Description
Burton-cum-Walden or West Burton, a township in Aysgarth parish, N. R. Yorkshire, at the junction of Bishopdale and Wensleydale, 1 1/2 mile SW of Aysgarth station. It has a post and money order office, of the name of West Burton, under Aysgarth station, which is the telegraph office; and fairs are held on 10 March and 6 May. Acreage, 7659 ; population, 425. There are Wesleyan and Congregational chapels. Lead and stone are found in the immediate neighbourhood.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5

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