] There is a five-arched bridge over which the Dalesway passes. A path along the river from Burnsall to Hebden, 1 mile (2 km) to the north-west, dates to Viking times.[3]
The historic parish of Burnsall occupied a large part of upper Wharfedale. It included the townships of Appletreewick, Bordley, Conistone with Kilnsey, Cracoe, Hartlington, Hetton, Rylstone and Thorpe, all of which became separate civil parishes in 1866.[4] The parish was in Staincliffe Wapentake and in the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, when it was transferred to North Yorkshire. The 2001 Census gave Burnsall parish a population of 112, decreasing to 110 at the 2011 census.[5]
The ecclesiastical parish of Burnsall is in the Diocese of Leeds.[6] St Wilfrid's Church, Burnsall, a Grade I listed building, is almost entirely Perpendicular. It contains an 11th-century font carved with bird and beasts, twelve Anglo-Saxon sculpture fragments and a 14th-century alabaster panel depicting the Adoration of the Magi.[7] The church-yard is entered from the main road by a lychgate.
Burnsall is a centre for walking,[8] trout fishing, picnics, and weddings. An annual feast day games in August includes amateur competitions, tug of war and fell races.[9] The village cricket pitch is below Burnsall Fell and is half enclosed by the river.
See also
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edit- ^ "2015 Population Estimates" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Burnsall Grammar School", Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. Retrieved 5 April 2015
- ^ Marsh, Terry (2005). The Dales Way (2 ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-85284-464-6.
- ^ "Burnsall CP/AP". A Vision of Britain through time. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Burnsall Parish (1170216731)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "Burnsall: St Wilfrid, Burnsall", The Church of England. Retrieved 5 April 2015
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Wilfrid (Grade I) (1131740)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Burnsall to Grassington Walk". Walks in Yorkshire. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ Barnett, Ben (28 October 2017). "Why Wharefdale hotspot is an exertion location". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
External links
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- The ancient parish of Burnsall: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI.
- St Wilfrid's Church web site
- Walk from Burnsall to Grassington
