Sherburn is a village and

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, England. It is situated on the south side of the Vale of Pickering, immediately north of the

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. Sherburn lies north of Weaverthorpe, south of Brompton, east of East Heslerton and west of

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. According to the 2011 Census. Sherburn parish had a population of 830. This was an increase on the population of 786 recorded in the

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History

In 2011 excavations to the east of the present village uncovered the remains of a large Anglo Saxon settlement. In 1096, Sherburn was listed in the

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as within the ancient

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of Toreshou. By the 13th century, Sherburn parish was within Buckrose wapentake. It was historically part of the

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until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of

Ryedale Ryedale was a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It was in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent, Yorkshire, River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages ...

, it is now administered by the unitary

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. St. Hilda's Church is a

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building and forms part of the

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. It was restored by C. Hodgson Fowler for Sir Tatton Sykes between 1909 and 1912. This included the addition of the tower. The Grade II listed village cross was given to the village by Sir Tatton Sykes in thanksgiving for the restoration for the church and was designed by

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. In October 2019 thieves stripped lead from the north side of the church roof. During the

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Sherburn hosted a small prisoner of war camp. The buildings survived in a variety of agricultural uses until the early 21st century when they were replaced by the Vicarage Farm Close development.

Amenities and leisure

The village is served by a

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primary school run as a federation with another school located in West Lutton. Sherburn has a village convenience store located on st Hilda's street which has been serving the communities for nearly a century. Sherburn is home to a

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Retained Fire Station. The

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National Trail and the Centenary Way long-distance footpath runs just south of the village.

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Route 166 passes to the south east of Sherburn. Sherburn Cricket Club field two teams in the Scarborough Beckett Cricket League.

Transport

The A64 trunk road passes through the village. A regular Yorkshire Coastliner bus service providing connections to

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, Malton,

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and

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is operated by

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. Sherburn was served by Weaverthorpe railway station on the York-Scarborough line between 1845 and 1930.

Economy

Local brothers Wilf and Frank Ward established a steelworks business (Ward Brothers), in the village, post the

. The firm was a large employer in the

and Ryedale area. The Wards site now contains factories of

Severfield Severfield plc is a York based structural steel contractor. By Revenue, turnover it is the largest in the UK, with a capacity of 130,000 tons per year, and a further 20,000 tons in the EU. Landmark works include Olympic Stadium (London), London' ...

and the

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. The Kingspan factory also hosts a 5 MW solar array, one of the largest commercial rooftop solar projects in the UK.

Governance

The parish council i
Sherburn Parish Council
An

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in the same name exists. This ward stretches east to Staxton and west to East Heslerton and has a ward population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,980. Sherburn gave its name to

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in the

from 1894 to 1935, when the district was abolished and the village transferred to Norton Rural District. Sherburn was transferred from the East Riding to North Yorkshire on 1 April 1974, although its previous status is reflected by the name of the village's pub, the East Riding Hotel. It was part of the

district between 1974 and 2023. It is now administered by

Notable people

* James Cundall (born 1957), theatrical producer.

References

External links

Sherburn Parish Council website
{{authority control Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire