Burton, Bishop (All Saints)
BURTON, BISHOP (All Saints), a parish, in the
union of Beverley, Hunsley-Beacon division of the
wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 3 miles
(W.) from Beverley; containing 532 inhabitants. This
parish is situated on the road from York to Hull, and
comprises 4208a. 20p., of which about 170 acres are
woods and plantations; of the rest two-thirds are
arable, and one-third pasture. The soil is various, the
greater part a strong clay, with some very rich grazingland near the village; and the surface is undulated.
There is a good limestone-quarry. On the village green
is a fine pool of water, near which stood a long-noted
gigantic elm, that was blown down in 1837. The living
is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at
£5. 6. 8., and in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of
York: the tithes were commuted for land and a money
payment in 1767. The church, which stands on an
eminence, has an ancient chapel and a tower; the nave
was rebuilt some years since, at a cost of £1700. There
is a place of worship for Particular Baptists. Ten
children are instructed for £20 a year, the rental of land
purchased with a legacy of £100 from Mrs. Elizabeth
Gee, in 1714; and almshouses for four persons are
endowed with about £70 per annum, arising from property given by Ralph Hansby, by deed dated July 24th,
1614. Here are several tumuli, in which human bones
and urns have been found; and near Killingwold-graves
is a pillar called Stump Cross, supposed to have been
one of the crosses which marked the limits of the sanctuary of Beverley.
Burton, Black, or Burton-in-Lonsdale
BURTON, BLACK, or Burton-in-Lonsdale, a
chapelry, in the parish of Thornton, union of Settle,
W. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and
Ewcross, W. riding of York, 12 miles (N. W.) from
Settle; containing 629 inhabitants. This place was
anciently the baronial residence of the Mowbray family,
and on the attainder of John de Mowbray, in the reign
of Edward II., was forfeited to the crown; but from an
inquisition taken in the reign of Edward III., it appears
that the same John de Mowbray died possessed of the
manor, which is now the property of Hornby Roughsedge, Esq., of Bentham House, who has enfranchised
the lands, reserving only his right of holding a manorial
court. The township comprises by computation 1552
acres, and is situated on the road between Lancaster
and Richmond, the former of which places is the posttown: the surface is varied, and the lower grounds are
watered by the river Greta. The substratum abounds
with coal of very good quality, and a mine has been
opened, but the operation of it is impeded by the water
of the river, which, finding an entrance, prevents its
being worked with any considerable profit: clay of good
quality for earthenware is also found, and a manufacture of the coarser kinds of pottery is carried on. A
pleasure-fair is held on Whit-Monday. The chapel is
a neat structure, and the living is a perpetual curacy;
net income, £94; patron, the Vicar of Thornton.
Burton-Bradstock (St. Mary)
BURTON-BRADSTOCK (St. Mary), a parish, in
the union of Bridport, liberty of Frampton, though
locally in the hundred of Godderthorne, Bridport
division of Dorset, 2¾ miles (S. E. by S.) from Bridport; containing 1201 inhabitants. This parish, which
is bounded on the south by the English Channel, and
on the west by Bridport harbour, comprises by measurement 2700 acres: the scenery is bold, and in some
parts strikingly romantic; the cliffs on the beach rise
perpendicularly to a great height, and abound with fossil
remains. In the village is an establishment for spinning
flax, and the linen and woollen manufactures afford employment to about 200 persons: stone of good quality
for building is extensively quarried. The living is a
rectory, with the curacy of Shipton-George, valued in
the king's books at £25, and in the gift of Lord Rivers:
the tithes have been commuted for £416. 10. payable to
the incumbent, and for £18. 3. belonging to impropriators; the glebe comprises 40 acres. The church is
an ancient cruciform structure, in the Norman style.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Burton-By-Lincoln (St. Vincent)
BURTON-BY-LINCOLN (St. Vincent), a parish,
in the wapentake of Lawress, parts of Lindsey, union
and county of Lincoln, 2¼ miles (N. N. W.) from the
