Constable Burton
| Constable Burton | |
|---|---|
 Constable Burton | |
  Constable Burton Constable Burton shown within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 182 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SE166908 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LEYBURN |
| Postcode district | DL8 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Constable Burton is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Leyburn. Its main attraction is the gardens of Constable Burton Hall. It takes its name from Burton meaning a fortified settlement in Old English and Conestable as it was granted in 1100 to Roald who was the Chief Constable for the Earl of Richmond.[2][3]
Crag Farm, Constable Burton
See also
References
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 77. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
- ↑ Mills, A.D. (1998). A dictionary of English place names (2. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 88–89. ISBN 9780192800749.
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