Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 54.0761°N -0.7497°W |
Official Name: | Birdsall |
Population: | 343 |
Population Ref: | (Including Langton. 2011 census) |
Civil Parish: | Birdsall |
Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Constituency Westminster: | Thirsk and Malton |
Post Town: | MALTON |
Postcode District: | YO17 |
Postcode Area: | YO |
Os Grid Reference: | SE818659 |
Birdsall is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 180, increasing to 343 at the 2011 Census. The village is about four miles south of Malton and the parish also includes the village of North Grimston.
It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, between 1974 and 2023 it was part of the Ryedale district. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
Birdsall House is the seat of Baron Middleton. Thomas Willoughby (1694–1742), brother of Francis Willoughby, 2nd Baron Middleton, married Elizabeth Sotheby of Birdsall, and their son Henry inherited the barony and Willoughby estates in Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire from his cousin in 1781.
The ruins of the ancient church of All Hallows and Cross stand adjacent to Birdsall House. The present St Mary's Church was built in 1824 at the expense of Henry Willoughby, 6th Baron Middleton.