Cherry Burton is a village and

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in the

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, England. It is approximately north-west of the

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, east of

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and south west of

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. The village lies on the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds and lies to the west of the

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History

The village is mentioned in the

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as ''Burtone'', and belonging to the then Archbishop of York. The name derives from a combination of

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and

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; ''Burh-tūn'' and ''Chiri'', which means ''a fort enclosure; a farm with a palisade'' and a ''cherry tree''. Due to its location, some north of

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, the village was sometimes known as ''North Burton'' (or even rarer, as ''Sheriff Burton''). Historically in the

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of Harthill, the village also came under the Beverley for its local district. Until rapid house-building in the 1960s and 1970s, the village mostly consisted of one long main street as laid down in the 18th and 19th centuries with farmhouses. The civil parish is formed by the village of Cherry Burton and the

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s of Gardham and High Gardham. According to the

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, Cherry Burton parish had a population of 1,392, a reduction on the

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figure of 1,473. The village has a

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shop which also acts as a post office and a village hall which holds live musical events and hosts an annual local

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. The village

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, ''The Bay Horse'', holds events each week. The village has a primary school which has ties with the local church. Its rating by

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is good. Sports in the village include cricket, football, tennis, and rounders. Clubs for cricket and football have junior sections. Just outside of the village is a golf course and leisure park currently under development. A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1824, followed by a Primitive Wesleyan Methodist chapel in 1851; both have ceased being used for worship with the Wesleyan chapel now being the village hall. An

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church was also built in the village in 1852, which is now grade II listed. It was built on the site of a previous undated church. The village is one of the few in the UK awarded

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status for promoting

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and local produce. It gained this status on 22 July 2003 and was the second village to do so. In 2011–2012, a flood alleviation scheme was implemented with funding from

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. Like many other places in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Cherry Burton was subject to severe flooding in the

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. Cherry Burton was served by Cherry Burton railway station on the

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between 1865 and 1959, with the station remaining open for another five years for the inward and outward transportation of agricultural produce. The line closed completely in 1965. In 2018, a new footpath from the village to the old railway line opened, which allowed the inhabitants of Cherry Burton to access the Hudson Way, a foot and cycle path built on the formation of the old railway line. Previous to this, to access the path, villagers needed to negotiate the main road out of the village which had no footpaths and where traffic could travel at .

Gallery

Cherry Burton c early 60s.JPG, Aerial Photo Cherry Burton Cherry Burton Cricket Club - 15th May 2008.JPG, Cherry Burton Cricket Club team photo, 15 May 2008 Cherry Burton.jpg, A winter day in Cherry Burton Cherry Burton railway station.jpg, Cherry Burton railway station Cherry Burton-on-Sea - geograph.org.uk - 1402619.jpg, Cherry Burton in the 2007 floods

References

External links

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