Burneston, North Riding

Description
Burneston, a township and a parish in the N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies near the river Swale, 4 miles SE of Bedale, and 3 W of Sinderby railway station. Acreage, 1228; population of the township, 238 ; of the ecclesiastical parish, 780. The parish contains the townships of Gatenby, Theakstone, and Carthorpe, and has a post office under Bedale; money order and telegraph office, Londonderry. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon; net value, £356 with residence. The church was restored in 1854, and has a splendid eastern memorial window. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and almshouses for five old people.