| Cherry Burton | |
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.jpg) St Michael and All Angels Church | |
  Cherry Burton Location within theEast Riding of Yorkshire | |
| Population | 1,392 (2011 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SE989420 |
| • London | 165 mi (266 km) S |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BEVERLEY |
| Postcode district | HU17 |
| Dialling code | 01964 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
| 53°51′54″N0°29′48″W / 53.864926°N 0.496646°W /53.864926; -0.496646 | |
Cherry Burton is a village andcivil parish in theEast Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-west of themarket town ofBeverley,[2] 9 miles (14 km) east ofMarket Weighton and 11 miles (18 km) south west ofDriffield.[3] The village lies on the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds and lies to the west of theB1248 road.[4]
The village is mentioned in theDomesday Book asBurtone, and belonging to the then Archbishop of York.[5] The name derives from a combination ofOld andMiddle English;Burh-tūn andChiri, which meansa fort enclosure; a farm with a palisade and acherry tree.[6] Due to its location, some 1.2 miles (2 km) north ofBishop Burton, the village was sometimes known asNorth Burton (or even rarer, asSheriff Burton).[7][8]
Historically in theWapentake ofHarthill, the village also came under the Beverley for its local district.[9][10] Until rapid housebuilding in the 1960s and 1970s, the village mostly consisted of one long main street as laid down in the 18th and 19th centuries with farmhouses.[11]
The civil parish is formed by the village of Cherry Burton and thehamlets ofGardham andHigh Gardham. According to the2011 UK Census, Cherry Burton parish had a population of 1,392,[1] a reduction on the2001 UK Census figure of 1,473.[12]
The village has aCostcutter shop which also acts as a post office and a village hall which holds live musical events and hosts an annual localpantomime. The villagepub,The Bay Horse, holds events each week.[13] The village has a primary school which has ties with the local church. Its rating byOFSTED is good.[14]
Sports in the village include cricket, football, tennis, and rounders. Clubs for cricket and football have junior sections. Just outside of the village is a golf course and leisure park currently under development. AWesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1824, followed by aPrimitive Wesleyan Methodist chapel in 1851; both have ceased being used for worship with the Wesleyan chapel now being the village hall.[13] AnAnglican church was also built in the village in 1852, which is now grade II listed.[15] It was built on the site of a previous undated church.[16]
The village is one of the few in the UK awardedFairtrade Village status for promotingfairtrade and local produce. It gained this status on 22 July 2003 and was the second village to do so.[17][18] In 2011–2012, a flood alleviation scheme was implemented with funding fromDEFRA. Like many other places in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Cherry Burton was subject to severe flooding in the2007 floods.[19]
Cherry Burton was served byCherry Burton railway station on theYork to Beverley Line between 1865 and 1959,[20] with the station remaining open for another five years for the inward and outward transportation of agricultural produce. The line closed completely in 1965.[21] In 2018, a new footpath from the village to the old railway line opened, which allowed the inhabitants of Cherry Burton to access theHudson Way, a foot and cycle path built on the formation of the old railway line.[22] Previous to this, to access the path, villagers needed to negotiate the main road out of the village which had no footpaths and where traffic could travel at 60 miles per hour (97 km/h).[13]
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