Constable Burton is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the

Richmondshire {{Infobox settlement , name = Richmondshire District , type = District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_blank_emblem= Richmondshire arms.png , blank_emblem_type = Coat ...

district of

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, England. It is east of

Leyburn Leyburn is a market town and civil parish in the district of Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, sitting above the northern bank of the River Ure in Wensleydale. Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the name was derived from 'L ...

History

The village takes its name from ‘Burton’, meaning a fortified settlement in

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...

, and ‘Constable’ as in 1100 it was granted to Roald, the Chief Constable for the Earl of Richmond. Constable Burton was mentioned in

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...

in 1086 as being in the

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to des ...

of "Land of Count Alan" and the county of

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...

and the population was estimated at 20 households. In 1870-72 John Wilson's '' Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' described Constable Burton as:

"a township in
Finghall Finghall is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. History The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as ''Fingall'' when it belonged to Count Alan and had 13 villagers. The origin of the place- ...
parish, N. R. Yorkshire; adjacent to the Leyburn railway, 3¼ miles E of Leyburn. It includes the hamlet of Studdow. Acres, 2,572. Real property, £3,038. Pop., 224. Houses, 46."

The grade-I-listed Georgian mansion of

Constable Burton Hall Constable Burton Hall is a grade I-listed Georgian mansion of dressed stone in an extensive and well wooded park in the village of Constable Burton in North Yorkshire, and is privately owned by the Wyvill family. The house is a two-storey ashla ...

was built in 1768 by John Carr for Sir Marmaduke Wyvill and is now owned by Marmaduke's great grandson, Charles. The surrounding gardens have been open to the public on selected dates throughout the year since 1977. From 1856 to 1954 Constable Burton railway station on the

Wensleydale Railway The Wensleydale Railway is a heritage railway in Wensleydale and Lower Swaledale in North Yorkshire, England. It was built in stages by different railway companies and originally extended to railway station on the Settle-Carlisle line. Since ...

served the village, hall and the rural community. There is passing loop at the site.

Governance

The village is in the Richmond (Yorks) parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the

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. The Member of Parliament since the 2015 general election has been Rishi Sunak, currently Chancellor of the Exchequer. His predecessor was William Hague, who stood down at the time of the election. Constable Burton is also in the Lower Wensleydale ward of

District Council.

Community and culture

The village public house, ''The Wyvill Arms'', is a former 18th-century farmhouse and has been featured in the

Good Pub Guide ''The Good Pub Guide'' is a long-running critical publication which lists and rates public houses (pubs) in the United Kingdom.Unthank, North Yorkshire

References

External links

{{Commons category, Constable Burton
Constable Burton Gardens website
Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Wensleydale