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Burnsall
Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Burnsall is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Wharfe in Wharfedale, and is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
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Burnsall | |
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![]() Village of Burnsall, from east above, showing bridge, Wharfe, chapel, Dalesway path (2008) | |
Location within North Yorkshire | |
Population | 110 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | SE031615 |
• London | 190 mi (310 km) SSE |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SKIPTON |
Postcode district | BD23 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
54°02′53″N 1°57′05″W |
The village is approximately 2 miles (3 km) south-east from Grassington. It has a parish church, a chapel, two hotels with restaurants, a public house, and a primary school. Burnsall Primary School, a Grade II listed building, is in the original 1602 grammar school building, a legacy of William Craven of nearby Appletreewick.[2] There is a five-arched bridge over which the Dalesway passes. A path along the river from Burnsall to Hebden, 1 mile (2 km) to the north-west, dates to Viking times.[3]
The historic parish of Burnsall occupied a large part of upper Wharfedale. It included the townships of Appletreewick, Bordley, Conistone with Kilnsey, Cracoe, Hartlington, Hetton, Rylstone and Thorpe, all of which became separate civil parishes in 1866.[4] The parish was in Staincliffe Wapentake and in the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, when it was transferred to North Yorkshire. The 2001 Census gave Burnsall parish a population of 112, decreasing to 110 at the 2011 census.[5]
The ecclesiastical parish of Burnsall is in the Diocese of Leeds.[6] St Wilfrid's Church, Burnsall, a Grade I listed building, is almost entirely Perpendicular. It contains an 11th-century font carved with bird and beasts, twelve Anglo-Saxon sculpture fragments and a 14th-century alabaster panel depicting the Adoration of the Magi.[7] The church-yard is entered from the main road by a lychgate.
Burnsall is a centre for walking,[8] trout fishing, picnics, and weddings. An annual feast day games in August includes amateur competitions, tug of war and fell races.[9] The village cricket pitch is below Burnsall Fell and is half enclosed by the river.