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Kirkburn, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1868.

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KIRKBURN:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"KIRKBURN, a parish in the Bainton-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, East Riding county York, 4 miles S.W. of Driffield, its post town. The parish, which contains the townships of Eastbourn, Southbourn, and Tibthorpe, is situated at the foot of the Wolds, on the high road from Driffield to Pocklington and York. The village, which is neatly built, stands on an eminence in the vale of a rivulet from which it derives its name. The soil is clay and lime, well adapted for wheat. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of York, value £82. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient stone structure with a square tower containing three bells. It was thoroughly restored in 1856, at an outlay of nearly £2,000, contributed by the parishioners and landowners, and a small portion by the levy of a rate. It contains a very antique font, an old register, and a painted screen of carved work. There art) National and Sunday schools, also a Sunday-school at Tibthorpe. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel, and the former chapels at Southbourn and Tibthorpe. Sir Tatton Sykes, Bart., is lord of the manor."


"BATTLEBURN, a hamlet in the parish of Kirkburn and wapentake of Harthill, in the East Riding of the county of York, 3 miles from Great Driffield."


"EASTBURN, a township in the parish of Kirkburn, Bainton-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, East Riding, county York, 4 miles S.W. of Great Driffield, its post town and railway station."


"SOUTHBURN, a township in the parish of Kirkburn, Bainton-Beacon division of Harthill wapentake, East Riding county York, 4 miles S.W. of Great Driffield, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Hull, and is wholly agricultural. The Wesleyans have a place of worship."


"TIBTHORPE, a township in the parish of Kirkburn, Bainton-Beacon division of Harthill wapentake, East Riding county York, 4 miles S.W. of Great Driffield, and 1 mile from the parish church of Kirkburn. It is situated on the Wolds. The Wesleyans have a chapel."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013