Bulmer is a village and

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, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 174, increasing to 202 at the census 2011. The village is about south-west of Malton.

History

Bulmer was the seat of the ancient

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of the same name, known as the Bulford wapentake in 1086.Open Domesday Online: Bulmer
accessed 5 February 2019. The name Bulmer comes from "bull mere," a lake frequented by a bull. The manor is listed in the ''

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'' of 1086. It is recorded as having been held in 1066 by a ''Northmann'' and ''Ligulf''. It was awarded by the King with hundreds of others to his half-brother Count Robert de Mortain, whose tenant was

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. The Bulmer family take their name from Bulmer. Ansketil de Bulmer is the first recorded member of the Bulmer family, who lived in the area in the twelfth century. By the nineteenth century the lordship of the manor had passed to the

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, whose residence was at nearby

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. A monument to George William Frederick Howard can be found on top of Bulmer Hill just outside the village.

Governance

The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency. It is also within the Sheriff Hutton and Derwent electoral division of

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. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the

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district.

Geography

The village is situated two miles west of the A64 and south-west of Malton at an elevation of around above sea level. The nearest settlements are Welburn to the west; Sheriff Hutton to the east;

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to the north-east and Whitwell-on-the-Hill to the south-east. To the west of the village is Bulmer Beck that runs southwards to eventually join the River Derwent. In the late nineteenth century the population was recorded as 231, which has decreased to 174 according to the 2001 UK Census. Of the total population, 143 were over the age of sixteen, with 77 in full-time employment. The 2001 UK Census showed that there were 78 dwellings in the village.

Village amenities

Visually, the village has changed little during history; however the small village school at the bottom of School Lane is now the village hall. The village also used to be home to a pub, blacksmith, shop and agricultural engineering workshop; these are all now closed. Primary education can be found in the nearby villages of Sheriff Hutton, Welburn, Terrington and Thornton-le-Clay. Secondary Education can be found at Malton School or Norton College.

Religion

St Martin's Church, Bulmer is a Grade I listed building which dates from around the 11th century. Services are held once every Sunday. The church contains the last remaining tablet of a Methodist chapel, which used to be present in the village and was built around 1842. The ecclesiastical parish of Bulmer includes

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