city of Lincoln; containing 206 inhabitants. The ancient family of Monson has long flourished in the neighbourhood; and many of its members have represented
the city in parliament since the reign of Elizabeth. Of
this family were, Sir William Monson, a distinguished
naval captain, afterwards admiral; and Sir John Monson, Bart., who rose to great eminence in the law. The
fifth baronet was created Baron Monson, of Burton, in
1728. The parish comprises 2260 acres of land, including Hathow, a farm three miles west of the village,
where is a tract of low land, now well drained, but formerly swampy. Lord Monson is lord of the manor and
owner of the parish, and has a large mansion standing
in a finely-wooded park, called Burton Hall, long a seat
of the family, and lately repaired for his lordship's residence. The village, which is pleasant and well built, is
scattered over a bold acclivity. The living is a rectory,
valued in the king's books at £11. 15. 2½., and in the
patronage of Lord Monson; net income, £419. The
church is a small neat structure, built in 1795. Some
almshouses with gardens attached, for ten widows, were
founded before 1651 by Sir John Monson, who endowed
them out of his Burton estate with £20 per annum; the
widows have also £5, arising from £100 left by Edward
Monson, Esq., in 1712. Burton is entitled to send free
scholars to the school at South Carlton.
Burton, Cherry (St. Michael)
BURTON, CHERRY (St. Michael), a parish, in
the union of Beverley, Hunsley-Beacon division of
the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 3 miles
(W. N. W.) from Beverley; containing 455 inhabitants.
The parish is situated on the road from Beverley to
Malton, and comprises 3438a. 3r. 7p., of which 2683
acres are arable, 653 meadow, and 50 wood. The soil
is clayey, and in most situations suitable for the growth
of wheat; and the surface generally level, but in some
parts undulated: about a third comes under the denomination of wold land. The living is a rectory, valued
in the king's books at £23. 6. 8.; patron, Robert Ramsden, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £1050,
and the glebe comprises 25a. 3r. 27p. The church, a
small ancient edifice with a square tower, has traces of
Norman and early English architecture; it was repaired
in 1842. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Burton-Coggles (St. Thomas à Becket)
BURTON-COGGLES (St. Thomas à Becket), a
parish, in the union of Grantham, wapentake of
Beltisloe, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln,
1¾ mile (W. N. W.) from Corby; containing 260 inhabitants. It comprises 2476 acres, and has a pleasant
village seated on an eminence beneath which a small
rivulet flows. Limestone of a soft quality is quarried.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£16. 12. 3½.; and in the patronage of the Crown: the
tithes have been commuted for £530, and there is a
good glebe-house, with a glebe of 104 acres. The church
is an ancient structure in the early English style, and
contains the figures of two crusaders in good preservation. A school has an endowment of £21 per annum,
arising from a bequest of land at Quadring by John
Speight, in 1734, and by Catherine Chomeley, in 1773.
Burton-Constable
BURTON-CONSTABLE, a hamlet, in the parish of
Swine, union of Skirlaugh, Middle division of the
wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York, 8 miles
(N. E.) from Hull; containing 71 inhabitants. In the
time of the Conqueror, this place was part of the possessions of the Archbishop of York; it shortly afterwards
came to the family of Constable, who are the present
owners. The hamlet comprises 1247a. 3r. 2p. of land,
lying in West Newton township, in the parish of
Aldbrough, but usually returned with Ellerby township,
in Swine parish. Burton-Constable House, the seat of
Sir Thomas Aston Clifford Constable, Bart., is a splendid
mansion, said to have been partly erected so early as the
reign of Stephen, but the two principal fronts of which,
east and west, each about 130 feet long, have been built
upon, and added to, an ancient edifice probably of the
time of Henry VIII. The apartments are of exceedingly
handsome design, and appropriately embellished, and
the whole buildings are of a character suitable to a residence of distinction: the parks, also, and the gardens,
are excellently kept.
