Burdale is a hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Malton. It lies in a deep valley (or dale), also known as Burdale, in the Yorkshire Wolds. It is the site of a deserted medieval village.
Burdale was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, when there were 43 villagers, a mill and two churches.[1] In the 14th century Burdale appears to have been of a reasonable size, significantly larger than its more famous neighbour, Wharram Percy. By the 17th century the village was much reduced.[2]
Between 1853 and 1950 Burdale had its own railway station, on the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway. Between 1925 and 1955 a large chalk quarry operated at Burdale, and supplied much of the traffic for the railway.[3]
Burdale was part of the ancient parish of Wharram Percy in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It formed part of the township of Raisthorpe and Burdale, which became a civil parish in 1866.[4] In 1872 the township became part of the new ecclesiastical parish of Thixendale when it was formed from the ecclesiastical parish of Wharram Percy.[5] In 1935 the civil parish of Raisthorpe and Burdale was abolished and merged into the new parish of Wharram.[6] In 1974 Burdale was transferred from the East Riding of Yorkshire to the new county of North Yorkshire and Ryedale District.
References edit
- ^ "Burdale". Open Domesday. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Beresford's Lost Villages. Burdale". University of Hull. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Burdale". Disused Stations. Subterranea Britannica. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Wharram Percy: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1835". GENUKI. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Thixendale: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892". GENUKI. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wharram CP. Retrieved 30 August 2022.