HISTORY OF BURNBY

Burnby Maps Being a small village, earlier and more detailed maps of Burnby are rare to find. However, Burnby has been spotted on maps as...

Despite being a large Lincolnshire landowner, owning Lea Hall near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. However, the Anderson's also owned estates...

Marmaduke Charles Frederick Morris was the son of Francis Orpen Morris, an Irish clergyman who spent his final years at the Rectory of...

3rd October 1927 This post was taken from Pocklington District Heritage Trust's website https://pocklingtonhistory.com/district/burnby/hi...

Nunburnholme Station is first document in 1848. Originally called Burnby Station, but was renamed Nunburnholme in 1873 after confusion...

William Ullathorne was born in Market Place, Pocklington on the 7th May 1806 to an old and established Roman Catholic family. He was the eldest of 10 children to businessman and grocer William Ullathorne and Hannah (Longstaff). At 8 years he was sent to Burnby to stay with the local blacksmith. This stay had such a lasting influence on him that he detailed on his time there in his autobiography. With a population of less than 100, the majority of which being farmers, farm lab

Frederick Booty's published Stamp Collector's guide Frederick William Booty was an artist, art historian and author of the very first...

Simeon 'Sim' Templeman was an incredibly accomplished jockey, having won seven famous races including the Epson Derby three times, The...