Burton-Constable
BURTON-CONSTABLE, a township, in the parish
of Fingall, union of Leyburn, wapentake of HangWest, N. riding of York, 4¼ miles (N. E.) from Middleham; containing 252 inhabitants. It comprises
2572 acres of land, chiefly the property of Marmaduke
Wyvill, Esq., lord of the manor, who has a handsome
seat, standing in a picturesque valley, with fine park
land attached.
Burton-Dassett, or Dassett Magna (All Saints)
BURTON-DASSETT, or Dassett Magna (All
Saints), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the
union of Southam, Burton-Dassett division of the hundred of Kington, S. division of the county of Warwick, 4 miles (E.) from Kington; containing 614 inhabitants. This place, now reduced to a very small
hamlet, is supposed to have been destroyed about the
time of the battle of Edge-Hill, which place is distant
2 miles. The parish is situated on the Warwick and
Banbury road, and comprises by measurement 4500
acres. Large stone-quarries are wrought, the material
of which is used for buildings. The living is a vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £14; net income, £167;
patrons, Lord Willoughby de Broke, and W. R. Blencow, Esq., of whom the former is impropriator: the
glebe consists of 90 acres, with a good glebe-house. The
church is a very spacious and handsome structure.
Burton-Extra
BURTON-EXTRA, a township, in the parish and
union of Burton-upon-Trent, N. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford; contiguous to the southern part of the town of Burton, and
containing 1193 inhabitants. This place, called also
Bond-End, comprises the district of Shobnal, distant
one mile to the west, and forming in monastic times an
abbey grange. Here is a chalybeate spring.
Burton-Fleming, or North Burton (St. Cuthbert)
BURTON-FLEMING, or North Burton (St.
Cuthbert), a parish, in the union of Bridlington,
wapentake of Dickering, E. riding of York, 7 miles
(N. W. by W.) from Bridlington; containing 460 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 3590 acres: the
soil, opening to the south-west, is chalky, producing all
kinds of grain of an excellent quality, and turnips in
great abundance. The living is a perpetual curacy,
valued in the king's books as a discharged vicarage at
£6. 4. 2.; net income, £95; patron, Capt. Robert Mitford, R.N. The tithes were commuted for land and a
money payment in 1768. The church is a neat edifice,
consisting of a nave and chancel, with a low tower; it
contains a beam perfectly sound, marked "June, 1574."
There are places of worship for Wesleyans and Primitive
Methodists.
Burton-Gate (St. Helen)
BURTON-GATE (St. Helen), a parish, in the union
of Gainsborough, wapentake of Well, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 5 miles (S. S. E.) from Gainsborough; containing 126 inhabitants. It is situated on
the banks of the Trent, and intersected by the Lincoln
and Gainsborough road. The living is a discharged
rectory, valued in the king's books at £8. 10. 10.; net
income, £88; patron, W. Hutton, Esq. The glebe consists of about 16 acres, with a good glebe-house. A
small petrifying spring has been discovered.
Burton-Hastings (St. Botolph)
BURTON-HASTINGS (St. Botolph), a parish, in
the union of Hinckley, Kirby division of the hundred
of Knightlow, N. division of the county of Warwick,
3 miles (S. S. W.) from Hinckley; containing 276 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the line of the Roman
Watling-street, and intersected by the Ashby-de-laZouch canal. It comprises by admeasurement 1335
acres, about one-third of which is arable, and the rest
pasture; the surface is rather flat, the soil of medium
quality, and the scenery (the parish being well wooded),
is picturesque. The living is a perpetual curacy; net
income, £105; patron and incumbent, the Rev. William
Samuel Bucknill. The church is ancient, with a square
tower. Connected with it is a Sunday school.
Burton-Hill
BURTON-HILL, a tything, in the parish, union, and
hundred of Malmesbury, Malmesbury and Kingswood,
and N. divisions of the county of Wilts, ¾ of a mile
(S.) from Malmesbury; containing 257 inhabitants.
