Coordinates: 54°19′24″N 0°26′50″W / 54.323300°N 0.447100°W
| Burniston | |
  Burniston shown within North Yorkshire |
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| Population | 1,389 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Burniston |
| District | Scarborough |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SCARBOROUGH |
| Postcode district | YO13 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Scarborough and Whitby |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Burniston is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated about four miles north of Scarborough itself, on the A171 road. According to the 2001 UK census Burniston parish had a population of 1,389.[1] The village has a post office on the High Street, and two pubs, the Three Jolly Sailors and the Oak Wheel. It also has a fuel station which has a garage attached (Burniston Motor Works) and car sales, as well as England's garage, a former petrol station. Burniston motor works has come under recent criticism about advertising the three letters BMW and placing the burniston motor works caption very small, insinuating that they represent Bavarian motor works. Burniston Village Hall and its land include a park and tennis courts. It has one guest house, Harmony Country Lodge, which has an unusual octagonal design. There are two churches, the Methodist church in the High Street and Harmony Church and Healing Sanctuary at the top of Limestone Road, which is non-religious Christian.
The first church was built in 1235, and the first record of a pub was in 1782 when there were three alehouse keepers.
Burniston was the first place in the world to have a butterfly house.
In the mid-1990s, the 17th century blacksmith's forge, one of the oldest buildings in the village, was demolished for safety reasons. In 1995, the parish council celebrated its centenary by distributing mugs decorated with the village crest in gold and blue to village schoolchildren. The village school (Lindhead) attracts families from outside the area and is the centre of much community activity.
The village hall in Burniston is shared with the adjoining area of Cloughton, and the two areas are linked in many ways.
The annual pantomime is usually a sell-out, and the hall is used by many community groups. Generations of villagers help organise an important range of community activities.
More recently, the village has become a popular commuter area — being surrounded by greenery but near enough to town. Over the years there have been talks of a by-pass but this is unlikely. Away from the busy Scarborough- Whitby-Teesside road, there are many quiet developments and a lane that leads under the old railway line to a magnificent view of the coast.
(population now roughly 1500)
The area is famed for its pre-historic legacies. Dinosaurs footprints have been found on the rocks at Burniston.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b "2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Burniston CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798183&c=Burniston&d=16&e=15&g=476825&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1215472116745&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved on 2008-07-07.
- ^ Magnificent feat of footprint recovery - Scarborough Evening News
- ^ Divers recover dinosaur footprint in Yorkshire - DIVE Latest News
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