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Also known as Burneston, North Yorkshire

Burneston is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 244, increasing to 311 at the 2011 Census. The village is close to the A1(M) road and is about south-east of Bedale.

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Locality
Burneston
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Hambleton
Population
255
Area
854.95
Image
Burneston, St Lambert's Church - geograph.org.uk - 230998.jpg
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Commons category
Burneston
postal code
DL8
OS grid reference
SE308850
historic county
Yorkshire
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Burneston is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 244, increasing to 311 at the 2011 Census. The village is close to the A1(M) road and is about south-east of Bedale.

==History== The name Burneston derives from either the Old Norse personal name Bryning or the Old English bryneing meaning 'place cleared by burning', and the Old English tūn meaning 'settlement'.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Burneston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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