Burton-in-Kendal (St. James)
BURTON-IN-KENDAL (St. James), a parish, partly
in Lonsdale ward, and partly in Kendal ward, union
of Kendal, county of Westmorland; and partly in
the hundred of Lonsdale south of the Sands, N. division of the county of Lancaster; comprising the township of Dalton, in Lancashire, and the townships of
Burton, Holme, Holmscale, and Preston-Patrick, in
Westmorland; and containing 2387 inhabitants, of
whom 796 are in the market-town of Burton, 34½ miles
(S. W. by S.) from Appleby, and 251 (N. W. by N.) from
London. The ancient name of this place, Borton, a contraction of Borough town, is still retained by the inhabitants: it takes its adjunct from its situation in the dale,
or valley, of the river Ken, to distinguish it from Burtonin-Lonsdale, Yorkshire. The place was given at the
Conquest, with many other estates in the neighbourhood, to Ivo de Talebois, who afterwards granted the
church, and certain lands, to the abbey of St. Mary at
York, with which the property remained till the dissolution of monasteries, when it was granted to the Middletons, of Leighton Hall, in the adjoining parish of Warton.
Burton is a neat town, on the great north-western road:
the houses, many of which are ancient, are well built,
and the general appearance is prepossessing; the inhabitants are amply supplied with excellent water, and
the air is particularly salubrious. A communication
with the Mersey, the Dee, the Humber, and the Trent,
is afforded by the Kendal and Lancaster canal; and the
Lancaster and Carlisle railway enters Westmorland near
the town, and has a station called the Holme and Burton
station, where an embankment commences, which in its
course crosses the romantic little river Bela by a viaduct.
But notwithstanding its favourable situation, the town
has little trade, the only branch being that of linen, of
which there is a manufactory at Holme. The market,
established in 1661, and once noted for corn, is on Tuesday: the market-place is a spacious area, adjoining
which are some good houses and several shops, and in
the centre is a neat stone cross. A fair is held on
Easter-Monday for cattle, which is also a statute-fair;
and one on the first Tuesday in October. An agricultural
society was founded in 1831. The county magistrates
hold a petty-session every alternate Tuesday; and a
manorial court is held on Whit-Monday and Martinmasday, for the renewal of fines, and the recovery of debts
under 40s.
The parish comprises 8740a. 36p., of which 1437 acres
are in the township of Burton; of the latter, 318 are
common or waste. The living is a discharged vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £15. 17.; net income,
£199; patrons, the trustees of the late Rev. C. Simeon;
impropriators, the trustees of the late W. Atkinson,
Esq. The vicarial tithes were partly commuted for land
and a money payment, in 1815, under an act of inclosure: there is a good glebe-house, erected in 1844,
beautifully situated, and having in front a remarkably
fine avenue of 37 lime-trees. The church is an ancient
structure with a large square tower, and is now in excellent condition, the walls of the nave having been raised
about ten feet, and the whole building re-arranged and
restored, in 1844, at a cost of £400: the pulpit, and the
canopy over it, are of oak richly carved; and there are
two sepulchral chapels, belonging to Dalton and Preston
Halls. In the churchyard is a monument to the memory
of William Cockin, author of the Rural Sabbath and
other literary productions. There is a church at PrestonPatrick, and another at Holme. The grammar school
has an income of £50 per annum, the produce of various
benefactions since the year 1657.
