Brandesburton is a village and

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in the

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, England. It is situated approximately west of

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and north-east of the

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. The civil parish is formed by the village of Brandesburton and the

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s of

Burshill Burshill is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north-east of the market town of Beverley. It forms part of the civil parish of Brandesburton. Governance The civil parish was in the Beverley and H ...

and Hempholme. According to the

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, Brandesburton parish had a population of 1,522, an increase on the

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figure of 1,348. St Mary's Church, which is surrounded by its churchyard in the north-east corner of the village, is a large, medieval building, with tower,

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and

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. It was largely built out of

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, but has an early brick

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and later south porch. Exhibiting some fragments of

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work (including a priest's door), it principally dates from the 13th to the 15th centuries, and was

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in 1892. Inside are two noteworthy

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: on the south side of the chancel the fragments of a (rare) bracket-brass, and on the north side more substantial, full-size brasses to John St Quintin, a former

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, and his wife. The church has been designated a Grade I

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. Among those buried in its churchyard is the Revd Dr John Hymers JP DD FRS (died 1887), former rector and the founder of

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, Hull.

The Black Swan, Brandesburton - geograph

On the village green is a Grade II listed market cross. Fosse Hill Jetksi Centre, near Catwick - geograph

Brandesburton amenities include the Billabong

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centre which operates throughout the year, the Hainsworth Park Golf Club, The Burton Lodge Hotel, the Black Swan and Dacre Arms pubs, and The Dacre Lakeside camping and Caravan Park. Premier Modular, an off-site building company who specialise in modular buildings, are based in the village. The village is situated off the A165 which used to pass through the village until the opening of a bypass of it, and neighbouring village

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, in 1994. A

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was proposed in 1901 as part of the

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between

and North Frodingham, but the line was never built. Remains of

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and prehistoric elephant

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have been discovered near the village. From the 1930s and into the Second World War

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was located just to the north-east of the village.

Governance

The civil parish was in the

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parliamentary constituency until the 2010 general election when it was transferred to the constituency of

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References

External links

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Brandesburton Village Website
* {{authority control Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire