- Burniston
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 54.323300
longitude = -0.447100
official_name = Burniston
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static_image_caption =
population = 1,389 (2001 census)
civil_parish = Burniston
shire_district = Scarborough
shire_county =North Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster = Scarborough and Whitby
post_town = SCARBOROUGH
postcode_district = YO13
postcode_area = YO
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = TA010930Burniston is a village and
civil parish in the Scarborough borough ofNorth Yorkshire ,England . It is situated about four miles north of Scarborough itself, on theA171 road . According to the 2001 UK census Burniston parish had a population of 1,389.cite web
url = 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
title = 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Burniston CP (Parish)
accessdate = 2008-07-07
work = Neighbourhood Statistics
publisher =Office for National Statistics ] 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 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 andblue 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. [ [http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/news/Magnificent-feat-of-footprint-recovery.1341706.jp Magnificent feat of footprint recovery - Scarborough Evening News ] ] [ [http://www.divemagazine.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=2713&v=2&sp=332561698420332538494 Divers recover dinosaur footprint in Yorkshire - DIVE Latest News ] ]
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