Burton-Joyce (St. Helen)
BURTON-JOYCE (St. Helen), a parish, in the
union of Basford, S. division of the wapentake of
Thurgarton and of the county of Nottingham, 5
miles (N. E. by E.) from Nottingham; containing, with
the chapelry of Bulcote, 764 inhabitants. This place,
in Domesday book called Bertune, belonged in the reign
of Henry II. to the family of Jorz, from whom it derives
the adjunct to its name, and from whom it descended to
the ancestors of the Earl of Chesterfield. The village is
pleasantly situated on the north bank of the river Trent,
the vale of which is bounded by a range of lofty hills
that shelter it on the north. The Nottingham and Lincoln railway has a station here, 5½ miles from the Nottingham station. The living is a discharged vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £4. 19. 2.; net income,
£145; patron and impropriator, the Earl of Chesterfield: the tithes were commuted for land in 1768. The
church is an ancient spacious structure, with a spire: in
a niche of the north aisle is an upright effigy of an armed
knight, standing on a lion, and bearing a shield on the
left arm, said to represent Robert de Jorz, who lived in
the reign of Edward I.; and in the chancel are two
altar-tombs of members of the family of Stapleton, with
inscriptions in Saxon characters. There is a place of
worship for Wesleyans.
Burton, Kirk (St. John the Baptist)
BURTON, KIRK (St. John the Baptist), a parish,
in the union of Huddersfield, Upper division of the
wapentake of Agbrigg. W. riding of York; containing
18,452 inhabitants, of whom 3474 are in the township
of Kirk-Burton, 5 miles (S. E.) from Huddersfield. This
parish comprises the townships of Cartworth, Foulston,
Hepworth, Kirk-Burton, Shelley, Shepley, Thurstonland,
Wooldale, and part of Cumberworth-Half; the whole
forming an area of 15,990 acres, whereof 1260 are in
Kirk-Burton, which includes the hamlets of DogbyLane, Green-Grove, Linfit-Lane, Spring-Grove, and
Paddock, and the village of High Burton. The village
of Kirk-Burton is of considerable size, and pleasantly
seated on a declivity at the junction of two narrow
ravines, or valleys. The woollen and fancy-waiscoating
manufactures are carried on to a great extent, affording
employment to about 2600 persons: edge-tools, and
spades and shovels, are manufactured in High Burton;
and there are coal-pits and good stone-quarries. Fairs
for cattle are held on the last Mondays in April and
October. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's
books at £13. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Lord
Chancellor; net income, £276; impropriators, the
governors of Sheffield Hospital. The tithes were commuted for land in 1799. A sum of £4 is annually paid
by Kirk-Burton to the vicar of Dewsbury, as a mark of
its dependence upon that ancient church. The parochial
church, built in the reign of Edward III., is a large and
commanding edifice, with a square tower; an organ was
erected in 1836, at a cost of £300. At Holmfirth and
New-Mill are district churches, the former an ancient
structure; and at Thurstonland is an episcopal chapel.
There are places of worship for Independents, Wesleyans,
and Primitive Methodists. A school, established in 1714,
was endowed in 1721 by the Rev. Henry Robinson, with
a bequest of £100; and in the following year with a
bequest of £360, by J. Horsfall, Esq.; which sums,
having been invested in land and houses, produce about
£80 per annum: the school was rebuilt in 1840.
Burton-Latimer (St. Mary)
BURTON-LATIMER (St. Mary), a parish, in the
union of Kettering, hundred of Huxloe, N. division
of the county of Northampton, 6 miles (N. W.) from
Higham-Ferrers; containing 965 inhabitants. This
place derives its distinguishing appellation from the
barons Latimer, who had a residence here. The parish
is intersected by the road from Higham-Ferrers to
Kettering, and comprises by computation 2300 acres.
The soil is a free loam, and very good except in the wold,
where it is cold stiff land. The immediate locality is not
picturesque, owing to the land having been but lately
inclosed; but the surrounding country is very pretty,
well wooded, and undulated. Limestone of the oolite
formation, with fossils, is abundant. A mill for spinning
worsted-yarn affords employment to about 100 persons;
and there is a large manufactory for Brussels and Kidderminster carpets, in connexion with it. The living is
a rectory, valued in the king's books at £29. 10.; patron,
David Bevan, Esq.; incumbent, the Rev. D. Barclay
Bevan. The tithes were commuted for land, under an
inclosure act, in 1800: the glebe now comprises 700
acres; and the parsonage is a good house, much enlarged
and improved by the present rector. The church is a
handsome structure, partly in the Norman and partly
in the early English style, and contains a richly carved
oak screen: a new east window has been put up in the
chancel by the Rev. Mr. Bevan, by whom, also, stalls
have been erected. There are places of worship for
Baptists and Wesleyans. The free school was founded
in the reign of Elizabeth, by Margaret Burbank, and
William Vaux, Lord Harrowden, the former of whom
endowed it with 10 acres of land, and the latter with a
house. The Rev. S. Barwick, in 1792, left an endowment of 7 acres, producing £20 per annum, for preparing
children for the free school; and an infants' school has
been lately established by the incumbent. The rent of
40 acres of land is distributed among the industrious
poor, and 70 acres are set apart in lieu of the right of
cutting furze.
Burton-Lazars
BURTON-LAZARS, a chapelry, in the parish and
union of Melton-Mowbray, hundred of Framland,
N. division of the county of Leicester, 1¾ mile (S. E.
by S.) from Melton-Mowbray; containing 262 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. James. In the reign
of Stephen, an hospital dedicated to the Blessed Virgin
Mary and St. Lazarus, was founded here by a general
collection throughout England, the principal contributor
being Roger de Mowbray: it was dependent on the
great house at Jerusalem, and was the chief of all the
lazar houses in England; and the revenue, in the 26th of
Henry VIII., was estimated at £265. 10. 2. The buildings stood near a spring, the water of which was in high
repute for curing the leprosy; a bath and a drinkingroom were built about 1760. The land in this lordship
is peculiarly fine.
Burton-Leonard (St. Helen)
BURTON-LEONARD (St. Helen), a parish, in the
Lower division of the wapentake of Claro, W. riding
of York, 5 miles (N. N. W.) from Knaresborough; containing 455 inhabitants. It comprises 1739a. 2r. 39p.,
of which 1100 acres are arable, and the remainder grassland; the soil is of an inferior kind, and the surface
generally undulated: stone of excellent quality is burnt
for lime. Many of the inhabitants were formerly
employed in the flax and linen trade, but it has entirely
ceased. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in
the king's books at £3. 1. 0½.; net income, £140;
patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of
York: a glebe-house was erected in 1839, and there
are 45 acres of glebe. The church is a small plain
structure, built in 1782. There are places of worship for
Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists.
Burton, Long (St. James)
BURTON, LONG (St. James), a parish, in the union
and hundred of Sherborne, Sherborne division of Dorset, 3 miles (S. by E.) from Sherborne; containing 386
inhabitants. It is situated on the great road between
Bath and Weymouth, and comprises by measurement
1026 acres. The females are chiefly employed in making
gloves for the Yeovil and other manufacturers. There
are extensive stone-quarries, from which are obtained
limestone, and excellent stone for building. The living
is a discharged vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of
Holnest annexed, valued in the king's books at £10. 15.;
net income, £275; patron, C. Cosens, Esq.; impropriator, R. Gordon, Esq.: there is a good glebe-house,
with 20 acres of land. The church was built more than
200 years ago. There are places of worship for Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists.
Burton-on-the-Wolds
BURTON-ON-THE-WOLDS, a township, in the
parish of Prestwold, union of Loughborough,
hundred of East Goscote, N. division of the county of
Leicester, 3½ miles (E. N. E.) from Loughborough:
containing 448 inhabitants. The Wesleyans have a
meeting-house.
Burton-Overy (St. Andrew)
BURTON-OVERY (St. Andrew), a parish, in the
union of Billesdon, hundred of Gartree, S. division
of the county of Leicester, 7½ miles (S. E. by E.) from
Leicester; containing 449 inhabitants. It comprises by
computation 1800 acres, and has an undulated surface,
with a strong clay soil. The living is a rectory, valued
in the king's books at £18. 5. 10.; net income, £497;
patron and incumbent, the Rev. R. Thorp. The tithes
were commuted in 1765 for land, and the glebe now
consists of 272 acres, to which there is a good glebehouse.
Burton-Pedwardine (St. Andrew)
BURTON-PEDWARDINE (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Sleaford, wapentake of Ashwardhurn, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 4½
miles (S. E. by E.) from Sleaford; containing 125 inhabitants, and comprising by computation 1800 acres.
The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at
£7. 12. 8½.; patron and impropriator, H. Handley,
Esq.: the glebe comprises 263 acres, valued at £332
per annum. The church is a plain edifice, built in
1802, to replace the former structure, which had been
erected in 1340, on the site of a still more ancient
foundation; one of the chapels of the old church is
still existing. There are some remains of the seat of
Thomas Horseman, taster to Queen Elizabeth; and
several tumuli.
Burton-Pidsea (St. Peter, or St. Mary)
BURTON-PIDSEA (St. Peter, or St. Mary), a
parish, in the Middle division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York, 5 miles (E. by N.) from
Hedon; containing 400 inhabitants. The name of this
place is a corruption of Burton per Sea, or by the Sea:
it is one of the manors that have remained, as part of
the original fee of Drogo the Norman, in possession of
the succeeding lords of the seigniory of Holderness
to the present day. The parish contains about 1980
acres by measurement: the soil is rich and fertile; and
the village is picturesque, situated on ground commanding an extensive prospect, and surrounded by some fine
trees. Chatt House, in the parish, the residence of
a family of that name in the 17th century, has been
rebuilt, with much taste, by the Clapham family. The
living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's
books at £6; net income, £42; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of York. The tithes
were commuted for a money payment, under an act
passed in 1761. The church is a handsome edifice,
principally in the later English style, with a lofty tower.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Burton-Pynsent
BURTON-PYNSENT, a tything, in the parishes of
Curry-Rivell, Drayton, and Fivehead, union of
Langport, hundred of Abdick and Bulstone, W.
division of Somerset; containing 43 inhabitants. The
mansion here, which was the residence of the celebrated
Earl of Chatham, who had the title of Viscount Pitt of
Burton-Pynsent, has been taken down.
Burton-Salmon
BURTON-SALMON, a township, in the parish of
Monk-Fryston, Lower division of the wapentake of
Barkstone-Ash, W. riding of York, 2 miles (N. by E.)
from Ferry-Bridge; containing 166 inhabitants. Here
is a station of the York and North-Midland railway,
which takes a curvilinear course through the township.
Burton-Upon-Stather (St. Andrew)
BURTON-UPON-STATHER (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Glandford-Brigg, N. division of
the wapentake of Manley, parts of Lindsey, county of
Lincoln, 35½ miles (N. by W.) from Lincoln, and 164½
(N. by W.) from London; containing, with the hamlets
of Normanby and Thealby, and part of that of Coleby,
799 inhabitants, of whom 429 are in the township of
Burton. The parish comprises by measurement 3510
acres, the soil varying, through several gradations, from
light sand to strong clay; a considerable portion is of
a yellow colour, resembling ochre, and leaves a dark and
indelible stain on the clothes of the ploughman. Along
the side of the river Trent is a hill of considerable elevation, forming a kind of terrace six or seven miles in
length, and commanding an uninterrupted view, as far as
the eye can reach, of the county of York, and part of
Nottingham. The village is situated on the brow of a
hill, at the foot of which flows the river, where there is
a wharf, called Stather. It was formerly of much greater
extent than it is at present, having been reduced by a
tempest that destroyed several houses, and injured
the church. A market was once held on Tuesday, and
there are still fairs on the first Monday in May, and
the first Monday after Martinmas. The living is a vicarage, consolidated in 1729 with the rectory of Flixborough, and valued in the king's books at £12: the
tithes were commuted for land and money payments in
1803. On the summit of Alkborough Hill is a kind of
labyrinth called the Julian Tower, supposed to be the
remains of a Roman fortification.